It is good to know that Brian Barwick’s root-and-branch reform of the FA hasn’t managed to remove any of the organisation’s notorious leaks. Pies can say this with some confidence because this morning every man and his dog knows that at around lunchtime today that same Mr Barwick is due to pull a piece of expensive FA cloth from over the top of a Fabio Capello-shaped object in Soho Square to reveal that Fabio Capello is the new England manager. You can keep voting on whether you are happy with the appointment and give Barwick a boost of confidence/change of mind before the big announcement.
(Let’s hope that the reports are correct and not FabBri-cations. Ho, ho, ho.)