Football Updates

Reading though my recent blog posts it seems all i've been concerned about has been films and a little bit of TV, so i thought i'd have a little look at some of the recent big football stories that have annoyed or caught my attention recently

• Carlos is back, oh great. It seems to have been going on for months and just when we finally thought we were never going to see him again Carlos Tevez has decided to come back to Manchester City. Personally i'm fed up with hearing about his pety behaviour and wish he would just leave and stop complaining. Manchester City have so far handled this situation admillary but letting him back seems a big mistake to me, theres no doubt the lad has talent but City have Ballotelli to be an ego and theres only room for one of them in Manchester.
 

 
• Adminsistration seems to be back in fasion as two British clubs have gone into it in 5 days. First Rangers provided Celtic with a lovely Valentines day gift by effectivly handing them the title by going into admin (can't be bothered to say the whole word) and today it has emerged that Portsmouth have gone in for the 2nd time in 2 years. Two very different stories hear but both linked by a points deduction, It seems a sad state for Scottish Football if Rangers are going under and there has to be worries about the game there as a whole. Portsmouth on the other hand have been in and out more times then anyone recently and surely it seems only a matter of time before the club sercome sad but realistic. On this note has anyone heard anything about Darlington?
 

 
• Since i last spoke theres been several sackings that i've disagreed with, ironically one from each of the top 3 divisions. First of all the most anticipated was Mick McCarthy been sacked from Wolves after this weekends 5-1 defeat against West Brom, from the moment i heard the result i knew Mick was a goner but there no deniing he's done a great job there and surely must be remembered for giving the club a three year stay in the Premier League. Next and the first of the sackings was Simon Grayson who was sacked on February 1st having not been given a penny to spend in the transfer market and with Leeds in mid table. Grayson has taken the club up and seemed to be well on his way to bringing prosperity back to the sleeping giant, for whoem its now 8 years since they were relegated from the top flight. Finally and most shockingly Lee Clark was sacked by Huddersfield despite the club been 4th in League 1 and Clark having made them one of the forces to reckon with in the divison. How anyone can sack their manager 4th in the league, even if they have lost 3 in a row, just baffles me but probably just proved how fickle football can be these days.
 

 
• And now to my (2nd) favorite club to make fun at, Newcastle United, only for once i'm actually going to be sticking up for their fans, add shocked faces here. As annonoced a few months ago St James Park is been renamed to some stupid corporate name and in the last few days the famous St James Park letters have been removied. Now there no denying that Mike Ashley has never been the most popular man on tyneside but it seemed he was maybe just going to be making peace with the fans and now this... Oh dear, its not only angered most of the Geordie world but also most of the football world as one of the most famous names in English football disappears, it's fine new stadiums like the Emirates or even when the Riverside was the cellnet but not an old famous name like this. It's a disgrace and like most of the other things i have talked about is further proof that money is ruining the game most of us love.