September 19th
Hello Arsefans, another week begins and for us we have Everton at Highbury tonight in what is a must-win game. Did anyone watch Liverpool v United yesterday? There was a time when that game was unmissable even if you hate both teams because you had two teams with a tradition of playing good football. Yesterday we saw two teams playing defensively who just cancelled each other out. I suppose you can live with that when it’s Bolton v Blackburn or Birmingham v Villa but when two of the supposed top teams in the league are playing like they’re more afraid to lose a game than they are willing to win it it says a lot about the state of football at the moment.
With that in mind an article by furq entitled Premiership Football RIP.
Let’s look at Spain for a moment. Real Madrid, with the two players they nicked off Arsenal, lost to Espanyol last night and Julio Baptista was sent off while Barcelona, everybody’s glamour team at the moment, continued their indifferent start to the season with defeat to Athletico Madrid. It just shows that in football any team can beat any other and as fans we need to realise that losing games is something that happens and doesn’t necessarily prove any theories right and wrong. This quick-fix society we live in doesn’t allow for negative things to happen but football fans, not just those of Arsenal, need to get their head around the fact that one or two defeats may not be sypmtomatic of some great malaise but just part of the great mystery that is sport.
Let’s stay with Spain for just a moment longer as strangely off-season transfer speculation sees us linked with Real Madrid keeper Iker Cassilas. What odds would you get on a January deal involving Cashley, Iker and Baptista? Not that long I don’t think.
Arsene Wenger is glad to have Sol Campbell back. He says “Sol is doing fine. We have conceded some easy goals recently and he can help to correct that.”
Well, with me not being Pascal Cygan I could help correct that but I know where he’s coming from. Hopefully we’ll see a fully fit, fully focussed Sol now as him being available, along with Kolo and big Phil adds some depth to the squad over what’s going to be a busy period.
Right, that’s yer lot. The working week kicks off again. Lunch today is a medley of fresh garden vegetables garnished with oregano and topped with a cushion of lightly sauteed veal. Or it’s just some old pasta with a jar of sauce. Whatever.
