Gambling On The Champions League Just Got A Little Easier

Have I ever mentioned that the Welsh FA is the silliest governing body ever? Perhaps I did last entry but I think this decision takes the cake. As I mentioned, UEFA won't let TNS play at their home grounds because they're small and unsafe. So to appease the governing body, the team has now agreed to play at a racecourse in Wrexham.

Alright, it's not really a race course. It's Wrexham's home grounds named after a race course. But the setup could be ideal for an upset perhaps. You could call TNS a darkhorse entry, etc., etc.

And it's not like Wrexham is going to be using it to its full potential next year anyway. It's a gamble that the club even still exists with its debt load.

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A couple of entries ago, I joked that the newly formed FC United would be manned completely with disgruntled Manchester United supporters. It's amazing how sometimes my little plays on the truth turn out to be accurate. Truly scary stuff! :)

And in the can't make this up department, one of their first friendlies is going to be against AFC Wimbledon.

Will those players make it through a friendly without breaking away from their own team and joining the other?

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Finally in this installment of "As The Toon Turns," Newcastle United has told Laurent Robert not to let the door hit his arse on the way out by fining him two weeks wages for insulting Graeme Souness in his rounds of exit interviews with the press.

But, come on, who among us hasn't wanted to insult their former boss on the way out of a company? All he was doing was putting it in print for the world to see. ;)