This was the week that Thaksin Shinawatra ran away from both mid-Thailand and Midtjylland.
This was the week when Portsmouth claimed that future transfer activity would be severely reduced due to the credit squeeze when, in fact, it is their banning for the illegal usage of agents that will prevent future market activity.
This was the week when the threat of a strike by the Premiership Select Group of assistant referees became more likely.
The completion of the summer news vacuum that so tests the journalistic abilities of the gutter press is evidently spiralling to its chaotic conclusion.
Now is the time for real news.
In the first of four posts to mark the launch of the 2008/2009 Product, we laugh at Shinawatra.
In the second, we laugh at Willie McKay and Harry Redknapp.
While, in the third, we laugh at the treatment of assistant referees by the PGMOB.
And, finally, we provide an exclusive interview with a leading Asian underground bookmaker which provides many revealing insights into the state of the English game on the eve of the Bland Brand #17.
This last post is no laughing matter...
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