wow, the past few days have certainly been frantic for the epl huh.

right, so alan curbishley's just quit west ham. well, not that much of a surprise huh. looking at the way things have been going for them, it's about time. i say slaven bilic's gonna replace him. and goodness, manchester city huh. well, we'll see if those new found riches are gonna translate into trophies. the capture of robinho's a good start yeah. but somehow, i just feel they're gonna hit a snag sonner or later. not sure why, just.. i mean look around. of late, there's been an increasing number of such cases. a new owner, flooded with cash, takes over, promises great amd grand stuff, then somehow, just somehow, things fall apart. remember when tom hicks and george gillett took over liverpool? they pledged to make huge funds available for the gaffer, pledged their support and all. soon, things start to go awry. the funds dry up, they have internal fights and all, and guess what, they even start speaking to juergen klinsmann. the gaffer gets disillusioned, and wants rick parry to quit, and most recently, he's unable to prise his top target barry away from aston villa. lack of funds? what a spectacular mess.

look at west ham. still recall when eggert magnusson and bjorgolfur gudmundsson and their icelandic consortium took over? same old pleasantries initally, promised funds, pledged support for pardew. then not so long after, pardew was sacked. and see what's happening now. curbishley's walking out, allegedly due to his diminishing power and influence. the board appears to be interfering and george mccartney and anton ferdinand were supposedly sold against curbishley's will. honestly, from my humble point of view, i think these sort of interference is really quite stupid. like, they're just rich businessmen in the game just to earn huge profits. that's bad enough. but worse, they don't sit back and just quietly collect the money. they think they're so smart, telling the manager which players they want, telling the manager who to pick, and when the manager doesn't listen, for the good of the club, he probably gets sacked. if he listens, to please the owners, at the expense of the club and reaults, he probably gets sacked too, after a string of poor results. how dumb.

well. we'll see how this middle east family are gonna transform manchester city. they're gonna try bid for cristiano ronaldo in january?? hmmm....