And so 2008 has begun at a freezing cold Blackburn waiting for Sunderland to trot out into a half full Ewood Park. Not quite the glorious start to the New Year I had wanted, but it's not all free lunches and luxury padded seats this press lark you know.
It is normal at this time of year to ponder a few New Year's resolutions before conveniently forgetting them again some point around January 12th and, as I've got a bit of time on my hands, I thought I'd join in.
I'd imagine Joey Barton has also had a bit of time on his hands to think about his resolutions in his cell and I'd assume trying to avoid popping into McDonalds in Liverpool in the early hours of the morning featured pretty highly.
During an interview with the BBC's rather smug Inside Sport last month, Barton claimed only God could judge him. On one level he might be right, but on the other I think he is about to find out that a High Court judge can also do a bit of judging when he puts his mind to it!
Quite what will happen to the scrapping Scouser I don't know, but it certainly doesn't look good for the lad does it? A prison sentence, if found guilty, lies in wait and probably the termination of his contract at Newcastle United. That's a career and £5.8m down the drain. And all for a Big Mac!
I just hope his prison has a football team because I doubt he's any good at peeling potatoes, although I might be wrong, young Joey might be a bit of a whiz in the kitchen, he looks as though he enjoys his food anyway!
Oh yes, New Year's Resolutions, well Sunderland will be hoping they can stop conceding sloppy goals, oh and find someone who can score them regularly at the other end. Roy Keane will probably also resolve not to spend so much money on Championship players in the future.
At Newcastle, Big Sam will hopefully resolve not to wear that pink scarf and black hat combination ever again, although I can't imagine he's going to make a new resolution to play open, attacking football with the onus on overpowering the opposition rather than constantly worrying about what they can do to you. Buy hey, it's a new year, a new beginning, I might be wrong.
As for me, I also pledge to stop social smoking, drink less and to go to the gym at least three times a week. As I said, conveniently forgotten by mid-January! Happy New Year readers!
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