I’ve said this before.
And it’s never been more true than it is this morning.
The FA’s biggest fear is nudity.
Without an England manager, they feel naked.
With every day that goes by, they feel more exposed, more embarrassed.
When Kevin Keegan was caretaker, the tabloids liked him, so he got the job on a permanent basis and then embarrased himself in 2002.
Yesterday, Fabio Capello resigned.
And Harry Redknapp was acquitted of tax evasion.
Once the ambitious chairman of Manchester City, David Bernstein got the top job and tried to do the right thing and now it’s mid-winter with snow on the ground.
And today the FA chairman feels naked. He’s stark bollock naked and everybody is looking at him. The whole world’s looking at him.
It’s always been like that for the FA, but it took me decades to realise it.
Without an England manager, the FA has always felt naked.
They live with a fear of nudity.
More here at 9 a.m. or later under another headline.
I’m going downstairs to wake up and have some breakfast and watch the news.