*boilk*
The results from last night are in. Staropramen 9 – 0 Arseblogger.
The return match this morning sees coffee and Ibuprofen taking on the hangover and at the moment a battle is raging for victory. It could go either way.
Today we’ve got Manchester City at home and with a Sventertaining manager they’re riding high at the top of the league. A funny place for them but they won’t be complaining. I did think it was funny the amount of people who were writing them off and tipping them for relegation. I know Sven was no great shakes as England manager but I read in the latest Arsenal magazine that Paul Merson suggested they’d go down. In fact, in the magazine, Merse says City will go down, Don Howe compares Alex Hleb to Lionel Messi (seriously) and Paul Kaye (Dennis Pennis) is rather enamoured with the stripey away kit.
Maybe it’s just me but I have this image in my head, something like Trainspotting, where Don Howe, Merse and Paul Kaye are sitting on a dirty matress, listening to banging tunes, injecting each other between the toes and then coming up with their crazy ideas. It’s the only rational explanation.
Anyway, back to Citeh. They’ve brought in good players and today’s game is going to be a proper test. I had a listen to Sven on the BBC yesterday (Real Player req’d) and he was talking about Arsenal and Arsene Wenger for the most part (although he did mention Henry Thierre…) and also a bit about Theo Walcott who was a rather strange choice for the England World Cup squad last summer.
There doesn’t appear to have been any change in the team news from yesterday so it’s Gilberto and Adebayor in, the rest are all still out. I wonder if Adebayor will start or if he’ll go with Eduardo again. The Crozillian scored in midweek and had more endorsement from former Gunner Davor Suker who claimed that Arsenal had made a better decision to sign him than Liverpool had to sign Torres, so he’s highly rated (thanks Tony). It might just be the kind of game that’d suit him as well with City more inclined to play football. Ade and Bendtner on the bench at least provides us with good options to change the game in need be.
Cesc talks to the Guardian and his comments about Thierry Henry make very interesting reading.
Arsene says his new contract doesn’t have anything to do with David Dein. That’s good. Pillows don’t have anything to do with David Dein. Nor do bananas. Or cutlasses.
This is an interesting read – Arsenal had a get together for their new charity, which supports autism, and Arsene talks about the social responsibility the club has and how involvement in such things makes the players better people. It certainly does, much the same as Chelsea players going to Las Vegas and playing the slots (yes, I said slots), makes them such lovable characters.
Now, I think I need to eat something. Till tomorrow and here’s to three points today.
