Absolutely right tomphil. Abramovich bought the Chelsea to protect himself from Putin in case they fell out and to clean up his money from his shady business interests. He must be worried that his high profile and living abroad may not be enough after the Litvenyenko and Scripal poisonings and probably should chuck a bung to the Kremlin.

Yes. Still misses sitters, occasionally hogs the ball and one season does not make a super star. He really has improved this season, but he's still half the player Sane is. To say he should be starting as a striker ahead of Kane is..... unconventional and a risk to be polite. Up until the season just gone Sterling was an over rated flash luxury with no end product. But like you say, he's still young and has time to improve.

Sterling? The player who missed absolute sitters for a living most of his career, and has only had an ok season when offered a chance in a fantastic Manchester City squad? You'll be saying Stuart Ripley was prolific next!

The person who said McNulty may be onto something. I've seen him twice, and whilst he is not the sort who can take on a team on his own, he might do well with better players around him. He was good against Wycombe just before Christmas, but the later game against Accrington Stanley he was poor as the rest of the team were completely abject and could not pass or create chances at all. So I think he'd be a player that needs a good in form team to really get the best out of him.

Is he related to Matty Holmes?

Has Jimmy Anderson suddenly admitted he's like Phillip Schofield/Tom Jones, or has he actually dyed his hair that colour?

Those Dack prank calls were brilliant. I'm still alughing now.

No sympathy here. I have lived in many different places across the world, and my dad is a monkey hanger who was in Aldershot by the time he was in secondary school before returning back up to Scarborough. He was happy being the big Yin in Weegieland but had to compete down south. I will always think there's something a bit fishy about that transfer when it involved Souness' favourite agent Willie McKay, his favourite Scottish club and Ferguson returned for a similar big fee. IIRC the reported fee in the papers went from £4m to almost double that. It was all a bit too odd.

Is he a Pulis kind of player? I've not seen him so is he 6 foot 3 or more, very strong and runs in forceful straight lines? Does he have a really long throw in, and can he kick the crap out of players?

Not really. South Africa 2010 was tedious as the games tended to be defensive bore fests but that was after the tournament started. Everyone seemed to be enthusiastic about Brazil 2014, and there some belting games even if England did their usual. This time round, you're right. I think people have realised that the host country are the international bad guys, led by a man who'd look appropriate as the owner of a fairground in Scooby Doo. Add to that all the distraction from a circus of inept and crazy world leaders and I think people have generally forgotten it's happening soon.

Bridlington=Royston Vasey-On-Sea. Nice beach though.

As in Charles Darwin, evolution etc. EP

Most Burnley fans avoid Darwin........

Feeney is a Bosman? That's a help to the wage budget.

Charlie Adam, maybe but a big fat no for Ireland. He's hardly played a game in 5 years, and is obviously mentally weak. A complete waster.

Cool, we might get Kennedy Bakirloglu, Mads Jorgensen and Cherno Samba depending on which year they're playing.

Anyone have a clue who these investors buying Sunderland are? It sounds a bit weird with a non league chairman leaving to be the face of this group. Maybe it is The Tribunal.

Since the Chinese club in for him is offering 2 million bottles of wine, perhaps 1 million pints of thwaites might swing it.

Can't wait until Ipswich take the champions league by storm.

This. He's an arrogant twerp who plays the race card at every opportunity. Failed to be London mayor? London is racist. Not being offered a premier league manager's job? Football is racist. Not being England captain, and getting 200 caps? The fa and fans are racist. I'm surprised if it wasn't him defacing the Steven Lawrence memorial as it takes the attention away from his perceived struggles!

PPV is a joke for this fight, but if there are enough muppets who big up Fury like he's Ali and hate Joshua, then I can understand cashing in.

Thanks Gav. I thought I was the only one who didn't go for the Wolves/Mendes love in. It's like the name Jerome Anderson has been forgotten by some.

It may indeed work out, but we all know the risks of letting an agent more or less run the club. It also takes money of of the teams' pockets as the agent will want millions in fees of all kinds, and would be happy to unsettle the club's top players if a really big club is interested. When you have the president of Sporting Lisbon saying he has no idea who owns his players, surely 3rd party ownership is suspicious. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/oct/03/sporting-lisbon-bruno-de-carvalho-pressure-third-party-ownership-rojo https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/doyen-sports-wins-legal-dispute-with-sporting-lisbon-over-compensation-claim-for-transfer-of-maros-a6787046.html http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2892/transfer-zone/2014/09/10/5096091/sporting-lisbon-president-rages-against-third-party-monster https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-soccer-brazil-ownership/brazil-bans-third-party-ownership-in-line-with-fifa-rules-idUKKBN0KM2EY20150113 Whilst outright 3rd party ownership of players has been banned by the EU and FIFA, this set up with an agent and a foreign owner is a way around that. It's probably what Big Sam was caught talking about that brief moment he was England manager. Wolves will be like one of those ants that has been infected with a mind controlling fungus.

Wolves will end in tears one day. Either the agent will get bored and foist too many Myles Anderson types, or the agent and the owner will fall out over 'consultancy fees' and suchlike and the Chinese owners pull the plug.

Great if it did, but I think it'll take a pretty long time unless that gobshite agent who has his hand up Paul Pogba's bum decides to join in with some takeover from a foreign trillionaire.