Apparently hacks and pundits alike are queuing up to slaughter both Guardiola and Messi.
Even considering the depths of stupidity to which football appears to have sunk, pillorying one of the most exciting young managers in world football and the best player on the planet simply for losing one tie is a joke.
Not one of the idiots who has criticised either man - not one - is capable of doing a job anywhere near as good as them. Of course, the next time either the Spaniard or the Argentine wins a major trophy the same idiots will be falling over backwards with praise as exaggerated as this week's criticism. It seems the idiots are here to stay.
Friday, April 30, 2010
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Modesty gets its reward
Roy Hodgson has long been considered one of the nicest people in football. He has also, without any fanfare or boasting, accumulated not only a huge following but some considerable success as a manager. Halmstads, Malmö, Switzerland, Inter Milan, Grasshopper, Viking and now Fulham. Not too many prestigious names there, perhaps, but then success is relative.
Fulham FC is also modest, both in aspirations and budget. A humble club too, certainly enough to take a coach without complaining (Barça divas take note). It has lived in the shadow of its flashy nouveau riche neighbours, surviving on die-hard fans and its status as the favourite club of actors, artists, musicians and comedians.
And over the course of eighteen games in Europe the club has also charted a quiet but devastating course through a swathe of European greats and wannabes. The manager and the club are perfectly matched and deserve all the success they can get.
After all, how many other managers (the late Bobby Robson aside) and clubs enjoy the backing of the whole country on a big night like tonight?
Fulham FC is also modest, both in aspirations and budget. A humble club too, certainly enough to take a coach without complaining (Barça divas take note). It has lived in the shadow of its flashy nouveau riche neighbours, surviving on die-hard fans and its status as the favourite club of actors, artists, musicians and comedians.
And over the course of eighteen games in Europe the club has also charted a quiet but devastating course through a swathe of European greats and wannabes. The manager and the club are perfectly matched and deserve all the success they can get.
After all, how many other managers (the late Bobby Robson aside) and clubs enjoy the backing of the whole country on a big night like tonight?
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Circle the bandwagons
OK then: 0-0 tonight, 0-1 in the Campo Nuevo, and then all the people on the bandwagon will moan about anti-football and negative playing styles and refuse to accept that just because they're on that particular bandwagon it doesn't mean they deserve the glory they're hunting.
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