A relatively quiet morning this morning. We’ve got Everton coming up on Saturday and the draw for the next round of the Carling Cup has sees us travel to Goodison Park. It’s a shame we haven’t got a home game so more people can see the kids do their stuff but we’ll just have to wait until the next round.
After Tuesday’s game against West Brom the injury news regarding Emmanuel Adebayor is that he’s set to miss three weeks with a thigh injury. With Theo Walcott earmarked for the wings the forgotten man, Jeremie Aliadiere, should get a chance albeit on the bench to start with. We all know he’s had problems galore with injuries but he’s determined to fight for his Arsenal future, saying:
I love Arsenal. There were times when I could have gone but I always wanted to be here. It is just a matter of training everyday, doing my best and, when I get the chance like this, just showing the boss I am ready to play.
He really does have to make the most of the opportunities he’s given and he is a topic of discussion in tomorrow’s arsecast during the blogchat with the man from East Lower. You do have one last chance to enter the competition to win the the 94 home shirt from classicfootballshirts.co.uk. Just go here, download episode 1 and send in your answer. Episode 2 will be available tomorrow morning.
Also, today is your last chance to go to win two executive box tickets to the Everton game thanks to Blue Square. Just go to www.bluesq.com, open an account if you don’t have one already, place a bet of £5 or more, then email your username and daytime phone number to [email protected]. They’ll call the winner on Friday afternoon so you have to be able to get to the ground on Saturday morning to meet them and get your tickets.
I’ll update the blog with the name of the winner tomorrow afternoon as well.
Despite having more options in midfield than we’ve ever had before that doesn’t stop us being linked with new players – and there’s still two months till the transfer window opens. This time it’s Ghanaian Ahmed Apimah Barusso. He plays for Rimini (heh, rim) in Serie A and the Mirror says his club would be unable to resist an Arsenal bid. He can just join Cesc, Gilberto, Baptista, Diaby, Flamini, Song, Denilson and even Hleb and Rosicky who can play in central midfield. Unless we’re planning a revolutionary 2-7-1 formation I can’t see it happening.
Right, there you go. I have to go put the finishing touches to the arsecast and by finishing touches I mean record the whole thing. Till tomorrow.
