Tuesday 17 March 2009

Blades need to focus on Job in hand

The debacle of the West Ham/ Sheffield United situation has been going on for far too long. After the Blades agreed a very generous settlement with the Hammers, former manager Neil Warnock has stuck his oar in again demanding compensation for himself.
Come on, the better team obviously stayed up, even though it was the illegal signature of Carlos Tevez to do so. But West Ham has been punished enough and surely, the Premier League should take more responsibility regarding the whole prolonged fiasco.
Warnock is currently considering legal advice to see any possible solutions and outcomes regarding West Ham and he says he is not alone.
His time would be better spent concentrating on Crystal Palace’s fortunes and as he still claims, “I should still be a Premier League Manager.” Palace currently sit 10 points off the playoffs and surely, he should have all focus on all that to become a Premier League once again. Simon Jordan must be pleased with these distractions.
Well in all honesty, Sheffield United would not have lasted much longer even if they had stayed up in the place of West Ham, as the tables do not lie.
Its more sour grapes as Sheffield United failed to beat Wigan Athletic and it is for that reason they were relegated. West Ham ended up finishing the season 15th in a tightly contested relegation battle. A win for United would have sent Wigan down and would they have sued, I would like to think they would have gone down with some dignity.
It is also known that players from the Sheffield United team are to pursue their own compensation claim, they didn’t play good enough and that is why they went down.
Tevez, on paper, gained six points for West Ham as his striker against Manchester United gaining two points, one for a draw and three for a win. He first the first in a 2-1 win over Blackburn which was a penalty gained another two points and a brace against Bolton in a 3-1. Bobby Zamora in fact earned more points that season.
Sheffield United sit in a healthy spot in the Championship, they are banging firmly on the door of the top three. Automatic promotion is still in sight and if they do go up I am certainly looking forward to a) Tevez playing at Sheffield United and b) the grudge match against West Ham.
Therefore, this fiasco is going to continue for a while yet.

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