JimLnew

It’s easy for foreign players to get lost in translation.

As the news broke of Aston Villa’s interest in Darren Bent, supporters of Sunderland were aghast at the sudden thought of losing their most potent attacker.

So the 2010/11 season is finished. Minus the small matter of the play-offs of course, but for the top division, it’s now a busy three months preparing to do it all over again.

It was the perfect game-plan.

Too often Tony Pulis and his Stoke side are criticised for negative and ugly football.

I’ll never forget the World Cup in 98. One main reason is because it was what opened my eyes to football. I had just turned six, unaware of the so-called beautiful game. I was ill from school one day and had to stay home, not knowing that it was the same day that England played Tunisia in the Group Stages. I was hooked immediately; I can vividly remember Paul Scholes grabbing a last minute goal in what ended a 2-0 victory for Glenn Hoddle’s men.

The word of Alfredo Di Stefano is not to be ridiculed amongst the followers of Real Madrid.

Wenger is enraged, stating that as brilliant as it may be, Escape is a one person song and would be too difficult to attempt as a duo. Rice disagrees and asks for the opinion of all five members of the crowd, who remain disinterested.

At Chelsea though, “El Nino” is merely one of three world-class front-men.