october 19th
October 19th
10.55 – My bizarre dreams continue. This time I was world table-tennis champions, having easily beaten Trevor Brooking in the final. That’ll teach him to score the winner in the 1980 FA Cup Final.
Carlo Cuducini’s Jerzy Dudek impression gave Thierry Henry the chance to score the winner yesterday. Arsene Wenger admitted Arsenal were a little bit lucky, but based on the performance there’s no doubt we deserved all 3 points.
Le Boss said “In the end we were lucky because Cudicini is usually reliable but he made that mistake, but I felt we wanted the three points whereas they would have been happy with a point.”
Chelsea may have gone out and spent a fortune in the summer, but this was proof of the benefit of keeping the same players together. It caps a fine series of results for us. 3 wins and a draw against United, Chelsea, Liverpool and Newcastle. You can’t ask for much more than that.
According to the News of the World, PSV striker Mateja Kezman wants to join Arsenal. He says “Joining Arsenal would be exciting.” Apparently he scored 35 goals in the Dutch league last season, which is impressive, even in a 2nd rate league like that.
Coming up on Tuesday is a make or break European game for the Gunners. Dinamo Kiev in Kiev, and the boys are feeling the pressure. Robert Pires says “I don’t even want to think about us not qualifying for the next round.” It’s rare to hear Sylvain Wiltord talk and not go on about himself, but he makes a good point when he says “We need to stop talking about our European form and get out and play. For a few years, we’ve been blocked at the quarter-final stage or before and it’s time we went further.”
AW says “It’s a massive game for us as we must get at least a point.” Kiev players are confident after seeing us draw with Locomotiv Moscow.Tribal Football says Jermaine Pennant is returning to Arsenal after the club and Leeds were unable to agree an extension to his loan deal.
Right, enjoy your Sunday. It’s grey again here in Spain, nothing to do but play PES3 all day, which is quite simply the best football game ever.
