november 14th
09.05 – These Champions League permutations are easy, I don’t know what everyone is fussing about.
Arsenal will definitely play Roma, Valencia or Barcelona, and any one of a number of clubs whose names I forget right now. As group winners, we’ll play our first game at home, so that means the first game has to be against Roma or one of those clubs whose name I forget, as Valencia and Barcelona both won their groups. Then you simply divide the sum of two small squares whose mass is equal to a right sided triangle, carry the one, and bob’s your uncle. Easy eh?
The draw will be made tomorrow from the back room of an old brothel in Geneva.
Arsene Wenger wants to talk to the Brazilian federation to see if they’ll let Gilberto stay at home while the rest of their squad fly to Peru or somewhere for a friendly. Most likely he’ll have a 13 hour flight to play half a game, and as such will probably miss the game away at Southampton. Dennis Bergkamp is considering an appeal against his ITV powered misconduct charge.
Rami Shaaban is full of praise for David Seaman, and says he’s a great teacher. In return for this goalkeeping coaching, Rami is teaching DS how to swear in Swedish. Seems like a fair trade to me. I suspect he’ll get the nod for Saturday’s game against Sp*rs, but then my predictions are nearly always wrong, so take that with a hefty pinch of salt.
This is funny. Say what you want about Roy Keane, but who amongst you can honestly say you’ve never felt the same way?
