White Lies!

Why can't people just say what they mean, or should that be mean what they say? Take for example that 'bigot' David Jeffrey, after United's victory last Saturday, he couldn't even give them praise for the victory, dwelling on Linfield's missed chances, while trotting out the expected condolences to the Stewart family on their sad loss. Come on David you're allowed to say that Linfield were second best on the day, there's no harm in admitting the truth. Howard Wells on the other hand was maybe a wee bit outspoken and he like many before had to give way to Raymond Kennedy. Maybe saying what you mean or meaning what you say isn't always the best policy. How many of us having been 'caught' leering at a member of the opposite sex (or should I say gender), by our wife/partner (wags for short)and immediately denied we were thinking any such thing. What do we do in this situation? We tell a wee white lie. So it is with football managers, they trot out the usual comments like, 'we've done a lot of work on the training ground', or 'we're carrying a lot of injuries', wouldn't it be better if they just admitted that their players were pretty useless and couldn't pass wind never mind to each other. Of course they'd probably be out of a job fairly quickly for what board of directors are going to tolerate an 'honest' manager, yet another 'wee'white lie rears it's ugly head. Then there's the players themselves, you just can't separate the 'flannel' from the truth. Someone once told me you never ask a player if he needs money, they always answer in the affirmative. How many times have we watched a player 'feigning' injury, or pretending he 'stubbed' his toe when he just missed an open goal or giving a lame excuse for turning up late for the team bus, when we all know he was in the bookies! Maybe we have to put up with the white lies, but god save us from pure bloody lies, their-in lies anarchy!