Here we are again then. Another Monday. I’m having the little *boilk* this morning due to overconsumption of red wine yesterday but it was very delicious at the time. Oh well, you live and learn. No, wait. I don’t. I simply do the ‘live’ bit. The ‘learn’ appears to be beyond me no matter how many times I get taught the lesson.
However, like Emmanuel Adebayor, I am ready for anything. And by anything I mean nothing much. Which makes me not like Adebayor but the big man is urging focus from the Gunners, saying:
Three or four months ago there were people saying ‘we are not sure Arsenal are going to finish in the top four’, and now they are mentioning we could go unbeaten for the season. The crucial thing is to keep our head on our shoulders, keep on doing a good job, keep on performing like we are now and at the end of the season we can talk about whether we finish unbeaten or not.
A very sensible attitude to have, no doubt about it. Arsene has always said the next game is the only one they should be thinking about and with so many games between now and the end of December that’s never been more true. It’s Newcastle on Wednesday night and while we’ll have a clearer idea of the team news later in the week we’re going to be without Cesc and Hleb , two very important players for us.
I have to doff my cap to Hleb in particular. I had no inkling he could become as important to us as he has. Last season he was so frustrating because it was obvious the skill and talent was there but for whatever reason he seemed lazy and careless. What a difference this time around though and it showed how much we miss his ball retention when he was kicked off the park by the lanky streak of Norwegian piss the other night. A badly gashed achilles is going to smart, rather.
There’ll be a fuller preview of the Newcastle game and our renewed acquaintance with our old friend Fat Walrus looking cunt tomorrow or Wednesday.
The draw for the 3rd round of the FA Cup was made yesterday and we get to travel to Burnley on the weekend of the 5th and 6th of January. I suspect after the trials of December the boss may well decide to use a number of fringe/young/semi-retired/Pat Rice players for this one so it should be a good test. It’s a competition I always enjoy and Arsenal fans in general can’t have anything but (mostly) good memories of the FA Cup.
Elsewhere in the Premiership League this weekend Chelsea have continued their good form and are currently in 2nd place, 5 points behind us but having played a game more. They’re rather quietly and efficiently going about their business so it’s going to be a massive game when we entertain them later this month. Liverpool spanked Bolton to move into 3rd ahead of United who play Fulham tonight. Meanwhile, at the bottom, Sp*rs were beaten 3-2 by ex-Arsenal man Seb Larsson’s fantastic injury time winner (via 101greatgoals). He’s a very decent player, I think, and well done to him for making a late defeat taste even more bitter for Sp*rs fans who see their team 1 point above the relagation zone and 24 points behind Arsenal. Haha.
Finally, today is your last chance to get £5 off this most excellent of tracksuit tops. It’s the 1979 version and given who incredibly awesome the FA Cup final was in 1979 and given how much everyone wants us to win it this season then I think it would be unfair for me not to point out how much of a lucky omen it would be to buy one.
Also, it will make you more virile, attractive to the opposite sex and stop baldness in both men and women. All you have to do is go here and at checkout enter the code MK4B2 to claim your discount. The offer runs until midnight tonight.
And on that feelgood note I shall bid you good day. More tomorrow.
