Journalists love nothing more than a good "knobbly monster" - a
desperate attempt not to use the same word again . . . when there is
only one. Named after Paul Hudson, who was writing about alligators
when, having used up "reptiles", he resorted to "the knobbly monsters".

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Tom Churchill of The Scottish Sun

Leon Jackson: the tonic wine-sipping crooner (The Sun)

Christmas lights: the twinkling festive decorations (News of the world)

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Newcastle will bid £9m for St Etienne striker Bafetimbi Gomis - dubbed
'the new Didier Drogba'. (Mirror)

Bolton could move for £5m-rated Reading striker Leroy Lita. (Mirror)

Barcelona are lining up a move for out-of-favour Aston Villa keeper
Thomas Sorenson. (Mirror)

Arsenal and Valencia have made tentative enquiries about Everton
midfielder Steven Pienaar, who is on loan from Borussia Dortmund. (Mail)

Martin Taylor will play for Birmingham reserves on Tuesday - his first
appearance since his tackle broke Arsenal striker Eduardo's leg. (Sun)

Jussi Jaaskelainen may have played his last game for Bolton after a
back injury ruled him out for the season. His contract is up in June.
(Sun)

Portsmouth keeper David James says he wants to play in the 2010 World
Cup - even though he will be nearly 40. (Telegraph)

MK Dons fans snapped up their initial allocation of 26,000 tickets for
the Johnstone's Paint Trophy final in just five days. (Telegraph)

Arsenal captain William Gallas says the difference between the
Gunners' win at AC Milan and their faltering Premier League form is
"in the head". (Sun)

Gallas says Arsenal need to win all their remaining games to win the
Premier League. (Sun)

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You can't beat a freebie with your paper and The Mirror is ahead of
the game today with a free Hannah Montana fanzine (if there are young
girls in your house you'll know all about it)

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giving away a free book featuring the great poets of the 20th century.
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Cheltenham getting called off was a bit of a blow (boom boom) as my
big day out with the father-in-law, bucketloads of guinness and a
bookies next day has been postponed.
Hopefully, Ill get the chance to win some money tomorrow.
In the meantime, there are a few tasty games on tonight.
I'm going Villa (4/7) Bradford (7/5) Portsmouth (4/6) Getafe (Evs) and
PSV (11/8)
Usual 4-folds and a 5-fold.
Morecambe also inviting at 2/1

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Thierry Henry has put Premier League clubs on alert by throwing a
tantrum after being substituted by Barcelona in their 2-1 defeat to
Villarreal. His old Arsenal pal Robert Pires, who played in the side
which beat Barca, said: "If I were to say that Henry was happy, I
would be called a liar." (The Sun)

Dwight Yorke is set to quit Sunderland and is considering heading back
to Australia to play for Sydney FC. (Daily Star)

Manchester United and Arsenal have tabled bids for Cardiff prodigy
Aaron Ramsey. The 17-year-old, who is valued at around £5m after only
seven starts for the Bluebirds is being courted by Sir Alex Ferguson
and Arsene Wenger - with Old Trafford believed to be his likely
choice. (Daily Express)

Chelsea have launched a £7m bid for Uruguayan centre-back Martin
Caceres, who is currently impressing in a loan spell with Spanish side
Recreativo Huelva. Parent club Villarreal rate him at £14m. (Daily Mail)


Barnsley's FA Cup heroes - who bagged £1,000 per man for knocking out
Chelsea - have been promised £10,000 each if they can do the same to
Cardiff and reach the final. (Daily Star)

Arsene Wenger reckons Cesc Fabregas and Mathieu Flamini are the best
central midfield partnership he's ever had at the club - even better
than Patrick Viera and Emmanuel Petit. "Before, we had players with
impact and now the player's strength is in mobility," says the Arsenal
boss. (Various)

Alan Curbishley will fly to Italy this week to meet Gianluca Nani, the
general manager of Brescia who is set to become West Ham's technical
director in the summer. (The Times)

Stuart Pearce does not think Theo Walcott is ready for full England
honours and wants him to stay in his Under-21 set-up for the time
being rather than being elevated into Fabio Capello's plans. (Various)

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Thierry Henry has put Premier League clubs on alert by throwing a
tantrum after being substituted by Barcelona in their 2-1 defeat to
Villarreal. His old Arsenal pal Robert Pires, who played in the side
which beat Barca, said: "If I were to say that Henry was happy, I
would be called a liar." (The Sun)

