Shelvey praises Pool duo

Jonjo Shelvey has hailed Blackpool manager Ian Holloway and Barry Ferguson after finishing his loan spell at the Championship side.

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Building up to this week's final round of group qualifying fixtures for the 2012 European Championships, BBC Radio Scotland has produced short audio pastiches daily on their Sportsound programme featuring new interviews with former Scottish national team players along with rebroadcasting some audio caught in the moment after some big matches.

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The Football League season's eight-day head start on the Premier League provides a rare chance for clubs in the second tier and below to bask in the limelight.

The national media will respond to the nation's collective anticipation of the new season by lavishing attention on the Championship, League One and League Two for a weekend, before their heads are quickly turned back to the big boys.

Scouring Scotland for players has its hazards of course. Remember Craig Levein's unhappy spell at Leicester and Tommy Burns' at Reading? James McFadden, Barry Ferguson and others were quasi megastars in the goldfish bowl, only to act the part of "any other player" down south - sometimes even less than that, as was the case with Kris Boyd and the majority of his Middlesbrough cohorts after the

I would like to start this post with a shout-out of support to Mumbai and all those affected by the bomb blasts over there. Condolences to the victims and their families, a plea of extreme caution to the rest. Terrorists are sonsofbitches; I would have ordered van Persie to slam free kicks into Ajmal Kasab's balls every day, but the Supreme Court has yet to answer my mail in this regard.

I would like to start this post with a shout-out of support to Mumbai and all those affected by the bomb blasts over there. Condolences to the victims and their families, a plea of extreme caution to the rest. Terrorists are sonsofbitches; I would have ordered van Persie to slam free kicks into Ajmal Kasab's balls every day, but the Supreme Court has yet to answer my mail in this regard.

Former Newcastle target Barry Ferguson is one of the Birmingham players who are looking for a new club since The Blues were relegated last season. Barry Ferguson too old at 33 Some of the Birmingham players will need to leave the club, so the wage bill can be brought under control. And former Newcastle [.

The Good

- It's over. Speaking personally as an Arsenal fan, that means the loosening of a feisty nutcracker on my testicles, but I believe it's much the same for most teams. Team and fan burnout is bound to happen eventually, and it's time for the body Duracells to undergo their yearly recharge.

It's been a great couple of nights for Chelsea with United and Arsenal both dropping points with us winning tonight. The three points sees Chelsea move into second in the Premier League on goal difference from Arsenal, both of us six points behind the leaders. I called for a good performance and to make the game in hand count and Chelsea did exactly that.

Birmingham City are heading to their first Wembley Final for 55 years after beating West Ham 4-3 on aggregate in their Carling Cup semi-final. Birmingham will play Arsenal in the final on the 27 February.

Leading 2-1 from the first leg, West Ham seemed to have a place at Wembley all locked up when Carlton Cole put them one up (and 3-1 on aggregate) in the 31st minute.