OK, this is a little premature, since the New Year for folks in the Sinosphere doesn't actually kick off until the 29th of January this year; and in South-East Asia, where I live, the Buddhist New Year festivals are even later, in mid-April.
For Westerners, the Snake might not seem the most auspicious of birth-year animals - since we have come to associate the creature almost entirely with negative attributes: the leading-astray of Adam and Eve in Eden; the danger of painful, possibly fatal bites; furtiveness, skullduggery, and dishonest dealing. The most 'positive' characteristic we recognise in them is their impressively elegant mode of locomotion, and a suggestion of low cunning = impressive, if sinister - conjured by their penchant for ambushing prey from hiding. In Asian cultures, though, they have become identified with a more admirable spectrum of qualities - notably wisdom, insight, intuition.
Thus, I felt that a snake toiling to ascend a mountain slope might be an apposite image for the striving FPL manager, as we are about to enter the (Western/'International') New Year... and the second half of the Premier League season.
This is traditionally a time of year dedicated to reflection and self-improvement. So, I will probably soon be attempting a few 'reviews' of my ups-and-downs in FPL this year, and of the appositeness or otherwise of the various predictions and recommendations I might have made on this blog over the past few months.
I may also try to come up with some new insights for improvement going forward; and - although I am wary of the word - perhaps even a few 'resolutions' too.
Have a happy and prosperous 2025!!!
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