january 16th
11.51 – According to the Daily Mirror, Arsene has ‘lost patience’ with Francis Jeffers and is ready to sell him for £6m.
They don’t provide any quotes to back up their story, which is now one of the most tedious around. Whenever there’s little or no Arsenal news, out comes the ‘Jeffers for sale’ story. The last thing AW said about Jeffers was this: “He has the chance to show in the next three or four months that he is an Arsenal player. I want Jeffers to be part of Arsenal’s success and prove I was right to buy him.”
I think Jeffers has until the summer to prove he’s worth a place in the squad. Scoring goals for fun in the reserves is one thing, but he needs to take his chances in the first team when he gets them.
The Independent has us linked with French goalkeeper Nicolas Penneteau. I don’t know too much about him to be honest. Any French football experts out there want to fill us in a bit?
Youngster Liam Chilvers has gone on loan to Colchester United, with a view to a permanent move. It looks like Steven Sidwell is off to Reading, for a cut price £75,000. Brighton fans will be upset, as he’s been playing very well for them during his loan spell, but you have to wonder at the price we’re selling him for. He looks well capable of playing in Division 1 at this stage, and will only improve, so why let him go for a price that probably doesn’t cover Sol Campbell’s weekly wages? Good luck to him anyway.
Russian man freezes penis to bus shelter. I don’t think I need to add anything to that. Thanks to Dan for the link. Cheers to everyone for clicking the link to LaughFC.com – we’re miles out in front there. heh. Viva la revolución. And today, check out News at Ten – a kind of spoof news site. The ‘Puff the Magic Dragon found dead in seaside poverty’ headline made me laugh. Out loud.
