GOOD riddance to Arsenal and their selfish use of the League Cup


JERMAINE Jenas is finally showing up


WHY have the BBC chosen to suck up to United again

Victory for Tottenham strikes another blow for a competition that once had the allure of a night in with Amy Winehouse.

For Arsenal, this was not just a poor result, but the 5-1 scoreline and manner of the defeat, with two of their players scrapping among themselves, means this will remain a scar on their history - a humiliation that wipes out nine years of misery for Spurs.

Tottenham under Martin Jol would have scored one and then tried to defend their lead. This new, re-emerging Spurs team continued to attack, scored more and more and provided a cracking advert for entertaining football. They deserve to go to Wembley, they deserved to leave Arsenal on their knees.

Well done, Juande. Not so smug now, eh, Arsene?

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MEMO to Abou Diaby: If you wear orange boots like Cristiano Ronaldo, you can't then play like a clod-hopping lump and give the ball away every time you try to run with it.

Memo to Nike: Take them off him now.

Not walking the walk: 'If you wear orange boots like Cristiano Ronaldo, you can't then play like a clod-hopping lump'

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JERMAINE Jenas is finally showing up.

Jenas had become the archetypal young English footballer with too much money and not enough hunger and application, despite already winning a ridiculous number of England caps (17).

Why improve, when you've got a bank account with more money than a League One club?

It's delightful to see he is finally coming to his senses; he has the ability to reach for the stars, not just for his wallet.

Coming good: Jermaine Jenas opens the scoring for Tottenham last night

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FINAL word on the game, anyone else listening fed up with Alan Parry's commentary on Sky and his incessant warning of an Arsenal comeback, even when Spurs were 4-1 up with six minutes to go?

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MANCHESTER United versus Tottenham is the type of fixture you get every week in the Barclays Premier League. Liverpool against the butchers, bakers and candlestick makers of Havant and Waterlooville is the match of a lifetime.

Why have the BBC chosen to suck up to United again and screen them live for the second round in succession? Where is the magic of the FA Cup in that decision?

Sky too have gone for two predictable games, including Wigan versus Chelsea on a pitch that will resemble a cow field.

Maybe it's no bad thing that ITV and Setanta are taking over the contract.

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Star man: Zidan is mobbed by his Egyptian team-mates

WHEN you press the red button and finally discover where the African Cup of Nations is being hidden away, there are riches to be uncovered here.

Mohamed Zidan is such a player.

The Egyptian forward scored a brilliant goal against Cameroon on Tuesday and my sources say such goals are his trademark. The only complaint seems to be his unwillingness to pass the ball, because the lad loves a dribble: Zidan by name, Zidane by nature.

Check him out at the video link here. He looks like Kevin Keegan's kind of player.

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MARK Hughes doesn't need to throw boots across a dressing room: one glare and the fight is already won.

When you saw Hughes square up with Gareth Southgate on the touchline on Saturday, anyone have money on the Middlesbrough manager?

It was like his rampaging playing days of old, when El Toro scared an entire Primera Liga so much that his club, Barcelona, had to loan him to Bayern Munich to save referees from card-ache.

Why are clubs overlooking Hughes and the outstanding job he continues to carry out at unfashionable Blackburn? He would have been a better choice of manager for both Tottenham and Newcastle.

Their loss will surely be Manchester United's gain when Sir Alex Ferguson retires, especially if Roy Keane continues to head back towards the Championship at such a rate.

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THEY said: "There will be some City fans not wanting to go along with recognition of the Munich disaster." - Manchester City supporters' club chairman, Kevin Parker.

THEY meant: "We shouldn't be treated like human beings. Lock us up."

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