TBD, TBA

Q: What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object?

A: It's not a paradox. It is a semi final or the ages. It's not a situation that simply cannot happen. It is jazz. Kind of Blue 1and Sketches of Spain2. Kind of Blue vs. Sketches of Spain3. Verdict: Kind of Blue won because it is more complete. Sketches of Spain, on the other hand, is exactly that, sketches of Spain's greatest club team which would, as a painting, be finished the next season. That Barcelona would win the treble just like Inter Milan but do it in a more attacking, exquisitely magnificent, and explosively breathtaking fashion. In essence, it is the Bitches Brew to Kind of Blue but why Bitches Brew? 

The treble instead of the genuine treble is why and while on the subject of genuine treble, that's All Blues1. Achieved by Jose's genius in transfer, that's Blue in Green2. New faces in3 and old faces out4, the latter had become surplus to requirements, a Freddie Freeloader5 so to write. Then there is So What6. So what if Jose wanted to defend his title by even more defense? (Thats what makes him The Special One). All Blues proves he was right. Then he left. 

Bound for Spain, that is the Flamenco in Flamenco Sketches1. Unfortunately for him, his arrival in Spain coincided with Sketches of Spain achieving its final form, the legendary Bitches Brew2. The Special One3's first Clásico was a drubbing, a scintillating Pharoah's Dance4 so above his Flamenco that it might as well be hieroglyphics to a merluzzo. Executed to flawless perfection was the Positional Football that Pep created AKA Bitches Brew, the same Bitches Brew that Spain used to devastating effect in their Euros '12 campaign. Of special note were Busquets, Xavi and Iniesta, the Spanish Key5 that unlocked opposition defences with frightful ease but back to the first El Clásico. 

A 5-01 loss for the Special One, it was a dismantling so complete, one would not be faulted for christening it John McLaughlin2 for indeed, every Barcelona player laughed (some with five fingers aloft). Could have been two hands if Football did not stop the magic ( blowing the whistle) AKA Miles Runs The Voodoo Down3. After Miles Runs The Voodoo Down, The Special One does not feel relief for they will no be Sanctuary4 for him from the harsh criticism to follow. The Feio 5expression on his face says as much and it should for his In A Silent Way6 was unsightly compared to Bitches Brew, screaming its inadequacies across the two halves like Side one and Side two7. Yes, it's time. Time to look at In A Silent Way's album cover. Yes, it's time. Time to laugh at The Special One's look-to-the-sky expression.