Former Newcastle United player Obafemi Martins has been recalled to Nigerian Squad for their World Cup tie against Mozambique. This is to be played in Abuja, Nigeria’s federal capital in October.

The 24-year-old former Newcastle player’s last appearance for the Nigerian Super Eagles was in the reverse leg fixture in Maputo, Mozambique about five months ago.

Martins hasn’t always been in favour with the Nigerian team selectors as his lack of seriousness towards his international  commitments compared to his club and the fact he has been injured more often than not. However Nigeria’s current top scorer Ikechukwu Uche is unavailable due to a damaged cruciate ligament.

With all the money being spent by the big clubs and Manchester City this season bringing in more fire power you would expect to see some amazing demonstrations of how to effectively and attack and destroy ones opposition.

Real Madrid have been drawing in their fans and sold season tickets well in advance to showcase their  Galactico’s and haven’t disappointed, other teams have managed to display the players they bought. However Manchester City spent clearly more than any other team squandering the GDP of a small European country in a summer and have their stars in physio!!

Their long suffering fan and now disillusioned base must be gutted. Spending a fortune on season tickets with no stars to see for what could be half a season unless they count the troll Tevez and GBH specialist Adebayor as  stars!

Sparky give us a wave, Sparky, Sparky give us a wave!!

How is your team doing?  Are your super stars turning out to be sub standard?

Come the start of the season like all red blooded males (not just because I’m a Manchester United fan!!) I was excited in having something to look forward to come the weekend as well as Match of the Day returning to our TV screens.

The excitement of the transfer window also increased the hype and anticipation of the various fantasy football games. Like most I chose my players based on last season’s performance but I’ve been let down a bit. Stephen Ireland to name one has been pants so far, so TRANSFER I think.

But hey, were not even half way through yet so it’s all good!