The binning of Moyes has caused a disturbance in the footballing cosmos.
He was appointed by the king makers Slur Alex & Charlton. But unfortunately, as besets many fledgling manufacturing businesses, this was their first king and it turned out to be a bit defective.
Given the seeming inevitability of his appointment and then how short lived it was, one is left wondering if it really happened at all.
The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe, anyone? “How can I tell,” said the man, “that the past isn’t a fiction designed to account for the discrepancy between my immediate physical sensations and my state of mind?”
So now, the Spurs bit of the Internet is like one of those sepia movie reels of cars and trams and horses and people all whizzing about at that in the frantic 24 frames per second pace of the 1920’s and 30’s; the cars and trams and horses and people, now fans clucking like wet hens.
Will it be van Gaal, will it be Moyes, will it be Warnock? We hope it’s chips, it’s chips.
The first thing to understand in that the World Cup is going to cause a suffocating inertia. If you can’t grasp that, this summer will last 3 summers long for you.
Whilst many weak minded will be asking on a daily basis, who is going to be appointed?! The fact that Manchester United have announced Giggs as interim coach tells you plenty.
There will be no announcement from anyone at either club until the season is over.
Why would there be? How would that benefit anyone other than impatient fans asking stupid questions 8 times a day on Twitter and Facebook?
Last month “Signed.” ran the HH headline. “So LVG signed what?” is suddenly the question spinning at 24 frames per second in my head.
The source is good. Better than good. Proven. So what was signed, dammit?! The guess is, that a pre-contract was composed that a with clause that stated that should one of the “Sky 4” sides want to talk to him, he could talk back to them.
This is all too believable. Why would any top manager tie himself into a deal so far in advance with a second tier team like Tottenham?
So will United poach van Gaal?
I’m unconvinced. By the time the season kicks off, he’ll only be 8 years younger than Whiskey Face was when he jacked it in. Also the tale that United had met a dozen days or so ago with LVG is a quare one.
The story only ran in De Telegraaf and with 24hrs, Manchester United refuted it, to Press Association Sport. This isn’t some hack on the Daily Star, PA are a sober outfit. Why would United bother to deny it if it were true? The Moyes Out! campaign started the week he got the job, so this would hardly be a big story, a replacement name was bound to be put up at some stage by someone.
And despite this, it is De Telegraaf again that said on the day Moyes went, that further talks are now underway. Whereas the UK press who were clearly tipped off about the sacking have not been given anything in relation to LVG as the next MUFC boss.
The options for Spurs and for United are sparse. And that is the truth of it. Neither side look like unmissable opportunities. Both have squads that need fixing.
We’re in for a very long summer. The guessing will continue. Those wishing to place accurate guesses, may wish to swap their spectacles with the rose hued lenses for standard ones.
It may come as a shock to some, but people who aren’t as obsessed with Spurs as you and me, frequently fail to see what the big attraction of coming to N17 might be.
