Liverpool defy their critics and stake a big claim for the Title.

High-flying Hull down another victim. Arsenal pick up another good win. Man City and Robinho prove they are going somewhere– how Chelsea must wish they’d have paid the extra £4m.

Tottenham finally win and may have just put their dark days behind them. Sunderland grab a bragging-rights victory.

Chelsea– no strikers and a four year home record down the pan.

Man Utd– deserved to lose against plucky Everton.

Wigan were absolutely thumped in another bad result.

Portsmouth– the only way isn’t up.

           Can you see the fog descending over Fleet Street this morning?

 Well believe me, it’s there. A distinct red-topped fog has descended over the spiritual home of Britain’s newspapers as many of them try to disguise this latest indicator of a man’s soul– a man so revered as an honest chap with a good heart. Really?

 In most cases, there isn’t smoke without fire, is it any coincidence that the man so adored by the “average” English football man has had more bung allegations against him than say that other fine British gentleman, George Graham? So is it any surprise that even the poisoned chalice of White Hart Lane is Redknapp’s vessel of choice? Yeah it might be a bit moody but it pays like a charm eh guv?

 Is it right that Redknapp has walked away from a club that is publically claimed to be nearly £43m in debt? Is it fair to Portsmouth fans that not only has he done it once but he’s now done it twice? ‘Arry fans will of course quote the more-than-reasonable £5m Pompey are claimed by Redknapp to have received for the dispersion of his services, that Tottenham have more money than sense. Well Harry was to be given the freedom of Portsmouth this week, I can imagine what might be offered to him now.

 The worst thing of course is how the majority of the press are glazing over this modern incarnation of Judas as if he deserves a shot at managing “a big club”. So the amount of money Pompey gave Harry wasn’t enough to make them a big club? Have you seen the drivel Portsmouth are playing this season?

 There of course was a similar outcry in certain sections of the British press when for some inconceivable reason it seemed as if ‘Our ‘Arry’ was going to be offered the National manager’s job. As if. I’m not condoning the appointment of McBrolly but at least he wouldn’t have disappeared into the sunset at the sniff of a wad of notes.

 I don’t particularly accredit the FA or their infamous “modern” selection process with common sense but it seems in this case it just might have prevailed. Of course the fanboys will again point to the stuffiness of the FA and the subsequent “allegations” which followed him at the time. Did someone leave the hob on?