The Sporting League: game 19
Bayerns remained at the top of the tree with a hard fought 4-3 win over Delta.
Delta boss: I can start to see the green shoots showing through. I think the supporters will need to give us a few seasons to get the finances sorted and then we’ll be cooking with gas…please believe me.’ Athletico cruised to a 2-1 victory over Tranquilayers without ever really getting out of second gear….Sporting Radio: Pundit A :‘Tranquilayers are in danger of slipping into mid-table mediocrity if they’re not careful. You know, they’ve not won the league since that hazy season of 1995. I know people are frustrated over there at the term of the sleeping giant. I can’t see where their next top six is going to come from, let alone a title. Their top brass seem to be more concerned with opening up health spa’s, coffee shop and twee craft galleries in the Hilti forest than putting the cash into the team’ Pundit B: ‘I think you just say these things for a reaction, I guess it’s what pays the bills to say stuff for the sake of it, but Tranquilayers have got the players. I’d go as far as to say that their current crop of players are superior to the Sporting League winners of 1987 but just don’t have enough leaders.’
** People from across The Sporting League have started a march in Sporting City in protest at the Sporting spending cuts.
The Universo Council predicts more than 400,000 people will join the march, to be policed by 10,000 police.
The UC said it was deploying more than 3,000 stewards to ensure the event remained “family friendly”.
The Sporting federation say the cuts are necessary to fix the public finances and critics must come up with an alternative.
The Sporting League: game 18
The recent convention at The University Of Universo continued questioning the validity of the existence of The Sporting League. The next meeting of the great minds will feature ‘Is consciousness – a mere construct?’
Meanwhile, Universo Collunteen did their homework on the training pitch prior to a convincing two goals to one victory over thirteenth placed Metronova.
Red Star regained some respectability with a two goals to one win against a league leaders Bayerns.
Sporting Radio: Pundit ‘x’: ‘Forgive me for missing something out there today, but why did Bayerns insist on playing with just one up front? I think the suggestions of ill discipline with their strike force could be true…’
The Delta Association of Communication Agencies says the state online advertising market rose 40% last season. Could we be looking at a return to past glories for The Sporting League’s original technology innovators?
Sporting League: Game 17
Sporting Radio: Pundit X: ‘This Tranquilayers team is in a transition period, I was well pleased with the win over Chamber but I’m pretty sure the press have got the knives out too early…’
Pundit Y: ‘I know Delta have got some experience but not enough to give them a top five finish…I don’t know why they refuse to buy over the summer.’
Pundit Y: ‘I think Olby need to go 4-3-3. I mean in their last game they didn’t have enough bodies in support. Lets face it, they got lucky against Dons this evenin’.’
The Sporting League Consumer Prices Index (SLC) annual rate of inflation has risen to 8.6%, up from 4% this season.
This was driven by higher food, fuel and clothing costs and was the highest level for more than five years.
The Sporting League: Game 16
Sporting Radio: Pundit x: ‘Turgid, turgid, turgid! How can that be a good advert for The Sporting League? That was the most defensive game I’ve seen in the last ten years. You know, it gets more and more about the money with these big clubs…’ An extract from the postmortem of The Novia versus Bayerns game that ended goaless.
The Pacifica school of philosophy has lost it’s funding from the Sporting League council. The school of thought are proposing a silent demonstration on the steps of Athletico Stadium – regular recipients of the grant.