Dwight Yorke is set to quit Sunderland and is considering heading back
to Australia to play for Sydney FC. (Daily Star)

Manchester United and Arsenal have tabled bids for Cardiff prodigy
Aaron Ramsey. The 17-year-old, who is valued at around £5m after only
seven starts for the Bluebirds is being courted by Sir Alex Ferguson
and Arsene Wenger - with Old Trafford believed to be his likely
choice. (Daily Express)

Chelsea have launched a £7m bid for Uruguayan centre-back Martin
Caceres, who is currently impressing in a loan spell with Spanish side
Recreativo Huelva. Parent club Villarreal rate him at £14m. (Daily Mail)

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Barnsley's FA Cup heroes - who bagged £1,000 per man for knocking out
Chelsea - have been promised £10,000 each if they can do the same to
Cardiff and reach the final. (Daily Star)

Arsene Wenger reckons Cesc Fabregas and Mathieu Flamini are the best
central midfield partnership he's ever had at the club - even better
than Patrick Viera and Emmanuel Petit. "Before, we had players with
impact and now the player's strength is in mobility," says the Arsenal
boss. (Various)

Alan Curbishley will fly to Italy this week to meet Gianluca Nani, the
general manager of Brescia who is set to become West Ham's technical
director in the summer. (The Times)

Stuart Pearce does not think Theo Walcott is ready for full England
honours and wants him to stay in his Under-21 set-up for the time
being rather than being elevated into Fabio Capello's plans. (Various)

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SOUR GRAPES
Accountant Alexander Martin-Sklan, 55, is suing Marks & Spencer for
more than £300,000 after slipping on a grape in a store car park in
London and rupturing a thigh tendon.

PM IS A DUMMY
Gordon Brown has agreed to a waxwork at Madame Tussauds after false
claims he was banned for being "too dull."

GLOBAL YAWNING
Over-publicising climate change has left three in ten people bored
with the debate, a poll has shown.

SIR GALLIC FERGUSON
Man Utd boss Sir Alex Ferguson is becoming fluent in French - thanks
to lessons from his Gallic stars.

COME TAN-CING
Strictly Come Dancing star Carol Smillie has revealed she was once
addicted to sunbeds and became a "tanorexic".

I KNOW ROO
Wayne Rooney is recognised by 96 per cent of eight to 14-year-olds but
only 84 per cent could ID PM Gordon Brown, a poll reveals.

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GREAT TEXT LIFE
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BAWL AND CHAIN
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DO THE BUMP
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I don't usually take an interest in the gee-gees (I'm bad enough at
football) but it is Cheltenham week so I'll have £2 each way on a
couple of horses throughout the week.
As such, it's unlikely I'll back a horse a odds of 10/1 so here's my
bets for tomorrow (NB: these are not my tips, but tips I've picked up
from today's newspapers ...

2.00 Pigeon Island 10/1 Deep Purple 14/1
3.15 Afsoun 25/1 Blythe Knight 33/1
4.40 Siege of Ennis 25/1

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Barcelona's Ronaldinho has ruled out a move to Chelsea because they do
not play attacking football. (D Mirror)

Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson is debating whether to send
keeper Ben Foster on loan to Coventry. (D Mirror)

Rangers will make a summer move for West Ham left-back George
McCartney. (D Mirror)

Newcastle boss Kevin Keegan has joined the list queuing up for Bolton
keeper Jussi Jaaskelainen. (D Mirror)

Ferguson and assistant Carlos Queiroz each face a Football Association
charge for criticising ref Martin Atkinson after their Pompey defeat.
(Various)

Chelsea boss Avram Grant's side were beaten and embarrassed by
Barnsley in the FA Cup and he faces the axe unless he wins the
Champions League. (Various)

Liverpool co-owner George Gillett has agreed to sell 49% of his stake
to DIC. (Daily Telegraph)

FA Cup semi-final ticket prices may be reduced to sell out Wembley
after three clubs from outside the top-flight reached the last four.
(Guardian)

Inter Milan boss Roberto Mancini has warned Liverpool his side are
ready to make a Champions League comeback from 2-0 down. (Various)

Cardiff manager Dave Jones has banned the bubbly for his FA Cup
giant-killers until they win at Wembley. (Various)

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Scoop of the day goes to the, erm, oooh aaah Daily Star who
'exclusively reveal' that Gazza is on suicide watch - just 2wks after
the rest of the papers reported the same thing and the day after The
News of the World reported that he had 'nothing to live for'.
Not exactly first with the news ...

