Firstly, Welcome back, it's been a long time since I posted anything, and a lot has happened since.
Firstly, I got engaged in New York in October, I also have a new Twitter handle (@TheBoyBert) after my old account just seemingly stopped existing for some bizarre reason.
But that's enough about me, lets get on with what i want to talk about...
January 31st is usually one of the most anticipated days of the football season, since the introduction of the January Transfer window, fans across the nation have been tuning into Sky Sports News and furiously refreshing fans forums to get the latest news on who their club is signing (or in my beloved Coventry City's case - selling)
This is the day that provided us the Fernando Torres - Andy Carroll - Luis Suarez Saga, It has brought players such as Robinho and Andrei Arshavin (although that deal was completed in February due to poor weather conditions, Arsenal fans are probably wishing that the F.A didn't help them by granting them extra time these days) into the Premier League, We've had the Dimitar Berbatov to Man
City United episode, We get the "Such and such has been spotted at an airport heading to someones training ground rumours", and most famously,we've had the "Nacho Novo signs for Coventry, lets put it on the website and announce it to the BBC",
"wait whats that, we aren't signing him, oh, whats gone on here then?"
"I'm not sure but lets pretend it never happened and never talk about it again"
My Personal favourite deadline day rumour was one I made up on twitter, and informed a few people it was an experiment to see how quick it could make it on to fans forums, it was Clive Platt going to Leicester.
This was picked up by local DJ and "supposed man in the know" Stuart Linell, who tweeted it as his own rumour that he had heard from a Club insider. A few days later this even made the Coventry Telegraph who had a big interview with Clive, who obviously dismissed it as the nonsense it was.
This year however, Deadline day has a cruel, and in my opinion unfair, twist.with 36 of the 92 league clubs in the English divisions playing games tonight.
Surely this gives the other 56 an advantage to complete any late signings, as well as being in a better position to snap up any players who only become available at the last minute.
Its also surely unfair on managers who could lose players key to their plans just hours before their games this evening?
Teams that have to travel to away games are even more of a disadvantage, as they have less time to secure any deals, before having to travel to their game, and then travelling back as the deadline passes.
Sure you can argue that deals should be done by now, but players don't always become available until late on in the window, and teams playing tonight could easily miss out.
There is no need for the games top be being played tonight, They should've been scheduled for a different week, or even 24 hours later, fans could be travelling to see their team, paying good money in the process, and then seeing a patched up team as they've lost their best player, and weren't able to get their replacement signed in time for the game.
