The news of David De Gea being caught stealing a doughnut worth £1.19 has really shocked me. £1.19 for a doughnut?

...And how about Danny John-Jules as Gyan, Conor Wickham as little Billy and for wacky comic relief from the supporting cast, Craig Charles (with early Red Dwarf-era waistline) as Kieran Richardson.

Ving Rhames: Stephane Sessegnon

Dolph Lundgren: Nicholas Bendtner

Omar Sharif: Ahmed Elmohamady

Adrian Brody: Niall Quinn

Freddie Highmore: Craig Gordon

First they criticise De Gea for having butter fingers and now they claim he has sticky hands!

The news of David De Gea being caught stealing a doughnut worth £1.19 has really shocked me. £1.19 for a doughnut?

They have doughnuts in England?

They have doughnuts in England?

Fattest country in Europe, m'lud.

Just thought I'd add in some more...

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Did anybody catch Inter-Napoli? Crazy bookings, even crazier ref and a mad Gasp. The only thing missing was Cavani

^ And by 'Gasp' I actually mean Ranieri

It literally feels like just weeks since Gasp was fired.

lol @ those De Gea pics

Speaking of crazy and awful, Milan's loss...no midfield to speak of this season

Niall Quinn is leaving his role as chairman at Sunderland to take charge of "international development".

Erm, Michael's going to have to explain this one to me.

Niall Quinn is leaving his role as chairman at Sunderland to take charge of "international development".

Erm, Michael's going to have to explain this one to me.

This news hasn't come as a total shock - it's long been rumoured that Niall was looking to end his day-to-day duties at the club, having originally planned to act as chairman for no more than five years. With that said, the timing of it is indeed odd. There's a suggestion in the local press that it's a way to weaken Bruce's position at the club without Quinn having to do the dirty on his mate* but I'm not sure it's as cut-and-dried as all that. I personally think that if Ellis Short had wanted to sack Bruce before now, he could easily have done it. As owner he would have that right, irrespective of Quinn's presence as chairman. Still, there's no denying Bruce has lost a close ally in Quinn and unless things improve on the park sharpish, Short will be far less forgiving. We may not be alone in our current mediocrity, but we're in no position to deny that we're in a relegation scrap.

So anyway, so long Niall and thanks for singlehandedly dragging us out of complete freefall. A contribution that won't be equalled in a hurry.

*(Author's note: Niall may have form in this department - in 2005, Mick McCarthy was bizarrely and unceremoniously sacked shortly before Quinn's consortium took over. That isn't to say MickMac didn't do a crap job - in fact he was clueless, but it was long after the horse had bolted. When the buyout eventually happened, I put it down to Niall being reluctant to show his old Republic manager the door.)

That's 3 points over the arch-nemesis to take me off the bottom of the BZPL. Haha! Take THAT Average

Which means I'm busted down to last place the BZPL, despite scoring my first win this week. Officially, curse you Ed! :persuazn:

Unofficially, in your face Average!

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As I've said in the past about Mario Balotelli, I wish there were 100 more like Jens Lehmann in the Premier League. Am I alone in thinking there was a hint of intent about the collision with the photographer?

I've missed The Special One

Is that story about De Gea true? No way, right?

Despite how much I hate that rat-faced bastard (no, not Benayoun), I gotta admit Gary Neville's piece about England was worth reading.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/...ry-Neville.html

Is that story about De Gea true? No way, right?

Not exactly. He was spotted eating the doughnut before he'd paid for it and apparently, received a stern talking to from a security guard. Kind of a non-story in all honesty but as non-stories go, pretty funny.

Despite how much I hate that rat-faced bastard (no, not Benayoun), I gotta admit Gary Neville's piece about England was worth reading.

http://www.dailymail...ry-Neville.html

A few salient points there, but he did let himself down at the end with the ludicrous suggestion that Frank Lampard is versatile.

I've never understood this consensus in the press that Lampard should be treated as an England mainstay, when he's done nothing on the international stage to justify his continuing presence in the squad. He's failed miserably for England time and again and at 33, he isn't going to get any better. The sooner his lovestruck mates in the media stop talking him up as if he's our answer to Xavi or Iniesta, the better off we'll all be. A very good club player down the years but nothing more.

Rooney only scores against Switzerland anyway.