As far as pundits go, Rio Ferdinand and Robbie Savage have to be ranked at Z list status, and that has been evident with their commentary type come pundit work with TNT (The Turner Television Network) with former footballer’s holding onto of days gone by, but it has to be said that savage is no clown in the dugout with the termed head coach guiding Macclesfield Town from the Northern League Prem as Champions to the National League North. So does that make Savage a good pundit? Punditry is a lopsided band waggon ride spray gunned with tripe offerings. Link to article June 2^nd 2021 ‘Our Dreams Part 2 Return of the Mac’.

The veteran commentor Clive Tyldesley who has suffered at the hands of the woke agenda hotpants having been sidelined, criticised the Savage and Ferdinand commentary for the Manchester United v Lyon Europa League encounter with the dud blatantly favouring United as if they were on the seated terraces with the United supporters where impartially in the commentary box has to be the golden rule, that was broken, as is the case with many pundits, a degree of censor? Perhaps they could get in line to suck Paul Scholes toes, the class of ’92 and all that added.

Tyldesley accused savage and Ferdinand of acting like a fan channel, jumping around as if they had nits in their pants, excitable, Jackanory and all that, former players cannot believe how football has opened the door for them for easy pay days and an ill fitting suit, to stat out, to suggest twenty percent meet the criteria on the pundit seating to offer professionalism and candidness, many of a poor harvest to work on name only it’s time to clean the house out.

The Premier League’s inception in 1992, opened the floodgates for this banal media side, to be no entry on this conveyor belt. Many broadcasts would officiate in type with the YouTube channels, a big word for YouTube, affiliation, to be of Mickey Mouse, ramblings in part? Many on the powder of the quested generational ride, all themed up on the emotional ride ticket, it’s all out there. Simon Jordan of Radio TalkSport much revered in the mind of host Jim White, stated that the two afforded Savage and Ferdinand garner the right information from their previous football soundings, but that’s not the case, this is to fall in line with Jordan’s previous ownership at Crystal Palace seeking to add credibility to Jordan’s ownership gospel, hence the speak, to their lollipops, the microphone’s all wired up, but to disconnect on occasions.

Jordan has turned into a mellowed meerkat to fall in line with the rest of the bullshit in part. Carl Froch, programmed on YouTube as the standard bearer on the truth, Manero does not stand media alone, Manero callouts are articled. Punditry is a must, but many do not adhere, according to Jordan that’s okay, that should not be allowed to be the case, the mellowed meerkat has gone comfort zone, no more cat calls. There will be no digesting of high numbered eggs on this watch or the treading on eggshells, the Manero callouts will continue to ride with gusto, no snowflakes on the Manero watchdog, woof, woof.

Football’s Regulator

Football’s new concept regulator is within a bootstrap of taking one’s seat as the head table of football’s wind of change with the empowered to be David Kogan a British media executive who has previously worked as chief media rights advisor for the Premier League from 1998 to 2015. Fancy titles will not cut the mustard, time will determine on suitability.

The 130,000 a year part-time role will give Kegan the power to form a deal between the Premier League and the English Football League on financial redistribution, parachute payments will also come under the remit. Kogan will operate a licensing system for the combined 116 clubs in the top 5 tiers of English football. The principal remit would be to ensure football clubs are sustainable and accountable to fans. The Manero message to those who oppose football’s regulator, this is your port of call, time to clear the decks, it’s time to clean the house up, dusty bin sweeps 1,2,3 and all that, ‘let’s go’ to safeguard the pyramid system.

The Art of the Deal

The internal external strife, depends on which side of the door you sit, titled the Trent Alexander-Arnold affair with Real Madrid taking courtship of the player, it all turned sour with the supporters venting their disturbance towards Trent, from a match winning goal v Crystal Palace to be worshipped from the travelling fans, from hero to zero? Is that the case? Should the player have expected a fanfare? Trent warfare? Not quite, just football’s tribal offerings, red stained across the Trent coffee mugs, broken, shattered, you can put lipstick on the pig, but will it still grunt? Is that the view the Liverpool support faithful have of Trent Alexander? Is that really the case? What are the supporter’s percentages of no player support?

A huge transfer fee for the player would be a better parting shot, perhaps the club were snailed with the player’s contract negotiations. For Trent’s contract to run down is either an admin come management blunder or the player not wanting to sign on the dotted line, but the club does seem culpable to window frame Mo Salah and Virgil Van Dyke who were set in the same quandary mode, dilly dallying with contracts, to be burnt? That would have been the case if Salah and Van Dyke had hit the exit door on unsigned contracts, would all have been better served if an announcement on Trent’s pending departure to be tannoid at the season’s settling of the dust or perhaps the club wanted to hang Trent out in the public domain?

The Joleon Lescott transfer from Everton to Manchester City in August 2009 for 22 million pounds, is symbolic to suggest on the same termed ‘hung out to dry for a fan vulture fest’. Lescott was bracketed as a ‘money grabber’ the player’s imminent departure was leaked to the press. Manager David Moyes continued to select Lescott, having taken the huff to puff wind assisted Lescott into the supporters consciousness to launder the player out. At least Lescott was able to walk a straight line after the ritual hanging but without the noose, perhaps a big regret for Moyes? We will never know, will the supporters regret lambasting Trent Alexander-Arnold? Time determines all.

Time to put the meat grinder to one side, congratulations to Liverpool Football Club for a record breaking 20^th title, time for the sing song ‘Arne Slot, Na, Na, Na, Na’. That’s the real chimes reverberating around Anfield and into the pre-season.

Crystal Palace

Congratulations to Crystal Palace on winning the FA Cup for the first time in their 164 year history, defeating Manchester City 1-0 with one of the quartet of clubs of the same standing, Palace, Brighton, Fulham, and Bournemouth now delivering silverware ‘Fly you Eagles!’. Palace previous two time losing finalists 1990 and 2016.