The Chelsea Jeopardy

According to the ‘Simon said Jordan’ that’s it for the Chelsea owner Todd Boehly’s own business to throw his money around, which has to be a headache of 1 billion pounds spent for the current abject failure, and cannot be dismissed as a light sprinkling of no worries for Boehly as claimed by Jordan. Gross negligence on Boehly’s watch is of a major concern to the supporters, that’s the jeopardy, has it become Todd the menace? Manager Mauricio Pochettino has splurged 400 million pounds on player intake only to be left with fifteen players to select from v Bournemouth. So where’s the other numbered ones, the players? Have they escaped from the Chelsea drudgery, or are they hiding in the treatment room for the Chelsea wannabees, an injury will suffice to throw in the faked chocolate ganache. Don’t need the hassle, the eight year contract provides the cigar, puff on the Chelsea choo-choo train, 600 million pounds of players sunning it under the club’s diagnostic lamps, injuries run amok, where’s the magic sponge all been derailed on the Chelsea platform, the double jeopardy of no return? Will the Chelsea train alter course to sunnier climbs hold the banner Pochettino, ‘at the time of writing’.

The Busy Bees

Seven miles across the divide to Brentford FC, with the Bees building up a reputation for positive results v the so called Big 6 to reveal a last season case load of 2 wins, 3 draws and one defeat v Manchester City early doors with a similar mode following, termed as ‘God’s work’. Manager Thomas Franks lays claim to the 3-5-2 system as being the key component v the higher grade opposition, link to article “Enter System to Evolve” Aug 2^nd 2018, as illustrated by the Manero, with three centre backs and the two full backs becoming wing backs come wingers with the team’s forward movement to go alongside the three midfield players and two forwards. Player adaptability to the system is a key component to operate to its full merit value, offering defensive strength and depth in numbers with the teams attacking phase, the Thomas Frank claimer to unlocking the top six, reasons to be cheerful for the Busy Bees.

Oscared

It may have been late September but any Oscars to hand out. The unusual clapping mode with the arms raised above the head from the benched Arsenal goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale in a show of support for Ramsdale’s replacement David Raya hit the headlines with doubts being cast on Ramsdale to be genuine or fake.

The ‘Spit the Dog’ pundit Jamie Carragher, has hit historical value of spitting out cabbages to sustain ones Sky Sports role. Quote Carragher “I thought it was like the Oscars, you know when someone looses the Oscar and they start clapping and smiling for the other person”. To say it was an unnatural clap can be termed in many quarters as pathetic. Rivals they are for the Arsenal goalkeeping Jersey and to be humiliated in the public domain by manager Mikel Arteta is a bitter pill to swallow on no justification on losing the Jersy, a temporary headache selection perhaps, but the stench is there. If all the Arsenal’s benched players applauded they players in their positions, then they might as well don the ballet shoes and skirts to adopt a hand stand pose and clap those raised legs come shoes in sync from the staged bench. So does Ramsdale clapping indicate sarcasm and hidden anger to mask, Ramsdale’s father rounded on Carragher calling the pundit a disgrace, nothing wrong with that. The father has previous of acting the big time Charlie, the uncouthed, link to article Oct 4^th 2022 ‘All or Nothing’, inserted the Ramseys playing to the gallery. So is Arteta disrespecting Ramsdale? Is there an underlying problem? Emerik Aubameyang hit the same buffer lines, the exit door was foreboding, Ramsdale to follow suit perhaps the Oscar will suffice.

Bring in the Clowns

The incredulous Gareth Southgate with the selection of Jamie Henderson as England’s captain v Australia led to a chorus of boos as the endorsement from the fans, to be expected. Henderson’s controversial move to Saudi Arabia was the back drop with Southgate stating that there is no logic to Hendo’s frosty reception, bring in the clowns, quote Southgate “I do not understand what this is”. The atrocities in Saudi are ongoing, Southgate likes to play the disconnect card. The ‘surprise surprise’ card came into play Cilla, with Newcastle’s Kieran Trippier supporting Henderson’s stance but Trippier does play for a club owned by the Saudi state. Trippier captained the clown hat and stated that he was unaware of the booing, it’s time to laugh at the hypocrisy, they are to be branded incurious to self centre, as the evil clown once said “You may be done with your past, but the past is not done with you”, bring in the clowns, the time clock.

December’s edition will feature ‘The Lamps Out’, Manero states the defence for Lampard.