O'Neill wary of Rooney threat

Martin O'Neill believes Wayne Rooney is in the best form of his career as he looks to his frugal Aston Villa defence to shut out the Manchester United star in their clash at Villa Park.

23 goals in 31 appearances in all competitions. Manchester United's second highest scorer is "own goal".

No shit, M'ON.

Fulham Game Set To Go Ahead

STOKE CITY remain confident at this stage that this evening's Barclays Premier League match against Fulham will go ahead at the Britannia Stadium.

The Club have conducted a review of the situation with match referee Mark Clattenburg and the Police at lunchtime which confirmed that the pitch itself and the footprint of the Britannia Stadium are in good condition for the game tonight (7.45pm kick-off).

City's Chief Executive Tony Scholes commented: "There is no reason to believe that this evening's game won't go ahead at this moment in time."

However, the Club have stressed that they cannot legislate for any sudden change in the weather later today, even though no more snow is forecast.

Unless they're a cabal of super-villans and the pitch at the Britannia is going to open to reveal a giant weather-controlling laser... no shit they can't legislate for changes in the weather!

Cross-posted with Fantasy Premier League

Death becomes him

Ya think?  But if her ever comes back from the dead, I'm sure there will be any number of teams interested.

Flash: Bikinis are sexy

Evidently, The Independent thinks it can work my side of the street.

Hold the front page! Images of bikini-clad women make men more sexist. Steve Connor reports on a new study by Princeton scientists, while Jeremy Laurance recalls the other academic work that told us what we already know

No shit, indeed. But a great opportunity to run an SI swimsuit photo. So great list and welcome to the game, boys.

Nedum to stop and think before speaking

Manchester City defender Nedum Onuoha believes that if City did sign AC Milan star Kaka it would be beneficial for everyone at the club.

So signing the best player in the world " would be beneficial for everyone at the club"? No shit!

Pain lasts long after traumatic injury: study

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A surprising number of people -- more than 60 percent -- still suffer significant pain a year after a traumatic injury in a car crash or other cause, showing the need for better pain treatment, researchers said.

In a study published on Monday in the journal Archives of Surgery, researchers tracked 3,047 patients ages 18 to 84 from 14 U.S. states who survived an acute traumatic injury.

A year after the injury, 63 percent reported that they still experienced pain related to the injury, with most having pain in more than one region of the body.

How is this surprising? Injuries take a long time to heal? No shit!

Cheap traffic whoring

Pun intended.

And this just in! A twenty-two year old woman who can get away with charging several thousand dollars a day for her company looks good in a bikini.

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