Reasons to Become a Referee

You love football,but don't quite understand the rules.

You have the strange desire to run around in the wind, rain and snow.

You love the sound of verbal abuse.

You find it hard to make decisions and whenever you do you're always wrong.

To be followed accordingly

Top Footie jokes of the day

City manager Roberto Mancini has blamed Ashley Cole for a tunnel bust after their clash at Stamford Bridge, apparently someone dropped £1 which Cole and Nasri fought over....

Arsenal's top seller this Christmas? The Robin Van Persie tea tray. Gauranteed to carry ten mugs.....

Emile Heskey has hit out at his critics...............and missed

What do the England team and Star Trek have in common? Joleon Lescott is in both.

And finally......

Howard Webb's children have hit out against claims that their dad is a seceret Man Utd fan "He's totally unbiased" Alex, George, Bobby, Matt and Cristiano stated.

Fergies midfield woes

So,it's trending on Twitter, it's all over the sport websites all day,Darren Fletcher is to take an "extended break" from football. Something Sir Alex and Man United definitely didn't want to have happen (nor Darren himself I'm sure) with United struggling in the centre of midfield at the minute. Fletcher,who is only 27,is suffering from ulcerative colitis, a chronic inflammatory bowel condition which will now take some time for him to fully recover from and could require surgery to fully cure it, depending how bad it is.

This come as a major blow to Sir Alex who is struggling to find a midfield capable of taking on the big guns with Phil Jones being thrown in there as a make shift partner to Michael Carrick,who to be honest,is not a world beater in midfield. Other attempts to add creativity have resulted in Ryan Giggs and Wayne Rooney being brought out of position and into the centre which to a point does work but then leaves other problems further up the pitch with the loss of Hernandez to injury and other strikers struggling to match the goalscoring prowess of the main two.

Now with Cleverley is set to return in the next couple of weeks and Anderson set to return in February for the run they will at least bolster Fergies issues in the middle of the park. You can't help feel however it's not enough. Sir Alex has to finally admit that buying in January is no longer just and an option but a necessity if he is to lift a trophy this season. A world class midfielder is needed to plug the gap that Paul Scholes left,someone to create a bit of magic and,along with Rooney up front,turn a game on its head and be a match winner. All the other big teams have at least one player playing in the middle,Spurs have Modric,Man City have Silva,Chelsea have Lampard and now Mata but to name a few.

Then again who am I to question the genius that is Sir Alex,if he wanted he would play David De Gea and Anders Lindegaaard in there and win the title. The main questions I feel will not be answered until May when we see who's going to get their hands on the precious Premier League crown.

-SM

Sport,it's an odd past-time really.

What type of sport are you into? Football, basketball, cricket, golf, rugby or many of the others. We all have our own personal favourites with our own personal favourite players. My own personal obsessions are Gaelic football,soccer,golf and wee bit of snooker and pool. Granted I do tend to watch what ever sky sports have on during the day aswell. So instead of just spending my days off just watching and being completely bored I thought why not write up about the stories I was interested in and some strange and wonderful sport stories. It'll pass a few hours during the week I suppose

-SM