The Quest for Meaning: Week 2
The Quest for Meaning: Week 2
by Nick Lichtenberg, writing from a couch in New York City
Somehow, my love of English football has turned into a weekly, or even daily, quest for meaning, as each result forces me to revisit previously held opinions about what this game means, even if the question is why I persist in watching yet another 0-0 Stoke-Blackburn result. So please enjoy, the meaning of the Premiership’s Week Two:
1) Young English players were notably absent from the World Cup, but they are already running riot in the Premier League. Theo Walcott for Arsenal and Andy Carroll for Newcastle both notched hat tricks and young English keepers were impressive all over, from Joe Hart at Manchester City to David Stockdale at Fulham to Ben Foster at Birmingham City. I also must mention the talented wingers Adam Johnson and Gareth Bale, two excellent left-footed players who have become virtually undroppable for their teams in the season’s opening weeks (admittedly, Bale is Welsh, a fact of which every England fan is ruefully aware). Naturally, England Manager Fabio Capello concluded the week by relegating Arsenal’s young gun Jack Wilshere to the Under-21 squad. England’s national squad has a problem integrating young players, but so far this year the English Premier League has not.
