Pires/Den/Fred injuries deal Hammer blow…
493 comments September 23rd, 2005
Robert Pires, Fredrik Ljungberg and Dennis Bergkamp could join Thierry Henry on the sidelines for Saturday’s game with West Ham, meaning our entire first choice attacking quarted has been wiped out. I blame Phil Neville.
Even if Bergkamp passes a fitness test, I doubt he’ll be risked, what with the journey to Amsterdam still to come. On the bright side, Mathieu Flamini is back, so Alex Song can go back to the “NewPatrickVieira-Moulding Department” at Colney. There are many malfunctions to be corrected.
I expect the team will end up looking something like this:
Sol Campbell will continue to captain the side as he battles back towards the World Cup, and Jose Reyes will yet again lead the line. On the subject of little Jose, Arsene has finally admitted that he plays a bit better without Thierry, saying, “The other players always look first to find Thierry. At the moment Jose is receiving more passes because Thierry is not there and I think he enjoys that.”
He also suggests Jose is not so little after all: “He looks less lightweight and is more dominant in the challenge than he was when he arrived here. It’s all part of his growing process.” Promising.
Not so promising for the non-Dutch accused rapist in our ranks, Graham Stack, whose case has kicked off before he’s even taken the field for Reading.
But if you thought that was bad, spare a thought for Johnathan Woodgate. Dear dear.
You have to laugh.
