march 20th
A quick Sunday round-up for you.
As you all know by now we beat Blackburn 1-0 at Ewok Park yesterday. The winner a sublime goal from Robin van Persie who only played because Freddie Ljungberg was injured in the warm up. Arsene Wenger was pleased with his performance, saying “This was part of his rehabilitation and he did show he’s capable of a team-oriented performance, not a selfish one. He has a talent and I feel more is to come out – there’s something special in there and there are good ingredients still to show.”
The young Dutchling was a happy boy yesterday, saying “I’m very happy that we won and also that I scored. My last goal was two months ago I think so I’m glad to get another one.” He was asked on Sky after the game if he’d learned anything from his sending off against Southampton the other week and he said “Yes. Not to do tricks in the midfield.” Good answer, I thought. I said before I thought the reaction to his sending off was over the top and it was nice to see him make amends, to some degree, yesterday. He’s got to work on his celebration though.
We had some other chances. José had a couple well saved by Brad Friedel and apart from one at the end from Steven Reid Blckburn offered little in attack. Senderos was impressive again in defence, Gael Clichy did well at left back and Jens looks like he’s got some of the confidence back that he was obviously missing for a time this season. Overall when you look at the players and experience we were missing this was a very good win and yet another clean sheet. Is that 5 in a row now? I think it is.
In other Sunday tittle-tattle Shaun Wright Phillips is going to Chelsea for £20m or to Arsenal for £10m depending on whether you read the People or the Sunday Mirror – which is kind of like asking if you read the back of a box of Cornflakes or Coco Pops for all they’re worth. The People also reports we’re after Dutch defender Jan Kromkamp. They say we’ll play him at right back but we’ve already got more right backs than George Best has sober moments so maybe he’s the central defender. The same report suggests we’re favourites to sign keeper Silvio Broto who is obviously no relation to Silvio Proto who we’ve been linked with before.
And there you go. I need food and possibly some beer. Have a good Sunday.
