Happy Friday to you all. Lots to talk about ahead of the Chelsea game on Sunday.
Of course Sunday sees the first reunion with Cuntley Cunt and Jens Lehmann reckons Cunt deserves all the stick he gets after his acrimonious move and despicable behaviour. He also mocked the book ‘My defence’ (which has sold far less than Perry Groves book!) asking the very legitimate question why does a 25 year old think he should write a book. He put it down to Englishness, saying:
It seems to be an English habit to come out with books that nobody needs.
heh, excellent. He also backed Philippe Senderos who struggled last season against Didier Drogba, saying:
Philippe will be OK against Drogba – he’s intelligent. It’s not a problem.
It looks increasingly likely that William Gallas won’t recover in time to face his old club but Johann Djourou is showing signs that he could be fit enough to play. Emmanuel Adebayor says the game is going to be ‘war’ but really, what is that good for? Absolutely nothing, I’m reliably informed. Huh.
With Thierry Henry out still Gilberto will remain as captain and he’s enjoying the responsibility. He says:
I’m very proud of myself for being captain of Arsenal. It shows Arsène has a lot of belief in me. I try to help the team, even when I’m not on the pitch, so that they can do the best they can. Most of the time the players respond to me on the pitch when I talk to them.
We’ll need him to be as strong as he’s ever been, which is about 7 strong, on Sunday against Chelsea’s midfield. He needs to kick some of them up in the air. Very high up into the air. There’ll be more team news later and a full preview of the match tomorrow.
Double-D says that FIFA’s ridiculous idea that clubs should have to play 6 homegrown players in their sides is ‘illegal’ and will be vigorously challenged by the clubs. He says:
If Fifa want to light another fire then so be it, but this will be a very hot fire. I hope this idea does not go any further. Come on baby, light my fire. Try to set my wife on fiy-ah!!
Update: After a long and fruitless search under bridges and far away beach huts Leopold has been in touch. Check out ‘Sword from the stone‘ on the real ANR.
And that’s about that for the news this morning. Now for something completely different. Well, by different I mean the same as all the others but you know…
That’s right. It’s another action packed arsecast in association with classicfootballshirts.co.uk.
This week I talk to Goodplaya about the Chelsea game, the past week and the Henry-Wenger business, Arsene Wenger Hawkins considers a new career, I answer some of your questions, there’s an exclusive interview with Emmanuel Adbayor and of course a bet of the week with thanks to my friends at bluesq.com.
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