may 8th
08.49 – Arsenal 6-1 Southampton (Pires 3, Pennant 3)
What a shame we couldn’t have done this against Leeds, or Bolton for that matter. Arsene Wenger certainly regrets it, but it’s all water under the bridge now.
We should focus on the postitive, and the big one from last night was a hat-trick on his full league debut for Jermaine Pennant. The last Arsenal player to do that was a certain Ian Wright. AW said “It’s great for Jermaine. He’s not a typical goalscorer but he took his chances well and showed that he has the technical level to be there.”
His lack of opportunities have led to questions about his application, never his talent but the boss says “I believe he has gone through a difficult period, where he’s still growing up mentally and has not completely settled yet. It’s important that the club helps him during this period to find a real stability in his life.”
Well done Jermaine, let’s see plenty more of that next season. He is cup-tied for the FA Cup final though, Strachan will be relieved. 3 goals from Le Bob too, and didn’t he enjoy them. His third was a quite outrageous 30 yard chip over Paul Jones – and let’s get it straight here, Bob has to stay. He’s a legend, a truly great player and more important to the team and the way we play than a lot of players. It was left to Arsene Wenger to add a touch of homo-eroticism to the night by saying of his two hat-trick stars “I don’t know who gets the match ball. They’ll have to toss for it.”
Thierry Henry looked slighty desolate at the end of the game last night, probably because he thought his chance of winning the golden boot was gone. Despite setting up 3 of Arsenal’s goals, he failed to get on the scoresheet, but his 17 assists this season are a new Premiership record. When you take his goal tally plus assists into account, it silences those who were those screaming for van Nistelrooy to be given the Player of the Year awards because he’s scored 8 more penalties than Thierry.
However, all is not lost on the golden boot front. According to AW he will play against Sunderland. “I want to give Thierry a chance to get the golden boot.”
Finally, well done to this bloke who managed to win money after betting that Arsenal would win the title. Sometime back in March Paddy Power bookmakers paid out on Arsenal winning the league, the daft cunts. The daft jinxing us cunts. Enjoy that cash fella.
