november 18th
08.55 – Instead of having a nice, relaxing week after demolishing Sp*rs, most of Arsenal’s squad will be flying to the four corners of the globe to play internationals. Spit.
Frenchies Wiltord, Henry and Vieira will be playing Yugoslavia, Gilberto flies to Peru to play 45 minutes for Brazil, while Igors Stepanovs travels to Milton Keynes to pick up a new wardrobe from Ikea.
From the Arsenal mailing list comes the story of an Arsenal fan arrested and ejected from the ground for giving Glenn Hoddle the finger. The fact that the fan was reacting to Hoddle turning around and giving a one finger salute to the Arsenal supporters seems to have been neatly overlooked. Hoddle says “I don’t know anything about these claims. I didn’t make any obscene gestures to the Arsenal fans. It’s ridiculous to suggest otherwise.”
Well, we all know that telling fibs is not in Glenn’s nature. He definitely wouldn’t tell Gareth Southgate to pretend to be injured during a World Cup press conference for example, or he wouldn’t constantly deny any interest in Robbie Keane before going out and buying him. Just two examples of Hoddle’s non-fib telling nature. Did anyone else out there see the giant-jawed buffoon’s gesture?
Good results for the Gunners yesterday, as Sunderland had a 90 minute defensive work out against Liverpool and the might of Phil Babb stopped his old club from scoring, and Man Utd could only draw with West Ham as Jermaine Defoe (who looks like a very handy player) scored a beautifully offside equaliser in the last 5 minutes. Sweet.
Finally for today, worrying news for our millions of Chinese readers, Arseblog is now unavailable in China due to their strict internet guidelines. It’s a travesty and disgrace is what it is. I’ve ordered their food, eaten in their restaurants, bought crappy plastic toys, and set off their fireworks, and this is how they treat me. The world’s gone mad madder.
