february 6th
It looks like Arseblogger has called the wrong person at Telefonica a cunt, so I get to write today’s blog. Fortunately it’s a bit easier than the last one I wrote, after we beat Villa 1-3 at their place.
Freddie, Thierry and Ashley Cole all scored in the first half and it was pretty much over after 14 minutes when Thierry got the second. If you wanted to be picky, you could say it should’ve been more as well with a couple of glaring misses from Vieira and Henry.
We played very well though and it was a fine response to Tuesday’s disappointment. In particular, Senderos and Cygan were solid at the back, Vieira was excellent and Thierry ended his mini-drought, scoring his first in seven games. Edu started his first game in ages and played very well. He’s either got himself in the shop window or he’s trying to prove to the boss he’s committed for the rest of the season. I prefer to believe the latter and hope an agreement can still be found to keep him at the club.
The Ashley Cole saga rumbles on and on with the News of the World’s ‘dossier of shame’ that ‘proves’ Cole met Mourinho and some other cunts at some hotel in London. It’s getting a bit boring now – I don’t really care whether he met them. Everyone knows it goes on. No doubt part of the reason the media is so interested is because the title race is already over. All the talk of docking points seems rather dramatic – the precedent for this sort of thing is a fine and even though that would be largely meaningless to Chelsea, it seems pretty unlikely that a points reduction would be a likely sanction. Arsene Wenger has already said he doesn’t want to win in an ‘artificial way’, which is presumably a pre-emptive wind-up in case they are docked points and United have a chance to win it.
In any case, Ashley showed his worth on the pitch against Villa, scoring an excellent goal, and if by meeting Chelsea his intention was to show Arsenal his worth, he went about it in a much better way yesterday.
That’s it for today. Enjoy your Sunday.
