Thursday, November 11, 2004
Warning - Contains Football
Already the carping has begun. Despite the Premiership being more competitive than in recent years - at least there are now three teams who could win it, not just two, or even one - that's apparently not fair as there's money behind Chelsea. Never mind that Blackburn bought the title in 1995; that was romantic, an old man bankrolling his dream. Never mind too that every big club has thrown money around all over the place in a bid for success. Once Chelsea have some sensible management to go with their millions then it's not fair. Under Ranieri they were fun, but were never actually going to win anything: the Manchester-Arsenal duopoly was safe so that's alright then. Which route to success would be acceptable? A rag-bag of old professionals and youth-teamers from somewhere unfashionable, Ipswich perhaps, going on an incredible run playing attractive football and guided by an wise, straight-talking, flat-cap-wearing traditional football man and sprinklings of, I don't know, magic or something. If we can't have that then we'll just take Man U and Arsenal then thanks. Some sense is talked here. Splashing money around will not win any team a title; it's about good management having support and resources.
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Already the carping has begun. Despite the Premiership being more competitive than in recent years - at least there are now three teams who could win it, not just two, or even one - that's apparently not fair as there's money behind Chelsea. Never mind that Blackburn bought the title in 1995; that was romantic, an old man bankrolling his dream. Never mind too that every big club has thrown money around all over the place in a bid for success. Once Chelsea have some sensible management to go with their millions then it's not fair. Under Ranieri they were fun, but were never actually going to win anything: the Manchester-Arsenal duopoly was safe so that's alright then. Which route to success would be acceptable? A rag-bag of old professionals and youth-teamers from somewhere unfashionable, Ipswich perhaps, going on an incredible run playing attractive football and guided by an wise, straight-talking, flat-cap-wearing traditional football man and sprinklings of, I don't know, magic or something. If we can't have that then we'll just take Man U and Arsenal then thanks. Some sense is talked here. Splashing money around will not win any team a title; it's about good management having support and resources.
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