July 18th
Under harsh new laws Sir Alex Ferguson and Jose Mourinho are to be punished for their recent comments about Arsenal running the FA. Both managers will be called to FA headquarters, asked to clarify the context and meaning of what they said then have their tongues nailed to a table while a small dog befouls their mouths. Sadly not true and one can only hope the FA do have the balls to provide the kind of discipline the games some time in the future. Still, thanks to reader Femaiden and a bloke called teddrake on the This is London chat board we can now fully dimsiss their lunatic ravings as exactly that. He takes the CL fixtures since 1998/99 and works out the percentage of home league games following a midweek European fixure. Here’s how it came out:
That’s some nice proving otherwise right there. Of course it doesn’t really matter because we know the talk is only that, talk. It’s designed to provoke a reaction, an early start to this season’s mind games. What this does prove though is that Jose Mourninho, Alex Ferguson, Chelsea and Man United are total and utter cunts.
Beastwatch: Not much stirring with one Spanish daily saying Seville have definitely got Luque lined up for when Baptista is sold while another repeats the story of another paper by reporting we’ve increased our bid to €22m. Meanwhile AW has denied the tapping up story saying “We approached Seville first but, at some stage, you have to speak to the player himself.”
Manuel Almunia has broken a finger in training and will be out for 2 months prompting speculation from some quarters that we want Charlton’s Dean Kiely.
And as it’s Monday there’s not much more stirring. I’m all alone at home as Mrs Blogs and Blogette have gone to Ireland so now I have to go take the dog for a walk. Stupid dog not being able to use the toilet. Unless you consider the back hall a toilet.
Till tomorrow.
