Window shopping lacking its old appeal
My God this is boring isn’t it? This January’s transfer window has been the dullest since it was implemented in 2002. As far as the big four go, Ancelotti doesn’t want to get naked, Wenger wants to prove he doesn’t need to spend, Benitez is being forced to try and convince a mid table club to allow their second best striker to join him on loan and don’t even get me started on those naughty Glazers. This window has been so dull in fact that the news that Craig Gardener is moving from Aston Villa to join Alex McLeish’s blue revolution makes me a little giddy.
But all this anti-climax and page filling stories about everyone’s favourite petulant, cry-baby, striker Kris Boyd coming to the Premiership got me thinking. What the hell are we expecting? Sure, in recent years ‘the window’ has been exciting, but why do we allow ourselves to be drawn in to all the Sky Sports News fuelled gossiping and yellow tickered excitement? Why do we allow ourselves to be interested in ol’ Arry’ Redknapp babbling on about having a ‘triffic squad’ but still ‘lookin to do summink’? None of that bollocks is why we love football is it? If this week has proved anything it is that we shouldn’t give a toss about all the nonsense and speculation and should instead revel in the bloody brilliant games on offer.
The intensity of a Manchester Derby, the ridiculous goal feast fuelled by early scores for an away side, the classy turnaround from a team on top even the shock of the bottom side in the football league winning away at the promotion chasers (Darlington beat Rotherham 2-1 for those who somehow didn’t notice that one). These are the reasons football excites us. So never mind the bollocks, here’s the football instead.
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