My Space

I went off to my daily tour today, and although the thoughts were drudging, the weather was awesome. I got onto the packed bus and headed off and just as I got off the bus, it started drizzling. And it was beautiful. Very beautiful. It looked almost like a fine curtain of water coming down, as the cold wind swept past. Really breathtaking. My new found world of football went into a tizzy, or I must say stayed in it. According to the punters, the club is going straight to hell, and everything is lost.. All eyes on the West Ham game on Saturday, and I hope we win it, as it may quell a few distraught minds. I think that the new owners are going to do whatever Kentaro advises them to do till the beginning of next season. I guess they are going to put a few Kentaro affiliated players as well, and may spend a lot in the Jan window. After that, it will be upto the new manager to do whatever he wants with the new team, while the owners decide on the transfers. Well, I'm just guessing....

I had just signed up for google email alerts on the 13th of Dec, and when the first email alert came to me for Dec 14, boy! was it some news.. Venky's , had sacked Blackburn's manager, just because they thought that he did not "fit in" to their vision. Thats quite a rash and abrasive move coming from a company that had acquired the team for brand publicity, and had absolutely no knowledge of Premier league football. Steve Kean was put in charge as the caretaker coach, and what seemed to be more diabolical was that he may continue as the permanent manager if he "performs" well in the present season. The question is, Does Venky's want to go cheap by firing a manager, appointing his first coach, and taking up the transfer decisions themselves with the advice of Kentaro? Did they think Big Sam was too "hands on" for their own good? I for once think that this is quite stupid, and does no good to a man who had brought up a team from relegation and ...