In May, at the Champions League final, Barcelona outplayed Manchester United. after the first ten minutes, Man Utd were totally outclassed, and genuinely Barcelona were fabulous. for the next few months of no football news, Barcelona were lauded as the best team that had ever played football.
‘Experts’ suggested that they invented a whole new way of playing and it could be decades before the rest of European football caught up. And the public believed it because they experts said so. So, the public all believed that it was given that Barcelona would dominate football for the foreseeable future.
Now, just six months later, take a look at the Spanish League Table. Real Madrid are 3 points in front with a game in hand, and with a crunch match between the two at the weekend, could even be 6 in front with the extra game by next week.
So, are Real now the best team that have ever played? Did Barcelona’s reign last only a few months. Is Jose Morinhio the best manager ever to have managed?
No. It’s just that the hype was over played. Barcelona were great. They outplayed an average Manchester United, and played superbly. But they were never going to be unrivalled for the next ten years. Things don’t work like that.
What happens is that the ‘experts’ talk bra use they are paid to, and don’t always talk sense because it’s not exciting. So they could not say, ‘yes they are good, but Manchester were poor, and frankly made them look good’. It’s just not exciting. It’s not ‘news’ .
And it’s the same with business news. They make today’s news and project forward, not expecting anything else to change. So, the economic news is poor, so it will get worse. They see trends and tell you to expect no change, or acceleration. So with the news recently and the prospect of a new downturn, they will tell you to expect total disaster, total economic meltdown, and will make you depressed and feel there is no future.
But, like football, nothing stays the same. The economic situation is floating and changing and made up of millions of tiny changes. No one can really predict it, and the consequence of all those small actions, means that the disaster will not come. It will too around. It will get better. So, no matter how bad it gets, remember it’s not permanent, so start preparing for the better times. Don’t be Barca, be Real.
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