Morning everyone. It’s a quiet one again.
The biggest story this morning is Bolton’s Kevin Davies saying that Arsenal are ‘troubled’ and that they expected us to lose to Newcastle. That’s how fucking bad it’s got. Bolton are expecting us to lose to Newcastle.
If any further motivation were needed for Saturday’s game then this is it. Kevin Davies, let’s face it, is history’s greatest monster and the thoughts of him parading around the pitch enjoying a Bolton win would probably be too much to take. I would have to invent a time machine, go back in time to the point where he’s doing his parading, leap on the pitch at the Grove and boot him in the bollocks until blood came out of his ears. Just saying.
The Mirror carries the quotes from Arsene Wenger I mentioned earlier in the week saying he doesn’t believe the squad needs big investment in the summer. I don’t believe for a second he doesn’t believe we need investment. How can a man as intelligent as Arsene, someone who uses stats in such a big way, ignore the facts before his very eyes. The team concedes too many, doesn’t score enough is too reliant on two players to get the goals.
I don’t believe we’ll sign Julio Baptista on a permanent deal. I’d agree we haven’t seen the best of him but there’s no call to offer him a deal after the season he’s had without offering me a 4 year deal to play centre-half. Aliadiere. Please, he was on his way in January and he’ll be on his way in the summer. Stats show that Adebayor needs an Henry or a van Persie alongside him to play at his best. Stats show Freddie Ljungberg has one league goal in two seasons. Stats show that 97% of all of Alex Hleb’s passes go straight to the opposition. Common sense says the team needs an overhaul. Without I have the fear. You know the fear. Yes, that fear.
Arsene, dead wood out, quality in, French youngsters to stay in France, s’il vous plait.
East Lower suspects summer shennanigans. I do too. He also points to an article in the Telegraph in which the Chairman, P-Diddy H to the W Mack Daddy, says the Arsenal board were not contacted by wee Jimmy Krankie when he bought ITV’s 9.9% and are ‘in the dark’ regarding his long term intentions. Considering we have a ‘partnership’ with the Colorado Rapids, a team owned by Krankie, you’d have thought there would be more contact. Worrying, I have to say. He now owns 11.26%.
Here’s an interview with Thierry Henry from a Swedish newspaper in which he talks about being out injured and his hopes for next season. It might not work for all of you in which case you can blame Omid.
And that’s about that. I’d best get my head down and work on tomorrow’s Arsecast which should feature an interview with the Observer’s Amy Lawrence and loads and loads of other good stuff too. Well, perhaps not loads. ‘Some’ might be better. Yes, ‘some’.
Laters, Arsechums.
