With the campaign officially done and dusted, now seems as good a time as any to look ahead and think about what life will be like for Richmond in the Championship. Like that time my girlfriend and I went to a charity benefit and she ended up engaged with a two percent stake in the newly-relegated club that I just so happen to work for. This is, in actuality, my favorite time of year, when we get to look back on everything that transpired over the past 9 months and hand out awards, both deserved and not.
If the mayhem that was last season felt like it was ripped straight from the the American baseball classic Major League , then the year ahead is shaping up to play out like the American baseball classic Bull Durham. The awards are titled for my favorite quotes from Bull Durham , are completely arbitrary, and are in no way representative of any voting system or consensus.
Watch yourself, folks. The first award goes to, who else, Ted Lasso. On the weekend, some lip readers actually caught him offering Ted Lasso an unusual crash course regarding the offside rule. There are some who would suggest that Coach Beard is the real brains behind the whole operation.
I am one of them. To our fearless owner, Rebecca Welton, who went to divorce hell and back and came out on the other side stronger, better, and improbably, the owner of a Premier League football club. Besides, Mannion is an assssssss. Good riddance. She is always nice to me in the halls and seems to have a better grasp on what it means to be a professional than With any luck, her friendship with the owner and obvious affection for Roy Kent will be enough to keep her on board.
Assuming Roy Kent is still with the club next season. More on that in a bit. To Sam Obisanya, who spent the better part of the season overthinking everything. Like so many other players on this squad, Lasso figured out how to get the most out of Sam as well, moving him to left wing in a pivotal match against Watford.
