tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post1705783441135861354..comments2024-02-06T16:17:25.826+00:00Comments on THE GRØNMARK BLOG: There are a lot of greedy bastards in football - and they don't all sit in the directors' boxScott Gronmarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-30882854019713998962016-02-09T17:36:52.360+00:002016-02-09T17:36:52.360+00:00Nice sense of humour, too. When asked last week ho...Nice sense of humour, too. When asked last week how he felt about betting companies now making Leicester favourites, Ranieri pointed out that, at the start of the season, they'd also picked him as the first manager to be sacked.<br /><br />Anyway, what's wrong with Slaviša Jokanović (apart from four losses in seven games)? If you're attending the QPR match on Saturday, yours will be one of the voices floating through the window of my eyrie - let's hope it isn't singing, "You're getting sacked in the morning."Scott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-15176322174489946342016-02-09T17:17:24.034+00:002016-02-09T17:17:24.034+00:00I suspect Mrs. G would discover she had a pressing...I suspect Mrs. G would discover she had a pressing engagement elsewhere - probably abroad. But I'm okay with the rest of your proposal - and, as we Scots-Norwegians are now strict teetotallers, you might have to drink all the Scotch yourself. (Mind you, that might make a 0-0 West Brom-Aston Villa draw more palatable.)<br /><br />I paid £60 for BT Sport's Champions League coverage, mainly so I could watch Manchester United trash the opposition on their way to a triumphant final. Instead, I find myself watching the likes of Dynamo Plodz v. Jerusalem Wanderers (very good at defensive walls). Not one of my better investments. Still, they've had a few decent Premiership matches to partially make up for it.<br /><br />I met the chap who composed the Champions League theme a few years ago. He ploughs his royalties into arts documentaries, so it's going to a good cause.Scott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-66090302343456752172016-02-08T15:42:55.252+00:002016-02-08T15:42:55.252+00:00It's a Cinderella story. We all love to see th...It's a Cinderella story. We all love to see the underdog do well and Leicester are on course to become the Premiership's most popular champions. I also like their manager. There's no excessive flamboyance; none of that "special one" nonsense and he rarely complains about officials or moans to journalists. I think I'm right in saying their top striker was playing non league football until Leicester bought him. He's now almost a shoe in to represent England.<br />Before the season started you could buy the entire team for what Arsenal, Chelsea or Man City pay for one player.<br />The entire club, particularly the manager, have done a tremendous job.<br />If only Ranieri had decided to manage Fulham...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00839005575027842615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-89526936183756431242016-02-07T23:55:11.354+00:002016-02-07T23:55:11.354+00:00Have you got BT Sport? Top bloke. All round to Sco...Have you got BT Sport? Top bloke. All round to Scott's place. Riley, Moss, Southern Man get the beers in and I'll sort the pizzas. SDG get the train down with a couple of single malts. Get baking, Mrs G.<br /><br />That would probably cost slightly more than £77 but be rather more fun. TV rights are so lucrative that most Premiership clubs could halve ground prices and still make massive profits. In the stadium, £77 would price out the ordinary local support and just get you sat next to a slightly more affluent sweary oik, after being treated as a potential criminal all the way from the train station to your seat. The last football match I went to was a Real Madrid home match, an experience so enjoyable that I decided that I wouldn't spoil it by undergoing again the rip-off and piss-take that is our own equivalent British football entertainment.<br /><br />For slightly more than double the Liverpool match day ticket, I can have a year of turning up at the Oval when I like and watch cricket all day. And then watch Match of the Day. Maybe a Premiership title for Leicester might shake things up a bit but I doubt it. The only difference will be that their players will treble their wages and get even more ridiculous haircuts.ex-KCSnoreply@blogger.com