Cannavaro has failed a doping test. This has come at wrong time for Italy as they need to beat Ireland to qualify.

David Beckham seems set to join AC Milan on a loan deal as the mls season approaches a end. Beckham has always said he wants national football and plays well to get it.

Beckham for me loves playing for his natonal side and I hope it continues for a long time.

What is this I have heard about the England Vs Ukraine game being only live on internet.

I must admit I have not really looked into it much, but my understanding is that due setanta going bust kenaro bought the rights and no one else would buy them

The price is 4.99 until Thursday then it goes to 9.99 but if you buy it on Saturday it will be 11.99. I really think that this will pave the way for more of these stupid arrangements.

I think a governing body should step in.

Bryan Robson looks like he will be taking the reins as the next coach of Thailand. It have not become official yet but is supposed to be a done deal now. They recon that he will get a four years contract but with a 18 month guarantee of the job.

Fancy Robson to do a good job there if I am honest.

Sol Campbell was last night on the phone to his agent begging him to get him out of a five year contract where he has only played one game.

Campbell is obviously took a bad step and thought that it would be a good move for him. Everyone but Sol knew that this was the worst mistake that he could do in his career.

At worst he needs Championship football.

I have said for along time that in my mind the most hated footballer in the world is El Hadji Diouf.

I have said this due to the fact he keeps aiming to get into trouble at any game he can and he does not like any fans and is happy to face an argument. He is like a much worse version of Craig Bellamy. Well at the weekend when Everton took on Blackburn at home there was a reported incident that saw Diouf apparently shout racial abuse at a ball boy.

This for me is discusting, if it is actually true he should be given a ban similar to a positive drugs test. We are trying to clamp down on racisim in the sport and Diouf goes and gives some to a small child who is there to have a good time while watching his beloved Everton.

I think the he should be banned from the game for 6 months at least.

What do you think???

I am sorry but I must say that UEFA are a bunch of fairies for letting Eduardo Off.

I am a die hard Toon Army fan but if there is a dive I will say that the Newcastle player dived. Perfect example for me is that I am ashamed to say it but Joey Barton seems to be a very good player for Newcastle at the minute and I am glad he is there. Thus from this you can gather that I dont really take sides.

But Eduardo….

I have to take the side that think the Eduardo dive was awful and he should of been banned for at least 5 games. I know that Arsenal appealed against the decision and they got off with it but really a player should be banned when they fall over intentionally trying to persuade the referee in there favour without being touched or tackled in any way. Yes the Celtic keep did come out but if you look at the footage you see that the keep had no bady part near Eduardo. Also Eduardo kicked the ball away from goal and also kicked it so far away that by the time the challenge came in the ball was nearly out of play.

I know that at the end of the day that this will never become a law in the game but when they give it then take it away it is just not right.

What irritates me even more is the fact that Eduardo produced a statement that included these words.

“I’m very pleased that we have finally arrived at the truth,”

“All we needed to do was to prove what happened and we have managed to do that. This decision makes me feel a lot better.

“I just want to say that I am a fair player. To score goals you must take your opportunities and I’m not the type of player who needs to be dishonest to score goals.”

From this i must think that Eduardo is so blind that he thinks he was in the right to dive. He says he did not dive but it is clear as day. As clear as the Adebayhor kick on Van Persie at the weekend.

I really think that Eduardo should of recieved a 4 match ban or even more.

What do you think???

The Premier League has not finished yet this saturday but they are at present 25 Goals been scored by 16 teams in the league which outstanding.

Fabio Capello….Not good, Who, After Madrid Brilliant but England NO.

Capello has been a superb manager for Roma, Juventus, Real Madrid and at the minute England. Capello showed how good he was by in 2007 guiding real Madrid who had not won La Ligue since 2003 to there crown even though in march they were fourth and playing as a very average team.

Capello as England Manager has now beat the last two records of

1. ever being in a finals with two games to spare.

2. and also beating the record set by the 1966 team of 9 games unbeaten.

I am not getting my hopes up but signs are goos when even the opposition are saying that we are not playing englandish.

With the recession kicking in this year everyone expected that the transfer window money figured would be dramatically smaller than it was for the last couple of seasons. Well it was down but not by much went down by 30 million in the end, from 450 million to 420 million.

Your question will be why did I start this banning topic with that paragraphy. Well… you see before this ban if you did something wrong you were given a fine that was to be honest a load of rubbish. It would be something like 20 quid and then you would not have to sell the player or anything. Even with the bigger fine they were still paid as they could easily afford to pay for the crime. This means that clubs will continue to do it and just pay for it because even with the recession big clubs just print there own money.

This ban though is a brilliant idea and should of been done years ago as it has been happening for a good few years. I recon that this will clamp this sort out illegal transfer right out.