Tevez is going to need a replacement at the Etihad. City say they will not pay over £50m for Edinson Cavani, but stranger things have happened in football – they signed Robinho for £32m after all.
FA Says Womens Football Plan Is UKay
The FA have given the green light to a unified home nations Women’s Football team, like the one we saw at the Olympics almost a year ago.
The FA’s Robert Sullivan said “Subject to qualification we are prepared to look at the possibility.”
With Scottish Independance and whatnot possibly on the way, this idea may be unfeasible nearer the time. But at this early stage, the fear from some camps is that this could lead to the men’s game adopting, or being forced to adopt, a similar approach.
With only Gareth Bale and Ashley Williams, perhaps Aaron Ramsey in desperate circumstances, looking like candidates, it’s an idea that would annoy every party involved.
But in Women’s football it is a different situation, as we saw at the Olympics where there was tremendous support for the female side compared to lesser enthusiasm when it came to Stuart Pearce’s men.
If it brings home trophies, there shouldn’t be an issue.
Axe Of The Day
Brighton manager Gus Poyet was sacked whilst appearing on TV providing punditry for Match of the Day Live.
It’s hard to tell what the bigger story is here, the sacking or live football on the BBC!
Poyet appeared to have no clue about his dismissal earlier on in the game and is reported to have only found out when host Mark Chapman passed him a press release half way through the first 45 minutes.
Poyet had been suspended after someone took a sh*t in the Crystal Palace dressing room ahead of their Play Off semi final. <insert crap joke here>
Poyet has made it clear that he will appeal the decision but in the meantime the gulls have appointed former Barcelona midfielder Oscar Garcia.
Perhaps televised sackings aren’t a bad idea, after all, who wouldn’t pay to see Joe Kinnear sack Alan Pardew on live TV?
A very strange conundrum
Even weirder this week was Ryan Giggs’ appearance on Countdown.
To celebrate Rachel Riley’s 1,000th episode, Giggs surprised the Man United fan with a signed shirt, making for very uneasy viewing.
Perhaps the bright spark who though it would be a good idea to book Giggs can solve following conundrum: YOU’RE FIRDE
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Isco would stick out like a sore thumb at Man City. Hahaha clueless i think you have forgotten some players who currently play for the club. Aguero, Yaya, Kompany, Navas, Nasri & Silva. My 5 year old nephew knows more about football than you. ThisisNOTfootball.com would be more apt.
Realmadrid should act on luis suares case before other club come for his signature
‘If you think about it, it seems like a good decision from Isco, he would stick out like a sore thumb at Manchester City.’
Yeah, he’d never get to play with any good midfielders at City, just people like Silva, Toure, Nasri, Navas, Fernandinho.
‘It’s also the first major piece of business that Manuel Pellegrini has conducted at City since his arrival earlier this summer.’
Apart from the signings of Navas and Fernandinho you mean? You so called ‘journos’ make me laugh, one claims that they weren’t Pellegrini’s signings and you all sing the same tune. Even though the club made it clear that he sanctioned them both.
Laughable article really and reeks of anti City bias.