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AVB sacking gets footballers tweeting

Catch up with the best tweets from the world of football this weekend, as seen by Todd Nash.

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Catch up with the best tweets from the world of football this weekend, as seen by Todd Nash.

The Albion striker says what we're all thinking after Roy Hodgson's men cost a second man his job in three games after taking all three points against Chelsea over the weekend.

First Mick McCarthy, then Andre Villas-Boas – what odds on Sir Alex Ferguson getting the chop next week?

The former Wolves loanee took a different approach to Villas-Boas' sacking, tweeting his disappointment that, with Chelsea just three points behind his club Arsenal in the table, they might have more chance of catching them in the race for that final Champions League place now.

The Belgian defender proves that he'd make a terrible football pundit as he continues to downplay the importance of the beautiful game in the grand scheme of things.

Match of the Day would turn into Question Time if Vincent were invited on. Football eh? Who needs it?

As Fulham hammered five past sorry Wolves at Craven Cottage on Sunday, the men from Opta tweeted that their approval of the passing move that led to Clint Dempsey's second.

The Wolves first-team are, unsurprisingly, keeping their heads down on Twitter so far following the heavy defeat down in the capital.

The Shrewsbury Town defender gives his damning verdict on Wolves after their 5-0 thrashing at Fulham, saying that even Harry Potter couldn't keep them up on current form.

Forget football, perhaps the players could try their hand at quidditch instead.

"Put a shift in", "a big point" and "we got what we deserved" – the Bucks defender goes cliché-happy after picking up a point against Alfreton on Saturday.

But was it one point gained or two points dropped in the battle for survival?

The Sunderland striker promised to stay out of his own penalty area after gifting a golden chance to fierce rivals in the Tyne-Wear derby yesterday.

Campbell hadn't long been on the pitch when he tripped Demba Ba in the box, only to have his blushes spared by keeper Simon Mignolet who saved the spotkick.

The Manchester United defender asks if fans have as much trouble sleeping after big games as he does, following a 3-1 win at White Hart Lane on Sunday.

Fortunately, most have plenty of time to wind down as they make the long trip back down the M40 to Kent after watching the team play at home – yesterday was a nice, short trip for the faithful.