february 6th
Last night I had a very strange dream, so I did. I was walking down Kensington High Street and Peter André, Justin Timberlake and Limahl were following me down the road using Jet Packs and flinging water balloons at me on the orders of Fat Tony from the Simspons. I was getting soaked, and it was one of those ones where you can’t run because your legs are so heavy and the ground is all sticky. The usual dream stuff. André was shouting at me and Timberlake was singing a version of All Along the Watchtower. Limahl was just Jet Packing and chucking water bombs. The wetter I got, the more pissed off I was getting because I couldn’t do anything about it.
Then, out of nowhere, came Charlie George and he had one of those things that the Ghostbusters used to trap the ghosts before dragging them down into the traps. When he fired at them Timberlake quite literally burst, covering passers-by with his innards. Limahl turned around and scuttled away over the rooftops, but Charlie didn’t miss Peter Andre, who when he was captured in the beam went mental, and his almost hare-lip that he has in real life turned into the Predator’s fanny mouth. I woke up then. Weird.
In football news, Jose Reyes could be missing from the game against Wolves. He was unwell during the week, and according to Arsene Wenger spent all Wednesday day in bed. I would imagine the change in climate has frozen him from the inside out. He was back in Sevilla yesterday and he apologised to the Arsenal fans for his own goal against Boro. I don’ t think anybody would be stupid enough to hold it against him anyway, but it was nice to hear.
Giovanni van Bronckhorst has said he thinks Reyes will be a good signing for the Gunners, but will need time to adapt. He’s also admitted he’s unsure about his future once the season ends. I can’t see much of a future for him at Highbury to be honest, and if we can get a couple of million for him I think that’s probably best for all concerned. Sol Campbell talks about the much improved Arsenal defence, and how signing Reyes is a sign that the boss has confidence in them.
According to the Sun, Barcelona want to sign Edu this summer. They claim face to face talks have already taken place between David Dein and Sandro Rosell and a fee of £5m is being mentioned. I sincerely hope this isn’t true. I really like Edu as player, but if he decided to go, who could blame him? To my mind he’s been the best of all our central midfielders this season and his performances have been consistently excellent. He’s played mostly in the cups, but when it comes to the league he’s often found himself dropped in favour of Gilberto. But he doesn’t complain, he gives 100% every time and is a credit to the club. I know the opinions of Gilberto are mixed to say the least, and it’s difficult to argue against him when we sit top of the league, but for me, Edu is a better player and I’d pick him ahead of his country-man every time. Please don’t take that as Gilberto bashing of any kind, because I like Gilberto too. I just prefer Edu.
One more class. Then it’s the weekend good and proper.
