Survival Sunday

It was billed as ‘Survival Sunday’ ‘it’s 2 of 5 that will drop’ as those friendly folk at Sky would happily reminded us. On days like today they’re just in their element! There were plenty of  ‘Many more twists and turns’ ‘Press red button’ ‘The table as it stands’ relegation bingo was at full flow! Jeff and the boys were in typically fine fettle and the Paul Merson for PM campaign continues to gather pace. Sky absolutely love it and for me it’s great viewing. I even forgot my team were playing, which is fortunately as they lost.

 

It’s always a shame that someone has to going down. Inevitably you’re going kinda like whoever it is, as usually it’s the plucky underdog that’s fought all season but falls just short at the final hurdle, step up Blackpool. The premier league will be a less exciting place without them and I think there’s even a place for Ian Holloway. But with Holloway very much like the drunk kid you see every now and again who pulls down his pants at the party, it just ain’t the same watching him do it week in week out. Especially when he has a habit of contradicting himself fairly regularly. But still there’s always room for a drunk pulling down their pants right?

The irony that comes with Birmingham’s exit was they were 3 minutes away from their best season in recently history. If Wolves hadn’t had scored their second it’s unlikely they would have conceded, thus staying up. Having secured the league cup and a European spot for next year with premier league 

survival, McLeish could have expected the keys to the city. Now all he’ll get is the keys to a cheap mid range Chinese import. Actually I’ve no idea how Carson Yeung made his money, I’m hoping cars. I suppose I could Wikipedia it.. OK it was penny stocks and a Casino, there no joke there I’m sticking with cars.

 

But it wasn’t all rainy days and Sunday night bath time. Three clubs escaped the drop on the final day, so there was reason to cheer. And cheer they did, crowd invasions and kids kissing TV cameras. Roberto Martinez the Wigan manager was so elated he threw his jacket into the crowd forgetting to take out his wallet. The wallet was return missing £17.58 but bearer bonds totalling a 25% stake in JJB sports unfortunately remained. He said after the game he’d felt like he’d won a trophy but in truth it was probably more than that. These clubs are now a slave to the reddies and dropping out the division has serious repercussions on the bank balance and not just the club’s, those managers who just survived the drop can expect to get a regular pay check over the summer, where as for the others I not so sure.