The Pain of Underachievement

Some things are really strange. Just take the case of ‘world-beater’ Jean Alain Boumsong. Went to the World Cup, never kicked a ball, got a runners-up’s medal, picking up 30000 pounds a week at Newcastle and messing our defence up. And now he claims that a couple of French Ligue 1 sides want to take him back to France. To those teams he has added the Juve, recently relegated to Serie B. Actually, all Toon fans would not shed any tear if this poor excuse for a soccer professional leaves because he actually made our defence look like that of a Sunday pub team. If we can halve our losses, I say let him go and let the youngsters grow. In any case, when he was out of the team, the defence played better and I am sure that no one in the team would miss him, despite protests to the contrary.
Next up, some reports about us doing a triple deal involving 15 million pounds, let’s hope it solves our striking problems and fast.