I don’t know if this is an extension of Tier 4, morphing into an official lockdown, or a different thing altogether, like, forget Tier 4, we’re over that and NOW we’re having a proper lockdown. Not like the last one, that was shit. Like the FIRST one. The proper one. Except for two important differences. They’re still playing football matches and places of worship are not closing. Which is essentially just one thing really. Football is the thing we worship, love, adore, exalt and praise (and spit, swear, abuse women, chant racism and drag knuckles, but that is NOT for this conversation!) so our ‘places of worship’ are a bit different to those mentioned in Coronavirus rule, number 42,782,075,881.23, but what does Boris know? In fact the only difference between today (last day of Tier 4) and tomorrow (first day of 3rd ‘lockdown’) is that I CAN’T PLAY TENNIS. Unless I’m ‘elite’, which many feel is a worthy term, or ‘disabled’, which even more might find appropriate. So as I don’t really do ‘that kind of worship’, all I have left is football.
But this is turning into the best season of all time. Because Christmas is now behind us and normally, we’re already looking at the Champions Elect as they smile smugly down the table from their 18-point ‘cushion’, defying other teams to challenge their unquestionable supremacy. But this season is different. No clear leaders. No cushions, no big ‘gaps’, just lots of teams all within just a few points of each other. And all way above Arsenal. I’m going to say that we now have a top 8. Ok, the 9th team in fact have the same number of points as the 8th but as that team is Chelsea, I’ve decided that it is my arbitrary fucking line and I’ll draw it where I fucking want!
But no fat lady is singing currently. And is unlikely to stoke up her voice for a long while. As every team seems to go through waves of form. Spurs were ‘unplayable’ for a good while. Then suddenly they became playable again. Hopefully that’s over with the fab win against Leeds on Saturday. Liverpool are still top, but not in any meaningful way after losing at Southampton last night. Who, in turn, enter that ‘elite’ top 8. Chelsea appear to be heading down whilst lowly Arsenal are temporarily heading in the opposite direction. Which is a shame because conversations involving Arsenal and relegation are my all time favourites. Manchester City are threatening but still aren’t quite as they have been previously. And Manchester United have shot up the table but hopefully will revert back to their former hapless form pretty soon. Leaving Spurs and Leicester to fight it out. I will mention Aston Villa because I have to, and now have done so, fulfilling all obligations.
But first, Brentford tonight. The Carabao Cup semi-final. Doesn’t get much bigger than that.
Happy Lockdown
A xxxx
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