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Something to read while you rob a bank to pay off your overdraft... How do you celebrate your
goals? (Weekend Warrior) Fashion crisis for Hull (EPL Talk) Cristiano Ronaldo: uninsurable (Off the
Post) The A-League is back (A-League Offside) How important is the armband? (Reuters Soccer Blog)
Name the new Philly team (MLS Offside) N'Zogbia or Downing?
Socceroo David Carney has reunited with former Sydney FC assistant Ian Crook after agreeing a deal
to join Norwich City on loan until the end of the English domestic season.
He becomes Crook and new manager Bryan Gunn's first signing since they took charge of the Carrow
Road club last week.
How the saga involving Jason Culina ends will take its natural course. But the fact an A-League
side is holding its own in negotiations with the current PSV and Socceroos midfielder is being
lauded as a milestone for the domestic game.
Culina is a first choice for national team coach Pim Verbeek and arguably plays at the highest
standard of any of Australia's overseas stars in Eindhoven after appearing for PSV in this year's
Champions League.
Pim Verbeek has explained some glaring absences in his latest Socceroos squad by saying he's made
his choices based on recent domestic form and not international reputation.
Just six previously capped players adorn Verbeek's 21-man travelling party for the opening Asian
Cup 2011 qualifier in Jakarta next Wednesday with only two - captain Craig Moore and striker Archie
Thompson - possessing any degree of senior international experience.
