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Monday, 30 September 2013

FOOTBALL THINGS! Part 1


 



 
 
 

Any weekend without European football leagues action is a period football lovers love to hate, for those are the weekends that they find hard to shrug off visits from boredom.  But I dare say that Arsene Wenger, manager of Arsenal FC in England, helped put some of that boredom at bay with his adventures in the transfer market before the start of the 2013/14 season.  This brings me to my main focus for today, the Barclays Premier League.



 

 



First port of call is Manchester United.  It is strange how people enjoy success to the point that they forget what the road to such success was like and take for granted the facts that change is the only constant thing in life.



 

With due respect to Sir Ferguson, Mr. Moyes, the current Manchester United FC manager inherited the worst Man U side in recent history.  Why every Man U fan wants an instant success with Moyes, beats my imagination. 



 

For those Man u fans that either don’t know or don’t remember what the road to their current status of being one of the successful clubs in Europe was like, should know this: Sir Alex Ferguson became manager of Manchester United FC after winning Europe’s Cup Winners’ Cup and still struggled for more than three seasons before he could win the league.  Still within those molding days of Man U’s club success, Sir Ferguson even had to finish not far above the relegation zone. 

 

My point in this history lesson is that Mr. Moyes deserves his “trial and error period.”  And I will not be surprised if it goes beyond a season.  So, he does not need the excuse of Manchester United getting a tough six match league start when the likes of Aston Villa are to suffer a tougher six match fixtures.   

 

Over time, it has been know that the Barclays premier league is a marathon.  So, while I am impressed with Arsenal FC’s current sprint record, I dread what that record would look like at the end of the season.  Mr. Wenger has always made ridiculous my doomsday prophecy for his club with his photo finish results for top four.  But is he not planning to manifest that prophecy with his adventures?  God give Ozil the strength for this race!

 

Point blank fact: I DID NOT WHAT MOURINHO TO RETURN TO CHELSEA. 









It is not that he would not become a success, eventually, but he is bound to break a lot of eggs to make his omelet.   



Chelsea FC is struggling not because they don’t have the manpower but because there is a sudden shift in ideology.  Chelsea alongside Tottenham Hotspur, by my estimation, are the two top English league Clubs with already dug trenches for the marathon haul.  As much as some would blame the “happy one” for Chelsea’s current instability, it is hoped that the man at the helm of boardroom affairs realizes how much of the blame soils his well manicured feet.   
 

 


  




The Barclays English Premier League is not a two-horse-race, which is why I, in this part of the world, love to follow it more than any other league; that is aside the Champions league.  This brings me to my next stop, the Spanish La Liga.  See you at the other side.