Unsurprisingly, Ghana lead the list of nominees for the African Footballer of the Year

The short list of nominees up for the African Footballer of the Year have been making their way into the press this morning. Not surprising that Ghana lead the list along with some other predictable nominations .

There's not much happening in the world of Arsenal. Even a comment from Fabregas that had enough juice to launch a thousand headlines didn't really get much attention (and I don't have words to describe how delighted I am by that). One rag did conjure an amazing headline about how Arsenal kept El Capitan against his wishes but it seems most other hacks are busy with the Cricket scandal or the Rooney scoop.

Back in June I wrote that,

I think what Almunia has shown with his patchy form over the last two years is that he is good enough to be a back-up keeper but he has been promoted above his station. Whether he would want to go back to bench-warming is something I can only speculate about.

The transfer deadline may have passed, but that's not stopped people going in and out of football's revolving doors. This week, its is all about the managers. Gerard Houllier has taken over Aston Villa while John Toshack resigned from his post as Wales boss. Meanwhile, Fabio Capello has said that he will quit after Euro 2012 – meaning that we're likely to end up with some no-hoper in the shape of Steve Bruce, or Lord help us, Sam Allardyce.

Remember that name. Manchester City turn to Jô as striker crisis takes grip | Football | The Guardian I have only Jô available – if not, I will have to play myself,' Mancini said. 'We have been very unlucky. Adebayor got a knock last Saturday in training, Carlos also has an injury and Balotelli has had a very difficult start to life in England.

One doesn't have to look far on the Internet to find countless examples of problems with the FA's useless disciplinary system. High profile examples include Gerrard's missed elbow (Stuart Attwell again!), Mascherano's missed elbow, the RVP and Adebayor exchanges, the Ashley Cole tackle on Alan Hutton, RVN's punching of Freddie Ljungberg and on and on ad infinitum.

Nani, you're sort of pathetic... [Who Ate All The Pies]

Chucho dedicated a goal celebration to Antonio Valencia, who, for the record, is not a diver like his Portuguese counterpart [Never Captain Nicky Butt]

Remember that Man City move entitled, "Blue Moon Rising"? Well, it was sort of the movie equivalent of Fox News' propaganda.

It is always special to attend a north London derby. But it is even more special when you go to White Hart Lane.

That was a massacre; the kind of match you live for. That is the kind of match it makes me proud of living in London and paying rivers of money for my season ticket (and, of course, the Travelling Gooner kit as well).

"That'll teach you to laugh at the cockerel."

The mysterious, cockney and self satisfied voice seemed to be coming from everywhere and nowhere. More specifically, it seemed to be coming from a derelict speaker system lodged in the beachball-like-thing on a 40-foot version of Tottenham's crest.

The what: Premier League, Round 6 – Manchester City v. Chelsea
The where: City of Manchester Stadium (47,726)
The when: September 25, 12:45pm local time (7:45am EST)
The how: ESPN2 (DirecTV 209, Dish Network 144)
The why: Because, well, our season is just starting you see.

Manchester City and Chelsea have provided some of the biggest talking points in football in recent years, with their hundreds of millions of pounds thrown at teams for some of the world's best players. This weekend, they faced each other on the pitch; and for the third time in a row City defeated the champions.