Much Ado about..Nothing!

Another slow news day on the Arse front, but there’s enough fodder for stories elsewhere.

First, of course, there’s no news on the Hleb-ini affair, and as I said, I won’t say more until both decide on what the hell they want to do. Good at least, that at last, we've reached the deadline (today) for at least the "ini" part of the Hleb-ini affair.

There’s a great piece from the Times, which is rightfully flattering for Cesc. The man (Cesc) hit the nail on the head with regard to our failings this season. Instead of going on about the Derby win, he recognized that there were still some painfully symptomatic ills:

“But there are still things to correct, to get better for next season. We can still improve a lot. We did well, but we conceded a goal from a set-piece again.

“And then, controlling the game as we were doing, we conceded the second goal. I don't think that we can allow teams to score these kinds of goals when we are having the ball 90 per cent of the game."

He has basically described our downfall in more than one game, and especially the key games: Man U at Old Trafford, and Pool in the Champions League.

Le Boss himself has his own take on our season:

"I feel we were one game away in this championship. If we win at Old Trafford, we are champions. It's just one game, and in that game we were 1-0 up and we had two or three chances to score the second goal, so you cannot say we had a bad season. We have 77 points and we have won championships with 78."

I’d say it’s not just one game. Those stupid draws – if we’d won just two, that would make the four bloody points that we’re behind right now. And we’d still have the luxury of losses against Man U and Chelsea as buffer. So I’d say the key points lost would be: Birmingham and Wigan or Middlesbrough.

But enough analysis of this for now. On to other things...

First, there’s of course Man U’s win over Barca. All I can really say are: Damn, good for Scholes. I must admit that he’s the sort of professional the game has been losing for a long time. Last of a breed, I would say. We had ours, the long-standing loyal rocks behind the team. Adams, Parlour, Keown, etc. These days, WTF. The EPL has nothing in the form of loyalty. It’s sad that we’re talking about Flamini leaving because he feels undervalued. Wonder if Adams ever felt undervalued at Highbury.

Rijkaard can also start packing his bags. Damn cock comments he made about the implications of Ronaldo’s missed penalty, and he must feel like an even bigger limp one right now. Wonder if Henry’s going to stick around as well. Hmm. If there’s any team which was a bigger let down than Barca this season, I haven’t found it. People talk about Arse’s season, but it makes me smile to think of Barca’s own really cock season. For all the talk about the Galaticocks, well, so there. Don’t waste our time anymore, please. AC Milan and Barca can go and suck eggs for all their money, and ability to buy everything on the planet.

Methinks Man U will soon be European Champions. Don’t really care what happens in the next semi. Both ways, it’ll suck. Both don’t deserve to go through. Either will lose to Man U. But in some perverse way, hope Chelski gets through. Both Man U and Chelski could do with some distraction from their last two games. Haha!

Some of the funnier stories: There’s this one about Ronaldo (the fat Brazilian one), getting caught out with transvestite prostitutes. Holy cow. Hilarious man. It seems he didn’t really know that they were transvestites when he first brought them back to the hotel. Suppose it was only in the light of the room that he realized. But looking at the photos, maybe he just likes women who look like men then. If I were the trans (not that I would ever be), I'd consider framing him too, for even considering sleeping with someone as ugly as meself.

Another not-so-funny story: seems Thaksin has had enough of Sven. Some cock implications: (a) Sven’s gonna get another fat pay-out for doing nothing. Shit. Wish I was an old fart Swede (he seems to get the chicks too); (b) This is so gonna piss off the fans. Give it 6 months, and they’re gonna start burning Thaksin effigies. (c) This is so gonna piss off the managers’ union, and drive even more reactions against foreign ownership. (d) Thaksin will soon start talking to Rijkaard.

WTF does Thaksin want from City, I really do not know. But if I could figure out what went wrong, maybe (a) he’s colour blind, and couldn’t tell blue from red, (b) he thought he was buying Manchester United, and (c) the stadium restaurants/stands refused to sell tom yam soup at half time.

So, here’s to next season, when Thaksin will single-handedly reunite Rijkaard and Ronaldinho at City. Foreign ownership is fine, but moron owners can be slightly problematic.