This is the message from Fulham Chairman Mohammed Al Fayed, who reacted to criticism from Fulham fans about the rather bizarre decision to erect a rather strange looking statue of pop legend and weirdo Michael Jackson by telling them they can “go to hell” and “go and support Chelsea” if they didn’t like it.

"If they don't understand and don't believe in things I believe in they can go to Chelsea, they can go to anywhere else," he added. 

 Fayed’s outburst telling fans to beat it has not gone down well with Fulham fans and is seen to be a bad move by Al Fayed who it has been alleged is a bit of a smooth criminal. To be fair to Al Fayed it is his club and the noises from the manger, players and other Fulham staff recognise that the owner can do what he likes, but fans have voiced their concern at the statue making the club a laughing stock. 

It is a controversial move as the pop icon was not without controversy throughout his troubled career, but at least the statue hasn’t been erected in a kids playground. Al Fayed has quoted as saying that the one time Wacko Jacko came to Craven Cottage “he was running around like a child” or maybe that was with a child, who knows but the bigger question is will this trend spread across other clubs with owners and Chairmen erecting statues of their favourite pop icon, actor or historical figure?  Once an honour reserved for ex revered players or managers will we see a swell of pop icons appearing at football stadiums across the country???

At Man City are the Sheik owners massive fans of old blue eyes Frank Sinatra?? Elton John outside Watford??  The late 2pac outside Old Tafford as the Glazers remember their homie?? John Lennon outside of Anfield??? Will Mike Ashley erect a statue of Cheryl Cole outside St James’?? 

As for now Fulham fans if you don’t like the statue, just beat it!! 

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The funky reminder feature means you’ll never miss a live game and you can search easily for your favourite team, by competition or date. 

A quick internet connection is needed to update the live fixtures but even if you are out an about without internet connection the app stores the information so you can still browse 15 days of live football. So you will never miss a game again and you can check what is on while you're out and about too.

And so it comes to pass. Another week and another star player at a Manchester club hands in a transfer request. So what to make of the Argentinean striker and undoubtedly Man City's best player who has carried the team recently?

Tevez's unhappiness in England has long been documented and attributed to various factors such as the weather (join the club Carlos) and his daughters being thousands of miles away. Some of his outbursts have bordered on the truly bizarre with him threatening to quit football for good long before his sell by date is up. In an article in the official Manchester City magazine last week he stated that he may retire in four years but remained committed to the club's cause. This was before his touchline spat with Roberto Mancini and the subsequent issung of a public statement which announced that the relationship between player and club had broken down. We have been here before of course in a very bitter spat with Fergie that occurred not so long ago. 

The next question must be what is the role that Kia Joorabchian has played in all this. Denials and counter denials are being issued almost by the hour and the Iranian born agent isn't backwards at coming forwards. Who to believe? Certainly Garry Cook, the man with the midas touch but in reverse, seems to alienate everyone he comes into contact with so it comes as no real surprise that he is implicated in the whole affair. 

Tevez has stated publicly that he has no beef with Mancini although on the pitch arguments may undermine this slightly. Mancini is renowned for lacking some people skills but generally has the backing of his players (negative tactics aside) so we need to look higher up the food chain at City. At this moment there are more questions than answers but one thing is definite based on previous episodes (Ref: Man United and West Ham) Carlito isn't going to go quietly or without a fight......

Post by Graham Jackson

I'd like to introduce our first guest blogger here at football on the TV. This is one mans rant about how football is no longer a mans game.

The author, Paul Newton, is also organising a world record attempt at the longest 5-a-side game to ever take place in the aid of charity for a much under funded disease Wegener's granulomatosis. Check out his facebook page Soccer AM... PM....AM for info and if you are feeling generous please donate here

http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/fundraiser-web/fundraiser/showFundraiserProfilePage.action?userUrl=Soccerampmam

The FIFA executive committee are due to announce the hosts of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups on Thursday against the back drop of fresh allegations of corruption and dodgy dealings, made by BBC’s Panorma program. 

