february 14th
So our FA Cup opponents for Saturday became known yesterday as Sheffield United beat West Ham on penalties and they’ll make the trip to Highbury. There’s been plenty of history between the two clubs in the past. There was the Kanu – Overmars goal which never should have been and made Steve Bruce call his players off the pitch only for Arsenal to make him look like the twat he is by replaying the match, and we met in the semi-finals at Old Trafford a couple of seasons ago and if you listen to Neil Warnock he’ll convince you that Graham Poll scored our winner that day. It should be an interesting game.
Ahead of tonight’s game against Palace Arsene Wenger has marked Ian Dowie as a contender for manager of the year saying he’s performed ‘miracles’ at Selhurst Park. Kolo Toure should return to the Arsenal back four tonight, Gael Clichy comes in to replace a sick Ashley Cole and Jens Lehmann will keep his place in goal with the manager praising his professionalism. The boss said “I was very happy because Jens is a big professional and you see the real character of a player when you drop him. He is a good example to young players as it is a good attitude to copy when you are not in the side.”
Other than that not much happening. Poor old Citeh couldn’t take any points from United as the scouse behemoth was involved in both their goals. So a win tonight is absolutely necessary to keep the pressure on them.
How was your weekend then?
