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Over the past several months, I have lambasted England manager Fabio Capello for all
kinds of decisions that I have disagreed with, but through it all, I don't think I have felt the
need to insult the man.
Rangers fit in their first, and only, trundle to Tannadice of this much chopped and changed season
just before the SPL-it.
Making hay while the sun shone on Celtic at Hampden, Rangers went top on Saturday with a 2-1 win
over St Mirren. They can extend that lead to four points this evening, although Celtic will have
two games in hand.
A corner of the north-west of England has decamped to north-west London. The folly of the FA's
decision to hand FA Cup semi-finals to Wembley for the forseeable future has been amply
demonstrated this weekend, with the closure of the M1 motorway on account of a fire having pushed
the rail system as far as it can be, and we'll see the same tomorrow for the match between Bolton
Wanderers and Stoke City.
Blinking heck, that was dashed hard work – to which end our vanquished opponents deserve
credit, while we can also direct sneers of ill-disguised derision at those fools who suggested
beforehand that while there is no such thing as an easy game in the Premiership, if there were then
Fulham at home would probably be it.