Cesare Prandelli has demanded calm ahead of Italy’s make-or-break Group C encounter with the Republic of Ireland on Monday night with a place in the last eight of Euro 2012 on the line.

Draws with Spain and Croatia in their first two games has left the Azzurri needing a win in their deciding match against the already eliminated Irish if they are to stand a chance of making it to the quarter finals.

The 54-year-old believes a a considered approach will bear the desired result for the Italians and was keen to emphasise that his players need to keep their minds focused on the task in hand.

“It’s very difficult to say,” he said in his pre-match press conference. “Let’s not get ahead of ourselves, we are just thinking about tomorrow’s game.

“We want to win the game, that’s it. Just let us play, let’s get on with it, come on. We always want everything before it comes, we want everything now.

“We are always getting ahead of ourselves, us Italians, but I always say that if you get ahead of yourself, you fall over.”

Ireland were knocked out after being thrashed 4-0 by Spain on Thursday evening with head coach Giovani Trapattoni has charged his players with giving the fans something to cheer before they head home.

It’s been a disappointing tournament for Trapattoni who held hope that qualification would still be achievable going into the last game against his home nation and believes the scars of Italy’s elimination in Euro 2004 could play into his sides favour.

He said: “When things like this go on, we are all ready to think that we Italians are masters at making these agreements.

“We are famous – in fact, infamous – for it. Everything is the same in other countries. These things have happened all over the place. Great scars were left by this.

“We need to play our own game and ask for commitment from players for the people who pay our wages and our supporters.

“We have worked well. We will not change our approach because we lost two games. It would undermine our honour.”

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Mario Balotelli be rested after limping out of training on Saturday with a knee injury although he was present for the session on Sunday. Defender Andrea Barzagli is also expected to play after returning from a calf problem that kept him out of the first two matches.

Damien Duff will captain Ireland on his 100th appearance and will be joined in the starting XI by Kevin Doyle who comes back into the side at the expense of Simon Cox.

Key Players

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Antonio Cassano

Goals have been in short supply for the Milan striker as he seeks to break his Euro 2012 duck after failing to score in Italy’s first two group games. Cassano’s performances haven’t exactly been bad and finally getting off the mark against Ireland and leading the Azzurri into the last eight.

Richard Dunne

It’s been a tough tournament for the Aston Villa defender who’s played every minute so far and seen his back four breached seven times in total during their first two games. Dunne’s experience will be key to keeping Italy’s strike force at bay and giving Ireland a platform to leave the Euro’s on a high with a win.

Prediction: 3-1

In a week that has seen one player out, one player on the move subject to a medical, and one joining on a two year deal, it has been another week of progression for Northampton Town in their preparation for the new season.

Well done to Michael Jacobs on his move to Championship side Derby County for an undisclosed fee which so many seem to be nowadays. We will probably never find out the real price that Crackers was sold for but we do know that only a small amount of this fee will go back into the playing side as the club has other costs to cover in wages etc. This is fair enough by me as the safeguarding of our football club is paramount and we know that David Cardoza will spend what is required and back his manager if needs be. Crackers also mentioned in a local newspaper that our great rivals from Peterborough United would have been hard to turn down had it been the only option as he felt the time was right to move on. On the bright side thank god for the top class facilities on offer at Pride Park which I know will be top notch a lot better than that chicken coup that Peterborough play in.

Another player who could also be on the move is Arron Davies he could be on his way to Exeter City on a free which is currently subject to a medical. Arron joined us on a two year deal last season and looked good in patches but he always seems to me to be afraid to put a tackle in even more so since his injury in the opening months of the season. I just don’t think he has the capacity for a fight and in League Two we need a battling midfield who can compete for 90 minutes and in my eyes Arron just does not fit the bill. The writing has been on the wall for Arron since Aidy Boothroyd has taken over as he has not figured in a first team squad and I just don’t think he is Aidy’s type of player. I hope he can get his career back on track as you don’t win international caps by not being a good player, sometimes players just don’t work out at certain clubs and unfortunately for Arron that is the case with us.

