Here we go again... The Formula One 2009 season is all set to start and the outcome has never been so difficult to call. The bookmakers seem to have all opted for Jenson Button to win the Australian Grand Prix and to be honest why not.. it's about time he won something. However some pundits believe the BrawnGp is just bluffing and that the performances during the test sessions are purely to attract sponsors. Who knows what the truth is, all we can hope is that it will be a great season and there will be significantly more competition than ever before.

The interminable Carlos Tevez saga looks like it has finally reached a conclusion (despite the odious Neil Warnock's laughable claim for personal compensation) following Sheffield United's board deciding to drag the game through various courts and tribunals in order to gain millions of pieces of silver, requesting that they try and act like some sort of psychic pools panel and decide the outcome of games that have already taken place, but assuming that Tevez had not been a West Ham player at the time. The decision to bring the legal system into this matter has been a very dangerous and unwarranted precedent to set, but it looks like the next club to suffer financially from this sort of action may be Sheffield United themselves as it appears that the outrageous life-threatening assault on Barnsley's Iain Hume by United's thug of a captain, Chris Morgan, earlier this season may also result in legal action. United's reaction has been to claim that the incident was blown out of proportion and that the courts are

With just ten or so games to go this season, most of what promised to make this a year that would break the mould in the Premiership has fallen by the wayside, and we now look set for more of the same. Liverpool had looked ready to provide a new title challenger. They have failed. Aston Villa seemed almost certain to oust one or even two of the regular top four. Their recent stuttering form and a return of Arsenal's injury-hit players will almost certainly see them fail. Only the relegation struggle still retains a certain level of intrigue as two places are still up for grabs, and one or two of the self-proclaimed bigger clubs remain very much in trouble.