This is Clarkeonenil’s regular comment column, cutting through the various passing issues of football and getting to the core principle in the shortest time.
I don’t want or need to know.
I was ruminating on the story I pasted up on Tuesday regarding Jermaine Beckford’s appearance in Court in Halifax for a minor traffic offense. The story http://clarkeonenil.co.uk/front-page/contributions-on-the-leeds-united-quagmire/leeds-united-if-jb-isnt-on-his-game-tonight (one of those where there is not that much of substance to but that doesn’t stop you lot reading in your thousands) and the role of our greedy Bosman seeking, couldn’t hit a barn door with a banjo at the moment striker isn’t what irritates me, no its the fact I now know who his squeeze is, a piece of information that I could live without regardless of how “gorgeous” or not she is. In fact I can live without ever knowing the names, faces or bodies of the whole squads WAGS (although if anyone has a decent picture of Tanya Panasar with her kit on from her Leeds United Ladies days I’d be very grateful), none of them score goals or provide assists (although I suspect if Ms Duckworth did Mr Beckford would still not be grateful).
It was one of the aspects of modern life that irritates me the most, feral-chav types and their insatiable need for gossip about others from that life choice group who happen to be getting popped by footballers. You can imagine how I feel about the amount of attention played to the two Chelsea and England idiots and their recent relationship issues (although to be fair to the press anything that shows those two up for the pillocks they are is fine with me). I have no interest in Geordie girls called Cheryl, before, during or after knowing “Cashly”. I swear if anyone brings a tabloid within a mile of me during the World Cup I will set fire to the paper and the reader in order not to accidently be aware of WAG issues!
One advantage of L1 is the limited interest of the media in our players private life’s, if the price we have to pay for advancement back towards the PL is more of this garbage….
Just sack him.
It has got to the point know where with Portsmouth that you just want it done with. The announcement that they intend to go into administration on Friday and as a consequence ripping off a couple of hundred small creditors (ala Bates style) so the rich can get something back sticks in the throat so much I have no sympathy any more for even the fans. As discussed in the last Sniffer Nose http://clarkeonenil.co.uk/front-page/sniffer-nose/sniffer-nose-230210-leeds-united-portsmouth-southend-united, everyone involved in putting Portsmouth in this ridiculous position needs kicking out the door asap. So in the context of that see this quote from Peter Storrie, the man whose job it was to run the club: “I have already spoken to the administrator and he wants to keep things settled, which means me staying on. I will work with him and I believe he wants me to help him sell the club to the right person”. He then goes on to state that whilst lots of people will be asked to take pay cuts he is gracefully going to volunteer to have his £1.3m salary trimmed back. What an absolute cretin.
Why the Pompay fans are not in uproar that Storrie is even allowed to pick and choice his own administrator is beyond me? Haven’t they had a bellyful of his excuses, darn right blatant lies and more importantly his role in bringing in the last 5 disastors of owners in the first place. I can just about tolerate Harry Redknapp’s washing hands of his responsibility, I expect nothing less from him, but so see Storrie hanging on for dear life, as if he has a future at Fratton Park has passed through surreal and gone into a tragedy. Storrie, out of the Ridsdale mode of power no money and the Bates school of conscience free thinking will be lucky not to be in prison soon never mind having another go at adding to Pompay’s misery.
In the same Sniffer Nose I attacked Southend United supporters for buying all the subterfuge from their club, they would have woken up by now to the main culprit had they gone through what Portsmouth fans are…..
Brawn over Brains.
Yesterdays OGOM http://clarkeonenil.co.uk/front-page/the-original-grumpy-old-man-out-of-the-mouths-of-idiots contained a straight forward attack on Robbie Savage. What he didn’t get around to mentioning was Savages pathetic response to a simply question about the thuggery of his Derby County team-mates against Swansea City. Mr Savage suggested as captain of the team he expects his team-mates to act in a way that would get them arrested in the real world regardless of what that might provoke in the 31k crowd watching it! The modern phenomena of running in from all angles for tackles 20 years ago considered borderline yellows is bad enough without some intellectual eunuch trying to justify it.
But its not just about Savage, one Mr N Clough reacted to the same questions in a similar way, once this would have been a surprise but not anymore. Coming less than 3 weeks after he was accused of kneeing the Forest manager Billy Davis in the back during a melee, it seems a man who was brought up on the cultural end of the football spectrum wants his club to break the record for the number of referrals to the FA for failure to control his players. One can only assume the pressure of the CCC is telling, which is a shame given his potential as a manager. The other possibility is that in a reversal of the norm an intelligent person has been influenced by a idiot and as a consequence is promoting the hard approach to ensure no relegation issues. Well its an idea, just not a smart one.
In the end Nigel Clough should have faith in his own ability, if he offers Savage a coaching role we will at least all understand he doesn’t.