Another new signing was made this week when we managed to sign the exciting Ishmel Demontagnac on a free transfer after he was released by Notts County. He burst on to the football league scene as a 17 year old at Walsall but left there after many disciplinary issues as the manager at the time said he had a lot of talent but let himself down with his attitude and off field problems. He also has Premier League experience with Blackpool and is a pacy left sided midfielder who is also known for the extravagant goal or two. I am excited about this signing but it may go one of two ways. He could be disruptive for the rest of the squad or could be that missing link on the wing floating in the crosses for Bayo and Clive Platt in the new season and then we will all be raving about him. Welcome to Sixfields Ishmel we wait with baited breath.

Still no news on the potential signing of Clarke Carlisle but as they say no news could be good news, and at the end of it all you can only respect the big mans decision. There are rumors that a couple of northern sides are interested in the no nonsense defender and if he chooses that option it will be for family reasons as all of us know a big move can be disruptive for a family and relocating your family south will be hard but we can just hold out that glimmer of hope that he will sign.

Up The Cobblers!!

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Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas has stated that new signing Gylfi Sigurdsson will score important goals for the club in 2012-13.

The Icelandic midfielder joined the White Hart Lane side after an impressive loan spell at Swansea last term, and got off the mark in the side’s first pre-season friendly, a 2-0 win over Stevenage.

The Scandinavian is thought to be one of the players that will be responsible for picking up the burden of Luka Modric’s potential departure, and the Portuguese trainer has confessed that he wants Sigurdsson to contribute with goals next term.

“Gylfi has tremendous goalscoring attributes,” Villas-Boas told The Sun.

“We have seen him open his account with a great goal, which is important for him. He has a real eye in front of goal. That’s vital in a player.

“I’m sure there’s more to come during the season,” he predicted.

Sigurdsson meanwhile has stated that he wants to score as often as possible but that hitting the back of the net is not all he has to offer.

“Scoring goals does give you confidence, but there’s more to my game than that,” he confirmed.

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There are just a couple of days to go until the transfer window slams shut, ending a summer of frenzied activity. Every football fan across the country will be glued to their TV’s, watching Jim White and the boys bring you all the live updates on Sky Sports News, right up until midnight as we wait for our clubs to do some last minute business to ignite the campaign.

Deadline Day is possibly one of the best dates on the football calendar and this year’s is shaping up to be a cracker as well, with many Premier League managers admitting they still have unfinished business, having identified a number of new players that will still improve their team. This is the last chance to rectify any squad problems before January and that could be crucial for those sides challenging at the top, or indeed those fighting relegation. Nobody wants to be bottom by Christmas after all. In anticipation of the final day’s action, we bring you 15 of the best deals that went right down to the wire.

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If Michael Carrick steps into the breach at centre-back again this weekend, for many, it’ll simply represent another short-term fix to a temporary problem at Manchester United. The crux of supporters worries, it appears, remains transfixed on plugging the hole that Paul Scholes will eventually leave.

But whilst the one-time retiree offers the more pressing issue for Sir Alex Ferguson, it could be that events at the centre of defense that demand an equal amount of concern for those at Old Trafford. Things aren’t necessarily as rosy as they seem.

Manchester United’s current injury crisis at the heart of defense isn’t the first time they’ve encountered such an issue and it definitely won’t be the last time either. From time to time, all teams undergo an excessive shortage in personnel within a certain part of the team, and Fergie’s defensive headache is no different. The loss of Rio Ferdinand, Jonny Evans, Phil Jones and Chris Smalling simultaneously doesn’t constitute the need for a knee-jerk reaction.

And the installment of Michael Carrick at centre-half for the trip to Everton was more a move of necessity than one of particular choice. Carrick has the sort of skillset that suggests he may have got away with doing a Franco Baresi impression at the back for United, although putting it into practice on Monday had a very different outcome indeed. His marking for Marouane Fellaini’s winner was poor but the ex-Tottenham man isn’t a central defender and he shouldn’t be playing here.

Quite whether the touted move of Patrice Evra to the role of emergency centre-half for the Fulham game will pay Fergie any better results is questionable, but these are the cards they’ve been dealt to play. The question is, can anything have been done to prevent it and how likely is it to happen again?

Exhibit A brings us to the case of one Rio Gavin Ferdinand. Esteemed defensive general, 81 England caps and five Premier League titles for Manchester United. As it stands, he constitutes one half of Ferguson’s first choice defensive partnership alongside Nemanja Vidic and when the two are at their zenith, it’s relatively difficult to argue with that notion. Except getting them both playing at their peak isn’t quite such an easy task anymore.

