march 14th
09.04 – And a happy Saint Patrick’s Day to you all…..er….
We’ll start this morning with the news that, like me, Thierry Henry is fucking knackered and needs a rest. He also reveals that he’s got amazing Scouse-talking legs as he says “Recently, against Charlton, my legs told me to calm down.” You’d want to get that seen to Thierry…
Given the fairly dismal failure of Arsene Wenger to be able to buy a centre half on the cheap and turn him into a top player, the way he’s done with players in other positions, Arsenal are now being linked with one of the brightest defensive talents in Europe. It’s been widely reported that Arsenal have asked Ajax to be kept informed of the availability of Christian Chivu. If you believe the papers here in Spain it seems Chivu to Real Madrid is practically a done deal, but then so was Haselbaink to Barcelona, Vieira to Real Madrid Shevchenko to Real Madrid and so on. He looks like a very good player, young enough to make a fairly substantial investment worth the money, and unless Arsenal seriously strengthen in this area for next season, all the hard work to reach the top of the game in England could come undone.
Speaking of top class centre halves, Tony Adams talks about Arsene Wenger’s managment style in today’s Sun. He’s also urged the Arsenal boss to pick Ray Parlour for more games, saying “You need players with his grit and determination to win vital games…” A good point, and I have to say we could do worse than throw Ray in alongside Paddy in the centre of midfield. Gilberto has played all season, after playing in the World Cup, and his performances recently have shown the tiredness he must feel. Parlour will have fresh legs after spending so much time out injured.
David Seaman will play his 1000th top level game against Blackburn on Saturday. Now 83 years old, the big Yorkshireman has been playing football since 1953, making his debut for Fotherington be’t Moor United as a lumbering striker. It was only when somebody noticed he had hands the size of pit shovels that he was put in goal and he’s never looked back since. Apart from when he’s had to take the ball out of the net of course. He will be awarded a commemorative goat and have his name etched into the right hand goalpost in front of the North bank before the next home game. Well done Spunky.
Occasionally you’ll come across an article that is written merely to wind up fans of a particular team. Perhaps to increase readership as outraged of N5 sends it on to his mates to look at. This is one of those articles. A piece of ‘journalism’ so shoddy and transparent, so hilariously blinkered, so poorly executed, its author deserves nothing more than this. Must try harder.
