Guardian Unlimited's tea-time take on the world of football
Tittle and tattle   Oh dear. We're back already. And what do you
know: our usually mild depression levels have sunk to a wild
GIVE ME PROZAC NOW lust. Why? Well, receiving a Robson Green CD
for Christmas didn't help (do people really hate us that much?).
And a trip to Milton Keynes' "biggest ever panto" Dick
Whittington (starring family favourite Gary Wilmot, Hi De Hi's
Jeffrey Holland and Roland Rat) was another uppercut to our
spirits. Then came today, a new low - with the stark realisation
that we'd be spending all January wheezing on about loan deals
made during the transfer window.  So here goes. [Fiver tries to
summon up will to live. Fails]. Everton have agreed loan deals
for US international striker Brian McBride and Egyptian defender
Ibrahim Said, subject to work permits, until the end of the
season. So no doubt we'll all be deluged with pathetic puns
("Here comes the McBride," anyone?) by tomorrow morning. The
Fiver is more impressed, howe