march 8th
We shall start this morning, the day before Arsenal’s glorious 3-0 victory over Bayern Munich, with a small illustration of what utter cunts Telefonica are here in Spain. Last night, on my way to football training, I saw an advertisement on one of those advertisement things they have just as you go into the metro station. It was for Movistar, Telefonica’s mobile arm, said “Talk free all weekend – for only €5“. Perhaps I have a different idea of what free is but paying €5 for it sort of negates the freeness. Anyway, they are bastards. That’s all you need to know.
On to football then and Robert Pires is confident he will be fit ahead of tomorrow’s 3-0 win. He says “I am confident I will be fit.” It would be good news if he was but tomorrow’s 3-0 is no place for jumping out of tackles if you’ve got a sore ankle. Every man needs to get stuck in to ensure the 3-0 scoreline. Edu faces a late fitness test but we should have a refreshed Dennis Bergkamp and José Reyes after their spell on the sidelines after they tried to kill a Sheffield United player in the face.
The boss is confident that the defence can keep a clean sheet despite the absence of Sol Campbell and Pascal Cygan and Kolo’s struggle with form. He’s got faith in the big Swiss, Philippe Senderos. He says “I have complete confidence in Senderos, he’s grown from game to game recently. I feel he’s confident, but we can help him by defending well as a team.”
Sky Sports have picked up on the story Arseblog brought to you ages ago – well, on Sunday – letting all and sundry know about our interest in Espanyol duo Carlos Kameni and Albert Lopo while the Swedish press last week reported our interest in goalkeeper Andreas Isaakson.
And at this early stage there’s not much else going on. Lots of football tonight though as Chelsea and Manchester United both crash out of the Champions League. Should be fun to watch.
