november 30th
What was most satisfying about last night’s result? Was it José Antonio Reyes scoring his first goal for ages? Was it Robin van Persie’s 8th goal in 8 games? Was it Arturo Lupoli coming on as a sub and scoring Arsenal’s third? Was it the fact that a team made mostly of our kids beat a team who are currently top of the Championship?
While all of those things are worthy I have to tell you that none of them are the right answer. The most satisfying thing about beating Reading 3-0 last night was that the two BBC Radio Berkshire commentators I had to listen to were both Reading fans and by the end had resorted to cheap shots about Arsenal fans being primadonnas and complaining about the colour of Manuel Almunia’s shorts. In the usual BBC radio way one lad did the first 22 1/2 minutes of each half then the other would take over. I have to say, and I’m not exaggerating in any way here, they are two of the most witless cocksuckers I have ever had the misfortune to listen to and one time somebody brought me to see a Ben Elton concert. Yes, they were that bad.
They made Alan Partridge sound like the ultimate professional. At one stage one of them said something stupid about Arsenal or Arsenal fans and then said “Ooooh, controversial, but probably true!”
If they were to find themselves stricken down the bubonic plague it would be just about the start of what they deserved and if anyone knows who they are please tell them ‘Nah nah nah nah nah’ from me and tell them they are to humour what Osama Bin Laden is to world peace. Wankers. Anyway, we won, they lost and that’s fine by me. Some match reports here and here.
All in all a good night’s work for the kids.
Elsewhere Real Madrid are looking for their 24th manager in 18 months and Florentino Perez has declared his interest in Arsene Wenger as well as Mourinho and Capelllo but it’s believed AW is their number one target. However, the boss has played down talk of moving, saying “That’s nice of him but until 2008 I have glue on my seat. My desire is to stay here at Arsenal.”
Which is good and when you think how quickly Madrid go through managers then anyone with an ounce of sense would think twice before moving from somewhere as secure as Arsenal. I hear Sam Allardyce might be interested though, Señor Perez. Give him a shout, area code Bolton, number 4.
Today I will mostly be having cold pizza for lunch.