It’s important to note that it’s unfair to judge Vidic’s otherwise impressive fitness record on a one-off cruciate ligament injury. Not all players return the same, but the signs look encouraging for the Serbian so far. But it is Ferdinand who appears to be the more worrying bet. A long standing back problem has already been credited with causing a number of associated niggling problems. Even Sir Alex Ferguson admitted in May that the defender would be unable to cope with the rigors of international football, claiming that: “You play something like a game every four days. Rio Ferdinand couldn’t do that.”

Whilst sitting out a European Championships is one thing, the unrelenting physical nature of the Premier League will ask tougher questions of Ferdinand. The busy Christmas fixture list isn’t a million miles off the sort of schedule tournament football throws up. Is it really good enough that a team looking to challenge for the sort of honours United are, have a first-choice defensive partnership that is bound to the fluctuations of fitness and injury?

Ferdinand’s form last season wasn’t perhaps anywhere near as bad as what some liked to make out, but he started to look far more mortal last season than he has done before for United. A back four is built on consistency and you need to look no further than the sort of paradox that Ledley King brought to the Tottenham Hotspur defence to get a gauge of the issues that comes with a yo-yoing defender.

Whenever King was in the Spurs team, the defensive unit played infinitely better than without him. But the flip-side of this was the next game, or the game after, where a replacement would have to come in to cover for his chronic injury. Asking another centre-half to be prepared to play every other weekend isn’t easy and the consequent lack of game time and consistency, never allowed Spurs to maintain an established back-four. No one is saying that Ferdinand is guaranteed to suffer such a season this term and his injury problems certainly aren’t on the same plateau as what King’s were. But the problems are still relatable.

A lot of hope resides for both Chris Smalling and Phil Jones. But, maintaining either can stay fit long enough; they are going to have to be backed in the United centre of defence sooner rather than later. Both have made a slight array of errors when they’ve been in the team, but that’s all part of the maturing process. The only way that can be eradicated is through long, hard game-time. Being plugged in and out between right-back and centre-back isn’t helping their development either. Young players are versatile and they’re both adept at playing either role but for the good of both the players and the team, a more solid role is surely likely to pay dividends.

Sir Alex Ferguson described Jonny Evans as the best defender in the country back in April but whilst the Ulsterman has come a long way since his now infamous horror show during West Ham’s 4-0 Carling Cup win in 2010, it certainly felt like an excessive compliment to say the least. Ironically, it was his partnership with Ferdinand in the light of Vidic’s absence last season that saw him draw such plaudits from his manager. But it is ultimately Ferdinand whom he must be looking to displace within this United team.

You can make something of an innocent until proven guilty case for Ferdinand this season. It is unfair to pan a player on the premise he will live up to a suspect injury record and that his form will slip away with age. He had a decent season last term and was ultimately part of a centre-half pairing that lost the league title on goal difference.

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But if United want one of their pretenders to Ferdinand’s throne to succeed, they need to throw their weight behind whoever they deem to be the favoured candidate. Ferdinand is still set to be out for a number of weeks. If either the imminently returning Jones or Evans step up the plate alongside Vidic, they shouldn’t be shunted back out the team for when Rio makes his comeback. If they’re holding their own on form alone, than they must stay there.

Only time will tell how United’s back four stands up to the coming challenges the new season will throw at them. Although strong foundations are built on a bedrock of stability in a back four. Whatever the solution may be, it has to be one that sticks.

How do you see the future of Manchester United’s central defence developing? Can Ferdinand go on for longer or is it time for someone else to step up to the plate? Tell me what you’d do on Twitter: follow @samuel_antrobus and tweet me your line-ups. 

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New Manchester City signing Matija Nastasic has expressed his surprise at his move to the Premier League champions.

The Etihad Stadium club tied up a deal on transfer deadline day for around £12million, with Stefan Savic moving to Fiorentina as part of the deal.

The 19-year-old had only spent one season in Italy, and as such has revealed that his big move has come earlier than expected.

“The first I heard of it was 15 to 20 days ago and of course I was surprised,” Nastasic told The Daily Mail.

“I did not expect to transfer to a major club and league such as Manchester City and the Premier League after only a year at Fiorentina.

