november 22nd
FC Thun tonight in the Champions League and we’ve made some changes in the squad. Jens Lehmann, Kolo Toure and Gilberto have not travelled for one reason or another and the boss is talking about bringing in some younger players to give them experience, which is a good thing. He says “Mathieu Flamini may play and also maybe Alexandre Song. Emmanuel Eboue may also get a start. Jose Antonio Reyes will play and start.”
I assume Cygan will play left back again with Philo coming into the centre of the defence alongside Sol. If Song starts it’s a big chance for him. He hasn’t looked anything like nearly good enough whenever I’ve seen him so he’s got to put in a decent performance to start convincing Arsenal fans he’s worth a place in the squad. Similarly Mathieu Flamini could do with a good game for pretty much the same reasons. Our prolific reserve team strike duo, Lupoliu and Bendtner have also travelled so it would be nice to see them get a run out too. With no real pressure on the team it should be an interesting game.
Not that it’s being taken lightly though, as Arsene Wenger says “We want to finish top of the group, we want to finish unbeaten and we want to respect the teams who fight for the Uefa Cup places like Thun and Sparta Prague.”
Thierry Henry will break another record tomorrow night when he makes his 70th European appearance for the club. It was previously held by David Seaman. The boss has been talking about him and about how he feels his best years are ahead of him which is why it’s so important the club hangs onto him and he signs a new deal. He really is one of the best players in the world and I think he’s going to stay but the club have some work to do. AW says “He wants the club to be successful and also knows the years to come for him are very important.”
That means investing in the side and bringing in players who will improve the side and the squad. He wants Arsenal to challenge for the league and not be hanging onto the coat tails of those Russian cunts and he wants the club to win the Champions League. That doesn’t mean we have to go out and spend millions and millions, you only need to look at Real Madrid to see how that doesn’t always work, but it is important that the boss does bring in quality either in January or at the latest next summer. A central midfielder has got to be the priority no matter what Song and Flimflam do tonight. Robin van Persie could be in for a tough time from the FC Thun fans as he meets the bloke whose face got in the way of his boot at the Highbury game resulting in a red card for the Dutchling. Thinking about it though I’m sure the Swiss fans have no strong feelings about it one way or the other.
In other news Alexander Hleb has been named Belarussian player of the year holding off strong competition from Dmitri Slopadobalov and Krysxcy Lynswxydcxrtplkjhgb, the only footballer in Europe with no vowels in his name apart from Pwl Schls. Well done, sir.
Finally, as tonight’s game is on ITV 4 can anyone tell me how I tune that in on my Sky box or is it even possible? and I’ve just noticed it’s already tuned in I am all set.
