Archive for October 17th, 2006

“OK, I am a married man, I am 37 and have children.”

16 comments October 17th, 2006

This is the thought, suggests Arsene, that will destroy the career of any goalkeeper.  Presumably the reason Jens Lehmann was dropped in early 2005 was because for just one second he realised that the two small people in his house were in fact his children, and briefly glanced at both his wedding ring and birth certificate.  Family, it seems, is like kryptonite for goalkeepers.

Fortunately, Jens usually spares no time for contemplation, throwing himself into the firing line with unerring regularity.  But after the injuries to Petr Cech and Carlo Cudicini, even he is concerned:

“When it happened I really felt sorry for both keepers. It made me really, really angry too. We’re here two days later and I’m still upset because it happened to Schwarzer and Shay Given. Now it’s happened to Peter Cech and Carlo Cudicini. All of them are great keepers, very brave, they never went to challenge or harm the striker but all four of them got knocked out due to ‘clumsy’ challenges.”

Clumsiness is a crime.  I’m sure it won’t be long until the Kick Clumsiness out of football campaign gets into gear.  In seriousness, I wish the injured players, Cech in particular, well.  He’s in hospital near my brother in Oxford, and apparently was visited yesterday by John Terry and Jose Mourinho, amongst others.  I have told him to hide behind a bush and throw things: I will report back with the progress.

Our goalkeeper is likely to be protected by the same defence that faced Watford, in spite of the return of Gael Clichy.  Arsene says:

“Clichy is coming back, so is Senderos, but I’m not tempted to change the defence for tomorrow.”

Justin Hoyte hasn’t done anything terrible for a few games now, which really worries me.  CSKA will be a real test, with a couple of talented Brazilians up-front, so the likes of Djourou and Hoyte will have to be on top form.  Theo Walcott will probably be left out for Alex Hleb, but I for one hope Emmanuel Adebayor keeps his place upfront.

Whilst a new link emerges with Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Arsene has denied making a bid for Franck Ribery, saying that he already has Tomas Rosicky.  I still think Ribery would seem the more likely to happen, especially when you consider that we still have Bendtner to come back.

Finally, the answer to the question that everyones been asking: What happens when you cross Rosicky and Gilberto?

Answer: Denilson.


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