february 15th
So this morning I’m battling through a Beefeater induced hangover to bring you the blog. Beefeater and Tempranillo. And beer. *boilk*
The bad news to start with is that Thierry Henry is out of today’s game against Chelsea. He picked up a bruised foot against Southampton, and he also seems to have injured himself so Arsene Wenger is not going to risk him today. We’re also without Wiltord, Aliadiere, Kanu and Freddie. Likely starters up front are Bergkamp and Reyes, although David Bentley could get the nod to play with Dennis.
Sol Campbell faces a late fitness test, which if he fails would mean a central defensive partnership of K-lo and the Cyganbot. Robert Pires talks about Arsenal’s togetherness this season in a very interesting interview in the Independent.
Anyone else see the funniest moment of the season yesterday when Gary Neville got sent off against Citeh? When he dived to try and get the penalty his kicking and rolling around on the ground in temper when the ref wasn’t fooled was just hilarious. If anyone can make a video clip of that I’d love to put it on the site permanently. The subsequent red card just capped one of the finest few minutes of the season thus far.
Important: Can any Macintosh users who use Arsenal+ to listen to the radio commentary please let me know if they have any problems with the radio coverage today. Get in touch via this form.
Right. Beach. Papers. Hair of the dog. Then the match. More later.
