may 15th
08.53 – We’ve long been of the opinion here that Arsenal Chairman Peter Hill-Wood shut be kept locked away, and only allowed to speak after he’s had a script drilled into him by somebody with half an ounce of tact and common sense.
He’s made some comments recently about Patrick Vieira which have left the Captain with a sour taste in his mouth. “Hill-Wood continues to make comments which I am not happy about at all. He said that if I wasn’t content with the money I was earning then I could leave. But he always seems to wait until I am out of the country playing for France before saying anything. It is a total lack of respect and I really do not appreciate it.”
Is Patrick Vieira more important to Arsenal than Peter Hill-Wood? Deffo. Short term, long term, any term, Paddy is the heartbeat of the team in more ways than one. However, it looks like it’ll be well into the summer before any new deal is signed “Arsenal and I have talked three times and with the FA Cup final, my work in Senegal and the boss’s holiday, that will take us until after pre-season training before we can start to talk about a new contract again.”
Not sure I like that to be honest. How difficult is it? ‘Hello most influential midfield player in the world, how much would you like? Ok…please sign here’. Sort it out Arsenal.
The Times talk to Gilberto. Birmingham boss Steve Bruce wants Francis Jeffers for £4m this summer. Will Arsenal sell? Will Franny be fit enough to pass a medical if we do? David Seaman is an injury worry for the cup final with a neck injury. Despite having never played a first team game Guillaume Warmuz wants to stay at Arsenal next season, and if not would like to find another English club.
It’s been a while since we’ve heard from him, and he’s spent some time travelling around Goa, various Thai islands and Skibbereen in County Cork, Leopold Mendacious has returned. Cakes, crisps and fizzy drinks – a look at Arsenal’s end of season party can now be found on the real ANR.
There are some cup final articles beginning to appear now – and one today in the Telegraph reveals fans favourite FA Cup moments. I’m not going to post it here because 3 of the top 5 feature Arsenal on the wrong end of it, with that fluke goal from Giggs being the number 1. In the interests of being completely partisan and biased, feel free to leave a comment today about your favourite Arsenal FA Cup moment, final or otherwise.
For me it’s got to be Alan Sunderland in ’79. That sick feeling when United scored their second was almost worth it when Chippy gave it to Rix and Rix floated it over and where the fuck is Gary Bailey oh look he’s staring at the ball in the back of his net and look at those curls go mental. Sweet. How many times did you recreate that goal yourself in the back garden?
As good as that was though, I’d much prefer an easy win on Saturday to anything remotely nailbiting, 8-2 please Arsenal.
