Sam Jewell 
The men who broadcast our football through the TV are almost as famous as the players themselves these days. Think John Motson, Clive Tyldesley or more controversially, Andy Gray and Richard Keys. But you always get the impression you’ve heard everything they say before.
It is the worst form of gamesmanship in modern football and yet no matter how many campaigns and rules are enforced, the acts of diving will never go away. It is like a horrible disease.
The only consistency surrounding the new England manager debate appears to be the preferred nationality of the new coach. The general consensus amongst fans and the British media is that an Englishman needs to be hired to change the fortunes of the national team.
Twenty Four hours ago Harry Redknapp was climbing up the walls awaiting the Jury’s verdict on his drawn-out tax evasion court case, and Fabio Capello was sat on his £6 million-a-year contract sulking over the FA’s decision to debunk John Terry as captain. How things have changed…
It’s 1990 and it’s the World Cup. Terry Butcher looks like he belongs on the set of a horror movie and Paul Gascoigne is sobbing like a teenage girl after watching ‘Marley & Me’.
Let’s firstly rejoice in our first victory of 2012. It took us over a month but we finally produced an exhilarating display of attacking football.
The circus surrounding Harry Redknapp’s tax evasion case hasn’t yet led to any questions being asked about the effects this would have on a range of issues, should he be found guilty of the charge.
Adam Johnson yesterday all but admitted diving to win the penalty that started Manchester City’s convincing victory over Fulham.