The Butler Did It
Tony Butler was brought in from West Bromwich Albion to boost our
chances of promotion as a crucial addition to the squad at a time
when we are desperately in need of skill and experience at the back…or
was he?
That, of course, is what our board would have you believe. You
might think that he is a welcome signing at a vital time when the
squad was looking thin and depleted. Yet beneath this seemingly
simple explanation for the latest recruit lies a far more sinister
motive. Please allow me to explain.
I suspect that Danny Wilson had little or no say in whether Butler
should join. I, of course, have no proof whatsoever of this - but
that in itself only goes to demonstrate how accurate the comment
is. There is absolutely no way that the directors would allow any
information backing up this spurious assertion to be made public
if it were true. So the fact that no information on such a matter
has been leaked is therefore clear irrefutable evidence that the
comment is accurate.
Do not fool yourself that the board have brought Butler to Ashton
Gate for the good of the club. Oh, no. It is plainly obvious to
me that he has been signed purely and simply to prop up the directors’
own faltering position of power, while reducing the entertainment
at games. Let me elaborate.
By bringing in Tony Butler, the team will concede fewer goals.
This, in turn, makes it more likely that we will WIN GAMES. Now
you might think that is desirable. But let me tell you this. For
someone like me, whose only interest at the club is to unseat the
current regime because of a warped, irrational and destructive urge,
it is nothing short of an absolute disaster. For the more successful
the team, the less chance there is of hustling them out of power
by getting the majority of fans to back a campaign to sack the board.
That must surely be obvious to even the most blinkered of you.
Also, by shoring up the defence, the directors are deliberately
depriving those of us fans who relish a good moan the opportunity
to whinge about our leaky defence. Given that such incessant moaning
is the only way many of us derive any fun out of going to watch
City play, I think it is clearly underhand to cut it short by improving
the squad. Can you not see that the board are deliberately sabotaging
the enjoyment of those of us in the stands who go along each week
solely to shout abuse at our own players and ruin the game of the
person sat in front?
As if that itself is not bad enough, reducing the number of reasons
we have to moan also negates our need to shuffle out five minutes
early so that we can discuss it with the other moaning buggers as
we move slowly along the front of the Dolman and Williams stand
blocking other peoples’ views. Thus a SECOND form of our amusement
is taken away from us. The board are cynically killing two birds
with one very cheap stone.
Therefore, it is clear to all that the only reason the board have
signed this excellent new player is to ruin the enjoyment of fans.
But it is typical of this lot. The only reason they dig their hands
in their pocket and pump millions into the club is because they
know that the club would cease to exist if they didn’t. And,
of course, if the club did not exist then they could not get their
perverse pleasure from watching thousands of fans suffering each
week.
Don’t believe me? Well, let me tell you that it is no coincidence
that we have an appalling away record this season. My unreliable
sources within the club inform me that Danny is under specific orders
to throw every away game this season because the directors particularly
enjoy the agony on the faces of the fans at full time when it dawns
on them that they have spent an absolute fortune of their own money
and wasted hours of their precious Saturdays travelling the country
to watch us lose again. And these directors want our gratitude!
Don’t make me laugh.
I think I have proved my case conclusively. Tony Butler is a dreadful
signing and the current regime can only ever be bad for Bristol
City. I know that is true because I think it, and that in itself
is enough proof for me.
They might think they can get away with it, but they don’t
fool me. Oh, no. Sack the board.
Dickie X
* Incidentally, I was intrigued to discover an imposter posing
as me on the official Bristol City forum recently. If I wasn’t
so rational and level-headed, I might think it was a conspiracy…
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