november 5th
08.55 – Years ago, back in Dublin, I used to work as a DJ in a number of really dodgy nightclubs.
Imagine my surprise last night when I was watching cool TV show about a funeral home, 6 Feet Under, when one of my ex-bosses popped up on screen. He was playing a writer/doctor dude, spouting useless self help crap and he got to shag to the bird from Muriel’s Wedding in the toilets. Not Muriel, mind. Anyway, well done Tim. Can’t help but have a soft spot for a bloke who gives you a job when you’re pissed out of your mind and chancing your arm.
Giovanni van Bronckhorst and Robert Pires, the cruciate twins, are set to start tomorrow night’s game against Sunderland as they make their way back to full fitness. AW says of Gio “Van Bronckhorst will play against Sunderland on Wednesday because I want to rest some of my players. He had a different operation from Pires and it has taken him six weeks longer to recuperate”
Matthew Upson is happy with the way his loan spell at Reading is going, and given his comments here, he’s gonna be back at Arsenal in a month or so. I did read somewhere that Arsenal can call him back at any minute, should we need him, so that’s good, because it’s now emerged that Pascal Cygan could be beaten by both classic combatants in a hare vs tortoise race.
Meanwhile, Freddie Ljungberg is giving up the nightlife and the musicals to stay in from now on. He’s concerned about safety and reckons he’d be better off with his feet up at home, just in case there’s a kidnap attempt a la Posh Spice. He seems particularly worried about invisible baddies, as he says “There are always threats, even if you can’t see them.” Riiiiight.
Finally, for those of you in the UK, enjoy the fireworks tonight. Try not to lose too many fingers….
