Morning all, it’s a fairly quiet one so far with most of the stories involving Eduardo.
Firstly the departing Kolo Toure has been full of praise for the Crozilian, saying:
Eduardo’s finishing is unbelievable. It seems that every time he gets a chance he scores – and he also manages to score at very important times for us. His composure is outstanding when he is in front of goal.
He is so composed that it was genuinely a bit of a shock when he missed the two chances against Burnley. At least we know he’s human and not a Crozilian Automatronic Goalbot2008©. Then Eduardo himself reckons that his experience of the games Dinamo Zagreb played against their big rivals, Hadjuk Split, will stand him in good stead for the upcoming games against Sp*rs. He says:
The matches are similar and both full of intensity – but the fans in the North London derby seem to be more civil to one another, while in Croatia the segregation has to be very strictly enforced. I think my experience in matches like this does help when we come up against the likes of Spurs, so I’m looking forward to the Carling Cup game and hoping to feature again.
I’m sure he will feature again but he makes a good point about crowd segregation. Couldn’t we put away fans in some kind of cage or a pit? I think I’ll write to the club at once. With RVP still out injured I’d imagine it’ll be Bendtner and Eduardo again against Sp*rs tomorrow night. I don’t think Adebayor will be risked so it does leave us a bit short in terms of striking options beyond those two. Theo Walcott will probably play on the right wing if he’s fit so we have to hope they can do the business.
The final Eduardo story is that of a dispute between himself and Dinamo Zagreb’s vice-president Zdravko Mamic. Mamic said some things, Eduardo said some things back. Then Eduardo launched a long range tactical missile which missed Mamic’s house and flattened a nearby orphanage. He apologised for the collateral damage but insisted this was part of modern warfare. For his part Mamic has sent a team of megaNinjas to London to give Eduardo the kind of beating he won’t forget in a hurry. Boys will be boys, eh?
The draw for the 4th round of the FA Cup was made. We’ll have a home tie against either Stoke City or Newcastle United. If it is Newcastle it would mean two home games against them in the space of three days as we play them on the Tuesday night in the league. Therefore I hope it’s Stoke. There’s only so much a man can take of Sam Allardyce and his disgusting gum chewing.
And that’s really about it. Told you it was quiet.
