By Alan Duffy
Touted as England's shiny new talisman only a year ago, Arsenal schemer Jack Wilshere has seen
his whole season pass by without kicking a ball in anger. While he was expected to be ready for the
start of the 2012/13 campaign, news that the youngster is to undergo yet another operation is sure
to have both Arsenal and England fans worrying about the midfielder's long-term future.
Didier Drogba's various ailments held up play for 6mins 30secs during Chelsea's Champions League
semi-final first-leg against Barcelona. The great stat has been dug up by the Daily Mail. They have
clocked all the time the Ivorian spent rolling around the ground. And it turns out that it was a
very effective way of running [.
Training today was definitely for mature audiences only, with Coach John Spencer throwing around
some eff bombs during the session and talking a little dirty afterward as well. Spencer was
unsurprisingly stressing fitness once again, as every man on the roster with the exception of Kris
Boyd was on the pitch today, each of them moving constantly for the full two hours.
As Guiseppe Rossi and Antonio Cassano's respective ailments take their toll on the Azzurri
selection process, the more cynical fans among us will be already preparing the finger pointing
when Italy lack the firepower needed to overcome the likes of Spain and the Republic of Ireland,
citing the duo's absence [read more]
Do you suffer from any pre-existing conditions?
Ah, that old question on the health insurance form. The one if you answer falsely you're fooked
if they find out and you need to claim, and the one if you answer truthfully are fooked anyway
because it'll make it harder to claim.
We're just catching up with this after the festive interruptions. Befuddled old man Roberto Mancini
is certain that he's been mugged by Sunderland before, he just can't quite place the date. Cue an
entertaining Match of the Day interview as the Manchester City gaffer spends most of the time
correcting and re-correcting himself on whether [.
Are substitution players sometimes limited? Yes, and there are a multitude of reasons behind
this. For starters, substitution players are not the authentic player, so there is going to be
obvious set backs to this. Stats are going to be different, even little things that can end up
making a big impact, like the way substitution players interact with the team.
