Today is a Day to Appreciate What We Have...

Sometimes it's very easy to look at life and think "How crap it is" or "I wish it could be so much better" but today is a day to think positive for once. I know there are those of you out there who might think that I'm a bit mad to say that as we've drawn yet another game, haven't scored (again!) and are looking less likely rather than more likely to be in the top 4 or challeneging for any trophy (again!) this season. However, at least our club isn't run by a bunch of short term idiots who flick and change the manager every two to three months because of a few poor results.

But today has seen the folly of how other clubs operate, how clubs demand that success is immediate and that failure can be seen as being in the top 4, last 16 of the Champions League & FA Cup. When you invite money to the table the expectations become ridiculous and some of the newly arrived directors in the game have no patience or true understanding of the game whatsoever. Let's look at the sackings today of Tony Adams and Phil Scolari, both of whom have been scuppered by their respective boards and players. Neither departure was a great surprise  today (nothing is a surprise anymore in ths game) but it's hard to say that either decision is the right one. Adams had only 4 months and the board that appointed him, sold his best two players and let him buy players before giving him any real chance of working with the new team. Relegation is a danger for them - I think they should get Harry back. As for Chelsea, many of us would be hoping that the whole circus is about to fall apart but in reality their squad will probably recover and go and win the bleeding Champions League with the same players that can't be arsed to play for their old manager.

This brings me to a second point and that's the possible departures of players if we don't make it into the Champions League. Now why is that scenario a possibility, it's because the players haven't performed as much as the manager hasn't bought one or two players. The squad we have may not be good enough to win the league but it can turn up against Fulham, Hull etc.. and win the games. So if we fail to qualify maybe they should look to rectify the situation not leap to a the next big contract they can get.

Of course, we live in the real world now and players have all the power and I can't see many of our current squad doing what players such as Buffon, Del Piero did at Juventus and stay with a club even when it's relegated.