Morning all. What a hectic jam packed edition I have for you this morning. Not that there’s much happening in terms of news but there’s lots of other stuff going on. Sort of.
The only real news story is Reading Steve Sidwell talking about how much he’d love to come back and play for Arsenal. Unlike most young players who are released by the club Sidwell has consistently said how much he learned at Arsenal and how good his footballing education was. Instead of bitching and moaning he got his head down, worked hard and it’s good to see him in the Premiership with Reading.
Could he play for Arsenal? He’s certainly as good a player as Flamini and I don’t even need to say how much better he is than Alex Song. Will it happen? I doubt it but who knows?
The lads travel to Moscow today and we’ll get team news on that later on which I’ll cover tomorrow. The game is at 5.30 because it’s fucking freezing over there. The last time we played there we scored a brilliant goal early in the game but ended up losing 4-1 because we were just too cold. They need to get wetsuit versions of the kit and we’ll be fine. Anyway, as I said more on that tomorrow.
The Moscow game is something I’ll be talking about in the first ever Arseblog podcast on Friday. Hopefully. There are still some bits and pieces to sort out but it should all be groovy. One of the segments I’m hoping to include is readers wives emails so if you have a question, comment or suggestion about what we should talk about just email: podcasts @ arseblog.com (put that together yourselves. I’m trying to avoid spam).
Finally for today my good friends at Sega have given me copies of Football Manager 2007 to give away to you lot. Not just the game but 5 lucky winners will also receive a t-shirt and a pen!
To find out how to win first read the info about the game and underneath you’ll find the competition questions.
Football Manager 2007 is released on 20th October 2006, and is the next installment in the eagerly anticipated and genre defining series by developers Sports Interactive, allowing players to take charge of their favourite club in a bid to guide them to glory.
The Gold demo is available now and can be downloaded by clicking here!
This year Football Manager 2007 has enjoyed its biggest leap forward yet, promising to be most user-friendly version to date – and it’s packed with over 100 new features!For the first time users can strike partnerships with affiliate clubs, give pre-match team-talks and interact with their players on a completely new level. On top of this both the youth team and scouting features have enjoyed complete revamps.
The demo provides a great opportunity for players to test their managerial skills whilst sampling first hand the wealth of new features that acclaimed developers Sports Interactive have included to make Football Manager 2007 the most user friendly version of Football Manager to date.
To find out more information on Football Manager 2007, or to try the demo, visit the official site at www.footballmanager.net now.
Full Game Available on PC, Mac and Intel Mac on 20th October 2006
Ok, so in order to win the game you just need to answer the following question:
Before Arsene Wenger started at Arsenal he advised the board to make two signings. One of the players signed was Patrick Vieira.
Who was the other?
Was it:
- Gilles Grimandi
- Remi Garde
- Nelson Vivas
Simply email [email protected] with your answer and if you’re right you’ll be in the draw for the prizes.
The random number generator will do its thing on Friday morning and I’ll announce the winners on Friday’s blog.
What are you waiting for?
More tomorrow.
