Pogba!

Day -628. #WorldCup2018

So today, on the traditional day of football in England, Saturday, all I saw was a Brazilian-esque goal from Arsenal who showed Chelsea's new Italian manager that he has a long way to go before he turns Chelsea into a mean defence Italian style team. And I saw Fernando Llorente score his first goal in England, sorry Wales, for Swansea. He's one of those players who, for no easily explainable reason, I wish will do well in the Premier League. Sadly, he seems to have joined a team that is going to be struggling and going through changes this season.

In my other watching, the social media and online updates side, I saw that Paul Pogba scored his first goal for Manchester United. That will be the start of him paying back some of his massive transfer fee, they will say. But he's not about the goals, they will also say. He does way more than that. I will say it's a good thing he scored because finally most people realised he was actually on the pitch.

And finally, in the other twitter match, my suffering as a fan of a newly relegated team carried on as Aston Villa did indeed, as feared and predicted, stick to their objective of trying to become the first team ever to win promotion with more draws than wins or defeats. I cannot remember when they last lost a match (I do, really, Bristol City, 1-3 and then Villa went and paid a record fee for their centre forward, but it fit my story) but did they actually beat anybody this season? (er, yes 3-0 over the mighty Rotherham).

And tomorrow is the traditional day of football in Italy which, in my childhood was my football day. Now, nothing. But it's ok because the best player in Italy from the last few years, the superstar Pogba is apparently showing up on some pitches in England these days.