“Playing for City by definition means we’ll be playing for trophies and I’m sure that City intend to strive to win each and every trophy.

“This is great motivation for me and the main reason for my arrival,” he concluded.

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Nastasic is being touted as the ‘next Nemanja Vidic’ and will provide competition for Joleon Lescott and Vincent Kompany in the centre of City’s defence.

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Reading goalkeeper Alex McCarthy is hoping an extended first-team run can propel him into the England reckoning.

McCarthy, 22, was handed his Premier League debut by Royals boss Brian McDermott in Sunday’s 3-1 home defeat by Tottenham. McDermott picked the youngster ahead of regular first choice Adam Federici, who was dropped after a less than convincing start to the new campaign. McCarthy produced two outstanding saves to deny ex-Royal Gylfi Sigurdsson and Jan Vertonghen in the early stages, but also had a couple of nervous moments as Spurs cruised to victory.

Now, he is aiming to cement his place as McDermott’s No.1 after patiently learning his trade away from the Madejski Stadium with six loan spells in the past five seasons. And the ambitious England Under-21 cap is also aiming to catch the eye of senior national boss Roy Hodgson. He told Sky Sports:

“I hope I can get a run in the Reading team now. I played in the Championship last year and I’ve been wanting to play in the Premier League for a long time. It’s a massive league. The game’s a lot quicker so I was pleased to get a start and I hope I can go on and build from that. I just have to get on and play my best. Obviously I want to play for England one day and this can give me a good chance to do that.”

It is a footballing flashpoint that is seemingly seasonal in its topicality and inexplicable in its solution. The culture of diving, or to go by its more politically correct term, simulation, is an issue that has been thrown back into the public realm following a series of recent incidents involving Liverpool’s Luis Suarez. But as opposed to focusing on those who are partaking it it, what about those who are trying to police it?

Premier League referees are plying their trade in a working environment where the process of scrutiny, is perhaps impossibly out of proportion to the means of their own performance. Every decision they take, in a league that is played at the highest level of both pace and performance, can be slowed down and analyzed on a frame-by-frame replay and at 10 different camera angles.

Taking a scientific level of analysis to the job of a mere mortal will always produce unfavorable results, but with their decisions catalyzing the fates of clubs and often with it, millions of pounds, you can empathize with the level of pressure which they find themselves subjected to.

But although supporters are sympathetic to the difficulties in refereeing games in the top flight- or perhaps not judging by the disgusting abuse that Mark Halsey received following the Liverpool v Manchester United game – all we ask is that our refs uphold the cornerstones of their professions. Fairness and impartiality.

So to continue, here is an extract from ex-Premier League referee Graham Poll’s column, in the Mail on Sunday this past weekend. Continuing on from the controversy that stemmed from Mike Jones’ refusal to grant Luis Suarez a stonewall penalty during Liverpool’s 5-2 win over Norwich, Poll elaborated:

“I always tried to clear my mind of any previous incidents, but, when refereeing a player such as Cristiano Ronaldo in his early days at Manchester United, I would be more likely to wave aside appeals from him than I would if Roy Keane went to ground.”

Poll himself, is of course now retired and if you can cast your mind back to the 2006 World Cup in Germany and the three yellow cards it took him to send off Croatia’s Josip Simunic, he resembled something of a pantomime figure towards the end of his career. But his World Cup gaffe aside, we are talking about someone who was largely recognized as one of the best English referee’s of the past 15 years.

So fundamentally, the top English referee of his era, has admitted that as opposed to judging each case on its merits as he should have been doing, he was allowing a player’s reputation to influence his refereeing. Whatever way you frame it, it doesn’t make good reading. If a referee is unable to officiate a game objectively, than surely they’re doing the entire game a disservice?

Of course, the comments of Poll have not and should be taken as gospel or an accurate microcosm of the mindset of today’s current crop of Premier League referees. But his past stature within the realms of English football, add real gravitas to what he’s saying.

How much can referees be afforded a degree of sympathy? Fans accept that as human beings, the game’s officials are always going to make mistakes. But as long as those mistakes are made in good faith, they can be lived with. If referees can’t detach themselves from public opinion and the howling protests of opportunistic opponents looking to get a cheap decision off the back of a player’s reputation, than she shouldn’t be doing it.

