By Chris Wright

You turn you're back for one second and what happens? Just three months and three friendly games before Euro 2012 gets under way in June, Fabio Capello resigned as England manager last night after spending the afternoon bickering with FA chairman David Bernstein and general secretary Alex Horne at Wembley over his comments made to the Italian media vis-a-vis the FA's premature decision to strip John Terry of the national captaincy.

Six of the seven matches to be played this MISL season between the Milwaukee Wave and the Wichita Wings are now done and dusted. The first five games were played with real fervor and desire to win from both clubs. It wasn't until game six this past Thursday, that both teams had seen enough of each other.

So then, this is what heartache feels like. This is what it means to have the figurative broken heart. I have decided I don't like this feeling, at all. And I want it to go away.

Needlessto say, many hard-core Arsenal fans like myself are in agony at this moment in time. The team that we love so desperately appears to be dead.

The Arsenal captain Robin Van Persie was yet again the goalscorer for the Gunners yesterday, but for the FIFTH time this season the Dutchman has scored but Arsenal have gone on to lose the game. Arsenal have now lost three games in a row and Van Persie has been the one player that has held [...]

Carlos Tevez will not be transferring to Paris Saint Germain. The French club from the capital Paris are now owned by a Qatari investment fund and have money aplenty. It was widely expected that they would be able to put together a financial package that would have been sufficient to entice the Argentine striker to come and join their mission to make PSG one of the leading players in European football.

This is what many clubs including potential suitors Inter Milan are starting to realise as transfer talks with Manchester City seem to have hit a snag.

City are said to be holding out for a £25 million for Tevez are have since rejected any offers that have fallen short including Inter's £21 million bid.

It's out of the frying pan and into the fire for Arsenal as they take on Manchester United at Emirates Stadium on Sun. Jan 22. It's going to be interesting to see how the Gunners psyche will be affected considering United laid an 8-2 beating on them at Old Trafford back on Aug. 28. You can get your Arsenal tickets for this classic matchup starting at £220 and it could end up being the game of the season since the Gunners are sure to want revenge for the Old Trafford debacle.

Mirror: Why Liverpool owners' silence during racism row suggests they might not be here for the long haul

So many questions, so few answers. The Suarez affair or debacle, to apply a more appropriate description has raised such serious issues, yet few people seem prepared to address them.

Now that we're through the holidays its time to get back to business. Hopefully KSE will make a coaching choice this week, as this debacle of an off-season can't go on much longer. More on that in a moment.

Really, I should have known the KNVB would use any opportunity to take every possible chunk out of Ajax. Here is the match ruling from last week's AZ cup match debacle, to go with the Esteban Alvarado red card removal already announced:- Entire game replayed on Jan. 19th- Played at empty ArenA (oh, and sorry, but no KNVB ticket refunds)- Expected security fine for Ajax- No sanction of any kind

Player-Manager sideshows are interesting to say the least and it seems like Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini has gotten himself involved in another spat with an unhappy player.

The dust from the Tevez debacle is yet to settle and already the Italian tactician is involved in a war of words with defender Wayne Bridge.

Of all the issues that's been plaguing this club for years (age, changing of managers, the Michael Jackson statue) one that has been overlooked, or brought up and then seemingly forgotten whenever we go after the next shiny new transfer acquisition, is lack of speed from the wings.

Now, that's different from creativity from the wings.

As has been the case here on the Liverpool Offside from the day this debacle kicked off over two months ago, we firmly believe that racism has no place in sport any more than it does in the wider world, and should Suarez be proven to have racially abused Patrice Evra on October the 15th we would be forced to regretfully accept the resulting punishment as justified.

Premier League half-term fans' reports: Arsenal to Manchester United

Part one of the Observer fans' network's review of the 2011-12 season so far ARSENAL: 6/10 Bernard Azulay, GoonersDiary.blogspot.com It feels as if the mettle we've displayed in our recent run of form was forged in the debacle of the opening weeks of our campaign, when we struggled to cope with the departures of Fábregas and Nasri, together with the absence of Vermaelen and Wilshere.

