Following last night's horror show and shocking bad luck, any short-termist glory hunters will dissipate over the close season.
Albion's loss will be Chelsea's gain.....or more to the point, West Ham's new shiny stadium will no doubt prove a magnet for the disingenuous few....
Can you remember Pig Pen from the Snoopy cartoons? He was always down on his luck, self-deprecating and frankly a terminal victim of society. And can you remember that dust cloud which followed him around? That's how I feel, except it's a storm cloud, tracking me everywhere I go. Every now and...