april 25th
08.59 – Arsenal’s hopes of having Sol Campbell available for the final games of the season have all but disappeared as, according to The Telegraph, the FA’s video advisory panel have decided to uphold referee Mark Halsey’s decision. Fucksocks. May I suggest you start lighting some candles now, and saying rosaries and novenas, to ensure Martin Keown stays fit….or else we could have Uncle Fester and the Latvian Lurch at the back.
It really doesn’t bear thinking about.
Whoever decided it would be good to have friendly internationals at this stage of the season, should be skinned alive, rolled in salt, doused in their own piss, and dragged along a cobbled street from the back of a horse, all the while being forced to listen to Phil Collins via a small earpiece. Freddie Ljungberg says he’ll be ‘unpopular’ at Arsenal if he goes to play for Sweden, but what choice does he have? Clubs are at the mercy of the national sides in situations like this, which of course is a load of pigshit, so if Sweden says he has to go, he has to go.
France are playing, so Thierry Henry, Sylvain Wiltord and Robert Pires will have to go, as will Gilberto who’s got to go all the way to Mexico. At this stage of the season, with the games so important, it’s simply ludicrous. The sooner international football is resigned to the 2nd rate scrapheap it belongs on, the better. A full list of international call-ups is available here from arsenal.com.
Good news for tomorrow is that Seaman, Cole and Keown are all available. Vieira is not however, and he’s struggling to be fit for Leeds. Edu is out for the season, so Ray Parlour should continue in midfield.
Loads of speculation about David Beckham in today’s papers, which makes this story all the more interesting. It seems Ferguson is willing to get shot of Giggs as well, as he lines up a bid for Harry Kewell, and looks to partner van Nistelrooy with Dutch team-mate Patrick Kluivert.
But fear not Gooners, we’ve got some serious transfer gossip of our own – according to this ‘arse’ yesterday, the deals for Rustu, John Terry and…get this…Ronaldinho are as good as done. Looks like Arsenal might splash the cash in the summer.
I’ll believe it when I see it though.
