An unsettled week in footie land

MUCH happening in the world of footie this week?

Well, let’s see now. There’s Cork City in crisis. The Premier League kicking off. Pat’s bouncing back in Europe. Robbie misfiring in Belgium. Trap naming his squad for Oslo. Steve Finnan returning. Andy O’Brien not for returning. Stephen Ireland – yawn – still making up his mind. And – what was the other thing? — oh yeah, the small matter of a war in Georgia which, poor us, might affect Ireland’s opening game of the 2010 World Cup qualifying campaign.

Nothing out of the ordinary there, I think you’ll agree. So let’s do the traditional Irish thing and talk about the weather instead.