That Was The Week That Was

MONDAY
These are exciting times indeed at Manchester City. Not only have they done the double over Manchester United this season but they are also seemingly dining at the top table when it comes to the transfer market. No more Paul Dickovs or Jamie Pollocks for them, they're aiming for none other than Ronaldinho! And the REAL Ronaldinho, not some dodgy guy from the Brazilian fourth division who happens to have the same name. So how has this insanity come to pass?

Well, of course, City are no longer paupers, but have the super-rich and in-no-way-super-evil Doctor Frank in charge, and his people have been getting together with Ronnie's people to work out a way to get the Brazilian superstar in the side for City's Intertoto Cup charge next season. How could anyone refuse an offer like that? Sadly, Sven Goran Eriksson hasn't been at City long enough to block out reality or common sense: "But seriously, I'm not sure if Ronaldinho would want to play in the Intertoto Cup."

The weekend was most notable for the FA Cup semi-finals, which took place at Wembley and saw a grand total of two goals as Portsmouth and Cardiff City got through to the Final, which will certainly be very different to the usual star-studded affairs. Cardiff must be a bit miffed that they got the Final only two years after it was moved back to Wembley, they'd have become the first finalists to have an easy journey to the Millennium Stadium otherwise...

TUESDAY
One thing we missed out yesterday was another nasty injury to Petr Cech, who was involved in a training ground accident with Tal Ben Haim's bladed football boot, leaving the Czech keeper with a rather horrible-sounding wound, according to one onlooker: "It seemed part of Cech's face was virtually hanging off." Nice.