december 18th
09.03 – I suppose I should hold my hands up and admit that I thought yesterday was Thursday and Rio’s thing was starting. Turns out it wasn’t Thursday at all. However, today is Thursday, so the Rio thing should be starting today. I’d be happy to take any drugs test you want, there’s nothing in my system that would negatively impact my short term memory. Oh no.
My memory may be poor, but my head is not pointy and I don’t run around looking like a don’t give a shit. I think I’ve been reasonably Wiltord friendly, but his performance in the Carling Cup game was that of a man with his mind somewhere else. PSG, perhaps? Let’s hope so. We’ve got great kids coming through, the last thing we need to do is show them there’s a place in the team for somebody who quite patently isn’t making the effort anymore.
Arsenal will play Middlesboro in the semi-final of the Carling Cup. Boro beat Spurs on penalties and as good as that gets, it has prompted the headline of the year from Arseweb, with this – Boro deny Tottenham semi-final loss to Arsenal. Class. I wish I had headlines. My favourite football headline of all time has to be the one from The Sun when Thomas Brolin was involved in a car crash with a local animal in his native Sweden – HUGE BEAST RUNS INTO ELK.
Arsene Wenger has praised both Martin Keown and Lauren for their performances in the games against West Brom, after both players made their comebacks from injuries. According to this Fulham site Arsene Wenger will meet Moritz Volz to ‘decide his future’. It’s no secret the …pffff….cottagers….heh….want to sign him permo like, but it may well be his future is at Highbury. Alan Smith has managed to write an article without saying a word about Arsene Wenger leaving at the end of his current contract, and it’s all the better for it. Some good stuff on the kids in The Telegraph.
Christmas shopping update – 0% with a slight chance of making that 10% by the end of the morning.
