Friday, October 30, 2009

people make me angry.

With finals less than a month away (or approximately a month away), I should not be contemplating on things that do not include the Solow Model of Growth, the six different Consumption theories, the Investment theory, AD-AS/IS-LM curves, Ricardian Equivalence, Government expenditures, Hypothesis Testing, AVANOVA, Confidence Interval Estimates, Normal Distribution, Economic development of Singapore, Education Policies and Housing Policies in Singapore and...well you get the picture.

But right now I am beyond furious with the section of Real Madrid fans who are repeatedly calling for Manuel Pellegrini's sack. GIVE ME A BREAK. You bring in a coach for less than four months, three lackluster performances and a crushing defeat (read: worst defeat in the club's century old history) to a low third division club and you want to replace him. With who? Oh yeah, one of them who has been in charge of a former-great-but-now-average club for five years and only won the Champions League once (FA and League cups don't count), and someone else who did not even last seven months at Spartak Moscow. These are the people you want to see at the helm as opposed to someone who has had CONSIDERABLE success with a mediocre Villarreal club; let's not forget that based on that precise factor we brought him to head the coaching division of the club.

At this point even Florentino Perez makes more sense - he called for patience. He might be a shady businessman who concerns himself more with the Real Madrid brand name rather than the football, but he has the common sense which many of you lack.

If you have seen Real's history for the last seven years, exactly HOW MANY coaches were allowed to stay on for more than two years? For God's sake we sacked Capello after he delivered us our 30th league title. Who in their right minds would do that?

Sir Alex Ferguson or Johan Cruyff, after taking over Manchester United and Barcelona respectively, did not immediately turn their fortunes around. They needed time. It took Ferguson 7 years to win the league; including the 1990/91 season where United finished SIXTH. SIXTH and Real has, despite the constant changes in coaches, always finished within the top four. Let's not even consider England. Let's look at Barcelona. It took Cruyff three years to win the first league title with Barcelona. Pellegrni has not been coach of Real Madrid for MORE THAN FOUR MONTHS.

Get a grip.

Having said that, I hope win or lose against Getafe, I hope he keeps his job. He is not a miracle worker, but he is pretty much the guy I trust right now to manage a locker room full of overpaid unmotivated egos. (Yes I still loathe the Galacticos 2.0 policy and would've heartily preferred the promotion of more Cantera players)

As for those who are taking immense glee at the Alcorcon fiasco, fuck off. I'll remember to be a rambunctious bitch next time your team loses. Just wait and watch.

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