Tuesday 11 May 2004

Girning like a wee lassie with a skint knee

As a fan of the bears, I was annoyed by some of the things Sam Allardyce was saying regarding Prso's move to Rangers
Are we to believe that he is so naïve and trusting that he truly thought he would get Prso without actually attaining his signature? If so he's deluding himself and misleading Bolton's fans, but I suspect he knew fine well he may lose the player and is simply taking the opportunity to girn about it in a most unprofessional manner.
Casting doubt on Prso's ambition and professionalism is bad enough but trying to insult a club like Rangers, who have a pedegree his club could never even hope to match is downright disgracful.
I would concede that the general standard in the Premiership is better than in most SPL matches, but I am so sick of hearing about how the premiership is "one of the best leagues in the world". It plainly is not. If it was then how come English clubs have failed to win a European trophy since 1999 (and they were a bit jammy to bag that one)? Were they not watching when Celtic hammered two of their clubs out of Europe last season?
We often get accused of lacking the glamour of the english game and sure, we can't match Man U v Chelsea or Liverpool v Arsenal , but come on. Norwich v Charlton? Portsmouth v West Brom? Are you excited?
Get a grip Allardyce. If you failed to sell your club to Prso, that's your own fault. You can hardly blame Rangers for demonstrating to the boy that they are indeed the bigger club.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wee bit of respect lost for Mr Allardyce. He usually conducts himself pretty well but I think he lost the rag a wee bit there.

Going back to our Puma / Cameroon discussion on my site. You're probably right about the blood money et al but I've got a soft spot for Cameroon and they're, previously sleeveless and now all-in-one kit.

Fraser said...

I don't have anything against Cameroon per se, I like a lot of their players and it will be a shame if they don't qualify because of this hoo ha.