Being a Premiership football manager isn't much fun these days,

At the beck and call of money-men reminding them who pays,

And suffering prima-donnas with self-obsessive ways,

And whining "for the moment" fans who demand who goes or stays.

It's all about the ego now, with players priced in zeroes,

Over-estimating their own worth - unlike true sporting heroes,

Fiddling around while their team burns, like overweening Neros,

In football terms no more than clowns - prancing posturing Pierrots!

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