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Well almost ready for Christmas - just have time to give some thoughts over the last weeks activities within our national game. 

First up Wenger.  The guys has clearly shown his true colours this season. It’s easy to appear calm and serene when things are going well, but as soon as Arsenal start to lose a few games, then he loses his rag, blaming everybody from the opposition to the officials.  Everybody that is except for his own players!  It’s amazing how when somebody kicks or fouls one of his players and he thinks a free kick or penalty is due, he can see it no matter where it happens on the pitch.  But if one of his own players should take a dive or commit a foul in front of the dug out he is always “unsighted”.  I would love to see him challenged on that in a post match interview - that would be a great Christmas present.

The “Chose One” has also shown both of his faces this week.  With Drogba and Roben in his team, not to mention Joe Cole getting falling over a little  too easily this season, he has the nerve and audacity to explode with rage at the site of Andy Johnson taking a tumble in the box. This only 7 days after the Drogba/Lehman pantomime.  Let him without sin cast the first stone and all that good stuff.  Get your own house in order first Jose.  He did at least after reviewing the footage issue a full apology.  I understand though that this was due in the main to the threat of legal action.  He did try want to issue the apology in private but was forced to eat some humble pie in front of the cameras.  Here’s an idea.  why don’t the premiership managers get together and give us all a present for Christmas and issue a statement saying they will drop any player that dives and if it happens twice they will look to transfer them.  A nice thought but there is probably more chance of England winning the Ashes series then that happening…

Finally, the probe into the bung culture within the premiership.  9 months of inquiry only to have it whitewashed at the end so as not to discredit the game.  Everybody knows it goes on and so the game is already in disrepute.  It would therefore be better to cut this cancer from the game once and for all no matter how deep it goes - look at the way the Italians dealt with the match fixing problem.  Unfortunately I’m not sure the Premiership would have taken the same solution to the problem, especially if the “Big 4″ were involved.  There is already too much money in the game, but unfortunately there will never be enough for some managers, agents and players.