The cash harvesting pre-season tours of Asia and beyond are over, Arsenal have made a raft of underwhelming signings, and Manchester United have a new bloke in charge.
Yes the start of this Premier League season is just around the corner, and it’s basically the same as the start of the last Premier League season only with less Scotsmen to influence things – and judging by the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games, that can be no bad thing.
But after all the excitement of a groin-wrecker of a World Cup, which was helped by England’s mercifully quick end, there’s a bit of a “meh” feeling in the build-up to the EPL.
In fact it’s been a bit of a snooze session as far as Premier League pre-seasons go. A bit of Wenger-baiting from Mourinho, Louis van Gaal channelling the ghost of Ferguson by moaning about a pre-season tour, Aston Villa doing absolutely nothing of interest – it’s been business as usual.
Last year, of course, we had an embarrassment of embarrassing-themselves riches in terms of headline-makers – Poland-invading Paulo di Canio, jokin’ Joe Kinnear, and of course the vampiric Luis Suarez were all on hand to make sure hilarity was never far away. And who’ve we got this year to replace them? Sean Dyche, Nigel Pearson and Garry Monk. Someone better hire Ian Holloway or this season is going to be as dull as an England team at a major tournament.
Come on Mourinho, you’re usually good for a few digs and jibes, what have you got to say? Is Roman Abramovich pissing you off so much that you want to quit?
“Football is about competitiveness every weekend and that only happens in the Premier League,” he yawned.
“When you have the two Manchester clubs, the three clubs from London plus Liverpool, that’s six top teams, where all of them can win the title. That’s why everybody loves the Premier League.”
Maybe, but it helps when there are a few head cases thrown into the mix.
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