BECAUSE THEY CAN PLAY F'CKING GOOD FOOTBALL: PART 14
'the final day'; 'the boys of the Stretford End'; 'through the glass of Carrington; 'the countdown continues'; previous parts below...
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE, TEN, ELEVEN, TWELVE, THIRTEEN
through the days
late summer
autumn
winter
spring
the ingot coloured afternoons and eves
of May
this:
this
is
Manchester United
De aap komt uit de mouw
(Dutch proverb: the monkey comes out the sleeve)
PART 14
page 136
it is here
the final day
of Erik’s first PL
season -
this Sunday -
28 May
dawns
he talked on Wednesday of ‘strategy’ needing to accompany new money supplied by any new owner
this summer (if there is a new owner);
by Thursday eve, 10pm, it was 4-1 to Man Utd versus Chelsea
and Champs footie next season was secured;
he said, after, doth did Erik, that top four in the Premier League is akin to a trophy.
would Sir Alex Ferguson EVER say this?
a less than zilcho
chance
is the answer;
so here are Fulham for the last 4.30pm KO of the term
the last game of the Prem League term;
and behind us the twinkling days of a season
wheel into the distance,
to endlessly play out in the annals;
we still have Man City, on Saturday, in the
north of London
at Wembley.
page 137
moments in between
how to enjoy these?
a coffee in the sun?
a pastry under a tree?
a pushbike adventure?
a simple ambulate around?
through the leafy lanes of Hale
thoughts of the Netherlands
thoughts of what is waiting
out there;
the dude from The Guardian hoped to catch me out
on Thursday night, post- Chelsea by quoting back to me my words a few seconds before that the transfer window will affect
next season.
of course it will.
but he doth did still say:
‘is this what will make or break it, then?’
he’s smart.
the smartest of the lot clearly.
but
not
too smart
to outdo me.
yet this brain - how he chess moves/calculates:
some of my players - Bruno and Casemiro, maybe Luke too, apart - could use a mind like the dude from The Guardian doth does display every time he
doth does address me.
foresooks.
Keep reading with a 7-day free trial
Subscribe to Tales From The UniversE to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.