october 20th
The saga continues. Having emailed ANR to ask them about the AGM report I was met once again with a resounding silence. Ignoring the problem doesn’t make the fact you stole my report go away, you know. I think I might steal Myles’ sense of youthful optimism as revenge. Bet I’d got loads on Ebay for it.
The lads are in Greece for the Panathinaikos game in the Champions League and they’ll be hoping to do better than United and Liverpool did last night. Maybe the 0-0 in Prague didn’t do much for Demento’s mood but AW is hoping he’ll ‘calm down‘ when it comes to commenting about last season’s handbags at Old Trafford.
For tonight the team is as you’d expect. With Freddie Ljungberg likely to be recovered from his little niggle he’ll start out on the right, Bob on the left with Henry and Reyes up front. Injuries to Vieira and Gilberto mean Edu and Cesc will start in midfield while we’ll have young Swede Sebastian Larsson on the bench to offer cover.
Tony Adams has spoken out about why he thinks Arsenal don’t take their Premiership form into Europe. He says “In Europe they get found out. Arsene plays too offensive. For me it’s mathematics. He doesn’t have enough defenders in the team and doesn’t give opponents enough respect.”
How many defenders does he want? It’s not like we’re playing 2-4-6. As for not giving opponents enough respect I think that’s a pretty poor thing to accuse the boss of. It seems to me Adams has a hankering for some George Graham style result grinding, which was effective in its day, but just isn’t the way this Arsenal team plays. Like it or not. We’ll see what happens tonight.
Peter Hill-Wood talks about Arsene Wenger. “If I had to find one word to describe him it would be ‘ phenomenal’.”
The reserves played Southampton last night and drew 2-2. Our goals came from teenage strikers who promise much. The first from young Irish lad Anthony Stokes while Arturo Lupoli continued his fine form with the second. Match report here from Arsenal.com. Speaking of reserves our American centre-half, Frankie Simek, has joined high flying QPR on a month’s loan. Good luck to him there.
Right, I’m off to put on my stripey top and mask, just need to find my ‘swag’ bag. Oh Myles….
