There is considerable element of *boilk* to today’s proceedings. That’s never stopped us before but I have to admit my mind is not as sharp as something something whatever. Still, I have coffee so at least that’s … erm … hot.
I suppose we’re still reveling in the fountain of footballing joy that was the win over Porto. One man very pleased with his nights work was Nicklas Bendnter and it came after a lot of criticism for his performance against Burnley. That didn’t bother him though, what with him having the thickest skin in football. The RhinoDane said:
I laughed. That is how I look at it. I read some criticism of me after the game last Saturday but me and my team-mates have just laughed about it.
I don’t know about you but I quite like the idea of all the Arsenal players in a circle laughing at the likes of Cascarino and Collymore. Thomas Vermaelen said:
He doesn’t struggle with confidence and that is a good thing for a striker. Against Porto he responded brilliantly. He didn’t only score three goals, he won a lot of headers and that is important for the team.
Yet before this becomes a Super Nick love in, hark the words of Brian Laudrup, who says:
He did ok. He got on the scoresheet and that is important with so many great players to compete with. But he is not suddenly the best striker in the world because of three goals and he certainly needs to work on his first touch.
And again I don’t think anyone would argue. Nor do I think anyone was calling him the best striker in the world. For all his confidence I’m sure Bendtner would be the first to admit that he can do better and improve as a player. If not it would be very worrying. However, it shows that he’s not as bad as the critics suggest.
Speaking of which, Theo was given a roasting by Chris Pelanty, the world and his mother had a go at Bendtner for his missfest against Burnley, would it be too much to ask for one of the hacks to have a massive sniping session against one of our players ahead of the Hull game? And before every remaining game this season?
Pundit – “That Rosicky’s a bit of a lightweight shit cunt”
Headline – “ROSICKY SCORES 8 IN ARSENAL ROMP!”
Thanks chaps. We’d be ever so grateful. Honest. Meanwhile Thomas Vermaelen says we’re not scared of anybody, which is good to hear. The Champions League draw got a little clearer last night as United went through and Real Madrid went out. It just puts what we do into perspective a little bit. They spent bazillions on players, we sell ours on eBay to raise funds to keep the lights on, and it’s another example of how spending does not always mean success. That’s not to say not spending equals success either. I don’t know what my point is really. I think it’s that Cristiano Ronaldo is a cunt. Yep, that works.
Sol Campbell is looking for an England recall apparently. I don’t really have any problem with that. The only way he’ll get called up for England is if he’s playing exceptionally well for us. I love this picture of him on the official site. If caption competitions weren’t so unspeakably dull and unfunny it’d be perfect for one of those.
Here’s a BBC blog about our young goalkeeper WojScez©. Please note new naming convention as this will save me literally minutes each time I mention him. No more copying and pasting from the official site for me. No sir.
Roma are ‘closing in’ on William Gallas apparently. If he does go the boss is going to have some serious defender shopping to do this summer. Perhaps we could use the funds from the Adebayor transfer to set up a Boys from Brazil style cloning lab and that would solve all our problems.
“Thomas Vermaelen, meet Thomas Vermaelen 2, Right-footed Thomas Vermaelen, Spare Thomas Vermaelen and emergency back-up Thomas Vermaelen”.
I don’t think there’s anything the FIFA rule book which says you can’t play clones. If only Gregory Peck hadn’t died in 2003 though, he was the man who knew how to do it all.
Perry Groves, top man. It begs the questions though, doesn’t it? How much would it take for you to put on a Sp*rs shirt? I have to say that as long as it’s for charity there’d never be enough money on the table for me to do it. Even if it would save a million lives what do I care? I don’t know any of them and they’d never have the good manners to even send me a simple thank you card or bake me a cake to show their appreciation for my efforts. That we would all live in a Perry Groves world may be just a dream, but it’s a beautiful dream. Like that one I had about the Water Sheringham cannon I invented.
Till tomorrow.
