january 14th
12.23 – Hurrah, it seems Matthew Upson has rejected the crooked nosed overtures of Steve Bruce, and according to his agent, he wants to stay and fight for his place at Arsenal. Barry Neville, no relation to the ugly sisters oop norf, says “He is hoping he gets a chance to prove he can be an Arsenal player. That is where he wants to stay..”
I am glad to hear it. I suppose the easy option would have been for him to go to a smaller club and play regularly, but his decision shows ambtion and belief in his ability to become a first team regular at Arsenal. I think he can do it too.
Lee Dixon talks about Thierry Henry in the Telegraph (registration required I think). He says that he’s spoken Ian Wright about Thierry breaking his scoring record. WWW said “Dicko, it is no disgrace whatsoever to be second to such a great world-class player as Thierry Henry. No one can take my goals away, but to be behind a player who won the World Cup and the European Championship for France by the age of 23, would only be an honour. When he overtakes me, I won’t be crying in my soup.” You’ve still gotta love Wrighty, eh?!
Ashley Cole will find out today from the FA if he faces a ban for swearing at referee Paul Durkin. Anyway, even if gets cleared for the swearing, he’ll probably get a 3 match ban for being grammatically incorrect and for poor syntax.
heh -old, but good. And the war on Iraq has begun, with a Spam offensive. American is bombarding Iraqi officials with messages like “HOWDY PARNDER. ME AN’ MY OL’ PAPPY DONE FOUND A GOLDMINE AFORE PAPPY GOT HIS SELF KILLED BY THEM THERE VARMINTS IN WASHINGTON. I NEEDS YOUR HELP TO RECLAIM THAT THERE MONEY AND I AM OFFERING YA’LL 10% OF THE $22,500,000 HELD IN A VAULT ….” etc.
