September 27th
No hangover today. Hah! And you thought I’d be dying because it was my birthday yesterday. I would like to thank you all for all the cards and presents I received. Oh, hang on … fuckers.
So it’s Ajax tonight and we’ll be without Gilberto (ankle) and Dennis Bergkamp (something) while Robin van Persie (kung-fu) is suspended. The boss is still confident though saying “I am very confident. I have a great belief in the team and will go for the win. In my choices, I will give my side the maximum experience I can. The central midfield will be young.”
So that means Cesc and Flamini in the centre. We have to wonder about who’s going to play up front. With Robert Pires fit and bound to be selected to add some experience to the side we might see Hleb on the right with Freddie up front. We might see Quincy get a start. We might see Lupoli. The list of young and inexperienced players we have to choose from to play up top with José is quite impressive, you have to agree. If it was up to me I wouldn’t play Freddie up front and I think I’d play Lupoli ahead of Quincy because he scores goals and goals and much more effective than stepovers. The full squad can be seen here.
Again the boss talks up his belief in the kids, saying “I believe in Reyes, in Van Persie, Quincy Owusu-Abeyie and Arturo Lupoli. And at some stage I have to give them a chance in the team — not just put them on the bench.”
Personally, I believe in a thing called love. Oh yes.
Having no ITV might make this a difficult one to see. I’m hoping it’s on Spanish TV or one of the Irish channels which I can get.
We had our last pre-season friendly last night, the result is unimportant but this morning the dead leg I got is fucking killing me and my knee is dodgy after I landed with my leg completely straight after a header. Ouch. I need some delicious morphine. Please send morphine today to 7, Barcelona…
