Paisley Park

Stockley Park, the futuristic home of the video assistant referees fitted with a tactics table to relate to teams formations with a merit table to rank officials, some would suggest of no ranking. A gym is laid on for the officials with a view across London as they digest their mistakes. Stockley Park, the hub drome akin to Paisley Park of the purple rain adjacent to Heathrow Airport, watch the flight paths all decked out in purple, looks like a porn studio, perhaps that’s the problem. Fitted with ninety four TV’s for those spinning heads, minus the two on that figure and we have the video referees focusing on one TV showing a live feed, and the other TV highlighting different angles on a three second delay. As for the other TV’s not fit for purpose, hit the panic button and make the wrong decisions, does the naked eye lie? They never meant to cause us any sorrow, they never meant to cause us any pain but their wrongful decisions cause all of this. “Paisley Park, Paisley Park”, watch the purple lightening haze their judgement, wash away the purple rain, enter the PGMOL the Professional Game of Modern Officials Ltd the governing body of the non elite, VAR perhaps the Football Association could call out the autonomous robots, brace yourselves for the surge of the robotic referees, a new dawn, a new beginning? Time to raise the ‘raisons d’etre’.

The DM media outlet of non par excellence with their constant negative take on Everton Football Club has become one yawn chamber, daggers at dawn on the new stadium build, which according to the DM’s pen pushers is doused with financial problems, but the stadium is progressing on time for the 2024-25 season but no mention of this, tarnished they are with their unreasonable and slanted reporting. Across the park, Liverpool’s redevelopment of the Anfield Road end has hit the buffers with the contractors going bust, perhaps Liverpool have foregone on contractual payments, time to hand that story to the DM bullshit printing machine.

The reported leaky roof at Manchester United has long needed fixing, no double glazing on that one, enjoy the rain. Do the Glaziers tread puddles with holes in their shoes on their Texas gruesome ranch? At Chelsea the Sweeny Todd Boehly is endeavouring to buy swathes of land for a futuristic new stadium. With the nearby Chelsea pensioners being forced out, state aid required. At Luton Town their dilapidated stadium came under a refit, but did it? Extra layers of paint, tin sheeting and the demolition of the club’s horrific pitch length glass toilet cabins, oh sorry executive suites to be replaced with a steel erected eyesore to accommodate the press core, the dug out area and a spattering of spectators, aptly named the mad as a hatter erectile.

The Football Column’s January 2024 edition will feature the Chinese v the Saudis, same ideals, same result?

Ten Haag’s Confusion Syndrome

Is the Manchester United manager Ten Haag facing his own scripted downfall? Ruling with an iron fist only works if you know how to wear the glove, to impose that the manager has to have the trust of his players. So has Ten Haag eradicated that trust? The Dutchman likes to blow his own trumpet equalling his staff into the equation, loaded praise for the management bench, again nothing wrong with that if you are delivering winning matches ‘in difficult times you have to stick together’ is the Haag quote, to impose again you have to lead from the front with relief, is Haag that leader to follow? The Marcus Rashford fallout on the back of one’s birthday bash following defeat to Manchester City led to the manager going public, quote ten Haag “I spoke to him about it, it’s unacceptable. He apologised and that is it, it’s an internal matter.” The Haag confusion syndrome, the Manero addon, It is not an internal matter, the manager going public airing grievances with players in the press domain is a recipe for disaster. The Ronaldo, Harry Maguire and Jadon Sanchez debacles have shredded the Dutchman into a poor light, digging the trench for oneself, tulips on top, exit ten Haag? Perhaps it’s all relative in ten Haag’s confusion syndrome.

Ending Year 2023

This being the last edition of 2023 it is the time to thank David and Claire of Webmedia Chester for producing a top-rated website, alongside the written content as typed. To the Chester Manero readers it is many thanks for your logins, I hope you enjoy the read. To all concerned I wish you all a Happy Christmas and into 2024 a Happy New Year.