Morning all and a happy Christmas Eve to you.
We’ll start with the keepers and it looks like Jens has admitted his time at the club is at an end. With Almunia now winning games for us and looking far more settled and comfortable in the side there doesn’t appear to be any way back for Jens who, let’s not forget, has to be playing football if he wants to play for Germany in Euro2008. Wolfsburg and Manchester City are said to be interested. I have to say despite the silly things that have come out of his mouth in the last couple of months I do feel a bit sorry for him and it’s a shame things seem about to end the way they are. I always liked Jens, he was a mad old cunt, and I wish him well wherever he goes.
Meanwhile Arsene Wenger has added his voice to the ‘Almunia for England‘ thing that’s going on. To be honest the idea of it is mildly amusing but it’s not something I could ever throw any weight behind. Manuel is Spanish and if he’s going to play international football it should be for Spain. End of story. Still, the boss has other things to say about him too:
Almunia came here without a CV so he had to make a name with his performances. It was not easy because he had to get experience at a big club. He had never played for a big club before and made some mistakes, but he has gained confidence and calmness. He is a good keeper.
It will be interesting to see how he gets on between now and the rest of the season. The rest of the lads seem to enjoy playing with him and you can see how much difference that bit of confidence in his place has made. Keep it, Manuel.
Nicklas Bendtner appears to be a very focussed young man. Speaking about his ambitions at Arsenal, he said:
I’ll do whatever I can and won’t rest until I get into the team. That is all I have on my mind and all I think about. I’m staying here no matter what happens. My feelings this year are with the club and I want to play for Arsene.
He’s a confident lad, isn’t he? Talking about the boss and using his first name, heh. He’s obviously got something about him though and given the right direction, and we know how good AW is at bringing the best out of young players, he’s got the potential to become a very good player indeed.
Arsene Wenger says Dimitar Berbatov is the new Thierry Henry. I noticed that the other day too. Just like Thierry he stands around looking pissed off and only makes an effort once in a while. Har har. I’m joking but he certainly has more in common with that side of Henry than he does with the great player who scored so many goals for us. Honestly, he really looked like he couldn’t be arsed during the game on Saturday. He’s got enough quality to make things happen when he does get the ball but you can’t help feeling if he had a little more application he’d be a tremendous player instead of a lazy cunt. The Daily Mail hints at us making a bid for him in the January window – I would be very, very surprised.
Not much else happening apart from that. We have the game against Portsmouth on Wednesday evening so I’ll preview that on the 26th. We’ll get more info in the next day or two anyway with regards team news. We’re still not sure if we’ll see Robin back so maybe Bendtner might get himself another chance to show what he can do.
In the meantime to those of you with no compunction to check the internet tomorrow, so full shall ye be with food and drink and puddings, that I would like to wish you a very merry Christmas. Thank you for visiting and reading the site throughout the year, thank you for all your comments and emails that make Arseblog what it is. A great load of internet Arse. Hurrah.
Have fun.
