SANITY AND MADNESS..

Never mind `what a difference a day makes,` just a couple of hours in a morning can bring  moments of sanity followed by insanity;  winning followed by losing; and those twin imposters - triumph and disaster.

The good news was that the voters of Dibley had the good sense to elect the `sensible candidate` to the casual vacancy on the Parish Council.   So, common sense prevailed, as did democracy and the win represented a triumph for sanity.   The dancing in the streets was, however, short lived, as an hour later came the news that Southampton Football Club (or rather its Italian Chairman Nicola Cortese) had sacked manager Nigel Adkins and his backroom staff.

It`s hard to know what to make of this `incident,` as Nige had taken the Saints from the lower reaches of League One to something approaching mid-table security in the Premier League, all in the space of two and a bit seasons.   He has been replaced by one Mauricio Pochetttino, a former Argentinian international, sacked last November by Spanish club Espanyol whilst they were bottom of the league.

Now in time this decision may turn out to have been inspired but at the moment the insanity of losing Nigel Adkins has all the makings of a disaster and one which rivals the excesses, the arrogance and the madness which are so often the hallmarks of the `best league in the world (TM).`