november 9th
Well yesterday saw Arsene Wenger charged with improper conduct by the FA for calling Cheat van Cheatelrooy a cheat. Not much of a surprise to be honest, but with the FA saying all other matters regarding the Old Trafford game closed it’s nice to know that United wasted so much time and energy on their dossier (which they had laminated, made all the headings in Gill Sans bold and used fancy formatting which took ages for them to do in Microsoft Word). The boss can expect a fine and not much more. He’s also been given the backing of chairman Peter Hill-Wood who says that it’s ok for him to call anyone he wants really mean names. Which is nice.
Meanwhile Patrick Vieira has vowed to regain his form as he continues to play like Patrick Duffy. He blames the lack of pre-season training and doesn’t want to talk about Real Madrid. Not until next summer anyway. I jest. Honestly. It would be fantastic to see Paddy back in his pomp. Let’s hope he can find Billy’s Boots and get going again. With our recent downturn in form have come calls for more youngsters to be given a chance with lots of fans looking for Robin van Persie to be given a run up front. The boss isn’t really keen on throwing too many youngsters into the mix at this time though and seems to think that experience will get us through.
We should see van Persie in tonight’s Carling Cup game against Everton. The squad is here on Arsenal.com and includes Edu who really does need the games to get his match fitness and form back together. Everton will be a good test for the kids, and a good result would be a handy fillip for everyone.
Last night saw Arsenal’s very young reserve side beat Chelsea 2-0. Our roving reporter Toasey was there and you’ll find match details and player reports right here.
That’s yer lot.
