Away from the bubble of the European Championships, something rather important happened yesterday in the realm of Scottish football. That is, of course, if the words “important” and “Scottish football” in the same sentence do not make an oxymoron.
This would usually be the part where this blog post talks about last night’s England game and how we fared and my opinions and how a change of system would have made it better (hint, no matter what we did, it probably wouldn’t).
In amongst the turgid, dreary and seriously lack on insightful commentary on the Ireland-Croatia game on ITV last night, there was one comment that stood out for its dreadfulness.
And so it comes to this; yet another major international tournament with Italy in disarray and controversy being the order of the day.
One of the most impressive things about British football fan culture is the sheer strength of numbers it possesses when it goes travelling. From League 2 away days to the bi-annual major international tournaments, the turnout of away fans at these events is, more often than not, deeply impressive and causes slight confusion over the mental well being for so many people to spend so much time and money on football.
As was discussed earlier in the week, the veracity of surveys to do with football is somewhat dubious due to various factors but, they’re talking points that can be used to stimulate debates and that is the point of this post.
It’s amazing what a change of career can do to the public perception of oneself. Look at Katie Price; as Jordan she was looked down upon for her boring publicity game of getting her assets out and various celebrity flings. But now, as Katie Price, she is known for her boring publicity game of various non-celebrity marriages and being a novelist. Bad example perhaps…
Despite yesterday’s confident prediction that the Liverpool managerial saga had plenty of twists yet to turn, it would now appear that Brendan Rodgers is bound for the Anfield dugout. Coincidentally, now that that sentence has been written, some manner of misfortune will occur to prevent it from happening. Regardless, we plough on.