january 8th
09.37 – ‘Draws. Huh….good god. What are they good for? ‘Absolutely nothing!’ – Apart from one point, that is.
I know it’s making some people a little bit mad that we’re throwing away leads in matches over the last little while. Maybe we’re drawing a game too many?
Personally I was quite happy with a point against Everton last night. These are the kind of games we’ve lost in previous seasons. This season we’re not losing them. We’re a mere 3 points behind United, we’ve got to play them at home yet, they will drop some points at some stage, and when you consider how far back we’ve come from in seasons past, I can’t help but feel positive about us and the way we’re playing.
Of course, our title challenge is over now, that’s according to the people who know us best and aren’t just making headlines.
How typical was it that Francis Jeffers came on and played a part in their goal? I hope he didn’t celebrate too wildly, the juggy eared little bollix. According to Arsene Wenger, the game was more of a fight than a technical game (considering Everton’s team that’s not a surprise), but he didn’t have any definite news about Kolo Toure who had to go off after about 20 minutes. Ominously he said “It looks like a bad kick, we hope nothing’s broken.”
That’d be you, me, and every other Arsenal fan, Boss. It shows you how far that boy has come in such a short space of time that an injury to him weakens our team. Anyway, that’s Everton out of the way for another season, and now begins the Boro marathon.
I was sent this over the festive period but, due to alcohol consumption and all the various associated short term memory problems, I forgot to post it. It’s a new column by Steve E entitled – Around the world in 8 (or so) games.
Back to work good and proper now today. Yesterday was a merely a meeting. Boooo. Stupid work.
