Chelsea FC Transfer Targets: Christmas Wishlist
A Plea For Sanity – Brendan McDonnell
This isn’t exactly transferable, but valid nonetheless.
My holiday wish for Chelsea Football Club is a sincere hope that we stop being the flag bearer of “Weird Football Stories”.
A little background. I went to college in Los Angeles that didn’t have a football team and was, sort of, forced to pick a side between USC and UCLA. The choice for me was easy as I had some very close friends at SC and, typically, players from my high school Alma Mater played ball there as well. I even became a season ticket holder.
Over the past 5 years, USC has been ground zero for “Weird College Football”. Everything from Coaches Kiffin and Sark, to Josh Shaw, and even the Athletic Director Pat Haden has found its way to the news cycle. As a passionate fan of the Trojans, all of this noise has made it frustrating to support the team as they’ve become an easy target for College Football snark.
All that leads back to another team I support fully, Chelsea Football Club… again, ground zero for “Weird Football”. Even if we set aside the managerial stories for a moment (think about that!), over the past few seasons, Chelsea (while successful) have managed to raise the bar for odd happenings in club football.
Whether it be “Boring, Boring, Chelsea,” Hazard kicking a ball boy, everyone’s favorite #Campaign, finishing 6th and winning the Champions League, and all things Fernando Torres and Diego Costa, Chelsea have found a way to be interesting for all the wrong reasons. They are a living, breathing, embodiment of #banter.
So, on the day before Boxing Day, I want to look under my tree and see a shiny, bright blue box that says, “To: Brendan From: CFC.” And, when I open it, I want it to be empty.
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What’s on your list? Any superstars in particular, or will you be happy with a lump of coal? Frankly, coal is probably more likely than anyone mentioned above.