Wayne Rooney isn’t the stupidest England striker, hurrah.

One of the disappointing aspects of the football season over the last two months for me has been the slump that Nottingham Forest have been going through. The slump which has seen them win only once in their last 12 games has really put the brakes on their promotion-push this season.

Spain have been invited to take part in this summer’s Copa America after Japan withdrew. It would be a terrible idea for the competition and the Spanish team

As pleased I was with Manchester United’s win over Chelsea on Wednesday night, there was one player’s performance in the game that shone out that as a United fan satisfied me the most.

Liverpool’s news worsens as they found out captain Steven Gerrard has been ruled out for the rest of the season, they also have Daniel Agger out with a knee injury and Glen Johnson out with a hamstring injury, Aurelio and Shelvey are to face late fitness tests while David Ngog returns to the squad.

Blackburn held on to a vital point last week at the Emirates and Rovers fans will be hoping that the performance will give their players confidence into their weekend game against Birmingham City.

Wolves duo Adlene Guedioura and Michael Mancienne are available after returning from injury but Stephen Hunt is now out for a month having injured himself in the reserves during the week.