No one denies that concept is difficult, but it’s what refs are paid to do. The notion that Mike Jones would have possibly waved away Suraez’s penalty claims following a stonewall bundle by Norwich’s Leon Barnett, on the notion that he has a ‘reputation’ is hugely disheartening indeed. And Poll’s reasoning for change is even more depressing as well.

“It is human nature,” says Poll

“And Rodgers needs to accept that it will take more than a plea from him to change Suarez’s reputation.”

You can only hope that the bulk of referees that are currently officiating today don’t take such a similar point of view. What does Poll expect Suarez to do to change his officiating? No one denies that the Uruguayan has had his moments indulging in the games theatrical side, but this notion that he has to prove himself before referees actually start doing their job properly, is absurd. Will it take someone to rupture his knee ligaments or break his leg, before refs stop judging him on his reputation?

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Suarez is of course a polarizing example and many will feel little sympathy for a man with a suspect reputation at going to ground. But supporters don’t have to be objective, in fact, they can be as biased as they like. Premier League referees cannot be afforded that luxury.

The Suarez case is of course a lot more complex in reality than it is on paper. Referees hardly live their lives in a nuclear bunker and you can’t prevent them from being exposed to the realities of public opinion. To some extent, perhaps there will always be a natural question mark in a ref’s head when it comes to a player with a negative reputation. But not to the extent that it starts influencing decision.

Life’s not easy for a Premier League referee. And no amount of suggested disciplinary panels for our nation’s officials can change the decisions that they make in a split second during a match – short of sterilising the game with a multitude of video replays, there’s nothing you can do. We just ask that they referee they game in a clear and objective way, and judge each incident on their merits. Graham Poll’s opinion suggests that may not always be the case.

What do you think about the Suarez incident? Can you sympathise with refs or do you despise the notion that reputation affects impartiality? Let me know on Twitter: follow @samuel_antrobus and tell me where you stand. 

It is thought that former Newcastle boss and Toon hero Alan Shearer is the one of the frontrunners for the vacant Ipswich Manager’s position, according to the Daily Mail.

Despite, the bookmakers believing Alan Curbishley is the favourite to be offered the role, they are also considering Shearer.

The Former England striker has only once delved into management taking over Newcastle as caretaker charge in the 2008/2009 season in an 8 game spell.

It turned out to be ultimately unsuccessful as the Magpies ended up being relegated and owner Mike Ashley decided to not offer Shearer the role on a permanent basis.

Ipswich and Paul Jewell parted company on Wednesday and it is reckoned that there has already been a whole host of applications, and that a shortlist is being drawn up, which includes names such as Mick McCarthy and Owen Coyle.

The club currently are languishing in 24th place bottom of the championship, so will seeking a quick decision to who takes over the helm at Portman Road, with the East Anglian outfit looking to quickly turn around their misfortunes.

Alan Shearer has also been mooted for the vacant Blackburn Rovers job too where Eric Black remains caretaker boss, and the 42 year old has expressed a clear interest in returning to management.

If he were to take over at Ipswich he would be following in the footsteps of one of his former managers Sir Bobby Robson, who always was full of glowing praise for the club, and this could be a huge lure for Shearer wanting to take over.

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Manchester United  youngster Ryan Tunnicliffe has today been handed an 18-month driving ban.

The 19-year-old midfielder, who made his first-team debut for United in the 2-1 Capital One Cup victory over Newcastle in September, crashed his £60,000 Range Rover into a parked van, which then hit a wall of a house, earlier this month and was “under the influence of excess alcohol”, according to Manchester Police.

Tunnicliffe called the police immediately after the incident and was charged with drink driving after a breath test.

It is believed the ban will be reduced by four months after the midfielder agreed to attend a drink drive rehabilitation course. But he has also been fined £800 and has been ordered to pay £85 to the prosection and an £80 victim surcharge.

Tunnicliffe signed his first professional contract in December 2009 when he was just 17-years-old and he won his father £10,000 when he made his first team debut last month, as Mick Tunnicliffe placed £100 on his son one day playing for Manchester United when the midfielder was just nine-years-old.

The player’s profile on Manchester United’s official website claims Tunnicliffe is “somebody who is highly regarded at Old Trafford.”

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Tunnicliffe spent last season on loan at Peterborough United in the Championship, making 28 appearances in all competitions for Darren Ferguson’s side.

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