Losing at the London Masters
285 comments July 22nd, 2007
Last night I went down to Wembley Arena to watch the London Masters. I was there with a Chelsea fan, and two Spurs fans. The writing was on the wall from the start. Our team featured Nigel Winterburn, Andy Linnighan, Martin Hayes, Matthew Joseph, Paul Davis, Mark Flatts, Danny O’Shea, and the now legendary Gus Caesar. It was hardly a “whose who” of the Arsenal history books, but it was good to see Wineterburn in red-and-white again.
Well, any side featuring Gus was always likely so struggle, and we were no different, losing all three of our games.
Oh well. It was a good craic and I did enjoy seeing Spurs go 3-0 up in the final against Chelsea only to end up losing on penalties. There are some things that only a Tottenham team can manage.
The People claim that Freddie Ljungberg is on the verge of signing for West Ham – I’d be surprised by this development after quotes from both Arsene and Freddie this week to the contrary. It’s possible that in the light of Julien Faubert’s injury The Hammers have made a bid that’s impossible to turn down.
Here’s one in the eye for all those who’ve suggested that Arsenal don’t give English talent a chance. Whether or not that English talent will be good enough to break into the first team is an entirely different matter.
Is anyone else entirely unamused by this? It’s all very well to get one over on the British press, but at the same time you are pissing away your credibility somewhat. I can assure you that everything I publish on Gunnerblog, April Fool’s aside, is in good faith. I just wish I had something exciting to tell you at the moment.
Don’t forget, today is your last chance to enter the t-shirt competition.
