So as expected Emmanuel Eboue was handed a three match ban for his part in the Carling Cup final ‘braawl. Not much else to say. He deserved it. He’s an idiot.
Also, the FA have asked Arsene Wenger to explain his statement that the linesman was a cheat. Are they stupid or something? What do they think he meant? And after Frank Lampard’s agent saying he wasn’t punched anyone, let alone Adebayor, they said:
Contrary to Wenger’s allegations, the assistant referee’s report does not claim that Adebayor punched Frank Lampard. The report states that Adebayor’s attitude was aggressive, that he shoved into Ricardo Carvalho and that he aimed a punch at Lampard. It does not state that Adebayor struck Lampard.
Honestly, I think they’re just making it up as they go along and ignoring some actions for whatever reason you might want to speculate about yourself. Based on that statement I think it’s going to be pretty hard for AW to justify his comments to them and with previous this season I wonder if they might inflict some kind of touchline ban on him. It wouldn’t surprise me in the slightest. Goodplaya (who needs to make his headlines into links for easier linking) has some interesting coverage here wondering what it was that turned Arsene from apologetic to apoplectic.
We have injury worries ahead of the upcoming games. Tomas Rosicky will miss both Reading and PSV while there are serious doubts over the fitness of Thierry Henry for the vital Champions League clash too. With Adebayor suspended it means Baptista and Aliadiere get another chance up front tomorrow so fingers crossed they’ve got their shooting boots on this time.
Gilberto says we need to stick together at the moment and he’ll be talking to the young players to try and build their confidence. He says:
We have to carry on, we have huge games coming up but it’s hard because we have only a few days to save the rest of our season. But we need to stick together at this important time. That is the only way that we can change our position.
Cuntley Cunt, the deluded cunt, says he was right to leave Arsenal because he’s already won a medal with Chelsea. An unused sub in the Carling Cup final and he’s happy? Twat. His biggest contribution on the day was to kiss the Chelsea badge in front of the Arsenal fans as he was warming up the despicable little shite.
Arsene’s press conference today should be interesting. More on that tomorrow. Now, it’s Arsecast time.
This week’s Arsecast, sponsored as always by Savile-Rogue.com, features a blogchat with the Observer’s Amy Lawrence, the Man in the Bar has a player history, Arsene Wenger Hawkins has a wonderful story and there’s fly on the wall coverage of Emmanuel Adebayor meeting the FA, along with comment about the week’s football.
As well as that there’s a bet of the week from BlueSq.com – “Arsenal need to bounce back from a difficult week –
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