All is quiet.
Hope you had a good night last night. I had some pints with Mrs Blogs, the Blogfather and the Mugsmasher, then came home and drank me some rum. Havana 7 is so delicious it’d make you want to be a sailor. I know there are other aspects of sailor life that would appeal more to some of you but for me it’s all about the rum, honest.
So, a new year and with it comes new stuff like … erm … hope, optimism and possibly players. At the moment though there’s nothing stirring. Only some loan deals for younger players. Younger than the young ones we have in our first team, I mean.
Gavin Hoyte will join Watford on loan for the rest of the season, Jay Simpson will play for West Brom for the rest of the season and Nacer Barazite has extended his loan at Derby for the same period. Good luck to them all – and I’m very interested to see how Simpson gets on in the Premier League. He’s just signed a new deal so is obviously well thought of. A good spell at WBA will either increase his chances with us or increase his value when we sell him in the summer!
Transfer window madness part 1 – The Sun, in the first paragraph of this story, says William Gallas could be on his way to AC Milan. However, by the end the former captain is facing the terrible prospect of having to see out the season at Arsenal. How quickly things change in football, eh?
Johan Djourou has been talking about stuff. Mostly about how much he’s learned from William Gallas and Kolo Toure. Which is how to fight like tinkers. I heard from a very good source that the issue between Gallas and Toure is that Kolo set up a fight club and Gallas broke the first rule by going around and telling everyone about it. There’s certainly no chance of a reconciliation. I mean, it was the first rule. Is there no end to the bigness of Gallas’s mouth?
The Mirror says Arsene Wenger is considering leaving Arsenal to go and manage Real Madrid because he’s upset that fans have been critical of his team this season. Of course he’ll be taking Cesc with him and … erm … well, just Cesc. And possibly the training ground. And Doris the tealady. Then our tea-making line-up will be hugely inexperienced unless we go out and pay top dollar for a Mrs Doyle style replacement.
Beyond that not a thing happening so I may now try and make some kind of breakfast which should, but sadly won’t, contain morphine.
Happy new year everyone.