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You can't beat a freebie with your morning paper but The Express is at
it today with their £1 off OK! magazine. Mmmmmm, I wonder who benefits
from that, Mr Desmond?
The Mirror is on form though as they give you a free £5 bet at
Cheltenham. That's more like it.

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PORN SNOOZER
A boy of ten put sleeping pills in his dad's food so he could secretly
view web porn, cops said in Zhengzhou, China.

DOCTOR 'DEATH'
A Czech doctor told patients they were dying then charged for "miracle
cures" in Prague.

WHAT'S ZAPPENING
Half of homes struggle with at least FIVE remote controls, a poll found.

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Late goal by 10-man Porto cost me my third coupon in as many attempts.
Ach well, you win some you lose some.
It's the UEFA Cup and some really tricky ties that are almost
impossible to predict - but i'll give it a go nonetheless.
First up is Werder Bremen at Ibrox. Rangers have failed to score in
their last three European home games and I expect Bremen (13/8) to
beat them tonight.
Spurs host PSV and this should be a good game for the football
purists. Ramos' pedigree in cup competitions should be enough to see
Spurs (8/13) through.
Everton are away to Fiorentina and while they may have one eye on
finishing fourth in the Premier League I reckon they can sneak a draw
(2/1).
Sporting Lisbon (9/5) should be too strong for Bolton.
£1 trebles and a four-fold - all up for £95 but I wouldn't put my
house on that happening.

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And there's plenty of it ...

AC Milan are set to make a £20m bid for Chelsea striker Didier Drogba
in the summer. (Daily Mirror)

Blackburn are poised to offer former AC Milan midfielder Johann Vogel
a short-term contract. (The Sun)

West Brom want to sign on-loan Hearts striker Roman Bednar in a
permanent £2m deal. (Daily Mirror)

Arsenal have joined the list of clubs trailing young Cardiff City
midfielder Aaron Ramsey. (Daily Mirror)

Coventry City boss Chris Coleman wants to take defenders Carlos
Bocanegra and Dejan Stefanovic on loan from his old club Fulham.
(Daily Mirror)

West Ham boss Alan Curbishley still hopes to sign Chelsea midfielder
Steve Sidwell in a £5m deal. (Daily Mirror)

Newcastle boss Kevin Keegan is set to sign Senegal defender Lamine
Diatta to bolster his squad. (Daily Express)

Diatta has passed a medical and agreed a deal until the end of the
season. (Daily Star)

Former Newcastle boss Sam Allardyce says the current problems at St
James' Park are not his fault. (Daily Telegraph)

Celtic boss Gordon Strachan's job is safe even if he fails to win the
Scottish Premier League this season, according to Bhoys chief
executive Peter Lawwell. (Daily Record)

Celtic goalkeeper Artur Boruc feels he was unfairly booked for
clapping Hibernian fans after his side's win at Easter Road on
Saturday. (Daily Record)

Uefa president Michel Platini will be at St Johnstone's Scottish Cup
quarter-final tie with St Mirren on Saturday. (Daily Record)

Hibernian striker Steven Fletcher is set to win his first full cap
against Croatia on 26 March. (Daily Record)

Manchester City boss Sven-Goran Eriksson has introduced bingo to his
squad - hosting sessions when the team gets together before matches.
(The Sun)

Strictly Come Dancing star Alesha Dixon has been on a string of dates
with Aston Villa striker John Carew. (The Sun)

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Journalists love nothing more than a good "knobbly monster" - a
desperate attempt not to use the same word again . . . when there is
only one. Named after Paul Hudson, who was writing about alligators
when, having used up "reptiles", he resorted to "the knobbly monsters".

Here are some classic funny newspaper knobbly monsters (compiled by
Tom Churchill of The Scottish Sun

Stab vest: the lightweight vital organ-protector (News of the World)

Naan: the Indian-style bread (Press Association)

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I've had worse nights than last night. I get £50 back for my £15 stake
- Man U, sevilla, brighton, darlington, ross co, stranraer all up.
Doncaster, peterboro and darlington also up and I was so tempted to go
for 3/1 Arsenal but in the end plumped for the draw and it cost me £60.

