More links! And Gary Neville reacting poorly to being called Scouse!

All the stuff being covered outside the unfriendly confines of the award-winning Dirty Tackle...

Berba-babes beware, Ryan Giggs is totally in love with...The Continental. [YouTube]

Attempting to buy Lionel Messi for your provincial French club will get you suspended. [The Offside]

The strange case of Bojan Krkic. [Run of Play]

DT's own Richard Whittall on how fans are being forgotten more candidates emerge in the FIFA presidential race. [The Score]

Nicklas Bendtner wearing a bowtie. [Kickette]

Confessions of a Football Manager addict. [IBWM]

Jermain Defoe predicted that Spurs would go further than Arsenal in the Champions League way back in August. [Metro]

U.S. women win their eighth Algarve Cup. [NYT Goal]

11 Copa Libertadores talents that could make it big in Europe. [Caught Offside]

What not to do when playing football. [Soccer Training Info]

Just for giggles, here's a non-football thing I wrote a few years ago titled "I Am Awesome." [Opium M! agazine< /a>]

Arsenal's monkey curses didn't work. [Studs Up]