Such A Twat

Demonstrations Of A Defeatist Attitude – it’s the working title of the unauthorized biography ghost penned by scores of Boro supporters who’ve had enough of the lies, rhetoric and bombast. While on the fast track to relegation, your gaffer publicly lauds an incredulous tackle from an erstwhile club starlet, on one of the few signings you haven’t completely balls up. Said more-than-decent signing is now crocked for 12 weeks w/ damage to both legs  – and now we’re even more fucked in midfield than before. And the erstwhile club starlet is a midfielder! Who could’ve achieved the breakout he was so desperate to garner in his hometown colors! Poetic injustice such as that cannot be fabricated…

Digard got sent off for a tackle much less malignant at The Hawthornes; Emanuel Pogatetz saw red in the league cup v. United for a tackle even less than that. Lee Cattermole should have been given his marching orders Saturday – Boro could have capitalised on the man advantage and got three precious points. The red would have been rescinded. All parties profit.

It’s the disparity that’s maddening. The run of rotten luck amazingly exceeds the barren current stretch of 14 league matches w/out a win. Understanding that officiating is inexact, and the human element is integral to the sport – even FRANK FUCKING LAMPARD was sent off against Liverpool recently. The card was incorrectly given and quickly overturned…after all, Frank is impervious to punitive measures and miles above the law. But the decision at the time was right, and it protected the league’s most valuable assets – the players. Appeals processes allow injustices to be rectified. The last thing the referee needs is the onus of selectively enforcing rash tackles and random rushes of blood. You see something dodgy? Act aggressively and assertively. If you’ve fucked up, publicly atone and lobby the FA to review the assessment. Sadly this episode wouldn’t apply to Kevin Nolan – the dirty cunt who sought to saw Victor Anichebe’s leg in half w/ his boots.  The Geordie Scum immersion is progressing nicely.

West Ham in the replay of the FA Cup this week; I wish we pulled a Weymouth. Seemingly ever cup campaign produces the same question at some stage – can a team win silverware and go down. We are morphing into that topical punchline…

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