Today David James made the decision to sign for the Championship side…

Robinho has always struck me as a player that has talent beyond reason…

Robinho fits into the former. Mentally he is not strong enough and when things are not going his way he lets the team know, with weak, negative performances. However, if Robinho and Mancini address this it is possible that he could be a prize asset for Manchester City. His record for the club has been decent, with 14 goals in his first season. But his second was considerably worse, scoring one goal against Scunthrope in the League cup.

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A few days ago the England under-19s lost in the semi finals of the European Under-19 tournament. Unlike their Under-17 compatriots they were unable to overcome the Spanish in the finals and were knocked out…

But make no mistake these kids have done England proud with effectively being the 3rd best around in Europe behind the French and Spanish at their age range, which suggests a bright future for English football.

Unfortunately there is one sour note which is the fact that England manager Mr Capello didn’t show his face to watch the England youths. Too busy playing golf in Marbella you see…

Lets hope for entertainment purposes that this team have plenty more fish in the sea in terms of goal celebrations. This one was certainly the catch of the day, although I hear the decision behind the penalty was slightly fishy. That didn’t matter however, as the goal finished off their opponents anyway…Hook, line and sinker!..I’m not sure I can reel in another line. Okay I’ll stop.

Sadly news broke today that Diego Maradona has been relieved of his duties of being Argentina boss. The national association wanted to keep him on for four more years, but Diego wanted to keep all his backroom staff and that was the reason for his eventual departure…

Firstly I would like to make the point that World Cup ’86 was before my time so I have no issues with Maradona as an Englishman. Over the last 2 years he has been a breath of fresh air when it comes to national team managers and I thoroughly enjoyed his performances.

But more importantly he actually did a good job. Unlike a certain England manager, Diego tried 78 players from his national pool. Sounds like madness but he was able to get the right personnel to fit his style of play and with the best chemistry too, which was why we saw players like Cambiasso left out. He got the Argies to attack without fear and as a result they were my pre – World Cup tip to lift the trophy.

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I stumbled across the video of Lech Poznan’s Colombian defender Manuel Arboleda imitating some young cheerleaders today and it got me thinking, its time this American institution was introduced across football worldwide…

Okay, so a big burly centre half copying some isn’t fantastic proof that we need to bring it into our games, but its a classic comedy moment just like this…

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You might as well call Thierry Henry’s new team the New York Carlsberg’s because I don’t think there is a way to top his new job…

What makes it so good?

- Signing a 4 and a half year contract despite being 33 next month.

- Living in New York

- Being a delightfully good looking man with a charming accent and plenty of money in this city = cue scores of New York women, i.e models queueing up

- To be head and shoulders better than everyone else he plays with

- As it really is a doss job (lets face it, the MLS is no match for the vast majority of leagues)

There is one negative though. New York is a heavily Irish area, but these guys need to get over themselves and accept anyone in his situation would have done the same thing. These petty few who will give him grief won’t bother this man, he’s too cool for that…

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After a delightful through ball, Juve’s Christian Pasquato decided he would do a fancy flick to knock the ball into the box. This is what is known in the interweb world as a “fail”…

Serves him right for trying to be a fancy git…

Yes, yes someone has done it again, a horrendous miss that we just couldn’t ignore. We have seen quite a few over the past year, but Ola Kamara of Strømsgodset IF (Norway) effort is right up there with the best…

Oh dear…

With youth comes a lack of experience and sometimes this can be a good thing. You haven’t had the life lessons to stop you doing stupid stuff like this…

Spanish under-19 Ezequiel Calvente scores this outrageous penalty by lining up to side foot it with his right, before running up and poking it in with his left. Jaw dropping stuff and hopefully the rest of the kids in the tournament can do similar things…

With a new season comes the latest batch of overpriced team shirts for all us fans to buy. For some strange reason clubs are finding new and original ways of promoting their shirts and I guess its working, as here I am talking about them. First up is Liverpool…

I have no idea what the fuck they were thinking with this advert, its incredibly bizarre, saying that I wouldn’t mind swapping shirts with some of the local ladies shown. Very strange but I’m talking about it and I guess the marketers have done their jobs.
Next is Man United…

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Beninian trickster Sessegnon sticks Sporting Lisbon’s Grimi on his arse with a couple of stepovers and then gets penalised! Go figure…

Is it the end of Fat Ronaldo’s career… Caught Offside

Brazil’s other darling Ronaldinho is battling the bulge by being put on his own fitness regime… A Football Report

Chelsea superstar looks like he won’t make the start of the season… Never Captain Nicky Butt

It that time of year again where we start to put bets on who will win the managerial sack race… Football Banter

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