So Daniel Levy has opened up and bit - honesty must be savoured a premium when Premiership chairman, managers and players speak. Riddled with cliches statements should be looked at with x-ray glasses; reading between the lines to draw conclusions on what is actually being said.
Levy's latest comments are pretty frank to be fair. He's come out and at least answered some questions that were clouded following the release of the joint statement with Martin Jol yesterday. When asked about Jol's ultimatum of 4th or bust, Levy was diplomatic:
"No, what Martin has said and what I have said is that we need to aim to be in the top four. I very much hope that we will be there and he believes he has got the squad, but obviously there can be no guarantees."
That makes sense, so why the shady comments from yesterday? It's probably more a case of sensitive times cause confusion. It seems that Jol has Levy's full support, the strength of this will be tested over the next few weeks with Sunday's trip to Utd, then Bolton away and eventually Arsenal at home - games that go from impossible to expectant to pressurised; not ideal states of mind with the media vultures circling. Expect another media shitstorm should we fail to perform at Old Trafford - still can't be as bad as last week.
No mention of Jol's alleged bust up with Berbatov and Defoe, but that's to be expected. Rumours whistled around about Jol being annoyed with Berbatov's attitude following his withdrawel against Sunderland, including far fetched tales of a bid for Crouch to replace the mardy Bulgarian. Crouch does posses a certain level of skill that Mitko can only dream of, so I agree, GET BERBATOV OUT.
Bollocks to it all, I just want the good times back.
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