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TAPPING UP
AND GOING UP 3-9-08
Udayan Mukherjee
I am a relatively young man but football has changed
dramatically in the brief period that I’ve been on this planet.
It took another step in the crazy direction on transfer deadline
day when a group from Abu Dhabi bought Manchester City.
Although City are a club that have had more false dawns than
I have had hot dinners, this time it seems as though they are
on the way to a golden age of spectacular signings and Premiership
and Champions League challenges.
Indeed, one of the first actions of a chairman thought to be
worth over ten times as Roman Abramovich was to sign Robinho
from Real Madrid. This is a signing that practically any club
in the world would like to have made.
If you take into account that Middlesbrough have been City’s
equals on the pitch for a long time now, it puts into perspective
the sudden and dramatic impact that foreign ownership now has.
Perhaps the big four has now become a big five, whilst other
foreign owned teams are also hoping to push on.
But what about the rest of us? Does this make the English Premier
League an unfair and skewed league because teams can transform
into juggernauts that can offer money that is beyond obscene
for players who aren’t even the elite?
With the new ability that City have to pay ridiculous money
and their chairman’s stated ambition of challenging the likes
of Manchester United and Chelsea (something reflected by their
chase for players these clubs were keen to get – Dimitar Berbatov
and Robinho), they are now higher in the pecking order than
teams like Spurs, Everton, Aston Villa, Blackburn and Boro.
In essence, City have put themselves in the position to compete
for their first trophy in nigh on thirty years with no effort.
Although they sold their soul a long time ago to the amorous
advances of the detestable Thaksin Shinawatra, they have now
arguably joined the ranks of English football’s detestable autocracy
with money seemingly being no object.
Another member of this footballing elite that gets bankrolled
by impersonal millionaires is Manchester United, who signed
their long time target Dimitar Berbatov from Tottenham Hotspur
at the eleventh hour.
The noises from the Tottenham camp seemed to indicate disgust
at United’s behaviour during the whole episode. They were understandably
reluctant to sell to a club that has no morals and ridiculous
double standards.
Indeed the actions of the United money men and “Sir Alex” Ferguson
were just as reprehensible as Real Madrid’s very public courting
of Cristiano Ronaldo. They were also remarkably similar.
Yet perhaps what is more alarming is that Sir Alex decided
to publicly take the piss out of Spurs and display Berbatov
in
full view of any fool with a camera. This is despite the fact
that tapping up, which is what Spurs accused United of doing,
is illegal and should be constituted a serious offence.
I probably harp on about the three points debacle of 1996-97
a bit too much (it remains a painful childhood memory, much
like the one involving the Priest), but is this not worse?
It’s cheating! In fact it’s worse because he’s taking the piss
out of the system as he’s doing it in full view! The urine has
been extracted so much that the bladder is as shrivelled as
the soul of the English game.
Will anything be done about it? Of course it won’t. It won’t
because it is Manchester United and Seralix thinks he can do
what he likes. And of course he is right.
Ladies and Gentlemen: in the modern game “Cash Rulez Everything
Around Me”. It is like a bizarre footballing version of the
Wu Tang Clan (one for the wiggas amongst you, there).
Ladies and Gentlemen: we are one of the only clubs to be holding
our own with what is essentially local money and a supply of
very good players that are from our own backyard.
It also has to be said that no Premiership club has the right
to pretend that they are potless. In world football, the earning
power of Premiership clubs far outweighs that of rival leagues
and we still have a large area from which to cherry pick our
talent.
The worry is, of course, that we have even less chance of breaking
that elite list of clubs with more spending power and more drawing
power.
However, given the talented squad we have assembled and the
belt and braces financial approach that the club are appearing
to adopt, we are well equipped to not only survive but do well
long term.
This is a very exciting time for our club and it will be interesting
to see how we hold up over the following season and seasons.
It is pleasing to see a pool of attacking players who work well
together and play fresh dynamic football.
It is also good to see players on the bench who should arguably
be in the team.
The front four are creating chances for each other and are constantly
causing the opposition problems.
The harmony in the dressing is supposedly excellent, except
of course for Mido. The big Egyptian remains an enigma who remains
committed to trying to be known as an impatient child for the
rest of his career.
Mido’s name regularly gets chanted from the terraces by supporters
desperate to see him do well and score goals. He, for his part,
comes out with some passionate displays and acts like he acknowledges
the fans’ support of him.
But, like always, he reverts to acting like a childish prat
and following the Stoke game, he refused to perform an off the
pitch official club duty. It seems that Mido enjoys spitting
the dummy out as soon as something goes against him.
He expects first team football because he did his job as a professional
footballer and made himself fit and scored some goals. Certainly
his performances show someone who is a very, very good player.
However, he is still a player who needs to repay some of the
faith and money spent on him. I’m assuming he got a hefty signing
on fee as a big name player and is earning in the region of
thirty grand a week. This is a significant amount in wages for
someone who has not played much football at all.
Also his injury and subsequent bad attitude with regards to
fitness means that he owes the club and fans a heck of a lot.
With eight or so clubs behind him at the tender age of twenty-five,
he needs to settle down and grow up because only then will he
realise his huge potential.
That said, Mido wants to play football and if there is a large
number of players annoyed that they are not playing, it keeps
people on their toes and this represents a massive improvement
on the weak benches of yesteryear.
We have been building for the future and have a number of young
players who are hungry for football and goals, and who are passionate
about the club that has given them a chance.
The Boro are one of the good guys in a league full of impatience
and dreams of instant success. Perhaps the slowly brewed virtues
of the Boro shall be able to compete after all.
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