I think we can safely say this is a step too far

Wow.

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Above is a revealing snapshot into the life of a top footballer. Having mentioned the magnificent breakfast cereal Weetabix via his Twitter account, the good people at said product sent Darren Bent an entire box full. Because on 65k a week, it’s not as if he could afford his own. At this point, we’d like to add that thespoiler loves all breakfast cereals, indeed all foods, in fact all products ever made.

Meanwhile, no such luxury for James Collins, who spent last night watching ITV2 with his wife. Just after the conclusion of ‘Peter Andre: The Next Chapter’, Collins tweeted:

thinks Peter Andre is a top geeza!!

But the next programme was not to this televisual conniosseur’s liking. And who can blame him? At 10pm last night, ITV united two oxygen thieves in the same slot, by showing ‘Fearne and Peaches Geldof.’ Sadly, thespoiler was too busy chewing it’s own arm off to watch, but the promo we received promised, ‘Fearne gains exclusive access to the controversial Peaches Geldof - presenter, journalist, designer, party girl and daughter of Bob Geldof. In this extraordinary and revealing encounter, Fearne follows Peaches to discover the truth behind the headlines.’

Collins’ verdict was more succint:

Peaches Geldofa……….what a c*nt!!

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This Autumn’s WAG trend - pregnancy
( Kickette )

A Liverpool fan tells it how it is
( Caught Offside )

Ahead of Question Time tonight, here is Danielle Lloyd
( Big Smudge )

Maradona apologises to the ladies
( Eurosport )

Interested in what Darren Bent’s dinner looked like

Updates from important people

Morning peeps I might go to the beach today lol ha ha

Updates from important people

We here at thespoiler are committed to bringing you the big breaking Twitter stories. First off, in quite a maudlin post at 8pm last night, Darren Bent admires the England strip from afar:

That all white kit looks so nice

Well if your manager keeps passing over two-goal rival strikers for his MOTM decision, maybe you’ll get back in there DB.

Daniel Gabbidon however, has more pressing things on his mind. As a Welshman, he is more concerned with the England left back’s wife than the England left back. Responding to the stunning news that Cheryl will mime her performance on the weekend’s X Factor (<sigh>), the Gabb issues his response:

Cheryl Cole did anyone really think she was going to humiliate herself by singing live its not in her locker! x

Finally, to our old pal here at thespoiler, Stan Collymore. Watching the Argentina game late last night, Colly tweeted:

It’s funny,when I look at Maradona I can’t think of the cheating,the drugs etc,I just think of the pure footballing genius of the man.weird!

Is Stan the Man trying to subliminally whitewash his own reputation. A magnificent footballer, scorer of some wonderful goals, but how many people will remember him for the ‘other stuff’?

The question that keeps us all awake at night

We’ll start with Benty (DBTheTruth). Well yesterday afternoon he informed us that, “Some one just got absolutly worked on fifa,” thus introducing a tremendous new adjectival passive verb into the English vernacular.

Yes, yes I hear you cry. But what will Darren be up to later on today? Well he won’t be training with the England squad. However, just an hour ago, Darren tweeted, “After training fifa and cod all day on the XBOX people” (for the uninitiated COD refers to Call of Duty, a highly popular video game.) But in case you’re thinking that doesn’t sound much like a full afternoon’s cultural experience, Darren adds seconds later, “How could I forget and watching heroes in between too.”

Not such lazy times for Ryan Babel (RyanBabel19) however. He is travelling with the Dutch international squad (no, really, he is) and has been the victim of a serious crime. Cryptically, Babel tweeted late last night, “Just got out the plane and guess what : They STOLE stuff out my Bag in Holland…” Poor Liverpool players. Their houses are perennially robbed at home, and even on their travels, there is no safe haven.

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The Guardian Gallery takes a look at Fergie’s space-time continuum

Fergie’s managerial greatness questioned
[DJ Mick]

Portsmouth are unpaid and lovin’ it
[Dirty Tackle]

Are the aforementioned Portsmouth chasing after Rafa Benitez?
[Caught Offside]

David Beckham’s beard inspires a lazy beard compilation that we wish we had thought of first
[Daily Mail]

Hull hope to benefit from the Bullard bounce
[Betfair Football]

Gianfranco Zola could be tempted to Napoli
[The Telegraph]

Darren Bent reveals concern for the ozone and a love of Katy Perry
[ChannelBee]

How hard must he have been staring at the telephone last night….

Goalkeepers: Paul Robinson (Blackburn), Robert Green (West Ham), David James (Portsmouth)
Defenders: Ashley Cole (Chelsea), John Terry (Chelsea), Glen Johnson (Liverpool), Wayne Bridge (Manchester City), Joleon Lescott (Manchester City), Wes Brown (Manchester United), Rio Ferdinand (Manchester United), Matthew Upson (West Ham)
Midfielders: James Milner (Aston Villa), Frank Lampard (Chelsea), David Beckham (Los Angeles Galaxy), Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), Gareth Barry (Manchester City), Shaun Wright-Phillips (Manchester City), Michael Carrick (Manchester United), Aaron Lennon (Tottenham);
Strikers: Emil Heskey (Aston Villa), Peter Crouch (Tottenham), Carlton Cole (West Ham), Wayne Rooney (Manchester United), Gabriel Agbonlahor (Aston Villa)

1. No Ben Foster - sometimes people are better at a job when they haven’t had a chance to do it yet. See Brown; Gordon for further examples.

UPDATE - The FA website claims Foster is out injured, although it doesn’t specify what the injury entails, or why Manchester United didn’t mention it post-match on Saturday.

2. Look at those strikers. No, really. Look at those strikers.

3. With the exception of North Korea, will any squad at the World Cup have so few players earning their living outside their home country? This may not be a bad thing however. The victorious Italians in 2006 did not have a single player based outside Serie A.

4. Following the announcement of the squad, Darren Bent tweeted, “Well we move on to the next one people don’t we” implying he feels slightly wronged by his omission. Have we reached a point where five good Premier League games is considered enough to merit a call-up, and more importantly, to harbour a sense of injustice if that phone call never arrives. Steve Bruce captained a side that won the Premier League, but couldn’t get a start in an England XI that failed to reach USA 94. English players expect too much too soon these days, an injustice cultivated by Sven throwing caps about like confetti.

5. Despite the lack of depth at centre-back, the campaign to persuade Jamie Carragher to come back has gone a little quiet….