By Chris Wright

Nicklas Bendtner has been caught on camera in his native Denmark, (reportedly) drunkenly stumbling into a takeaway after a night out in Copenhagen in search of pizza, only to find himself sans cash.

So far you can empathise with young Nicky, right?

New developments are emerging in the Carlos Tevez transfer debacle after PSG sporting director Leonardo confirms that the club are interested in bringing the Argentine to France.

Truth be said, PSG is the last club Tevez would sign and i don't mean this disrespectfully, but the French side really competing against some of the best and most successful clubs in the world to land his signature.

Well, I never thought I'd see the day when I saw a major sporting organising body displayed levels of incompetence to match the likes of FIFA or the FA. It looks as though the RFU, the body governing English rugby union may just about take the biscuit.
Let's take a moment to remember that rugby fans - myself included - like to assume the high ground in any conversation with football fans: the players and the fans are better behaved, the referee is treated with respect and his decisions are final.

It started with Ernie - Mehmet inherited and added to the mess and now look where we are.
The Victory midfield has been a debacle since Fred left. His fast running midfield added much to Archie Thompson and a younger Danny Allsopp's firepower but how many years ago was that.
And was the style sustainable in Asia - or even the A-League.

It was 2-0 to the home side at White Hart Lane. Tottenham created chances at will. The away side, Aston Villa, scared Tottenham not once. Emmanuel Adebayor scored both the goals and should have had more. Ledley King and Younes Kaboul were imperious in central defence. Luka Modric was exceptional in central midfield.

The U.S. men's national team's 3-2 victory over Slovenia broke down into two parts. The exciting and encouraging offensive display in the first half and the shaky and discouraging debacle in the second half.

It was an important win for Jurgen Klinsmann, who ends his first year in charge of the United States on a winning note, and an encouraging note after an otherwise lackluster start.

Well, certainly not breaking news by any stretch but just in case you forgot the QPR debacle, lord knows I've tried, AVB has gotten his charge for 'improper conduct'. More, after the jump:

Got Cases for Days..

So it's not exactly the FA related news we were expecting, but still, I guess it matters?

Why England captain in waiting Phil Jones could be the man to restore your faith in footballers again

The accusation has been made for years, all the more so after the World Cup debacle. England's players don't care, don't get it, don't understand how much it means to the fans who follow them over land and sea.

By Chris Wright

Think that disciplinary action for fondling player's rumps is the sole preserve of the Iranian league? Think again muchacho!

During Cercle Brugge's 1-0 win over Anderlecht on Sunday, Milan Jovanovic (you must know him? He's one of the best players in the world!

The diminutive Argentinian striker has accepted the fine of two weeks wages imposed on him by Manchester City. Carlos Tevez had recourse to appeal the fine but opted not to. Might it be that the striker has accepted his punishment, which totals close to half a million pounds (or approximately three quarters of a million dollars), with a hope of forcing his way back into his managers reckoning?

Remember, remember, the fifth of November.

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Remember? None of us are likely to forget this fifth of November if Chelsea somehow fail to win for a third successive game. A loss our third straight in the league and, well, Andre Villas-Boas will be remembering the good ol' days back in Portugal.

As for a Genk recap, friends, I'm not doing it. Jack's not doing. Jamie's not doing it. Your loyal scribes simply refuse to put words on that performance. Dire, would be as far as I'd go in terms of a description. Beyond that, I've got nothing else to say about the match itself. But, I do have some thoughts on what we've witnessed since the QPR debacle that may well shed a light on some of our misfortunes of late.

By Chris Wright

Nicolas Anelka finally cottons on

Chelsea have been quick to officially condemn chants about Anton Ferdinand that were sung persistently by their fans during last night's Champions League tie with Genk in Belgium.

Fans sung 'Anton Ferdinand, you know what you are' repeatedly and with gusto throughout the night in, let's call it.

