1. #NO. 1? Former Manchester United goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel says Alex Ferguson’s latest signing is not up to the job. The Old Trafford boss has agreed a £3.5m deal to replace Edwin van der Sar with Denmark’s Anders Lindegaard.

2. #RANT Roy Keane last night took yet another pop at the FAI – saying the association ‘took the mick’ with Darren O’Dea returning to Ipswich injured,  The Irish Sun reports.

3. #PAYMENT The Gaelic Players Association says it would support to the formal payment of inter-county GAA managers, revealing that the players would have no problem with this, according to the Irish Examiner.

4. #TRAP Giovanni Trapattoni’s already-strained relationship with Manchester United midfielder Darron Gibson may not be any better this mornig after a ‘gaffe’ from the Ireland boss. Trap criticised players who stay at home when their kids are ill; Gibson missed the Norway game because of a sick child at home. The Irish Daily Mail says the FAI insisted afterwards that the Italian was talking generally.

5. #DEAL The same day he learned that Jonathon Sexton would start against the All Blacks at Lansdowne Road tomorrow, Ronan O’Gara has signed a new two-year deal at Munster – worth around 350k per year, according to the Irish Daily Star.

6. #HONG KONG Ian Poulter threatened to become the first man to post a sub-60 score on the European Tour during the second round of the Hong Kong Open, leapfrogging Rory McIlroy at the top of the leaderboard in the process after the Ireland star double-bogeyed the final hole.

7. GEE-GEES Cheltenham Gold Cup hero Imperial Commander will face six rivals as he bids to make a winning reappearance in the Betfair Chase at Haydock tomorrow.

8. #BEST Kieran McGeeney has hailed the Kerry and Tyrone teams of the last decade as the greatest Gaelic football has known.

9. #KO And check out this sick knock-out from the Asian Games. Boom. [H/T Balls.ie]