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Naughty Mario has been up to no good again. He then didn't sit with the team and threw his water bottle at Mancini. Friendly or not it was disrespectful to the other side, Fair play to Mancini.

Look like someone took a swipe a Rupert. Edit: I love how his wife dived in!

Just discovered that women in the pink jack is Wendi Deng Murdoch. "So, Wendi Deng, what first attracted you to the billionaire Rupert Murdoch?"

This MP is cutting straight to the point. Nice to see Murdock against the ropes.

Just pointing out to anyone on the forums at the moment to switch on BBC2 (or the guardian website) to watch the select committee live with James & Rupert Murdock on. It's quite shocking at the moment with Rupert denying any knowledge or a blackmail charge against one of his chief reporters who faced a 40 years imprisonment. Some staggering revelations.

Saw in on a football blog I follow today, it's just gorgeous at times. A perfect 4 minutes and the best way to finish my long Monday. : )

I've passed that on to the staff, thanks for the message!

Bloody women should be in the kitchen! I'm going to pose here with in my bearskin coat on a pile of dead homos. *sings* O! say can you see by the dawn’s early light...

Quick note; Don't ever, at the scene of an accident, admit blame. The moment you apologise then you admit liability.

Absolutely, De Gea may be the most exciting keeper prospect in the world right now and while he is young, lets not forget how young Casillas was when he became Real Madrid's no 1, he show's great composure and decisions an area normally lacking in young keepers. As well as this he's the future Spain number 1 played over 60 games for a top Spanish team, a 2011 Under 21 European Championship winner a UEFA Europa League winner and a UEFA Super Cup winner. His age is a very deceptive figure when considering this keeper. Unfortunately, or possibly fortunately, it would seem he's not too far down the pecking order. Wes has gone and so has John. Evans is not quiet developing has hoped and this could be a big season for him if he gets some game time. It can be fair to say Vidic and Ferdinand, first two. After them Smalling and Jones. Rio tends to pick up and injury and it's going to be a very packed season with many many games. Fergie wants number 20 and wants the Champions League so you may see Smalling and Jones playing as joint 3rd choice as players are rested often. Simply the only reason Downing seems to be more expensive than Young is that he had another year on his contract to run. It's widely known that the comparison between the two is quite stupid, they are different players. Young likes to play in the hole and is a position you can't play unless some part of you in a clever player. He is quick, tricky but he's also a good footballer and works extremely hard. He's just a good all round player who can play anywhere across the midfield apart from central midfield in a 2 man midfield as that's asking a little much. Young is only second behind Fabregas for assists in the Premiership in the last 4 seasons, he's a valuable asset. Stewart Downing is a very good player and severely underated by anyone who simply judges by his England performances 4 years ago. He's extremely quick, only second in the Villa squad behind Gabby and they had Walker/Young who are both pretty pacey! He rarely ever gives the ball away, his crossing is excellent, he's good on both feet, makes good decisions. His only fault is that he is not sometimes direct enough, if you compare him to Adam Johnson, he runs directly at players and commits them, Downing when on fire does it and to be fair glides past players but a lot of the time he never really goes past players, more opens up half a yard. Saying that, that's also a quality because instead of running into areas of trouble, he does pick out good options.

You know what you will get with him, a useful player and will fire crosses in for Caroll to get on the end of. What is strange however is Liverpool will spend £85million on Andy Carroll, Jordan Henderson, Charlie Adam and Stewart Downing while United could spend £85million on David De Gea, Phil Jones, Ashley Young and Wesley Sneijder. I certainly won't be complaining.

Admittedly, yes, you have played them, but not really effectively. It's merely an opinion and not meant to be taken as gospel and is a lot better journalism than the shit spouted by the Mirror/Mail. It is true though that Wenger's hands have been tied by the payers at his disposal and the injuries they have sustained. Cesc is undeniably a great player, however it's been over 6 years now since the last trophy. It's quite simple, that is too long. Wenger can play all the nice football he wants, but he's going to need to convert that into points sooner rather than later and has the opportunity to reshape the team into a winning one. Arsenal have gone too long without winning anything.

Read a article about how the sale of Fabregas would be an opportunity for Arsenal, the combination of his unable to play in the middle of a 4-4-2 and the fees mentioned would mean that Wenger would be able to bring in some suitable players and give him much more tactical freedom, it's a good read. Link Also seems as if Tevez is moving closer to leaving city, if he went to Corinthians then fair play to him. He's said he wants to get closer to his family. Although it's nice to see South American clubs taking the European method and spending money they don't have.

You're not by any stretch of the imagination however there is a lot in the papers that never makes it to their web versions and vice versa. The best journalism tends to be in the papers though and is only moved to the subscription based services in iPad app's for example.

God bless The Guardian. <3. However they sure are milking that they discovered this first. Interesting how Murdock has just killed off NotW in his own attempt to draw a line under the situation. It's about time that awful paper went. Next Target : Daily Mail. Also, Here is a nice little video of them ling their arses off. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/video/2011/jul/07/news-of-the-world-denials-video

How dare you?

Might as well log in and sit idle as I vacuum the carpet. You never know a time traveler may call by N-Europe of all the places and give me the Euro-millions numbers.

Absolutely brilliant, he's a whinging piece of s**t and has been from the moment he joined. Great player but very, very stupid. I can genuinely believe he wants to be with his daughters and their mother, who was reported to not enjoy England so moved back to Argentina. Apparently she would consider a move with him and his girls to a country with a more Latin culture. Hint hint.

Bargain! It's alright though if that's not your taste. You can always get your hands on this beauty.

Nasri: "I came to England to get trophies because I haven't won anything in my (Arsenal) career. We all need to get out of our comfort zone, to grow up and test ourselves.I am hungry for titles. I play football because I love this sport and want to feel the emotion of winning. Lifting a trophy all together, this is the beauty and sense of team sports." Well that rules Spurs, Liverpool and Arsenal out. How about Wenger goes after Gibson, he's after first team football. Edit: If you thought the England kit was bad, you've not seen the accompanying goalkeeper kit.

I'm loving your hair! [Can't find a thumbs up Smilie]

Lets see what we have hear..... Ah, Chairdriver, interesting. Signature : 7 / 10. Not your fault at all really, I'm assuming it if you that made it, but the image used is just too low quality. If it were cleaner and crisper then maybe could have been an 8 and then I would have said something along the lines of; Nice, a powerful image and composed well but I feel more could be done with it. Avatar : 8 /10. Essentially I'm just going to repeat myself here, just without the part about picture quality. Nicely done but I can't give it a 9 or more without more done to it.

2 hours later. Link Very, very excited by this signing.

... He rates an average of around one goal in 3. Not bad for a player with multiple times broken tibia and fibula and who's career has been written off many a time. Give credit where credit is due, he's never going to be Messi but he's by no means crap. True, however his wife seem to be more than happy now and we can only assume that what was written in the likes of the NOTW and the Daily Fail was mostly fabrication. You have to admire a player who has continued after the following and still plays at a respectable level;

Well Glad De Gea deal is almost finished. Maybe the worst kept secret in football and let be honest, the sheet really was not necessary. Seems very calm and collected between the sticks so I hope he can adapt quick enough for next season. Very long fingers as well. Gloves must have to be made specially for him. It's no wonder his girlfriend follows him wherever he goes. She's not bad either;