Drogba seeks more dollar

Quelle surprise anyone? Not really. We should feel sorry for the Ivorian, after all he is only on a reported wage of £120,000 a week...yet, "Once you are well into your thirties you have to go to a club where you can be certain you'll be able to pay your bills" says the 34 year olds agent Thierno Seydi. Yeah, like he's living on the breadline. It seems to be the trend at the moment for footballers, not even attempting to hide their real ambition when forcing through a move to another club. "At Didier's age, he has nothing left to prove as a player. He will go where he is offered the most money."

Well at least their honest, I guess? I'm sure he will be given a new nickname (akin to Cashley Cole) Didier Dollarba, Dollarbill, something along those lines, but probably better, and he won't give two s**** about it. Why would he when he could potentially make a similar wage to the likes of Samuel Eto'o, around the £350,000 a week mark at Uber rich Russian club Anzhi Makhachkala.

Turning down a loan move to AC Milan (they just LOVE old players) pretty much confirmed his disinterest at playing at the highest level anymore. With the lure of Russia, Qatar or perhaps the United States proving too much to resist, we should say farewell (and good riddance?) to one of Chelsea's biggest Prima Donnas of recent years.

RIP Gary Speed

It's saddening to have to post this, but I felt it necessary to mention the tragic news of Gary Speeds death. He was a legend of a footballer, contributing hugely to the sport, to club and country. Capped a record 85 times for an outfield player for Wales and with one of the highest Premiership appearance records to date (535), he will be sorely missed by every football fan and more besides. My thoughts go out to his family and friends. I can only reiterate the comments made by all those who knew him, how down to earth, caring and influential he was for so many, but to me, I knew of him as a great footballer, a character to aspire to be like, a true professional in all respects. RIP Gary Speed.

It's Always Funny In Philadelphia

Yes, a cringe worthy headline, but very much relative the show that is, at the moment, my favourite thing on TV. FX airs the show "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia", of which I have over-heard being described as 'the live action South Park'. It lives up to this and far beyond with its crass, offensive, disturbing and often far beyond 'the line' content which is achingly funny. Now, If I'm honest, I do not require much to be entertained, often easily pleased by the most basic slapstick or toilet based humour, but I defy anyone not to laugh at the antics of the characters in this series.

Now in season 7, it has clearly been a hit and continues to surprise and disgust in every episode. Sure, most are based around similar themes and traits of each character but each episode becomes better than the last, especially when watched back to back. Charlie, Dee, Frank, Mac & Dennis (left to right in pic.) are backstabbing, scheming, deceitful, hopeless and brainless. They fight each other, ruin peoples lives and couldn't give a monkeys about it. I'm not going to go into any detail, I just want to recommend those who haven't seen it to do so, and those who have and not given it a proper chance (you know who you are!) to do similarly.

Here, take a peek at some clips from the show http://vod.fxnetworks.com/watch/sunny 
...and one of my faves http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47D9-U8hn5I 

What did the Premier League teach us this weekend?

So, most importantly, Manchester United finally vanquished their City demons when they hammered Premier League newbies Swansea in emphatic fashion, punishing their opponents in a goal fest...oh, wait, nope. 1-0 will do I hear you say, well not when someone other than Sinclaire is attempting to score in an open goal.

Balotelli continues to infuriate for two reasons. The totally unlikeable, arrogant, and egotistical Italian's understated, crossed arm celebration evoked the need to punch him square in the face, yet, on the other hand, he is such a caricature, it's hard not to laugh. The tank that is Micah Richards was somehow  bundled over *cough, dive, cough* by the flimsy, one legged midfielder Ben Arfa for a penalty, whilst Ryan Taylor should stick to taking set pieces and give up on defensive responsibilities all together. His mindless, "accidental" (keep your damn hands down when in the box!) handball was followed by his quite pathetic excuse of a tackle/clearance on Richards' prior to his goal.

Pedersen invents new corner

Steve Kean still can't provide Blackburn's fans with just their second win of the season, despite Morten Ganst Pedersen's best efforts. Pedersen (left) decided that it was acceptable to take a short corner, to himself, before crossing for Hoilett to score. Also, David Jones misconstrued a game of football for a game of Tekken when he attacked Paul Robinson with a flying kick to the head, conceding a penalty, of which Yakubu converted.

Per Mertesacker is every bit the joke EVERYONE except Arsene Wenger made out he was before he had £8 million splurged on him. Morison was gifted Norwich's goal after the man-giraffe lost the ability to think, stumbled over his own gangly legs and allowed the Wales forward to easily slot beyond Szczesny. However, man of the moment, Robin Super-Van Persie continued his goal streak with a brace, taking his seasons tally to what seems like his 1,000th, and once again saving Arsenal's bacon.

 Elsewhere, Everton called a halt to their poor start with a largely unconvincing 2-1 win over Wolves. However, Fellaini has given the Toffees a boost by signing a new contract, showing his intent to (most probably) take a huge slice of a transfer fee to a larger club in the summer...we all know it's inevitable.

QPR fought their way to victory over Stoke, the win largely owed to the officials turning a blind eye to Joey Barton's mis-timed tackling inside his own penalty area. "Nah not pens them lads" he quipped on Twitter, no Joey, not if you're blind at least.

Bolton continue to surprise...at being utterly rubbish. What happened since last season? It seems the hammering of Stoke the week before did absolutely nothing. In fact, it probably hindered them this week in their 2-1 defeat to West Brom, luring them into the belief that they have turned into a quality, goalscoring machine overnight. Rain check.

Fulham drew 0-0 at Sunderland...enough said.

Abram did it differently

Chelsea, Chelsea, Chelsea...they've got it ALL wrong. They have a bunch of players old enough to be managers, and a manager young enough to be a player. Is Roman Abramovic 'the backwards man'? David Luiz, now there's a defender who loves to do anything but defend. Sure, he's amusing for the neutral, striding forward, hair bobbing all over the shop, getting tackled, frantically trying to get back for the first 10 yards, giving up and letting his team-mates deal (or not) with the threat he's just caused, and then doing the same again 5 minutes later. Not so amusing if you're a Chelsea fan, player or manager I would imagine.

And Finally, Tottenham Hotspurs on a hot-streak, their best start to a campaign in over 40 years, sitting pretty in third place. Adebayors double was enough to condemn Villa to a mid-table-off with no less than nine other teams, only 4 points separating them with 17th placed Wolves. Spurs look to have gotten it together after the Modric saga, and Scott Parker looks every inch the player England need in the heart of midfield. It's a shame then that he will most probably get injured before the European Championships, that or Capello will opt for Gareth Barry instead...yay.