january 18th
Yesterday is what I’d call a slow news day. There really was nothing of any substance happening beyond a very strangely timed story about Robert Pires wanting a new deal even though he’s got 18 months of his current deal still to go. Beyond that nothing happened of any interest at all yesterday.
This morning the Wenger v Demento row rumbles on. AW said he’d never answer any more questions about Ferguson but he never said he wouldn’t make any statements about him. Speaking to French television the boss said “Ferguson has lost all sense of reality to the extent that he is going out and looking for a confrontation and asking the person to apologise. Ferguson’s out of order. He has pushed the cork in a bit far this time and he has lost a lot of credibility.”
The FA are said to want to shame good behaviour into both managers and the fear the latest series of comments will lead to World War III when United visit Highbury next month. For that reason it’s being suggested that Graham Poll will referee the game. That should stop any madness then. And just to ensure Ferguson’s blood pressure goes off the chart Wenger called for video replays to be introduced as soon as possible, saying “If you take the example of Manchester United, they would be in mid-table now if officials had the benefit of them.”
Beautiful. Elsewhere John Terry says revenge for last season is what’s driving Chelsea on this season. That and £300m worth of players bought with the blood and organs and sinews of ordinary Russians. Regular arser Perry Groves didn’t like what he saw against Bolton and offers his opinion on what’s going wrong in a new column called ‘Lost weekend‘.
And that’s about it. I’ve woken up with the plague so I’m just going to sit around and moan and grump like every man does when he has a cold. Bah.
