june 22nd
Euro Arsewatch: So England and France go through to the 1/4 finals, which is good for them, but bad for Arsenal.
Sol and Ash both played as England turned in their best performance of the tournament so far. They finally figured out how to pass the ball and it paid off. Wayne (The new Pele, Maradona, Cruyff, van Basten and Ronaldo rolled into one) Rooney scored another two goals to increase the dent he’s going to put in Abramovich’s cheque book, he set up England’s first for Paul Scholes and Fat Frank got England’s fourth. They did look very susceptible to set-pieces though, both of Croatia’s goals came from crosses and ultimately you have to look at the goalkeeper that the defenders obviously don’t trust. Again, Ashley was left exposed time and again on the left, but I thought he did very well.
Thierry Henry broke his Euro duck with two against Switzerland. For a time it looked as if England might win the group and play Greece in the 1/4s, but Henry’s goals mean France play Greece on Friday while England have the unenviable task of playing the hosts in Lisbon on Thursday. Tonight Freddie plays as Sweden and Denmark conspire to conjure up the 2-2 draw that will see them both go through and the Italians go out.
In other news Barcelona are said be casting a greedy eye over both our Brazilian midfielders. They want Edu but will wait until December as he can sign a pre-contract with them as he only has one more year left on his contract. According to the Spanish press Barca vice-chairman Sandro Rossell has been negotiating with David Dein about the transfer of both players. I can’t see it happening unless we need to money to fund the purchase of a mega-star of some kind. Ray Parlour is available for transfer according the West Brom boss Gary Megson, but Romford has apparently turned down the chance to go work with the Gingerest manager since Strachan. Also, Sylvain Wiltord could go to Juventus. That’ll teach the cunts for nicking Chippy from us.
That’s yer lot for this morning. I’m off to buy fireworks.
