Morning all,
the summer lull is getting into full swing now. There’s very little happening this morning in the world of Arsenal.
Apparently Arsene Wenger is going to have a meeting with Stuart Pearce about Theo Walcott and how best to manage him during this summer’s U21 championships. That’s exciting stuff, eh?
There are stories about Robin van Persie making ‘no headway’ in contract talks with Arsenal but this could be for any number of reasons, such as:
- Talks haven’t yet taken place
- Talks were put on the back burner due to various other reasons
- Talks were interrupted by a large monster forcing everyone to flee
- Both Robin and Arsene Wenger were struck temporarily deaf on the way into the meeting and both thought the other was acting the twat by doing that thing where you move your mouth and pretend to talk but don’t say anything
- He’s looking for a moat cleaning clause in his new deal
Really, there could be all kinds holding things up, but I have always been a little curious as to why it takes so long to agree a contract with a player.
“£50,000 a week”
“£70,000”
“£55,000”.
“£60,000”
“Done. And a few quid per goal and a dragon for his moat if we win a trophy”.
“Splendid”.
Perhaps this is an area into which I should move, bringing my advanced negotiation skills with me.
“It’s time to discuss Diaby’s new contract”.
“He can have £25 a week”.
“£25,000? But he’s already on £40,000”.
“I said £25.00. Take it or leave it”.
Simple stuff really.
Today’s Daily Star says Gareth Barry is ‘holding out’ for a summer move to Arsenal. I’m not quite sure what that means. Has he barricaded himself into the gents at Villa Park and is refusing to come out until he gets a transfer to us?
I had a look through the Spanish papers this morning but their traditional “Entire Arsenal squad to join Barcelona/Madrid” stories haven’t begun yet. In the Catalan papers they’re still rubbing their balls with glee over Barcelona while in Madrid they’re like “Barcelona? Who? Did they win something or something? We hadn’t noticed”.
So, without further ado here’s this week’s Arsecast. It features your thoughts which you so kindly contributed on the season past as well as Arsene Wenger Hawkins and his top 5 cunts of the season.
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Right, well that’s that. I’ve got to spend today seeing if my insurance will cover the fact that my car is comepletely and utterly bollixed, the engine is ‘Rosickyed’ as the garage bloke put it. Then when they tell me I’m not covered I have to weep softly for a few minutes then think about a new motor.
I’m thinking a motorbike with sidecar. Oh yes.
