he old phrase used to be ‘a week is a long time in politics.’ It can feel like an eternity in football, especially if there are three games in that brief period, spanning two different competitions. We regularly hear it’s a crucial week for this coach or that player, their futures hanging by a thread depending on the results in the next seven days. What really irritates me, though, is seeing how short some people’s memories are and the absolute lack of gratitude once that
