Last week was pretty uneventful. Manchester United fell into relegation status and Man City went to the top of the league. Oh, how do things change in the Premiership? A week later: Man City lost to Arsenal, United finally won, oh and Chelsea is leading the Prem by a point. This puts Man City fast on the heel of Chelsea and Man U out of relegation status. Oh and might we add, England lost a friendly.
BBC is reporting that Arsenal will be keeping Arsene Wenger around for a few more seasons. Managerial transitions have been the highlight of the off season and indeed the start of the new season it would seem. You can argue the Berbatov trade issue has been important, but what about his boss at Tottenham, Martin Jol? Since the opening gates were thrown open a few weeks ago, Jol has been a constant image. There is talk of him being fired but it seems that now, it isn't going to happen.'
Then there is the Arsene Wenger talk. I can remember back before school let out for the summer that there was talk that Wenger might be looking to manage a different gun with the fall rolled around, but it seems that those reports were un-warranted.
And perhaps the most publicized manager dispute has been that of Chelsea boss, Jose Mourinho. He has been at odds with Chelsea's owner, the Russian oil magnate, Roman Abromovich for some time and most were sure that the Special One would be leaving Stamford Bridge this fall but once again, a manager prevails.
With all the stories that float around websites about players, it's amazing that we know the teams have managers. For ever one story about Jol, there are ten about Berbatov. It seem that the job of being a Premiership boss is a rather thankless one that I would never want. I rather play the beautiful game then see the ugliness that it can produce.
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