october 13th
Hurrah! The internationals are over. Ireland failed to qualify after a listless, insipid performance against the Swiss for whom Senderos looked composed, unflappable, just fantastic. Sol’s absence is not so worrying when we can replace him with a talent like that. Can I also just state again right now that we shouldn’t be looking beyond Shay Given when it comes to signing a goalkeeper next summer. He’s still only 29 and would be a great investment.
Anyway, we can now get back to normal football without too much interruption between now and next summer. Still not much happening. Cesc is up for a BBC award as young London footballer of the year. You can go here to cast your vote today.
Mihir Bose, Tottenham fan, loves nothing more than a financial story about Arsenal and here’s another one of his specials. Some people have been buying shares in the club. For those of you interested in things like you can download the club’s annual report here.
The Sun reports, briefly, that Sol Campbell and Thierry Henry could return against Manchester City in about 10 days time. Which is good.
Last chance to win a copy of Football Manager 2006. Answer this question: If Arsene Wenger is AW, Terry Neill was TN, Bruce Rioch was BR, who was SH?
Answers via email to [email protected] and the winners will be announced tomorrow when the random number generator does its thing. Right, off to work. Joy.
