Crazy World Cup goings on yesterday as the officiating is once again the spotlight. Graham Poll decided three was the new two and gave that many yellow cards to a Croatian before sending him off and Markus Merk gave Ghana the softest penalty since the one awarded to Torres in Spain’s first game.
Tomas Rosicky’s World Cup is over as the 10 man Czech side lost to Italy. Italy and Ghana go through from that group while Australia and Brazil are into the next round as well, Big Fat Ronaldo finding his shooting boots at last.
Lots of Arsenal interest today. Spain play Saudi Arabia and having already qualified they might choose to tinker with their team a bit so José Antonio Reyes could get a game. Switzerland take on South Korea later on and France have to win against Togo to qualify for the next round. After heavy criticism and Zidane’s suspension it seems Thierry Henry will have a partner up front. If it were up to me I’d choose Saha but it looks like Trezeguet is the man.
After wondering why Miroslav Klose is never linked with big teams the other day regular reader Jens Lehmann puts things right by urging Arsene Wenger to buy his fellow German. Jens says:
He could play a fantastic role for Arsenal. He is excellent in the air and a great finisher. We use our wingers a lot more than other teams so it would be fantastic to have THE classic goalscoring centre-forward to get on the end of them, even though I am loathe to comment on rumours.
Loathe indeed. As well as that Arsebog reader Junaid, living in Japan, writes to say that the boss was raving about Fernando Torres when he was punditing for Japanese TV during the Italy v Czech Republic game. Interesting.
No doubt you’ve all seen next season’s fixtures by now. We start with a home game against Aston Villa, go away early in the season to Old Trafford and our last home game of the season is against Chelsea. Full list here.
And there you go. Now, some frantic last minute tidying before the missus gets back. It’s roasting here today. I’m sweating like a pig’s minge. Till tomorrow.
