RHST: Stay OUT of the F'n Nightclubs!

It's Monday and that means it's time for an extra black cloudy edition of Red Headed Step Thoughts...

So the Merseyside Derby was on Saturday...piss off, no comment.

English footballers should not got to nightclubs...sorry but it's the truth. The latest player to get himself in to hot water after spending some time in a disco is Ricardo Fuller of Stoke. Fuller is accused of assaulting a 21-year old man in the bar area of the JFK Nightclub in Hanley. The JFK Nightclub? Surely not that JFK? Anyway, Fuller was arrested and the incident is under investigation. Stay out of the nightclubs boys! Oh and if you're interested, seems the JFK Nightclub has a Facebook page...and no word on Ricardo Fuller's musical sensibilities or if Phil Collins' music had anything to do with this incident.



Bolton's Kevin Davies was none to happy with referee Mark Clattenburg over the weekend...GEE, I WONDER WHAT THAT FEELING IS LIKE?? Davies accused the Liverpool player, i mean referee, of disallowing his goal against Fulham over "something personal". Davies went on to suggest this isn't the first time Clattenburg has made biased decision against him. No doubt a censure from the FA is coming for Davies and more importantly, will they continue to ignore the fact that Mark Clattenburg is rubbish?

Of course the "biggest" news from the weekend was the announcement from the USSF Annual General Meeting that Sunil Gulati was unanimously selected to another term as USSF President. Goody. After all, having the President of the New England Revolution and hand puppet of Bob Kraft at the head of your national soccer federation is typically a good plan. How many freaking hats can this guy wear? President of the USSF, President of Kraft Soccer, Economics lecturer at Columbia University, Chairman of the US World Cup Big Committee...can we make him the commissioner of the MLS, USL, NASL and the WPS then call it a day? Gulati is the figurehead leader of US Soccer yet what does he really do other than make snarky comments to the media that come off as little more than the petty ramblings of someone who is missing the point. He's probably the reason so many people get their USMNT press credentials pulled. Whatever Gulati does behind the scenes for US Soccer that makes him seemingly so popular are fine and dandy. As the figurehead for US Soccer he's average at best and often well below it...and this USSF 2nd Division nonsense was a great idea too. Clearly the USSF needs to be in the business of operating a football league.

According a study of more than 100,000 football fouls, referees are more likely to penalize tall players over short players. Somewhere Peter Crouch and Marouane Fellaini are nodding their heads and feeling vindicated.