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Have chosen not to read the paper this morning, partly because it just depresses you and also it will be full of the departure of our National football team coach's decision to quit his £6 million job because of his support for our erstwhile team captain the infamous John Terry.
 Quite why Mr Capello would jump to the support of Mr Terry who is currently facing a racism charge (in which he vehemently denies any wrong doing)  and has been found to be rather less than a gentleman with his other team mates spouses, will always remain a mystery to myself and I am sure countless others, but then again, I dont understand why the game has such a following in the first place so that's hardly surprising!.

I must admit to being something of a football phillistine, I cannot for the life of me see why millions of people up and down the country throw their hard earned at such a bunch spoilt little rich kids, who appear out of the training ground and jump in a new Ferrari and disappear off up to Cheshire-le-Moneybelt while those that actually pay their wages are living mostly in abject poverty. It's not that they are even role models for our offspring, what with arguments with the referees adultery,rascism,tax evasion, you name it we have seen it over the years.  One or two do stand out as exemplary in many ways, Gary Lineker was one and obviously David Beckham but it seems alas they are the exception not the rule.
I have a feeling that the ridiculous wages and transfer fees are going to suffer a similar fate to the housing market crash in this country sooner rather than later and in my view the sooner the better, it's at time's like these that people need to have a distraction that they can afford to use, football was always the working man's way of letting off steam from the humdrum of a week's toil, now sadly it is starting to be out of reach for many families, father and son's etc and that is surely to the detriment of the sport and all it stands for.

I for one will continue to read the newspaper until i reach the holiday section then close it and bin it, that is, when i can be bothered to pick it up at all !.