Making Chelski Suffer

A belated Christmas Present

Chelski Suffer and not just because of John Terry

The Pressing Trouble with Bob

Is that the press like making stuff up. Creating fear where there is no fear. It sells newspapers that only zombies buy, hence the association with dawn when the mind is not yet alert. Whilst this may work during the week on the way to work, but not on a Sunday. It's just plain insulting to think the People do not have their wits about them. Or some of us at least. Sunday is a day to get over headaches and be thankful your not working.

We fear what we do not know. That is why football should be a uniting factor, not a divisive one. I even read about Tribes that said We Are The People, although I was unable to confirm if this had anything to do with the World Cup. How could I we not support that? However the Sunday people* deserve a gesture from Fulham fans.

Thus future England and current Fulham Legend Bob has had his good name tarnished in the media just to spread a dollop of brain jam made with only artificial ingredients but proclaim it as organic on the grounds that Tottenham, Sunderland and QPR [who Fulham thrashed at the Cottage*] exist. Those are the facts of this article, the rest is artistic license. 

It's good that Fulham have a squad they can rotate in attack. It's not like we don't get injuries to our strikers or have enough games to worry about is it? Simple squad rotation provides a goldmine of speculation for a journalist and it's not like the press haven't revealed the extent that they make things up. Football fans have known this for years from the back pages. I don't ever discount an agent, who may be closely related to bankers, looking for another bonus. 

Martin Jol made a solid decision that didn't pay off. I would rather have Bobby for the games to come let AJ have a run out. Strikers are mostly delicate souls and need to be pampered. 

* I don't think Smiffy has spoken to me since then. 

** they don't deserve capitals either - just like beleibers or chelski. We hate chelski.

Fulhamish #2 New Mancs on the Block

Not a Very Pretty View, but the glass is always Half Full

Today's game is against the Über rich New Mancs on the Block. Second versus bottom. I used to like them, because they were the poorer cousins. Our Chairman genuinely loves his club and the fans and we love him back. He saved Fulham from crumbling into the ground, literally, and we will always be grateful - even if we have to put up with the Curse of Jackson. There is a connection and history, no matter how tenuous. 

He may be an Asylum Seeking Chairman (according to Smiffy) but only because the government refused him Citizenship because he kept speaking out of turn. His crime was to forgot that in the world of business you're not allowed to talk openly about the back handers, insider deals and general corruption that follows money. It's just not cricket. The People are not supposed to know!

But MAF is not a limited company or a murky investor who has no interest in the team beyond owning it. Mohamed Al-Fayed is also a well known Conspiracy Theorist and Eccentric so there is much to love about him, especially on this blogsite. He knows there is no one is ever bigger than the team and so we indulge each other. Football is about the fans as AFC Wimbledon and FC United have shown. 

Without The People, there is no football. Players, chairmen and even some grounds come and go. 

I believe today, like I believed on that day in April when Fulham fans could finally sing:

'We're winning away, 

we're winning away, 

how shit must you be, 

we're winning away.' 

It was pure poetry against the 'fake hoops' (according to Smiffy) that we could stay up and we did against all odds. On the last day of the season, David beat Goliath and sent the Royals down. It was a moment in time, a memory etched forever in annuls of the club, like when we held the then Mighty Warriors of the Undeserving Poor in the 3rd Round of the old Milk Cup. Twice. 

Every dog has it's day when even the powerful and mighty fall - especially if a tackle is well timed. Ahem.

Referee!

We reached a European final and stayed up. Strange things happen in football if only you have faith. We coasted well last season after a start bereft of wins. So let the young whipper snappers set the pace because they will soon run out of breath. We've been here before.

Down from here, the only way now is up. There is a very long way to go to get to the magical 42 (not 40 that's LIES!!) and we've been here before. This is a marathon, not a sprint. Unless your parents called you Elvis thus cursing you to take cocaine. Things could be worse and for that I'm thankful.

COYWS

[Videos going to added to this post, hopefully some of my own - FootballZillaTV Broadcasting for the People]