Given I only get to the ground about ten minutes before kick-off, I missed the opportunity to buy the latest edition of Red Issue which went on sale today. Why? Because the GMP, without receiving a single complaint, deemed the picture on the back page "potentially offensive" so went about confiscating it and threatening the sellers with arrest.

My friends and I often indulge in extended debate on the club vs. country issue and how so far, it's ‘OK' to support England. We eschew the jingoism, the hooliganism, the sheer repugnance of many of those called on to sport the jersey, the overreaction to defeat and over-anticipation of victory, the arrogance and the aggression, but still wish for a team we can support.

"Go on, touch it. I've put the safety on."Football on a Friday night? It's just not cricket. Perhaps that was the reason for Tottenham's utterly distasteful performance at Vicarage Road as they scraped past a plucky Watford. If you were to believe the general theme of the commentary and post-match media reports, you'd be forgiven for thinking Spurs arrived in north west London, rudely parked their giant team coach wherever they chose, shaped to headbutt anyone and everyone on their way in and spend the entire game cheating and coercing the ref into allowing them victory.

For Fernando Torres, it will be a long way back to media approval. His move to Chelsea, for a record £50m, will lead to him always being highly scrutinised and criticised for each game where he doesn't score.

His performance against Manchester United, which included a fine goal, a number of feats of fleeting footwork and concluded a great week for him, which included two assists against Bayer Leverkusen on Wednesday, will be remembered for one other incident.

What are the odds Sven fails to see out the season as Leicester boss? Derek McGovern's Bets of the Day

When is word going to leak out that Sven Goran Eriksson isn't very good at managing football teams? For reasons beyond me, Sven is not short of offers from wealthy boards or rich broads.

Arsenal youngster Jack Wilshere has reacted to Joey Barton's Twitter rant by insisting that the Newcastle midfielder must acknowledge his own wrongdoing before blaming others involved in the infamous incident that marred Saturday's league opener between the two clubs.

Wilshere, who was sidelined with an injury as his teammates drew 0-0 at St.

Javier Morales is the latest victim of MLS's rough play.
Chivas USA's Marcos Mondaini slid into Morales from behind and took out the RSL star. Mondaini broke Morales' ankle and the injury required surgery and will knock him out of action for at least four months, possibly the rest of the season.

My standard game review is coming tomorrow, but i wanted to get my comments on what happened to Steve Zakuani down before MLS makes its ruling. This is a long post, so settle in. Anyone who watched the game or any other MLS game this weekend has heard (or seen) what happened. In the 3rd minute Brian Mullan went in two-footed on Steve Zakuani and got his leg, breaking the tibia and fibula (both lower leg bones).

Jason Davis of US Soccer Players Newsletter writes of the trials and tribulations of preseason training camps.

The weeks between the opening of Major League Soccer training camps and the start of the new season are a metaphorical minefield of meaningless results and poorly informed conclusions.

The FA have charged Rafael da Silva for his reaction to the second yellow card Mike Dean showed him in our 0-0 draw with Tottenham Hotspur.

This was the third time we've seen such an explosive reaction from our little Brazilian. The first game from the bench after United went 2-1 up against Spurs last season.

Arsenal 0-0 Manchester City

In the pub beforehand, there wasn't a single member of our party who envisaged anything other than a home win, and some of us thought we might get three goals (I think I went for 2-1). All I can say in hindsight is it's a good job none of us are bookmakers by trade.

So 2010 is over. The first league game of the year saw Rosicky score a late equaliser against Everton, the final game saw Squillaci score a late equaliser against Wigan. Oh, hang on, for Wigan. Whoops.

After the fantastic display against Chelsea, it was always going to be a letdown that we failed to take three points from an easier game two days later.