A lot was written in the aftermath of Eduardo’s injury about Martin Taylor, the Birmingham player whose challenge caused the injury.
In an interview in The Sun this morning Eduardo reveals that in all the correspondence he’s received over the last year none of it has come from Taylor himself. It would be easy this morning to go over it all again, talk about the intent vs consequences of Taylor’s challenge, but what’s the point? Everything that needs to be said about that tackle or about Martin Taylor has been said already. As Eduardo himself says:
I don’t want to talk about the incident. It’s probably best left alone now.
And I agree. Let’s look forward and enjoy having Eduardo back in the side and scoring goals again. Taylor’s stock amongst Arsenal fans couldn’t really be any lower anyway so what’s the point in rehashing the ugly details?
Staying positive this morning and there’s good news about Cesc Fabregas. His recovery is entering its final stages and he’s about to start work with the ball. Obviously we want him to be fit and ready as soon as possible but just having him back around the place will be a boost. He says:
From this week, I will be back at the club, in the dressing room and around my team-mates, and I will see them going out to training, travelling to the games and that will make me jealous.
Over the last few weeks I have only thought of my injury, but now it’s time for me to come back to the team. I am the captain and I have responsibilities. I have to be next to my team-mates even if I’m not playing.
Have I mentioned before that I love Cesc? I have? Well, it’s worth saying again. I can’t wait for him to get back on the pitch, his quality has been missed, and with a fresh and fit Arshavin, a fresh Walcott, Eduardo back in the side and van Persie scoring like Prince on New Year’s Eve 1999 then we’re going to trouble other teams more than they trouble us. I hope. Possibly. I mean, possibly trouble. Not possibly hope. Good.
Nicklas Bendtner was in the papers over the last few days apparently talking about how he should be in the Arsenal team every game and how he’d never heard of Arshavin and other stuff. I didn’t report those quotes. Firstly because they appeared to be quotes from a couple of weeks ago rehashed for maximum tabloid impact and secondly because there is no secondly. I only need one reason not to do something. Don’t second guess me.
Anyway, in his post-match interview on Setanta the other night he was asked about them and said that they were basically rubbish and speaking to the official site he said:
I’ve never said anything like what they put in the newspapers. And it makes me upset because it comes across really bad. Basically I did a long interview for the Danish press recently, they asked me a lot of questions and the press over here have taken my answers and twisted them out of proportion.
I was happy with the article in the Danish magazine and if you saw it you would realise that what was reported over here was not true.
Now, last night I learned Danish and tried to find the original article but failed. Now I’ve forgotten all the Danish I learned but I think there’s a fair chance, given it was the fine folk at the Daily Mail who really went to town on these quotes, that Bendtner is telling the truth.
Yes, he’s self-confident and I’m sure it touches on arrogance sometimes but I think he deserves the benefit of the doubt here. That is until some Danish Arsebloggers (and not the Danish cunt who called his site Arseblog too) reveal that Bendtner actually said he was better than Jesus at keepy-ups and his ambition is to take over the world and rule it in a fiercely despotic way. I mean, you couldn’t fault his ambition or anything …
Speaking to the BBC Alex Fynn, a guest on the Arsecast a couple of weeks back, says Arsenal should brace themselves for a takeover bid after Alisher Usmanov increased his stake to 25%. He reckons it all hinges on Danny Fiszman and what he wants to do – as the second largest shareholder that certainly makes sense. From what I’m told though Fiszman has no intention of selling. We just have to see what happens with the Lady Nina shares to get a better idea.
And I received some complaints yesterday for my comments in which I suggested I’d enjoy it if Usmanov had a stroke. After careful consideration I accept that these comments were out of order and unbecoming of Arseblog.
I hope he gets cancer of the face. And wild dogs eat his anus.
Beyond that not much happening. It’s still too early for Sunderland game preview stuff so we’ll leave it there for today.
