Morning all,
very quiet again this morning so just a quickie to give you fresh arses to play with. I know how you all love your fresh arses. We got our first Arsenal goal of the World Cup last night – Nicklas Bendtner’s equaliser against Cameroon was rather good, his run perfectly timed, his finish on the stretch most excellent. The Danes went on to finish 2-1 winners ensuring that Alex Song will be the first Arsenal player to head for home and to get some rest ahead of the new domestic season.
In the other game in the same group Robin van Persie played for Holland as they beat Japan 1-0 in what was probably the worst game of the World Cup so far. And it’s got some serious, serious competition for that. A Wesley Snipes goal sealed the deal for the Dutch. In the afternoon former nearly Arsenal star Harry Kewell was sent off for Australia but they hung on for a 1-1 draw against Ghana, for whom Quincy MD came on as a sub.
Today sees Emannuel Eboue take on the might of Brazil, our alleged goalkeeping target Federico Marchetti will play for Italy while Slovakia play Paraguay.
Not much in the way of spurious transfer rumours although the Daily Star says we’re after another Ajax centre-half. Having signed Thomas Vermaelen last summer we’re not apparently after his former teammate and international colleague Jan Vertonghen.
I had a look around the Spanish papers but there’s really nothing new there. Barcelona’s top cunt in waiting, Sandra Rosell, has told Cesc ‘Relax, we’ll sign you’, which is jolly nice of him. Unfortunately for Cesc we haven’t said ‘Relax, we’ll sell you’.
It’s worth remembering that we’ve been through this kind of transfer saga before. Vieira to Madrid was DONE but then it wasn’t. Henry was ‘SURE TO SIGN’ for Barcelona except that he didn’t. What happened with both of those players is that they stayed one more year and were then sold like a hot snot the following summer. Vieira to Juventus just happened, Henry to Barcelona happened quickly, and I think the same could very well happen with Cesc. My only fear in that regard would be that his final season was like those of Vieira and Henry, not very good at all.
And that’s really about that. It’s a beautiful Sunday. Why do you want to be stuck inside reading this anyway?
Till tomorrow.
