“I’AM LEAVING” Forward Mateo Joseph has announced that he is leaving the Leeds United due to…..

This is the time of year when I ask you to have perspective and not listen to the default thinking.

Getting relegated from the Premier League becomes a reality, but it really isn’t a problem.

It’s just a reflex indoctrinated by the Premier League.

Wanting to be relegated and volubly so should prick the league’s bloviating self-regard; something has to.

And as teams battle it out for the automatic promotion places, I hope their fans realise these are the glory days.

You’ve got a great team and manager, you are winning away games 4-3 with heroes everywhere. The football is exciting, you feel you’re going to win every game.

You go to every game with hope in your heart. Winning all the time is great and you are drenched in glory as you get promoted.

Remember this feeling, it will be but a distant memory soon enough.

Next season starts with the reservoir of hope still full.

Then you lose 5-1 at City and 6-2 at Anfield.

You have eight points by Xmas and a threat of a points deduction for stupid, can’t-even-count owners spending too much on anonymous players who don’t even care about the club, in an effort to stay up.

And you have already sacked the manager you so adored last year. Happens all the time.