A photo of Michael Phelps purportedly showing him smoking marijuana was recently published in an English newspaper. This obviously led to an outcry were many people and sponsors metaphorically 'crucified' him. He made a mistake, admitted and accepted the 3-month suspension inflicted upon him by the USA swimming committee without any qualms. As the saying goes... 'he who is without guilt, may he throw the first stone'.
Scolari has just been sensationally sacked by Chelsea. Admittedly he was not doing as well as one envisaged, considering the enormous potential that the players possess. Having not coached at a club for a number of years certainly was not to his advantage and also having to adapt to a new country and a new language. He should have been given some more time for his ideas to be accepted and understood but alas football is not as it once was... it is common knowledge that it took Ferguson a couple of years to rub off at Man Utd and was once on the brink of being sacked, and yet look at what they've won and will most probably win in the near future. My money is on Mancini being the next Chelsea coach while I would not discard Zola, even though the latter is certainly more of a long shot since he's relatively new to the coaching scene and has only been with West Ham for a couple of months; had it been at the start of the 2009/2010 it would have most certainly been a different story.
Best of wishes to the Maltese national team, hoping that they will manage to grind out a positive result against Albania !
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