Make no mistake about it, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has created a buzz amongst Gooners that is only comparable with Charlie Sheen mangled on Tigerblood.
The boy has burst onto the scene in explosive fashion since making his first league start for Arsenal against Manchester United last month.

Welcome to Offbeat Wednesday... our weekly special! In the jovial spirit of the week, let's start with Alvaro Negredo's wedding which took place on Christmas Eve. The Sevilla striker married the mother of Aitana, his ten-month old daughter in his hometown.

As you may have gathered I am a stubborn and grumpy individual at times, personally I am not a fan of what Christmas has become over time, I am not remotely religious either, other than a few moments when I believed Dennis Bergkamp to be the messiah (no offence intended to all those of you with a religion other than the Church of Bergkamp).

Ah. The nerves are a-jangling.
Scotland on the road again. At stake a place in Euro 2012, a boozed up tour of Poland and Ukraine with all the fun and futile expectation that goes with a major championship.
And then we wake up.
Scotland aren't in the play offs.

Wow, this is extremely heartwarming stuff! We told you last night that Maurine from the Brazil National Women's team made a personal vow to bring home the Pan American gold medal because it was her late dad's wish (he passed away on Sunday). Well, Dad must've been watching from above because Maurine scored the only goal in their 1-0 victory over Mexico last night!

Former Newcastle United player and twice manager Kevin Keegan tips a top 6 finish for the club this season. Kevin Keegan has, as part of his punditry, tipped Newcastle for a top 6 finish, although he does qualify that a bit. Thrice Messiah Keegan said: "Long may their good start continue. "The results for Newcastle [.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Someone (me) once said (just now, for real) that American soccer is a question in search of a question mark. But who asked that question, and what other punctuation might it contain? To find out, we deployed two brilliant young sportswriters, the latest in electronic-communications technology, and the copy-paste function.

Last night's game vs. Costa Rica was interesting for a couple of reasons. The US played a very attractive, attacking style of soccer (just as Klinsmann is wanting to implement), and bossed the opening 30 or so minutes, and also dominated other stretched of the match. Landon Donovan missed what should have been a for sure goal, and the US did have a couple of other chances but couldn't score.

Some people out there make me laugh harder than when I'm watching Harry Redknapp having a twitching fit when S*urs are losing.
Many said Arsene Wenger needed to add to the squad and 'spend some fucking money' or Arsenal would free fall into the Orpington and Bromley Division 5 Sunday league in no time.

Heman Gurung amends his spot kickMost people had undoubtedly believed that Nepal U16 can go and win the title single handedly owing to the home advantage cum the long preparation for this championship. But the shocking defeat by the Indian means that our young team had to play at 1300 hrs rather than 1530.

Recently I tweeted out asking what you think is wrong with MLS. I got a plethora of responses. Some were well thought out and some simply ranted and moaned without being realistic. I thought I'd address some of the more thought out ones. Number one on my list was a follow up to my previous thoughts on Jurgen Klinsmann.

Kevin Keegan expresses some views about Newcastle United, Andy Carroll, the Liverpool game and Mike Ashley. Ex-Toon manager and twice Messiah Kevin Keegan has been giving Alan Pardew and Mike Ashley some grief over the weekend. First of all, KK was critical about the 'over-friendliness' shown to Andy Carroll by his former team-mates on the [.

By Chris Wright

Liverpool's interim messiah Kenny Dalglish has vowed that the club will do their damnedest to bring in a 'headline' signing over the course of the next week or so, though the chances of said signing being Ajax forward Luis Suarez are looking increasingly remote.

Three games into his miraculous return to Liverpool, "King" Kenny Dalgish is yet to taste victory. His record stands at two defeats and one draw and, but for the clumsiness of Tim Howard in giving away a stonewall penalty yesterday, it might well be three losses on the trot.

For those who thought the Scot's biggest asset in being appointed was the ability to give the players and Anfield faithful a lift thus ensuring a short-team bounce in results the past week has truly been a reality check.

There is a well-known saying in American sport, often offered in support of coaches far more embattled than Kenny Dalglish at this stage of his second honeymoon.
It says that you can't make chicken salad out of chicken****. Dalglish may well consider his situation desperate enough to employ this coarse but vivid phrase when he sits down with owner John W Henry.

OK, so lose the honey do list and find time tomorrow to park your butt on the couch, blinker out all other distractions and settle down for the following belters...Man Utd vs Spurs and the Merseyside Derby, Liverpool vs Everton.

Should be two cracking games. Man Utd vs Spurs pits two teams who are doing well, while Liverpool vs Everton is a battle of the also rans.

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On this week's main report languagecaster.com profiles Kenny Dalglish, who last week took over as manager at Liverpool from Roy Hodgson.

Football seems to have a hold on those involved that many of us don't experience in our working lives. It's not too much of an exaggeration to say that I've been daydreaming about my retirement since about second year at school.
Football managers are different. They just keep going and going.

Wow, even after a frustrating game against Manchester United and Berbatov proving that he is as opportunistic as strikers come, nothing brought me more pleasure than seeing Kenny Dalglish back in the dug-out once more. After some 20 years, it is a surreal experience even if it was on television.

1. Beating Liverpool is always brilliant. Knocking them out of the FA Cup is great. Destroying all the good feeling and positivity that came with Kenny Dalglish's appointment is even better. Although I'm frustrated we didn't totally destroy them today. We dominated the game entirely, as you would expect for a side with an extra man for an hour, but just weren't clinical enough in the box.