november 3rd
08.47 – Ah, the Monday after the Saturday before. Quite literally the equivalent of the Tuesday after the Saturday before. Arsenal sit top of the league, Leeds bottom. Arsenal are good. Leeds are shit. It looks like it’s curtains for the flat-capped scholars of Elland Road. Oh well. They can’t drop down the leagues quickly enough for me.
There was a big interview with Jens Lehmann in the News of the World yesterday. He expressed a bit of surprise at how little protection the keeper gets in the Premiership as opposed to the Bundesliga. “Now I realise why Arsenal had been searching for a tall goalkeeper!”
Arsenal may recall Moritz Volz from Fulham to cover for Lauren when he starts his 4 match ban. However, the cottagers (heh) would like to keep him permanently. Cottagers (heh) boss Chris Coleman said “Moritz has cottaged very cottagely. Hopefully, we can cottage something permanent. We are keeping our cottages crossed.”
Arsenal’s Giovanni van Bronckhorst has been involved in a training ground bust-up with Barcelona captain Luis Enrique. This is the second Dutchman that Enrique has clashed with this season. Earlier in the year he had a training ground scrap with former Gunner Marc Overmars. On both occasions the Barcelona captain tried to strangle his teammate to death but was prevented from doing so by his colleagues. Gio said “These things happen in training.” It’s true – remember this?
Yesterday I got a lovely email asking me “Is Leopold real or is he Jewish?” Well, to answer that question, I have to say ‘Yes, yes he is’. Thanks for taking the time to write. We’re hoping to hear something from Mr Mendacious this week, provided he’s not off Yentling around again.
Monday morning, a time for work. A determined and well-intentioned start to the week is needed. No time for 80s lyrics quizzes, oh no.
