Good morning and happy Monday to you. I’m tired. Not as a tired as a small lady who has spent 76 hours in labour before giving birth to a gnu but tired nonetheless.
We highlighted Emmanuel Adebayor’s jumping ability yesterday and today he reveals the secret. He says:
When I was young, I used to suspend a ball from the ceiling in my mum’s house in Togo and see if I could jump high enough to head it. Every time I managed to head it, I would shorten the string attached to the ball and try to leap even higher.
Of course the real reason he can jump so high is that he is not white. We all know that white men cannot jump. Nor can they dance without making silly faces but that’s not really important this morning. Ade could feature in the Carling Cup against Sp*rs tomorrow but I suspect we might see William Gallas before the Togonator. At the back we really only have the two central defenders. Johann Djourou has a groin problem and as well as Justin Hoyte did in the first leg I think he’ll play right back.
Poor Philippe Senderos got himself a crack on the nose in the Fulham game which required post-game hospital treatment but he should be ok for tomorrow night. I think we might also see Theo start up front with Bendtner which means the right hand side of midfield is open – will it be a youngster like Randall or will we see someone like Cesc play with Denilson out wide? No doubt there’ll be more team news ahead of that game as the day progresses.
I laughed at the headlines this morning which talked about how the return of Jimmy Bullard failed to rouse Fulham. What the F, man? This is Jimmy Bullard, not Maradona. To be honest, if that Rocky Dennis looking fucker was in my team it’d rightly put me off my game.
Carlos Vela played the full 90 for Osasuna last night and scored a goal in a 2-0 win over Athletic Bilbao.
Kolo and Eboue begin their ACN campaign today with a very tasty fixture against Kanu’s Nigeria. Kick off there is 5pm, I think. Not sure what sort of TV coverage there is but if it’s on it’d be a game well worth watching, I reckon.
Update: I almost forgot! Leopold has resurfaced after some time away in a place he won’t talk about but that’s not important. The important thing is that Over the Top is his new article on the real ANR.
And that’s really all the news there is this early on a Monday morning. Time for some breakfast, then it’s down to work. Oh yes.
