February 17th
Too much writing this week. Writing = thinking and thinking hurts so early in the morning. A Friday news round-up is just the easy tonic I need.
We’ll start with the behind closed doors friendly against Reading yesterday. We won 3-1 with two goals from Arturo Lupoli and one for Fabrice Muamba. It was widely thought that Ashley Cole and Gael Clichy would play but neither of them did. However, I think both of them are over their injuries and ready to come back. It seems almost certain Cole will play against Real Madrid. We had a triallist play with the team as well, widely thought to be ex-Fulham man Martin Djetou and Theo Walcott and Alexander Hleb both played.
Freddie Ljungberg has claimed he was misquoted when he said Arsenal were scared and he feels that the new stadium could be the key to keeping Thierry Henry, saying “We are going to be in a new stadium so I hope he is going to stay. I think we can win things and is why we should all stay.”
Erm, not all. We made another impact signing yesterday. Cannes defender Carl Parisio should go straight into the under 17s team. He was yet to sign a professional deal and Arsenal have made a payment to Cannes even though we didn’t necessarily have to. I suppose trying to avoid another Flamini situation is a good idea.
Dennis Bergkamp says he’s ready to travel to Madrid by road if the club need him. Can’t see it happening though.
Cesc on Chelsea – “If you watch Chelsea they play such boring football you could doze off. I watch Barca on TV quite regularly and it’s easy to enjoy — Chelsea may be effective but they play boring football.”
And that’s all I can manage. Thankfully it’s Friday, the weather here is beginning to get a bit warmer and we can leave work an hour early today. Hurrah!
