september 29th
Do you think there might actually be a Richter Scale of tiredness? Sorry San Franciscans, I should have said Old Trafford yesterday.
Tonight sees the second game in this season’s Champions League against Rosenborg with Arsene Wenger calling on the team to show the same belief that they do in the Premiership. The boss says “We don’t have the same certainty or belief in the Champions League that we do in the domestic competition.”
Despite some excellent results over the years he does have a point although you have to wonder about articulating it so publicly before a big game. Maybe he’s challenging the players to prove him wrong because with the talent we have in our squad we really shouldn’t fear anybody in this competition. That’s not to say there aren’t teams that can beat us, of course there are, but on our day I think this side is a match for any in the world.
Robert Pires reckons we need two faces for Europe. One is the fast, flowing, attractive football face, the other is the the one that grinds out ugly results and is all to do with results and not performance. Le Bob is confident the players and the team have learned from all the failed campaigns though. “I sense we are more mature. We have found out over the last four years since I have been at Arsenal what you need to be successful in the Champions League.”
Arsenal yesterday confirmed that Gilberto was going to be out for at least a month with that worrying back injury, but there’s better news about Robert Pires who according to AW ‘should play’ tonight. With Pires fit and likely to play on the left it means José Reyes will play up front with Thierry tonight and the boss has been singing his praises ahead of the game. He’s been playing on the left for the most part but he’s going to end up as a central striker and the boss has said he’ll be Arsenal’s Wayne Rooney except he won’t be a thick, fat cunt.
That’s about it for this morning. Now it’s over to Emma for the weather…
ps – that’s not it. The BBC are looking for people for a TV programme. If you’re a football widow or football widower and you drive your wife/partner/soul mate/domesticated farm animal mad with your unhealthy obsession with Arsenal drop a mail to [email protected] (heh) and she’ll give you more details.
