League 2 (Part 2)

The continuation of League 2 into Part 2, with the remaining clubs expansive transfer fees paid out, but not necessarily when positioned in League 2. In 1998, Gillingham paid £595,000 for the Reading striker Carl Asaba, who went on to score 40 goals in 91 appearances for the club, and later earned a move to Sheffield United. Now retired, Asaba commentates for the Blades matches on the BBC Local Radio. Grimsby Town bust their bank vaults in July 1997, with a £400,000 fee paid for West Bromwich Albion’s Kevin Donivan, who achieved success with the Cod Army winning promotion to the second tier and claiming the FL Trophy. Harrogate Town, whose league history is mosquito plated, forked out a paltry £23,000 compared to other clubs for Adam Porritt in 2017. Porritt lasted six months and dropped down the pyramid system.

In comparison, Mansfield Town signed off the rank cheque at £160,000 in 2018 for Ottis Khan from Yeovil, Khan struggled and was later released. Drop zone to Newport County with a £25,000 price tag attached to Tom Miller from Dundalk in 2011, last spotted at Radcliff Bord. Northampton Town upped the ante to £180,000 for the payout on Josh Low from Oldham in 2005, who later transferred to Leicester City. Part 3 on League 2 will feature in next month’s edition to complete the trilogy.

Quick Snaps, On the Watch

First up on the watch, the Riddler on the Premiership block with Manchester United goalkeeper Andre Onana who has become riddled with mistakes. First impressions of Onana were of excess baggage, the too much lard syndrome. Onana can look deceptively mobile but is split seconds behind the required technical skillset on failure to remain constant, basic errors become the norm, riddled. To sound the riddle, if you want justice, don’t make mistakes what’s the price for your lethargy.

At the Everton fashion show, we have Deli Ali’s new pink hair. Perhaps Deli wants to walk in sync with the Pink Panther to be positive and optimistic, a return to oneself would make people smile, that’s the wish to be the best at what you do, football is the healer Deli. One looking to be whisked away in the night is Amadao Onana while on international duty with the Belgian having turned out wearing a long silver mac straight out of the Westerns, but the effect quickly wore off with Onana wearing a skirt to ruin the music tones of the Magnificent Seven. To further confuse oneself a wearing of Bob the Builder mustard coloured boots to hold the courtship with a Burberry handbag of a light mauve colour, a crossover to the other side perhaps, who knows, answers on a postcard. Everton’s star striker the Dominic Calvert-Lewin has been well published on the Lewin clobber, link to article dated Feb 5^th 2022 ‘Oh Fashion’. Fellow clobber Tom Davies departed to Sheffield United, too many wolf whistles perhaps, interfering with training. At least the mannequins move?

The off-scripted pundit, Rio Ferdinand departed his TNR punditry duties during airtime in a sharpish manner, perhaps Rio flipped and was thinking a drugs test was coming, the mind playing tricks Rio. It’s a comic think tank to have akin to the infamous Rio did a runner, switched his phone off with the imminent arrival of a drug testing teams arrival at a post Manchester United training session during those forgotten playing days, appointments made of course, pundits being drugs tested? Why not they can offer balderdash or is it pebbledash? A trip to the toilet then Rio, or just a cover job. Any Jamie O’Hara’s in there of Radio TalkSport sniffing the Persil’s, it’s a clean laundry don’t forget the underwear clean and crispy, no more accidents, splat! Rio was later reported as not feeling well, any doubters?

Onto the Ronaldo theme park to be headlined ‘Ronaldo does not dive’ with the Ron issuing his own imaginary white card the vanilla link to article dated March 1^st 2023 ‘The Ronaldo Purification’ to the official during one of those Saudi Cup encounters informing the referee that he was not fouled in the penalty box, and for no penalty to be awarded to the opposition. The referee duly obliged to the Ronaldo request and two vanillas became the offering. Is this the same Ronaldo who in earlier matches would ask for an incompetent match official in the eyes of Ronaldo to be replaced, now the question is will the do Ron Ron use his vanilla card? It’s called the Portuguese tripe operative in their leagues if the Ronaldo decides to take a tumble in the penalty box for one’s country, no has to be the answer you have been sinned against Ronaldo, Bumba Ronaldo!

Changing the racquet and onto the Novak Djokovic who refused to take a pre-match drugs test prior to facing GB’s Cameron Norris, players have a choice to refuse, Djokovic used the dodge card for reasons which leave areas of doubt on the Serb’s Krypton Factor. It has been stated that traces of a doping product can be eliminated during match play, a former tennis player in the commentary box refuted the claims, but Djokovic does add numbers to the viewing figures to be a tick box for the media courtship, pre dope match on?