WE live in extremely troubled times, a confusing era where it often feels as though the lunatics have been handed the keys to the asylum. Powerful leaders that appear to behave like Bond villains, placard-waving crowds baying for blood, the re-emergence of anti-semitism, that most symbolic of prejudices, and bull-necked extremists spouting faux-nationalism and militaristic sentiments. Although we’re more than a decade on from the start of the financial crisis, much of this can possibly be attributed to its after shocks. In truth, we have never truly got over the crisis, but merely patched things up and hoped for the best. Some people are still suffering and they’re unhappy. What has this got to do with football? Quite a lot, actually, for the game…