"We needed to be cold-blooded in that situation." You're damn right.

Hit the jump for two more videos of Villas-Boas addressing the media following this utter debacle. I have yet to fathom what happened today. Unbelievable.

Sonny Silooy was a terrific footballer who climbed to the pinnacle of world soccer with AFC Ajax and the Dutch National Team (that's him with Edgar Davids in the 1996 UEFA Champions League Final). He also broke my finger on Tuesday. Well maybe, as the fallout from this most recent debacle has yet to be determined.

By Chris Wright

After a fortnight of ridiculous palaver, Man City announced last night that Carlos Tevez had been found guilty on five separate counts of breaching his contract on that fateful night in Munich and duly fined the Argentinian striker four week's wages for the dubious crime of 'refusing to warm up' against Bayern.

Liverpool 1 Bellamy 45′+
Norwich City 1 Holt 60′

From the moment the teamsheet was released, with eight attacking players plus Jamie Carragher and Martin Skrtel set to run out at Anfield against Premier League newcomers Norwich City, the match seemed fated to go one of two ways.

Matthew Conroy of The Vipers Nest, a New York Red Bulls blog, and I exchanged three questions a piece ahead of tonight's Union-Red Bulls game. You can read my answers by heading to The Vipers Nest (click the linked text).

tBG: What are your thoughts on general manager Eric Soler's comments about the Dwayne De Rosario trade debacle?

Global marketability of tempestuous striker Wayne Rooney can survive the Euro 2012 qualification debacle

Serie B: Il punto dopo la 9° Giornata Di Stefano Lazzarato Il duo Torino-Padova, con due meritate vittorie, si avvantaggia sulle inseguitrici. Continua l'ottimo momento della Juvestabia alla quarta vittoria consecutiva. Perde l'imbattibilit il Brescia mentre centra la prima vittoria il Gubbio. Nonostante il pessimo attacco, continua la risalita del Varese.

The Carlos Tevez debacle seems to be taking new dimensions with every passing hour. It is now emerging that the Argentine could be sacked and even sued after his disrespectful and historic actions on Tuesday night.

According to Tevez, the whole issue was a misunderstanding and has been blown way out of proportion.

By Chris Wright

In which Sky Sports News pundit Charlie Nicholas accidentally reveals the real reason that Roberto Mancini was so pissed off with Carlos Tevez after the Bayern Munich debacle...

If Champagne Charlie's telling the truth here then it's yet more truly disgusting conduct on Tevez's part the guy's out of control.

Football in Canberra: can it get any worse?
We're desperate for a pathway, a male pathway, and Canberra FC have a chance next Thursday. We wish them luck, but they don't help themselves or the rest of Canberra Football do they.
Our flagship?
So while they are blaming Capital Football, their supporters (some) are even claiming racial discrimination (ridiculous), I can only see that they are shooting themselves and the rest of Canberra football in the foot.

Rather later than planned, here are the ups and downs from the Premiership this week
Going Up...

Robin Van Persie
So the glass man has entered the records books at Arsenal with a ton of goals to his name, both of which were sublime finishes. Its a shame that his injury record is so poor or else he would be in a position where he could play for one of the best teams in Europe (muhaha).

If nothing against Brighton or Wolves was going to convincingly answer the questions left behind by the Tottenham debacle, at the least fans could hope nothing that happened would make the players involved seem any worse. And if Andy Carroll's first positive performance of the season at least set out a convincing blueprint for the player moving forward, Charlie Adam's performance only left more questions despite forcing a Wolverhampton own goal.

By Chris Wright

In which Olhanense striker Salvador Agra is knocked completely sparko-doolally in a nasty collision during his side's 2-1 win over Uniao Leiria in the Portuguese top flight on Saturday, only to receive the finest pitchside medical treatment available a handful of coarse sea salt ground into his wounds courtesy of the club's slapstick medical team who dumped him on his head again one more time for luck before packing him into the back of an ambulance.