Saturday, 8 November 2008
Step forward President Coyle...
What a wonderful week for the world.
Barack Obama is the President elect of the United States of America.
Lewis Hamilton is Formula One Champion.
And Burnley Football Club are nestled comfortably in the top six in the Championship.
There’s definitely some sort of new world order.
But while Barack gets his teeth into solving the global economic crisis, steering us away from impending Armageddon and buying puppies, it’s President Coyle that gets my plaudits.
The wee Scotsman is busy transforming the Clarets into a solid but attractive outfit who are playing with great flair, elegance and panache.
The likes of Robbie Blake and Chris Eagles look head and shoulders above anyone else in that department but with the aptitude of Chris McCann, Wade Elliot, Martin Paterson and Joey Gudjonsson they are ably assisted.
The back line has also been excellent, totally transformed from the disorganised bunch of gimps that turned up for the first two games of the season which saw the team ship seven goals.
Much of the praise must go to the gaffer Mr Owen Coyle was who has worked hard to get a team who plays attractive football, rarely concedes and are difficult to beat.
The club's recent success seems to be much attributed to the tremendous team spirit.
It’s great to see players celebrating a victory with such vigour, although their obsession with red underpants is quite disturbing.
Long may this wave of good fortune continue and if promotion was to be achieved then Coyle can expect much more than the honours bestowed on Obama this week.
But as we all know the Championship is a tight league where a couple of wins or defeats could see your position go up and down faster than Amy Winehouse’s knickers…well that’s if her husband Blake got his way after his promise on release from prison this week.
The same thing seems to be happening in the Premiership. In recent seasons there has definitely been almost three mini leagues operating within the twenty team structure but in recent weeks these boundaries have faded faster than John McCain’s Presidency hopes.
Just four points separates seventh and nineteenth at the start of play today with one more win for a rejuvenated Spurs meaning every team will have more points in November than Derby County did last May.
It's anyone’s guess at this stage who will get dragged in to the relegation battle by the end of the season, although on current form those teams facing the drop could easily be two wins away from attaining a much coveted spot in the UEFA Cup.
The performances of the promoted teams Stoke and Hull in particular have thrown the proverbial cat amongst the pigeons.
Hull City have undoubtedly been the surprise package of the season so far. Phil Brown seems to have found an effective way of playing the Premiership's elite and has been getting results.
Although I put it down to his lucky charm. Joes Mourinho had his “lucky” jacket while Brown has his “lucky” tan leather shoes…and skin.
But it is great to see a young fearless English manager not cowering to the bright lights of the big four and getting his team to have a good go at them.
One man who will always have a good go at his opponent is Joe Calazaghe who could possibly be bringing the curtain down on his so far unbeaten career tonight.
The Welshman has been an example to all sportsmen during his forty five fight professional career.
Whatever happens tonight against the legendary Roy Jones JR Calzaghe will go down in history as one of Britain’s great fighters.
Whether he chooses to fight on or not, let’s just hope his professional record reads 46 Wins, 0 Losses, 0 Draws in the morning.
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