march 18th
08.58 – If you were to look back through the archives here on Arseblog and see how many times I’ve used the phrase ‘Fergie’s at it again’, I don’t doubt you’d find plenty of examples.
Well, surprise surprise, Fergie’s at it again. This man seems to spend more time talking about Arsenal than anything else. In today’s Sun he says “If we win the title this year it will be our greatest feat yet. This has been our biggest-ever challenge, given the triumphalism of Arsenal. They have been saying they will win the Treble, haven’t they?”
I think you’ll find Mr Cuntalot, that we didn’t say anything like that. In fact, it was your players and you who were talking about a ‘quadruple’. Remember? Anyway, this whole thing is yet another attempt to heap pressure on Arsene Wenger and the Arsenal players. Well timed too, given our defensive injury crisis. Still, we’ve shown in the past that we can do it when we’re under pressure, and I suspect comments like these will do nothing but make the Arsenal players more determined to win the league so that Fergie’s men win nothing at all.
Giovanni van Bronckhorst says Arsenal are going to Valencia to win. Despite the fact we’ll be without DB10, Martin Keown, David Seaman, Ashley Cole, and possibly Sol Campbell and Patrick Vieira. This could be one of those games where we need to score a few goals to get a favourable result. Valencia will need to come out and play, so there will be chances for Henry and Jeffers to get in behind their aged defence. The only thing is, we can’t afford to sit too deep and invite pressure onto our makeshift back 4. I suspect it’s going to be an exciting game, and hopefully we can go through without having to rely on results from elsewhere. Or we could qualify on the basis of what happens in Rome. Either way is cool with me.
Wenger’s blindspot – Wenger’s Weakness.
Former Arsenal midfielder Stephen Hughes could sign for Charlton. Tipped as the next big thing, Hughes never made the grade at Highbury. There were never any doubts about his ability, only his application. He was sold to Everton, didn’t do it there either, went to Watford and the article linked to above suggests Watford fans even thought he was feigning injury to avoid playing for them. He was released by them in December and hasn’t found a club since. Good luck to him, hope he sorts it out, coz it looks as if this could be his last chance.
Perhaps it seems strange talking about football when the world is gripped by fear of the most despotic and single minded terrorist this side of a James Bond movie. Still, as Bill Shankly said “Football is not a matter of life and death, George Bush is a cunny.” Or something.
