march 8th
I had written something all about team-spirit and the way Arsene Wenger has forged it among his squad this season, but I stopped half-way through. Every newspaper in the land is praising us, ITV are praising us, BBC are praising us, the people who normally hate us are being really, really nice to us, and about us. This kind of tricksy behaviour makes me suspicious, so it does.
Do you think they’re up to something?
Robert Pires talks about the team-spirit at Arsenal and reveals how every time they score they repeat the word ‘together’ because that’s Sol Campbell’s favourite word. When we score Sol arrives saying ‘Together, together’. Imagine if Sol’s favourite word was ‘radish’ or ‘blunderbuss’. Anyway, it’s nice to see a squad so..erm..together in their togetherness.
Freddie Ljungberg was very happy with the win over Portsmouth and very happy to be back on the scoresheet. We’re certainly very lucky to have two wide players in himself and Robert Pires who can be counted on to weigh in with double figures in goals every season. Freddie’s double put him on 10, which considering his injury problems is a good return so far.
According to The Sunday Mirror that Ajax lad Trabelsi is mulling over his options for the summer, with us and of course Chelsea likely destinations. Apparently he’s a very good player, but apparently we also have a top centre-half in Philippe Senderos to accommodate in the near future, so that would certainly be in the manager’s thinking when recruiting this summer.
Today sees the draw for the semi-finals of the FA Cup. There will be lots of people who’ll talk about warm balls – I mean the ones in the draw you filthy minded fools – and are convinced that with two first division sides as opponents, keeping Arsenal and United apart will set up a showcase final. I’m not convinced though, I reckon we’ll get that lot in the semis and maybe it’ll be a way of laying the ghosts of ‘99 to rest. A last minute penalty winner from Dennis Bergkamp would be nice. The draw takes place around 1.30pm GMT.
So, how was your weekend then?
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