It comes as no surprise that FIFA executive committee members have been engaged in backhanders and bribes, especially recently with the huge sums of money being spent on the actual bids themselves and the estimated £3 billion in revenue brought into the country.

FIFA has always been more of a clandestine intuition similar to The Masons, where nobody really knows what goes on behind closed doors and there is no transparency over voting. FIFA is beast that has never been responsive to change and this is highlighted in their secret voting system. Rooting out bribery and backhanders should be quite an easy process for FIFA with heir being only 23 voters on the committee but the problem comes from the willingness and almost blasé attitude of both the competing host nations in offering bribes and the committee members willingly accepting them.

The voting is highly political within FIFA and all committee members are first and foremost looking to get the best deal for their region in exchange for their votes. It is basically a d*ck swinging contest with the competing nations pandering to the committee members who use this to show how big their d*cks are and how influential within FIFA they are. 

Jack Warner is a prime example of someone who has abused his power as recently as 2010 in buying up tickets to sell on the black market for South Africa 2010 but remains a key influential figure in the voting for 2018 and 2022. 

Hopefully this furore has given FIFA a wakeup call and they will review the whole bidding and voting process for future tournaments and they will at least understand that with so much money invested in the bid and the financial and prestigious rewards for the winning country are so large that a little transparency will go a long way to giving much more credibility to the FIFA executive committee.

I hope the FIFA committee don’t read this post, (I know Sepp is a huge fan of the site) and decide they are not going to vote for England’s bid and hopefully the Panorama program hasn’t damaged the bid too much. Politicians and the England 2018 bid party have all criticised the timing of the Panorama program, calling it unpatriotic. I tend to agree the timing is poor, especially as they were not fresh allegations. Having said that, if as a country, we are willing to spend millions of pounds on a bid we have the right to know that the voting process is fair and true. Also we have a free press in this country, something we should be proud of and not something we should be trying to curb, unpatriotic or not!

Personally I would love to see the World Cup in England and here’s hoping that Big Willys (sorry) Royal seal of approval helps seal the deal!

http://www.england2018bid.com/

The major talking point form the weekend was Nani’s goal against Spurs. Harry has been quoted as saying it was farcical and a real mess, which it is true it was but not on the refs part.

From the very first time you start playing football you are taught the basic lesson of playing to the whistle, why then does Harry feel that Gomes and his Spurs team should play to their own imaginary whistle?

True, Nani handled the ball when he was on the floor but Gomes picked the ball up and looked to play on, so Mark Clattenburg was well within his rights to not blow his whistle and let the game flow. Spurs are arguing that there was no advantage but Gomez didn’t even drop the ball close to where the handball happened, he threw the ball about 12 yards forward. Was he expecting the free kick to be taken form there?

The ref got it right, he never blew for a free kick and let the game carry one as Gomes had the ball in his hand, Gomes then threw the ball 12 yards forward and assumed he had a free kick. This is where players and managers need to take responsibility for their actions. Players can’t go deciding they should have a free kick or start making referring decisions otherwise it would be more like a kick about in the play ground with no ref.

It amazes me that professional players think they can blame the ref for their own stupidity, it is a similar situation with the goal Liverpool scored against Sunderland after Michael turner had nonchalantly back heeled the ball towards his keeper from a free kick. 

Maybe the players should take a break from training for a session or two and actually get to know the basic rules of football, they can’t just change them mid game to suit themselves or because they think they know better. It is indicative of the way the game is going where players do all they can to cheat and con the referee and then managers moan when the ref gets a decision wrong. Players no longer accept responsibility for their own actions on the pitch and it is time they did.

Note to Harry, moan and criticize the ref all you want but you should know the rules and so should your players. Maybe he should stop talking to the press and actually teach his players the rules of the game.