I went into a state of utter despondency at the end of this transfer window, even allowing for
the entry into the Champions League stages failed to lift my spirits. The 8-2 thrashing by
Manchester United rubbed salt into very big wounds. I took a break to reflect, the International
Break helped in a sense, to enable common sense to dawn.
By Chris Wright
In an interview with The People, Carlos Tevez has admitted he was so depressed over the summer
that he developed a bit of a binge-eating 'crisis' a weighty problem that presumably entailed no
small amount of barbecued steak:
"I'm not the shit that they say I am.
By Chris Wright
In which Heerenveen forward Oussama Assaida gets pipped by the offside trap during his side's
3-0 Eredivisie win over Groningen at the weekend and runs through, rounds the 'keeper and flicks a
doozy of a trick-shot into the empty net regardless...
I'm sure I wasn't alone in willing Assaida to fall arse-over-tit there.
By Chris Wright
In which, during Mirassol's 3-0 victory over Workers in the Brazilian fourth-tier, referee
Rodrigo Nunes de Sa sees fit to issue a Mirassol defender with a red card for something or
other.
Taking umbrage at his dismissal, the No. 6 begins bawling in the official's face, twitching as
if to threaten a head-butt, at which point De Sa hits the deck quicker than <insert relevant
humerous quip here>.
