I hate international breaks. There’s nothing to write about and who’s interested in an England game when the result is a foregone conclusion. They really need to change the system for Euro qualifiers to make them more challenging. Have a filter round, or something, where Gibraltar, San Marion, Andorra and the like can have a pre-qualifier group with the top one going forward. In England’s group there is only really one challenging game. Anyway, there are a few rather bizarre rumours in the papers at the moment, so for lack of anything else to discuss, and my fellow writers seemingly drying up, see what you make of these…
- JustArsenal.com? speculate on the likelihood of Carl Jenkinson joining West Ham permanently. They think we will. Good.
- Karren Brady has had a right old go at Sky Sports presenter David Jones in her Sun Column
- The new on Twitter Carl Jenkinson exchanges some Bants? with Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
- Elliott Lee is staying with Luton until the end of the season according to Here Is The City? which isn’t surprising when he has scored 3 goals in 4 games.
- West Ham are monitoring Austrian Mainz midfielder Julian Baumgartlinger as an alternative to buying Alex Song according to the Mirror
- Sam Allardyce may be looking over his shoulder at Rafa Benitez according to London24