All still very dull and non-arsey.
Theo Walcott apparently played quite well for England against Andorra the other night, which is good for the young man. Good for us too if it boosts his confidence and he says he’s coming to terms more with playing on the wing. Capello, like Arsene Wenger, is still urging patience due to his relative youth and inexperience but it should be interesting to see how he fares against Croatia, if he keeps his place that is.
Chairman PHW has been talking about the possibility of somebody making a bid for the club. In the light of the Manchester City purchase he says:
If somebody came and made a really huge bid then you cannot recommend shareholders turn it down because we don’t like it. We want the club to stay in its current ownership and, of course, you have some concern that someone will try to buy the club.
The directors don’t want to sell but we are a public company. It depends on the price.
And that’s just the reality of the situation. With Dein having been shafted by Usmanov you do wonder if there’s something about to happen there. And if a multi-squillionaire sheikh decided he wanted a new plaything and was prepared to spend a tiny fraction of his fortune there’s really not much anyone can do about it. Naturally it would be great if the current owners could keep on keeping on (minus the fat, disgusting, Man United supporting Uzbeki oligarch cunt, of course) but football is going through some mighty changes right now.
William Gallas spoke about Joey Barton and Samir Nasri, saying:
The moment Barton came on to the pitch he made a bad challenge on Samir Nasri. Samir responded with an act that maybe wasn’t especially nice. But bearing in mind the player he did it to, then fair enough.
heh, I think that’s the first time Gallas has ever said something funny in his time at Arsenal. You just know that Barton will be stewing over being made look a chump by Nasri and by the time we play against him again he’ll be out for revenge. If he comes onto the pitch with a lit cigar we’ll know the way he’s going to play it.
Not much else to tell you about though really. Arsene Wenger is having training sessions with just Almunia and Denilson. Apparently they’re just playing three and in all day long before going off on their BMXs to play Commodore 64. Good old days.
