Football in These Times!

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I have tried my possible best to keep from writing in these mad times. I must say, this time of the year is my worst, especially because it is usually about all talk and no play.

Yes, Madrid has gone gaga, Chelsea are suddenly not sure if they are giants of the market, United are still shocked he left and don't know exactly who to get and what to do with the money they got, everyone speculates for Arsenal, Barcelona don't know if to keep it stable or go crazy like their rivals, Spurs start thinking about being a big club, and just before I forget, Man City start to play around with its money...

It is one of those times when football in Europe continues to flatter decency and show a reflection of what is definitely not the present times.

It was hoped that the global recession would help bring the game back to a normal structure and thinking caps back on the heavy heads, but from what we have seen yet, it is nothing like that we should expect.

In all, we have to say, that which must be paramount if the love for the game. In the midst of the cruelty, and barbaric mention of millions of whatever currency they have at the front, we must look to protect the game, played by a good many, watched by loads and loved by the unthinkable.

Kaka, Ronaldo, Eto, Villa, Tevez, Ibrahimovic, Diego, Johnson (how did he get in here?), Douglas (yet to be out of his teens), Pirlo, Maicon and the very many who would be the main attraction, especially for the high amounts attached to the contracts they sign and the wages they would be entitled to, should take it in as the benefit of the love for the game.

And in so doing, remember that across the world, those who are the true fans are those who don't have money to eat, yet would climb a tree and break a leg trying to get into stadiums (for free), steal a television set, beat their wives (for distraction during a football match), hang themselves (as our dear Kenyan fan did), or even get crushed by the van of an opposing fan...

Football must show sincerity and meekness, that is not to say it should wallow in penury or mediocrity, but it should show to have a heart like the humans who live and die for it.

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