What you missed while your half hour commute was taking two hours…
- Sir Alex Ferguson admitted Leeds United deserved their 1-0 win over his Red Devils in the FA Cup yesterday and called the five minutes of stoppage time “an insult to the game and the players out there.”
- Meanwhile, Leeds United is saying that Jermaine Beckford – who’s scored 20 goals in all competitions this season – will not be allowed to leave cheaply this January. Alternatively, everyone could just wait six months for when he’s out of contract and can go for free.
- Sven-Göran Eriksson’s five year plan to get Notts County into the Premier League is, at the moment, on hold.
- Also in FA Cup action: Chelsea beat the crap out of Watford yesterday.
- Real Madrid’s scoreless draw with Osasuna prevented them from overtaking Barcelona, who drew 1-1 with Villareal on Saturday.
- Roberto Mancini maintained his 100% win streak at Manchester City by continuing to play crappy teams beating Middlesbrough 1-0 in the FA Cup.
- Bolton haven’t tried to poach Owen Coyle from Burnley. Yet.
- Asian champions Pohang Steelers have hired former Fluminese and Flamengo manager Waldemar Lemos de Oliveira to replace former manager Sergio Farias, who unexpectedly left for Saudi Arabia’s Al Ahli.
- Franck Ribéry had both toenails drilled and removed. Ouch.
- Portsmouth players will be paid December’s wages sometime next week.
- CSKA Moscow bought themselves a Honda.
- Iran will be in 2011 Asian Cup finals if they beat Singapore on Wednesday.
- Goran Pandev, who was available for free, has signed with Inter Milan.
That toe-drilling thing sounds gross.