Your Saturday Beatdowns of Note: Blackpool severely beaten by Arsenal. Wigan bludgeoned by Chelsea. Toronto FC rolled by the New York Red Bulls. But as you digest these unfortunate beatdowns, please be weary of outlandish claims like: Theo Walcott has arrived. Cheslea are on course to score 8 billion goals. The Red Bulls can win the World Cup.
I often assume that people are smarter than that. But soon I find myself engaging in discussions that waste everyone’s time. This week I will try to count how many people try to talk about the awfulness that is Blackpool, when just last week they were going to surprise everyone by staying up, that is, shortly after pundits were painting the Tangerine-colored warriors as perhaps the worst team ever to grace the Premier League.
And then we had Allen Hopkins on Twitter today declaring that Arsenal have the best English player for the next ten years in Theo Walcott. Yes, after a performance against Blackpool.
The moral: We don’t always have to draw conclusions from every action. Sometimes you just have to let it be, people. Take the beating at face value. I hope you enjoyed today’s beatings as much as I did. That is all.
