How fortunate that this man was around to make essential repairs to Malaga CF goalkeeper Wilfredo Caballero's Halloween mummy costume. Heaven knows what we would have been exposed to if he hadn't.

We've done our level best to avoid getting embroiled in any 'unpleasant controversies' this week, but events appear to have conspired against us.

Tomorrow the creatively named National Book Foundation will announce their finalists for the National Book Award. That got us thinking about a squad of American writers, combining all the energy, creativity and bombast that characterize their works. Here, we've lined them up in a fluid 4-4-2, think Manchester United in the days of Cristiano Ronaldo.

Neatly trimmed beard and cheeky quiff? Deeply disturbing, apparently. Image: REUTERS/Jean-Philippe Arles/Daylife.

This might not seem like a particularly big deal, but Javier Pastore's habit of veering between visually appealing hair arrangements and sartorially challenging amateur topiary is upsetting some of of our staffers.

What the new ground needs, wherever we may end up, is a statue. It's the thing these days, dignifying our improvised chaotic representation of beauty with the use of an art-form that stretches back beyond antiquity. Wolves and Wembley have had one for a while but there's been a spate in the last few years.

Kenny Dalglish's appointment as permanent manager was a mere formality.

Taking a club from mid table to a Europa Cup spot in three months is not just mere accomplishment in itself but the way they've done it has the pundits talking. For the first time in a long time there is fear and loathing in playing Merseyside.

Had difficulty keeping up with events in Indonesia re the PSSI and FIFA so here's what FIFA have to say.
Indonesia (PSSI): the PSSI should organise the general assembly on 26 March 2011 to elect the electoral commission and adopt an electoral code based on the FIFA standard electoral code. The electoral commission will then organise elections before 30 April 2011.

Some things you can rely on. Like taxes, deaths, the arrogance of Malaysian taxi drivers, the ST whining.
After Malaysia won the plaudits for winning the AFF Cup, hot on the heels of the SEA Games, it seemed for a while the stuffed shirts at the Football Association had pushed off the back pages as the nation could luxuriate in success on the field.