The Transfer Season

It’s the transfer season once again. That time of the year when there’s minimal football to be seen and transfer gossip goes into overdrive.

A constant feature of this time of the year is the need by fans to know what players their clubs are interested, and then big up that player to the extent that such a player becomes ‘that missing link that the team needed last season’. This is the case whether or not said team succeeded in achieving its objective for the season. The reported target (as tabloids are wont to call such players) is viewed by the fans as the messiah, the man to lead to team to all conquering glory.

The simple truth is that football is a team game and one player cannot on his own lead his team to glory (yes, not even Lionel Messi), he needs a support cast- a team of decent players to ‘carry’ him.

If your team doesn’t get the player you’d like to see brought in, don’t go into a sulk and then predict doom for your team. The manager most probably has other ideas. That’s why he’s paid the amount he’s paid and you are a supporter. Get behind your team and support. That’s what you do.

This is not to say fans shouldn’t talk about the merits or all otherwise of players their clubs are after; but that in the end the manager has the final say and it’s his team to manage.