Not complaining with £50 though and hope to continue my winning run
tonight with two four-folds.

Arbraoth (4/6) Elgin (10/11) QPR (8/5) and Madrid (4/6) -fiver pays £70.
Also fancy Liverpool (2/5) Airdrie (2/7) Chelsea (2/7) and a
Porto/Schalke draw (11/5) - fiver pays £37.

Wish me luck ....

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Some funny newspaper stories from today's tabloids ...

UNPROTECTED TEXT
One in ten Brits has injured themselves in the past year by bumping
into things while texting, a poll reveals.

PAW SERVICE
Wing Hang, 37, suffered cuts and scratches when a cat fell out of the
ceiling and grabbed his head in a restaurant in Beijing.

SKIRTING DISASTER
Lucky Fillipa Da Ponte, 65, fell from her Rome roof garden but
survived when her skirt got caught in a gutter.

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Juventus boss Claudio Ranieri will try to sign Frank Lampard from his
ex-club Chelsea in the summer. (The Sun)

Blackburn hope to keep David Bentley out of the clutches of bigger
clubs by offering him a new deal. (Various)

Tottenham are closing in on Espanyol keeper Carlos Kameni, who will
replace Paul Robinson as number one. (Various)

Liam Miller's poor timekeeping has not put off Major League Soccer's
Toronto, who want him and Sunderland team-mate Ross Wallace. (Daily Star)

Nottingham Forest want to sign out-of-favour Wolves striker Freddy
Eastwood on loan. (Daily Star)

Atletico Madrid have added Liverpool keeper Pepe Reina to a wanted
list including Reds boss Rafael Benitez and midfielder Xabi Alonso.
(Daily Mirror)

Newcastle boss Kevin Keegan and some of his players took to the
catwalk as they put their struggles aside to raise money for cancer
charities. (Daily Mirror)

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The Cole war is over! Shock horror, Rat King Cole has been forgiven by
Cheryl as a pal told The Sun: "She's still in love with him, simple as
that."

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Singer Charlotte Church, 22, has shed four stone - with the help of a
vibrating fitness machine which tones her muscles.


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You can't beat a freebie with your morning paper. And The Times are
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Forest cost me my money back last night but I aim to bounce back this
evening. No real value in the Champions League tonight - Barca 1/4,
Man U 4/11 and Sevilla 2/5. The only game worth a punt on is Arsenal
in Milan.
It's a tough one to call and I've gone from fancying Arsenal (3/1) to
thinking Milan (Evs) will nick it but in the end I'm going for a draw
(21/10)
Going to team that draw up with Peterboro (10/11) who can go top of
League 2 if they win tonight, Darlington (1/2) and Doncaster (6/4)
Four £1 trebles and a four-fold - all up for £67.

Elsewhere another big night in the ridiculously unpredictable
Championship.

I'm backing Bristol City (2/1) away to Charlton, Burnley (2/1) away to
Hull, Ipswich (4/5) at home to Sheff Utd and West Brom (6/5) away to
Sheff Wed.
Four £1 trebles and a four-fold - all up for £95.

Sticking a £1 accy on just in case, would pay a lovely £800.

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Some funny newspaper stories from today's tabloids ...

SILLY SEW AND SEW
A woman making clothes for a party called police to get help threading
her needle in Rotorua, New Zealand.

WEE GIRL
Stacey Herald - who is just 28 inches tall - has given birth to a
little girl more than half her size. Daughter Makya measured 18ins but
is expected to end up an average height in Kentucky, US.

WATER NIGHTMARE
Long-suffering gran Catherine Munro, 71, is said to be Scotland's
unluckiest woman - because she's allergic to cold and rain.

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Barcelona have admitted defeat in trying to lure Arsenal midfielder
Cesc Fabregas back after director Txiki Begiristain said "he cannot
return". (Various)

Barca now want Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo instead as they
aim to beat Real Madrid to the winger's signature. (Daily Star)

Liverpool have opened contract talks with striker Peter Crouch.
(Independent)

Wigan boss Steve Bruce is eyeing up Levante striker Mustafa Riga. (Mirror)

Ipswich manager Jim Magilton has told Portsmouth striker David Nugent
to decide if he wants to move to the club on loan or not. (Mirror)

Sunderland boss Roy Keane is on the verge of giving ex-Manchester
United team-mate Quinton Fortune a deal until the end of the season. (Sun)

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