september 16th
The only bit of news around yesterday, bar the post-match musings, was the fact that young Italian striker Arturo (am I the only one who thinks of Geek Love when I hear than name?) Lupoli signed a professional contract with the club. He’s impressed since arriving from Parma in July and he’s been banging in the goals for the reserves and youths.
Reserve team coach Eddie Niedzwicki-wicki-wild-wild-west also broke the heartening news that not only is he a great prospect, but we’ve got the new Charlie Nicholas on our hands “He has taken up the challenge and he is going to be a player.”
Does this kit look familiar to anyone? That’s right. It’s the bog standard blue away kit Nike have foisted upon us. Except that’s Pavel Nedved and we’re not sponsored by Tamoil. That means that despite the huge money Nike make from Arsenal and all the other clubs they can’t be arsed spending the time to design an individual kit for each club. The socks and the shorts are the same as ours too. I really hate the blue away kit, I think you all know that. I’m not going to go into the ins and outs of it now, but I hate it even more because we’re sharing it with those Brady stealing, match fixing bastards of Juventus. Maybe next year Nike will provide generic away kits and when you buy it you have to ask for your iron-on badges. “One set of Arsenal, please.”
If I’d bought that away kit (let’s pretend I had some kind of seizure and couldn’t figure out how to set £40 on fire) I’d be really pissed off. Could the fact that people are fed up with blue kits and Nike’s lazy products be an explanation for the reduced merchandise income? Whatever it is we shouldn’t have to share our kits with anyone, least of Juventus and even more least of all a kit as shitty as this one.
Patrick Vieira, who seems determined to say the right thing as often as possible now, has hailed the ‘mature’ Arsenal performance in the Champions League the other night. There was a lot of negativity after the game from some fans, but I’m happy with the 3 points and anyone who has followed Arsenal’s previous CL campaigns will know this is the sort of game we conceded a late goal in in years gone by. We can’t dazzle every single game but if we can take 3 points from teams that come to frustrate us then that’s good enough for me.
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