September 17th
Good morning from a miserably wet Barcelona. We’ve, and we I mean I, got another pre-season game this afternoon. This should make the dirt pitch nice and soft at least.
Anyway, onto all things Arsenal. Despite Jose Mourinho already writing us off for the title Arsene Wenger is not giving up and is convinced Arsenal will compete. He says “At the moment no one looks above everyone else. Chelsea have maximum points but luck has gone their way. It can also go the other way.”
Which is true. I once knew a bloke who went on an extraordinary run of luck. Playing golf with him one day he got a hole in one, he won £100 on a scratch card he bought on the way back home that day then not too days later he found a money clip outside a bank with about £5,000 in £20 notes. Jammy cunt. Then a little less than a week after that he got fired from work, his girlfriend went off to live with another woman and wouldn’t let him watch and his car got stolen. So what goes around does come around. In Chelsea’s case it’ll mean each one of them spontaneously combusting on the pitch the horrible bastards while that hideous cunt Drogba dies terribly and slowly in a way I simply cannot mention on a family orientated website like this.
Yes, it looks difficult on the face of it, but there’s a long way to go this season and there’s a lot of football to played.
Bob Wilson talks about the challenges faced by keepers using the modern ball. Talking about a time when the designer of the Premiership ball came to test some new balls he says “Stuart Taylor took a shot and the ball moved two or three times on its journey, hit the designer high on the chest underneath his chin. He was physically shocked by the power and movement – the Arsenal trio suggesting that before he got hurt, he should forget about any goalkeeping skills.”
It’s an interesting piece and it does make you think. We played with one of those balls last week and I hit a shot that was flying towards the top right hand corner before it changed direction and ended up going high and wide. All the ball’s fault too. Nothing to do with me, honest. Load of shit, that’s what it is. Bring back the old lace-up, panelled balls. Especially when it rains. That hideous cunt Drogba would need 5 minutes with the physio each time he headed it.
Thierry Henry’s injury break means the club will have an opportunity to sit down and talk to him about a new contract. The boss says “It is a good opportunity and we will certainly try to use it. Our intention is clear and I’m convinced he will stay here. He’s not a guy who’s obsessed by money at all. It’s more about him being committed to the club and showing that.”
Robin van Persie has been handed a one match ban by UEFA for his red card against FC Thun. I can live with that, especially as the game is in Amsterdam and he might not have been exposed to that atmosphere anyway, although I’d love to have seen him score a couple there and celebrate by pissing on the penalty spot.
Right, that’s it. Enjoy your weekend Arsefans. Till tomorrrow.
