Archive for March, 2005
March 31st, 2005
Anyone who doesn’t understand why need only watch England’s 2-0 victory over Azerbaijan. Dire stuff. Though the utterly mad Carlos Alberto does bring a little comedy to proceedings, it’s worth noting.
In Arsenal news, everybody’s leaving again. Well, when I say everybody, I mean Edu and perhaps Stuart Taylor. “Everybody”. I do sometimes think Bob Wilson needs to sod off and keep himself to himself, though. He never seems to say anything helpful. Ten minutes ago he was praising the qualities of Jens Lehmann after he was dropped for Almunia, and now he’d rather Taylor. Annoying, really.
David Bentley is set to return from his Norwich injury nightmare, but won’t be allowed to play for us when the two sides meet on Saturday. We won’t be “avin'” him. Oh no.
He’s a decent player, is Bentley. But when he rejoins the Arsenal squad next season, he may find himself in direct competition for a place with the most clinical finisher in the Premiership, Freddie Ljungberg.
Let’s just hope he fares better than another loan Gun, Jermaine Pennant.
March 27th, 2005
Man of the Moment Philippe Senderos made his international debut last night, thrown in at the deep end as Switzerland faced Vieira et all at the Stade de France.
Apart from one slight slip that allowed Davide Trezeguet in, Big Phil gave an excellent account of himself in a 0-0 draw.
Ashley Cole, meanwhile, was part of the England side that stormed to a 4-0 win over Northern Ireland, and Freddie Ljungberg grabbed a brace for Sweden, including one from the spot.
And here’s some yummy quotes from Thierry “I love the club” Henry.
Fabulous.
March 25th, 2005
That’s why there’s been no update, really. It’s just so bloody boring. I suppose we can all watch Ashley Cole tomorrow, but we’ll all just be wondering whether he’ll even be our player next season. As I’m sure you know by now, the FA have charged him for approaching Chelsea, as well as Chelsea for tapping him up, and Mourinho for poor conduct. Fines all round, probably. But as for Ash’s long-term future… well, that’s anybody’s guess.
And then there’s this:
For those of you whose Spanish isn’t all that great, this basically reads:
“JOSE REYES HAS REVEALED THAT HE HATES ARSENAL, THAT WENGER SMELLS, AND THAT THIERRY HENRY TREATS HIM ‘LIKE TOILET-PAPER’, AND IF HE DOESN’T JOIN REAL MADRID WITHIN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, HE WILL DIE.”
Oh, and Patrick Vieira‘s been slagging off the club for relying too much on youth.
See, this is all part of why I hate International week…
March 18th, 2005
There is no real Arsenal news of any significance, other than the tragic passing of Steve Gleiber. Steve’s webpage is one of the oldest and most popular Arsenal sites there is, and certainly one of the first I ever visited. The sincerity of the contributions made on his forum show quite the respect this man held.
Steve’s cousin Rob K says it much better than I ever could:
“I am very sad to have to say that my wonderful cousin Steve Gleiber, host of the forum, passed away a few hours ago. Stevie was only 41 years old but has finally lost his battle with cancer. He is survived by his loving family Jutka, Janche & Susie and his wonderful partner Angela. He was a big guy with a bigger heart. Even though he in lived in Sydney, and we, his maternal family, live in the UK he was always a large part of all of our lives and we loved him dearly. He loved his family & partner, life & Arsenal passionately. I miss him already.”
The greatest memorial we could give to Steve would be the continued discussion of our beloved Arsenal in the polite, dignified, humorous manner that he personified and, by virtue of his site, allowed so many others to indulge in.
Our thoughts are with Steve’s family.
R.I.P. Steve
March 16th, 2005
It doesn’t quite work as a headline, does it. But I’ve done my best.
It’s supposed to be like:
“Will he stay or will he go now?”
Ah dear. Don’t know why I bother.
Every day, though, it looks more and more like our little matador might head home. We’ve only paid about £8m for him so far, so if he were to leave, we’d probably recoup a profit of some sort.
If he does go, we could do worse for a left-sided replacement than Emre.
I’m in a good mood today. Hurrah.
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