A few poems from the weekend, kinda. Starting with rugby and that and ending with that Dutch guy who runs a lot... Rugby Wigan and Hull play football, In a cities were they generally chase eggs. Filling their football stadiums at weekends, With a small number of footballing dregs. Dirk Kuyt Like a forest Dirk [.

Rugby Wigan and Hull play football, In a cities were they generally chase eggs. Filling their football stadiums at weekends, With a small number of footballing dregs. Dirk Kuyt Like a forest Dirk ebs and flows. Like a gump Dirk barely knows.. ..how to play football. "Run, Dirk, Run" fans shout. It's all he can [.

Soon to be heading in the same directionToronto FC got into the holiday shopping mood on Tuesday with the acquisition of defender Jeremy Hall. The 23-year old Florida native arrives from FC Dallas after previous MLS stops with Portland and New York. Primarily a right back, Hall was the 11th overall pick in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft and provides The Reds with a little more depth on the corners of their back line.

Sampdoria thought it had left the Wild West of Campania behind when the players boarded the plane to Liguria; the in-flight meal a digestion of the 4-2 thrashing meted out by Nocerina. But after arrival, when passing through the Christopher Columbus Airport they were met not by smiling wives and girlfriends, but an aggressive mob intent on violence.

By Chris Wright

Getafe aren't exactly averse to embracing the wierd and wonderful in their attempts to flog match tickets, indeed we've seen fans lay eggs and koalas commit suicide before thanks to the Spanish club.

Therefore, you'll be glad to know that their latest NSFW attempt to shill their wares ploughs a similar furrow what with it containing a group trip to the sperm back, a Getafe-themed zombie lesbian porn video and the haunting image of a sperm cell fertilising the club's badge.

RvP heads home.

• This seems unlikely. (Telegraph)
• A bamboo stadium in China. (dezeen)
• No eggs here. (The DA)
• Mo' complicated, less money. (Avoiding The Drop)
• Rebel without a clue. (AFR)
• Minimal gestures. (SB Nation)
• The most valuable little people.

You know, I don't hate this team... yet. I'm looking to move my premium pick from Nani to Robin van Persie but I'm afraid that's too many eggs in the Arsenal basket. They have most players away for internationals today, then at Newcastle a the weekend with a tough but oh so vital Champions League qualification match against Udinese on Tuesday.

By Chris Wright

Bit of an update to the rumblings we bought you this morning, with the news that Andre Villas-Boas has (very nearly) resigned from his post at Porto and is almost certain to take up the reigns at Chelsea before the week is out.

Porto have released the following statement:

"Porto were notified of the intention of Andre Villas-Boas to resign from his contract with the club by triggering the release clause (€15 million) immediately.

That is to say, I am sitting on so much moving stuff right now. In the interest of my metaphorical fowl posterior (note: never verbally claim to have this, it comes off much worse), what's say we crack open a another couple of these transfer eggs?This has started popping out in Italy, so I may as well give: AS Roma are in fact pondering a Michael Bradley move, just as they are pondering other

Newcastle United's Peter Lovenkrands praises the team spirit shown this season. When I first saw Lovenkrands' quote saying: "Leave your ego at the entrance door", I misread it and thought it said 'egg' instead of 'ego'. This led to a certain amount of confusion on my part as I wondered what particular eggs they were [.

2011 might officially be the year of the rabbit, but in truth twenty-eleven it is the year of the bird. By this, I of course mean: Twitter. So with this in mind ITS is going to become a little more 'socially' interactive and we will start by picking out our tweet of the day...

This one comes from Rio Ferdinand's verified account:

These #eggs who sell signatures on ebay that wait at our training ground entrance ruin it for the real supporters.