july 31st
I watched last night’s friendly with River Plate hoping to see some decent football from Arsenal’s kids. Sadly the rigorous training they’d been through all week, coupled with River’s jet-lag made the 0-0 draw duller than a Tom Hanks film which has Phil Collins as a guest star.
There were two triallists from the Ivory Coast who both looked OK, but didn’t really catch the eye. Cesc looked a very clever little player with a very minging haircut. Senderos looked good at the back and new keeper Almunia looked quite composed too, although he had very little to do. Got my first look at Robin van Persie too. A couple of long shots aside he, like everyone, had little impact on the game, but there’s definitely a touch of class about him. We’re likely to see more senior players take part in Sunday’s game against Ajax.
Good news regarding Sol Campbell. He’s likely to sign a new four year deal with the club and negotiations are at an advanced stage. According to DD “We have moved significantly closer to agreeing a new deal with Sol. It looks a lot brighter.”
No more news on the other thing. Again we’re just waiting. Anyway, that’ll do for today. Still not 100%, as my toilet bowl will testifty.
