Morning all,
it’s a very quiet start to what we all hope is going to be a very busy day. It’s transfer deadline day and clubs have until midnight tonight to bring in new players before the window shuts and they have to make do with their squads until January.
Obviously we’re all going to be watching anxiously, breath bated, to see if Arsene gets his chequebook out. In the last couple of years we’ve done deals just as the window is about to close so it wouldn’t be a big surprise if we left it that late again. I’m hopeful we’ll bring in one, at least, and I’d love to see a couple come in. Who he/they might be is anybody’s guess though. I have a sneaky feeling Xabi Alonso is high on the manager’s list, whether or not that happens with Gerrard currently injured remains to be seen. If I was Liverpool I wouldn’t sell us Alonso but football is strange.
Gael Clichy had a few words to say about Samir Nasri and Joey Barton. The left back said:
We know the guy. He wanted to make something for his first game back, but Samir did well and I’m proud of him.
I wonder did Nasri know who Barton was. Let’s face it, outside of the Premier League he’s a nobody. Maybe he was told beforehand but the way he refused to be intimidated was just brilliant. I suppose he’d better watch out though. Next time we play Newcastle Barton might try and put a cigar out in his eye before battering him senseless. Hey, that’s just the way he plays football, right?
So now we go into a two week international break as many countries begin their World Cup qualifying campaigns. Despite the hype there’s not much excitement about crap like England v Andorra and the only thing I’m looking forward to is to see what kind of root vegetable the tabloids photoshop onto Fabio Capello’s face after another disappointing result or performance.
So that’s really about it. Busy day here, still unpacking as you might imagine, but we’ve got to back to the old house and give it a proper cleaning. Oh joy. Keep your eyes peeled on the news tickers – you never know what might happen today.
Till tomorrow.
