Morning to you all,
it’s all a bit quiet really. We’ve got nothing new on Arshavin, nothing new on anyone else, nothing new on nothing much. I do have a slight hangover for the first time this year and it’s making me a touch grouchy.
There’ll be loads of news in about two hours when Arsene talks to the official site but in the meantime we’ll just have to make do. Maybe I’ll have a listen to that and update the blog when it happens.
Anyway, Samir Nasri says we’ll ‘bounce back’ and reckons we’re still in the title race, saying:
There is a gap, we know that, but if we go on a run, we can make up the ground, we are sure of that. In the title race, some wins are not impressive, but we are winning without leaking goals and if we keep that up, we will be back in the title race before very long.
I’m not sure where he gets his not leaking goals stat – in the last 5 league games we’ve conceded 4 goals. Yes, we had clean sheets against Portsmouth and Bolton but the defence and it’s ability to concede at any time is still a problem.
Abou Diaby also thinks we can win the league, saying:
We are not going to let up until the end of the season. We are going to try to get points in every game and won’t give up.
So while I might think they’re a bit on the old mental side to be even talking about the title you can’t fault that kind of attitude.
The Mail says Man City have come back with a £12m bid for Kolo Toure. Holy crap that’s a good amount of money for Kolo. If I didn’t think it’d go straight under Arsene’s mattress instead of being spent on a decent replacement then I’d be sorely tempted. With just a couple of days to go until the transfer window closes I think there’s going to be a flurry of activity this weekend.
It’s a good word, flurry, and underused, I feel. And that’s the end of the news really. Not exactly a flurry of news this morning, eh? I’ll update above when I listen to Arsene’s chat with Arsenal TV in a while so refresh.
However, there’s now a flurry of Arsecast to come your way. On this week’s show I’m joined by Amy Lawrence to talk about the Everton result, Robin van Persie, Arshavin, transfer stuff and a flurry of other things.
Amaury Bischoff PI is in there, there’s the Culture Corner and some other stuff too. No, not a flurry of it. That would be just silly.
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Ok then, have yourselves a good Friday. Stand by for some more (possibly) this morning but if not there’ll definitely be more tomorrow.
Update: As promised some stuff from Arsene’s interview with Arsenal TV:
Arsene on Arshavin: He says it was 90% not done. Won’t have long to wait now, it’s the 29th. It’s make or break. If it can be done we want to do it as quickly as possible.
Other targets: “You can never rule it out. At the moment it’s more important to focus on the players we have, because every game is like a big battle. We cannot afford to be distracted because we want to focus completely on the players we have. Very happy with the attitude of the group so let’s do that first.”
Have you made any serious enquires for any player apart from Arshavin? “We have, of course, made serious enquiries but at the moment not any bid.
And there you have it.
