As we talked about the concepts around the plan over the last couple of weeks, I think we each understood the symbolism of the higher-revenue club and the lower-revenue club being behind the same plan. That makes a pretty powerful statement.

We talked a lot about the ways things unfolded in Phoenix the last couple of weeks. He encouraged me to explore the opportunity based on perhaps what we both looked into the future and saw.

It's been a tough start and I think we regressed the last couple of weeks, ... But we also played two great teams the last two weeks and that may have had something to do with it. Flowery Branch is playing perhaps the best of anyone right now so it doesn't get any easier. But we always go into every game thinking we can win and we will against Flowery Branch.

What the people needed most from the forthcoming Budget was certainty. I am calling on the government to establish a ceiling on utility tariffs and to commit itself not to raise administrative fees.

If I were betting, I would bet there would be a deal by Wednesday.

The last two weeks we haven't been as ruthless there as we could have been so those couple of tries off kick receipts were pretty good.