So it begins.
The mind games.
I think I'm right in stating that Ferguson's skills were first noted after his less-than difficult success in goading Kevin Keegan into his 'love it' rant at Elland Road.
The taunts have all the sophistry of a schoolyard, around the level of 'Yeah, and your mum!'
So to this season. With the poor oil tycoon's plaything (Chelsea) out of the running, you would believe that only the rich oil tycoon's plaything, Manchester City, would be the target of his venom.
Having regularly dismissed City as noisy neighbours, the risk of repeating himself is too great for Sir Alex. Instead he has a novel solution, guaranteed to gain extra press attention: ignore City completely and talk up Tottenham and the media-friendly manager Harry Redknapp.
It is a valid opinion, so what is the point of this post?
It's the remark that Spurs do not have the 'Thursday/Sunday' problem to contend with.
What?
This isn't the first time anyone has stated this, but when did this blatant piece of balls become an accepted fact?
How is this any different to a Wednesday/Saturday problem, or indeed a Saturday/Tuesday problem? You remember those don't you, Sir Alex?
I don't believe for a second that with over 30 years of being subject to the whims of ITV (yes, The Big Match, kids!) and Sky to move games to Sunday clubs still treat it solely as a day of rest when there is a high likelihood of being required to play a game.
Were football managers major backers of Keep Sunday Special campaigns? Are footballers especially religious? (Yes, Kaka and various other South Americans belong to God, but are they representative of the wider playing base?)
Is football trying to unshackle itself from the laws of physics? (Niels Bohr aside, there's very little intersection.)
Three days are three days. The start and end points make no difference.
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