Sheffield United defender Derek Geary, not one of the lucky seven If a person doesn't want this job, then you have to question his courage Newcastle manager Glenn Roeder reckons he has more substantial cojones than say, ooh I don't know. . .

Whatever he said was full of great imagination and not much fact behind it . . . Martin O'Neill for example Associating my retirement with the county "nal is wide of the mark.

Sadly, my enthusiasm for the game at inter-county level has dropped Galway's Ollie Canning announces his retirement from inter-county hurling Ireland are rated as the second best side in the world, so they are going to be just as tough to beat as New Zealand Martyn Williams of Wales.

Worried yet?

I haven't been to Croke Park - but if I get knocked out of the World Matchplay Championship in Tucson I will be delighted Darren Clarke, who has tickets for the Ireland v England Six Nations game, the same weekend as some minor golf event The so-called wonderful Steve McClaren is the most hypocritical and two-faced person I have ever had the misfortune to meet. Only in England could they appoint someone with such obvious limitations to become the national coach. The training methods at Middlesbrough are a quarter of a century out of date Former Middlesbrough striker Massimo Maccarone looks back fondly on his time spent with the current England boss Last season I scored 14 goals, that's not bad for a lad from Sheriff Street who was supposedly out in Club M drinking every night. . . so I thought, why the f**k should I stay here and listen to people talking about me?

Trevor Molloy on his decision to sign for Motherwell If it was a boxing match it would be Muhammad Ali against Jimmy Krankie Watford manager Adrian Boothroyd ahead of their clash with Manchester United