january 27th
So Kolo Toure accepted the charge of violent conduct and now misses the next 3 games. A bit of a blow, you have to say. I saw the incident at last and it’s very strange. It does make you wonder whether or not there should be some judgement based on how severe the incident is. It was foolish of Kolo but does what he did deserve the same length of a ban as someone like van Nistelrooy for his challenge on Cole or somebody who throws an elbow into the face of an opponent? It’s a moot point and I suppose it would open up a can of worms if there was something like that. With reports of an injury to Philippe Senderos it means that Pascal Cygan will play alongside Sol for the forthcoming fixtures. Allez baldy!!
Meanwhile Arsene Wenger has again insisted that Arsenal are investing for the future by putting faith in young players. This may mean a short-term drop-off in performances and results but the boss wants fans to be patient as he tries to build a squad of players that can compete with Chelsea. He says “For us to compete with Chelsea [financially] and ruin this club would be nonsense. We have gone another way, which is to get good young players in, mature them and not to sell them to Chelsea. These young players at Arsenal can win championships as they have outstanding quality and belief.”
Brave comments when you consider how impatient and fickle a lot of fans are.
There’s still no word as to whether or not we’ll make any kind of signing in the transfer window to replace the Valencia bound Edu. With the transfer window closing on Monday we’d have to get our skates on and given AW’s previous comments it would more than likely be an older player who wouldn’t get in the way of the development of Fabregas and Flamini too much. Then again it wouldn’t be a surprise to see nobody arriving at all.
Right, that’s your lot. A look ahead to the Wolves game tomorrow.
