Adriano is both one of the most gifted strikers of his generation and one of the most disappointing, ballooning to Ronaldo's late-career playing weight right smack in the middle of his prime, among other, non-gravitational-field-related issues (drinking, partying, shooting people, etc). Now at Corinthians and fresh off an Achilles injury and platter of Happy Meals, he's back in trouble for being fat.

Live life in the fast lane with the NUFC Blog prediction competition, the second of which starts this weekend. Cash prizes to be won and I wouldn't be surprised if the ensuing fame leads to a book deal and your own reality TV show! The second NUFC Blog prediction competition kicks off this weekend and [.

• Kop That: Des Kelly: Fernando Torres is for life, not just Christmas http://t.co/wvbKn7QZ 23:11:26, 2011-12-16
• Kop That: Why David Moyes might have already made THE deal of the January transfer window http://t.co/EslSMWsl 23:11:17, 2011-12-16
• Kop That: Liverpool in fight with Rangers for Dundee United midfielder Scott Allen http://t.

Why reality TV-style fan voting will get refs to stop thinking of their image and start doing their jobs

We all know that football fans when whipped into a mob frenzy can take banality to frightening heights. Sustained cancerous abuse is yelled at players, yet if the subject reacts, they cry to the police about the psychological damage visited on the child who's sat next to them troughout their bile-fest.

Manchester United star Wayne Rooney was at the centre of an unlikely Twitter spat with The X Factor 'wildman' Frankie Cocozza. The reality TV star tweeted: "#CelebsThatLookLikeTheyStink not really a celeb but I bet his pits are stinking, along with his breath @waynerooney." You might wonder what Rooney would gain from rising to the bait, [.

Morning all. Weekends are too short, aren't they?

Still, at least we'll start seeing the light at the end of the tunnel this week. At the moment it's pitch black and scary but soon we'll see that tiny dot and we'll all go into the light and then football will return. There's little to amuse us this morning either, really, apart from a few quotes from Cesc about Robin van Persie's situation.

Let's be totally Frank about this. Given a choice of watching Balestier Khalsa playing Woodlands Wellington or watching the latest reality TV hit from the US what would you rather do? For me, a trip to Toa Payoh would win hands down.
Woodlands, among other things, had only managed 17 goals going into their 31st game of the season and were in 12th position two points behind Tanjong Pagar.

Image Credits: BT.dk, Sporten.dk.

Rate or slate Mr Thygesen, Kickettes, using the following key points as consideration:

The Good: His shaved head, strong square jawline and chiseled abdominals. He fills our Danish quotient now that Nicklas Bendtner has slowed his role.

Video: Lucas's reality TV stars

Which Liverpool star would be the best on X-Factor? Which Red would do well on Strictly Come Dancing? These are just two of the questions we put to Lucas Leiva at Melwood recently and this clip is now available exclusively to LFC TV Online subscribers.

By Chris Wright

'Scandal' has broken out in this morning's Il Corriere dello Sport, who claim that Lionel Messi, both Gab and Diego Milito and cape-wearing crime fighter Martin Palermo attended a 'sex and alcohol' party in their native Argentina which was being hosted by local reality TV strumpet Xoana Gonzalez.

Diego Lugano goes in for the kill.

• Part 2 of a CA preview. (Three Match Ban)
• Like reality TV. (The DA)
• The floodlights. (EFW)
• The best of the rest. (The Best Eleven)
• Hip check? (KCKRS)
• Up high, up high. (IBWM)
• Head in the sand.

Spurs and Villa fans, prepare for shame Tottenham duo Aaron Lennon and Tom Huddlestone, and Aston Villa's Ashley Young, have flown to Marbella to join the cast of chronically poor reality TV show The Only Way Is Essex. The Premier League stars are set to take up supporting roles in the somehow BAFTA-winning series, along [.

Well, it appears Mr. My Private Life Is Private, Ryan Giggs, was doing so for a reason he's the Mystery Footballer X who had an affair with a big bosomed lady of the (reality tv) evening. And now he's been outed. In Parliament, of all places.

All of which is excellent timing, as it's not like Manchester United has a game on Saturday or anything.