2014 How Wales conquered the premier league
Right now there are two welsh teams in the premier league plus
3 welsh managers. When was the last time that has happened, even in the old
first division. Yep never.
Giggs has just been given the management of Man Utd, only 9
months too late to push Utd in to a Champion’s league spot. Then we have Tony
Pulis, contender for manager of the year. A man who has dragged Palace out of
the knacker’s yard to hoist them into middle of the table respectability.
Finally Mark Hughes who has kicked the
naysayers in the balls by over performing with a Stoke team made up of gigantic
criminals and yobs.
Demonstrating that club owners should stop shopping for
their Managers in Italy and Spain. They would have better fortune in Merthyr and have better fortune because we are
cheaper. Wages are lower in Wales than most EU countries.
Of course none of this is going to last for very long. I
reckon Hughes and Pulis have safe guarded their positions so can afford to book
their two weeks bargain basement holiday in Greece this summer.
But Giggs might still be down the job centre in Cardiff by
July. Not having a foreign surname will tellingly count against him. But Giggs
could be a good bet for Cardiff should Solskjaer move on? Nice thought.
Man Utd’s travails are of course entertaining to Cardiff
fans. Had Man U been managed by Ole, with his attack for 90 minutes philosophy and
we had Moyes, with his ‘we are the underdogs, fight them on the beaches’
mentality we would have both been better off. Man Utd in a Champion’s league spot
and Cardiff looking at the Europa league. The Europa league is the one where
you have 23 referees around the pitch and none of them can give a penalty.
Anyways the Welsh ascendency won’t last for long. Cardiff
will do well to stay up now. A must needed win at Sunderland is surely the minimum
necessary. 3 Points for us but more importantly snatching 3 from Sunderland to prevent
them leap frogging leaping us to safety. Then would one point do it? Surely at
least 3, if not, 4 more.
Anyways let us become insufferably proud of the welsh
finally ruling the Premier League even if it is only for a few weeks.
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