Velvet classic

Football Daily | A transfer deadline day so quiet that Crystal Palace and F1 stole the show

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!

At the end of a January transfer window in which Fabrizio Romano’s phone buzzed with less frequency than a hermit’s doorbell, the final tallies are in. After three consecutive record-breaking January spends on the bounce, financial outlay is down; way down. As down as a No 1 hit by denim clad, three-chord tricksters Status Quo called Down Down, boasting the chorus “down down, deeper and down”.

I am going to confidently predict that ‘dart-throwing’ (yesterday’s Football Daily) will become the new ‘rocking the baby’ when scoring. Mind you, for some clubs it’ll be the only time those players hit the target” – Kev McCready.

Re: the blathering controversy (yesterday’s Football Daily letters). I would have thought that the definition of blathering was adequately met by Gabriel Jesus saying more-or-less that he would henceforth try to score some goals” – Robert Blanchard.

Please have sympathy for Football Daily, whose whole raison d’etre is based on blathering. In fact, without the blathering, Football Daily would be reduced to Big Website punditry, and no one comes here for that. Yours in blathering” – Paul Arnold.

If indeed the structure of the game is rechristened the football ‘bell-bottomed trousers’ (Football Daily letters passim), does that mean teams can only sign flare players?” – Derek McGee.

Continue reading…Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!At the end of a January transfer window in which Fabrizio Romano’s phone buzzed with less frequency than a hermit’s doorbell, the final tallies are in. After three consecutive record-breaking January spends on the bounce, financial outlay is down; way down. As down as a No 1 hit by denim clad, three-chord tricksters Status Quo called Down Down, boasting the chorus “down down, deeper and down”.I am going to confidently predict that ‘dart-throwing’ (yesterday’s Football Daily) will become the new ‘rocking the baby’ when scoring. Mind you, for some clubs it’ll be the only time those players hit the target” – Kev McCready.Re: the blathering controversy (yesterday’s Football Daily letters). I would have thought that the definition of blathering was adequately met by Gabriel Jesus saying more-or-less that he would henceforth try to score some goals” – Robert Blanchard.Please have sympathy for Football Daily, whose whole raison d’etre is based on blathering. In fact, without the blathering, Football Daily would be reduced to Big Website punditry, and no one comes here for that. Yours in blathering” – Paul Arnold.If indeed the structure of the game is rechristened the football ‘bell-bottomed trousers’ (Football Daily letters passim), does that mean teams can only sign flare players?” – Derek McGee. Continue reading…

Exit mobile version