This may well be because I’ve never been to Vicarage Road, but that might not be the only reason. Until it’s proven otherwise, I will assume that it’s also because there aren’t any.

Now I’ve got a lot of regard for Elton John – Sacrifice was banging, as was Healing Hands – but despite this, I hold him personally responsible.

If something is wrong somewhere, do you try and deduce who is actually at fault, or do you blame the most famous person who is tangentially related to the institution in question. As the most famous person to come to mind when I think about Watford Football Club, I blame John.

You heard me, John. Where are the drinks machines? Where are they, eh? What are you going to do about it?

Look at you, sat there with your odd hair, chumming up with Graham Taylor, lounging about like you own the place. How about doing something of merit for once? How about doing something for the fans? How about installing a series of hot drinks machines from which the fans can acquire delicious hot beverages?

Of course, if the drinks machines are there, I retract the above.

My Top 5 Players To Watch During World Cup 2010

Personally, I think that the most likely names to not be included will be:

Stephen Warnock – Aston Villa
Adam Johnson – Man City
Michael Dawson – Tottenham
Scott Parker – West Ham
Tom Huddlestone – Tottenham
Shaun Wright-Phillips – Man City
Darren Bent – Sunderland

Personally I agree with Sir Geoff Hurst’s comment saying that Darren Bent deserves to go ahead of Emile Heskey due to his regular appearances for his club and the fact that he’s scored 25 goals this season, although I don’t actually think this will happen. I remember the day Glenn Hoddle told Paul Gascoigne he wasn’t going to World Cup ’98 and that was a massive shock. Maybe there will be a shock or two this time. Let me know what you think!!!

The furore surrounding the Italian’s arrival at Manchester City perhaps overshadowed the good work that his predecessor Mark Hughes had done over the last couple of years. ‘Sparky’ was not just a great player but also a great manager and his untimely demise left us wondering if the City board had made the right choice.

After their dumping from the Carling Cup by neighbours United and now their untimely exit from th FA cup by Stoke City, silverware seems a long way from the empty tropy cabinets at Eastlands. Will Mancini last to the end of the season – probably. But it remains to be seen if sucess will happen quickly.

There is a well known joke in Manchester that involves City’s trophy room being broken into and the police searching for a man last seen carrying a light blue carpet over his shoulder. If Mancini doesn’t improve soon the only carpet he will see is the one onto the plane home.

Portsmouth owes debts of around 70 million pounds and their players have not been paid on many occasions this season. If they enter administration the club would be hit with a points reduction which would leave them floundering at the bottom of the premier league with no real possibility of staying up.

It is a sad state of affairs that a club with a history as illustrious as Portsmouth’s should end up in this position; we only hope a buyer is found soon.

This weekend saw a no bore draw between two of the clubs aiming to finish in fourth, Manchester City and Liverpool. Liverpool have been in poor form recently and with City not playing talisman striker Carlos Teves, the action was always going to be a little stiff. The BBC were reduced to showing the highlight of the game which was a misplaced free kick from Steven Gerrard that nearly hit the corner flag.

Everton and Tottenham are the other two clubs to back if you think you might have a flutter and with Tottenham in top form and Everton beating Manchester United at the weekend you wouldn’t back against them.

Here is the quarter final draw in full:

Chelsea v Manchester City/Stoke City
Fulham v Bolton Wanderers/Tottenham Hotspur
Reading/West Brom v Crystal Palace/Aston Villa
Portsmouth v Birmingham City

At the time of writing this blog Robbie Keane was contemplating a loan move to Celtic park. And that was about it. We could mention David Nugent, but we thought we wouldn’t’ bother. Also we thought a brief note about Benni McCarthey might interest you, but he is a player of the past, not the future, so we didn’t mention him either.

This announcement has been made by the administrators P and A Partnership after the club has been unable to pay players at various times this season. The club chairman Simon Jordan has been trying to attract investment while keeping the club running.

The administration is expected to be short-lived though as several buyers are said to be interested in the Eagles.

The club are yet to release a statement, but any club outside the Premiership that goes into administration are automatically docked 10 points. This would leave the club four points above the relegation zone.