november 19th
08.47 – In the olden days, I used to be a DJ. One night I was coming home from work and had stopped in a 24 hour shop in Rathmines to get cigarettes or something. Anyway, as I was coming out of the shop there was a girl trying to hail a taxi and she nearly fell in front of a late night bus in her haste. Luckily for her my spider senses were tingling and I managed to stop her before she got splattered. That was about 8 years ago and today I thought ‘I should have told her what my job was‘. It would have made her story the next day even better, wouldn’t it?
Jermaine Pennant has managed to do little on the pitch at Leeds to suggest he’s going to displace any of the current squad. Being arrested alongside Jody Morris won’t have done him much good either. Pennant was later released on bail without charge while Morris has been charged with rape. What can you say? What God gave him in his feet he seems to have denied him in grey matter.
In much happier and far more interesting news, Arsene Wenger reckons that Philippe Senderos and on-loan forward Michal Papadopulos will have a role to play in the first team this season. There have always been high expectations of Senderos, but the young striker could force his way into the reckoning. Certainly if our current forwards keep finding the net with the same accuracy as they are at the moment then his time could come sooner rather than later. According to AW, “They look a little bit rusty but two or three games will do them good. I feel they could be a force for us in the second part of the season.”
Senderos himself is glad to be back in action, saying “It has been very frustrating for me but I’ve kept my chin up and although injuries are never good for any player, I feel that it’s been a good test for me mentally. I hope that I will soon be pushing for a place in the first-team .”
Arsenal fans have been guilty of over-hyping promising young players. We’ve been waiting patiently for the fruits of AW’s academy to emerge, seeing off the likes of Barrett, Sidwell, Bothroyd and Noble, all tipped to make it. With Senderos the expectation is huge, not just with the fans. The expectations of him within the club are just as high. He’ll get his chance soon enough I suppose, but who does he displace if he does make it? And with that in mind, do we need Boumsong from Auxerre?
Ok, need coffee badly, and for the first time in ages it’s quite cold here first thing in the morning. I hate cold.
