february 4th
08.59 – Let’s start with the good news then.
Freddie Ljungberg is on his way back. He played 60 minutes of the stiffs 1-1 draw against Chelsea last night. If I recall correctly, he was out for a similar period last season around this time, and came back into the team like a lean, mean goalscoring machine. Same again please, Fredrik.
Robert Pires says he’s not quite at his best yet, but not too far away from being at the top of his form. Considering how well he’s playing, it’s nice to know he’s got a bit more still to come. There was always the danger that after a serious injury like that, he might not regain the sort of fitness and mental strength to play the same way, but he’s worked hard and now he – and Arsenal – are seeing the rewards of that hard work. In celebration of the Bob, here’s a new wallpaper showing him just after scoring the winner against Fulham.
German defender Moritz Volz has gone on loan to Wimbledon for a month and looks set to go straight into their first team for their game this weekend. A case of Dons and Gerry?
‘Should Jeffers start at Newcastle?’, asks ANR. Doubtful, considering Bergkamp’s wonder goal up there last season. Purely from a psychological point of view, he’s got to start. He’ll put the shits up the Toon defenders any time he gets near the ball. Nice to see Jeffers starting to make an impact though, and he really does bring something different to the team when he comes on. Unlike Kanu, who’s impact as sub has dwindled as his tricks got found out, Jeffers is quick and instinctive in and around the box. Looks like he’s got a future in N5 after all.
Birmingham take on Man Utd tonight in a game that should have been played last week. No doubt the old boys network will kick in and Brucey’s boys will put up a gallant effort but end up losing 8-0 or something. All we can hope for is that our old friend Matt cripples a few Mancs before the night is out. If you could do Keane and van Nistelrooy, I’d be much obliged Mr Upson.
Finally for today, for those of you who use PDAs and other hand held thingimajigs, you can now get arseblog on your browser. I have to thank Tom for sorting this out. He travels a lot, but he’s written a nice script so all you other travellers out there can read Arseblog on the move. Cheers Tom.
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