april 23rd
Let us begin this Wengrtastic Saturday with the news that Thierry Henry is likely to be out for the next 3 or 4 weeks with a groin problem and is in a race to be fit for the cup final. According to the boss “His injury is a sign that he has pushed his body far, so it’s more of an alert than a bad injury. I think it’s more that he has been over-used by the France national team between the seasons. At some stage, you have to slow down.”
Freddie Ljungberg’s hip injury means he’ll also miss Monday’s North London derby. AW also spoke about the Ashley Cole situation and warned that his pathetic defence for his Chelsea meeting could cause chaos in football. He said “If they go to the civil courts in this case it would create huge chaos. When you register with the league you accept the football rules. Part of those rules is that you accept the legislation of football and don’t go outside football unless it is an exceptional case. What they are arguing for is completely illegitimate.”
He, being the fine man he is, prefers to point the finger of blame at the lawyers and Cole’s agent while absolving Ashley but I think that’s just a manager protecting his player. Cole has played a big part in all of this and could go down a different road if he so desired.
Speaking about Dennis Bergkamp and the possibility of him staying another year he said “It depends on who will come in, how he will take that situation and how much he wants to go on.” – and on Sol Campbell’s return he said “Ideally I want Sol back as quickly as possible and the opportunity will come for him again. But Philippe Senderos has done extremely well and you have to be practical.”
With regards to Dennis I think it’s time now. On his day he’s still got some touches and passes that nobody else can bring off but his contribution is lessening all the time and I think we’d all like to remember the great Dennis and not somebody struggling to reach the very high standards he’s always set for himself.
And that’s about the size of it. Till tomorrow, arsemates.
