Wednesday September 3, 2008 12:33

Premier League Gone Mad

Posted by The Soccer Blogger as English Premiership

For the last few days you will have noticed that I haven’t written anything about what has been going on in the Premier League, especially in the transfer market before the deadline on Monday evening at midnight. And let’s be honest, a lot has been going on.

Well, there are a couple of reasons for that. The first is that I have been laid up in bed (and not in a good way!). Actually I say bed, but more accurately I should say “floor”, because that is where I have been, prostrate for the last few days after “doing my back in”! I’m not sure whether or not I should tell you how I did it either because it slightly embarrasing. And no, it’s probably nothing like you are thinking. Ok, I did it putting my jeans on! Yes, I simply bent over to put my leg in and BANG” my lower back went and I have been in excruciating agony and unable to move ever since.

If you find a few mistakes in this article it will be because of the second reason. I’ve got quite a few painkillers and other drugs washing around in my blood stream at the moment. This is the first time I have been able to get off the floor in over two days. It took me about 45 minutes and to be quite frank with you it’s still agony as I sit here, so I’m not going to be here for long, sorry!

So when the television was kindly turned on for me yesterday evening by my wife and placed onto Sky Sports News I thought I was still asleep and / or the drugs were playing tricks on me.

Ok, so Berbatov has finally got what he wanted from his spoilt tantrum. Not too surprising but I am glad that Spurs were at least able to hold out until a few minutes before the deadline and get the money they wanted. It does seem very strange though because up until those last few moments before the midnight deadline on Monday evening, the Spurs Chairman Daniel Levy, was still going to report Man Utd to the Premier League for their conduct in the whole drawn out saga. Then suddenly, it all changed. One can only assume that Utd have paid Levy / Spurs a little extra to drop their complaint. All allegedly of course, but it is all very strange, don’t you think.? Personally I think Berbatov is a little pathectic in the way he has acted in all this and nothing against Utd (no, really!) but I hope Berbatov is a complete flop and waste of money and his “dream” move to Old Trafford is a nightmare for him. Although, when he’s not sulking he is of course an excellent player so the chances of that happening are pretty slight!

So the Berbatov story wasn’t that much of a shock. However, what I heard next (and if it were actually possible) it nearly made me fall off the floor! Robinho signed by Manchester CITY for a British record fee and they are now technically the richest club in the world! “Wow”, I thought ”these painkillers and drugs are wild!”

Then Sky Sports kept repeating the story (as they do) and either the drugs were wearing off or it was finally starting to sink in. “Unbelievable” doesn’t really quite capture the essence of what happened totally out of the blue, does it? (No pun intended).

Do you think that Ronihno actually thought he was going to Utd because when Mark Hughes handed him the light blue shirt in that hotel reception, it looked as though he was thinking, “hold on, I though Machester played in red! What do you mean there are two clubs in Manchester! Holy ****! Where the hell is my agent?”

And as if all that wasn’t enough, the next story is that Kevin Keegan has / is leaving Newcastle Utd, again! He’s only been back for 7 months! Even by Newcastle standards that’s a bit much! What must it be like to be a member of the Toon Army? You can’t even imagine can you? It must sometimes feel like the Cartoon Army! Don’t these fans deserve better from the people who are supposed to be running their club? I think so!

Kind of sums it all up really when you are watching Match Of The Day and you see the club Chairman (who is apparently worth hundreds of millions) stood in the stands downing a pint of lager in 13 seconds. The BBC actually timed it. No problem with his right to be able to do that, but as a high profile businessman and Chairman of a world famous football club should he perhaps not be doing that kind of thing behind closed doors and not on television which will be broadcast all around the world. Perhaps it’s just me!

The latest I’ve heard this morning is that the Board are stating Keegan has not been sacked and that the reason all this kicked off in the first place is because the Board tried to sell Michael Owen before the transfer deadline without Keegan’s knowledge. You just couldn’t make it up, could you!

Well, whatever has been going on Keegan is not at either St. James Park or their training ground this morning and Terry McDermott is taking the training session. You’ve really got to feel sorry for Keegan. This is a man who wears his heart and soul on his chest and loves the club and the supporters and you have to think, even if it is true that the Board haven’t sacked him (which I would find amazing after a pretty good start to the season) that they have left Keegan in a completely untenable situation. Not only that they have totally alienated the Toon Army and it’s not hard know who they are going to back, and it won’t be Mike Ashley, not even if he buys them all a pint of Newcastle Brown.

You’ve got to think this story has a few more twists and turns over the next few days but I can’t help thinking that the Second Coming of King Kev has already come to an end and the wrong person(s) will be leaving Newcastle Utd. The club deserves a whole lot more than this!

And I’m off back to the floor! Don’t think I could take another “Breaking News” story!

Rik
The Soccer Blogger

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