Sa Brighton da Brentford za hadu Lahadi mai zuwa, sauran kulob din Premier League za sake tilasta su amince da gaskiya ta ƙungiyoyi biyu da suka sa wuce komai ya zama al'ada. Da goyon bayan masu gidan da ke ƙaunar bayanai, waɗanda suka juya hankalinsu na caca zuwa zinariya ta ƙwallon ƙafa, dukkan ƙungiyoyin biyu sun hau daga League One zuwa matakalar da ta fi ta ligi — kuma wannan kakar, tsallake zuwa Champions League ba mafarki ba ne.

Duk da haka, tarihi yana ba da gargaɗi mai tsauri. Championship da League One cike suke da kulob din da aka yi wa yabo a wani lokaci a matsayin samfura mafi kyau na Premier League, waɗanda labarunsu suka warwatse ta hanyar da ba kowa ya yi tsammani ba.

Misalai na gargaɗi

Wimbledon sun yi fiye da ƙarfinsu a cikin shekarun 1990, sun kai matsayi tara na farko a cikin kaka uku daga huɗu — ba tare da ɗaukar filin wasa na dindindin ba. Bolton Wanderers sun buga wasannin Turai a cikin shekarun 2000 kuma sun yi kusa da maki uku daga yin nasarar tsallake zuwa Champions League. Southampton da Swansea City, sharafin farkon shekarun 2010, sun nuna cewa ƙananan kulob na iya bunƙasa a tsakanin manyan. Sa'an nan sai Leicester City, zakaran Premier League a kakar 2015/16, mai riƙe da kofin FA Cup, kuma mai tsallake zuwa semi-final na Turai — kafin shagaltuwa biyu a jere su rufe zamaninsu.

Babu ɗaya daga cikin waɗannan kulob da ke Premier League a yau. Leicester da Wimbledon suna League One. Swansea City sun kwashe shekara takwas a Championship. Faɗuwa, idan ta zo, yawanci tana zo da sauri fiye da yadda kowa ya yi zato.

Menene ya tafi daidai

Tsare-tsare da yawa na fita daga waɗannan rugujewa. Bolton da Charlton Athletic an gina su kusan gaba ɗaya a kan kocin guda ɗaya — Sam Allardyce da Alan Curbishley, bi da bi. Sa'ad da waɗannan mutane suka tafi, asalin kulob din ya tafi tare da su. An saukar da Charlton a kakar bayan Curbishley ya yi murabus; Bolton ba su taɓa ƙarewa a rabin sama na tebur bayan Allardyce ya tafi ba.

Southampton da Swansea City sun yi nasara sosai wajen sauyawa masu horarwa. Southampton sun samu matsayi cikin manyan takwas a ƙarƙashin Mauricio Pochettino, Ronald Koeman, da Claude Puel. Haɓakar Swansea ta fara a ƙarƙashin Brendan Rodgers, ta ci gaba a ƙarƙashin Michael Laudrup, kuma ta samar da matsayi na takwas a ƙarƙashin Garry Monk. Amma naɗin koci mara kyau ɗaya a kowace kulob ya fara saƙa sarƙa. Magajin Puel a Southampton, Mauricio Pellegrino, ya yi wahala sosai. Swansea suka ƙone ta hanyar Francesco Guidolin, Bob Bradley, Paul Clement, da Carlos Carvajal a cikin sauri.

Dabaru na kasuwar 'yan wasa ma sun taka rawa. Bolton na Allardyce sun haɗu da kyaun 'yan wasan ƙasashen waje — Jay-Jay Okocha, Nicolas Anelka — da ƙwarewa na ƙwararrun ƙasa kamar Gary Speed da Kevin Davies. Southampton sun gano Virgil van Dijk, Sadio Mane, da Dusan Tadic; Swansea sun samo Michu, Wilfried Bony, da Gylfi Sigurdsson. Amma fa'idar duk ɗaya daga cikin kulob din a kasuwar 'yan wasa ta ragu a ƙarshe. Leicester City, bayan sun samu lu'u-lu'u kamar Riyad Mahrez da N'Golo Kante, ba su iya sake maimaita al'ajabi ba — kuma albashin da ya ƙaru ba tare da sarrafawa ba ya taimaka wajen gaggauta faɗuwarsu.

Me ya sa Brighton da Brentford sun bambanta — amma ba su da kariya cikakke

Brighton sun gina ci gaba na gaske a cikin jagorancin koci, suna tafiya daga pragmatism din Chris Hughton zuwa tsarin riƙe ƙwallon na Graham Potter da Roberto De Zerbi, Fabian Hurzeler yana ƙara matsawa mai tsauri yanzu. Brentford sun rasa Thomas Frank, koci da ke tsakiya ga asalinsu, amma Keith Andrews ya kiyaye salon kai tsaye da ƙarfi na ƙungiyar yana shigar da nasa ra'ayoyi ba tare da lalata abin da ke aiki ba.

Masu gida Tony Bloom a Brighton da Matthew Benham a Brentford sun kasance muhimman mutane a kulob dinsus. Ba kamar Leicester City ba, wanda rugujewarta ta yi sauri bayan mutuwar mai gidansu Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha mai tausayi, ko Southampton, wanda mai gidansu Gao Jisheng bai cika fatan magoya baya ba, ko Swansea City, wanda samun ikon sa ta wata ƙungiyar Amurika ya sami hamayya mai ƙarfi, Bloom da Benham suna iya cewa suna da iko sosai kuma suna ɗaukar al'amarin da muhimmanci na gaske.

Duk da haka, babu kulob da ke da kariya cikakke. 'Yan watanni kaɗan da suka wuce, wani ɓangare na magoya bayan Brighton suna neman a kori Hurzeler. Abokan hamayya a cikin ligi suna aiki don rufe gibin da Brighton da Brentford suka more na dogon lokaci. Tarihin ƙwallon ƙafa na Ingila cike yake da kulob din da suka yi imani da cewa tsarinsu ba zai iya kasa ba — har lokacin da ya kasa.

Brighton da Brentford sun yi kusan dukan abu daidai. Kalubalen yanzu shine ci gaba da yin haka, kakar bayan kakar, tsawon lokaci bayan da idanun yabo sun zama ƙoƙari na kwaikwayon su.