What a Damn Week

Well, first, the long lay-off has been necessary as I tend to Arsewiper Sr, but that aside, what a strange week it has been in terms of transfer news eh?

I must admit that the first I saw of it was a little story (The Sun was it?) that we were taking a look at Mikael Silvestre. My first thoughts of course were, yeah yeah yeah. We've heard so much shit over the summer, but isn't it a bit late in August for this??? Then lo and behold, we sign the dude. Did Arsene just happen to walk by the One Pound Shop? Did he lose a bet? What on earth was he thinking?? We offer a 2-year deal to the 31 year old dude when we wouldn't give Bobby Pires anything more than a year? I must say while I've been tried to be open minded about the many criticisms over the move, this little piece of injustice has got to me the most.

But that said, we could be in for a surprise. Look at it this way. First, the sales of Vieira, Henry and Pires showed us that Le Boss knows for sure, and he has been spot on, that he knows when players are slightly past their best. Then, there's been talk that if he ain't good enough for Man U, why is he good enough for us? Well, consider this. Vieira was never good enough for AC Milan. Henry never good enough for Juve, and Bergkamp never good enough for Inter. But they came, they played and they conquered.

I can see Silvestre as not the best, but decent cover at the back. With talk of Djourou possibly heading off, and Traore getting loaned out, perhaps it makes some sense. He won't be a pillar, but he should be useful should any of our back four need a break.

Don't get me wrong. I'm far from a Silvestre fan. It's already damn difficult seeing his picture all over the Arse website with his new #18 shirt. But I'm the eternal optimist. I'd put some money on him scoring at least one goal this season too. Frank McLintock for one thinks we've got ourselves a real deal!

In the meantime, of course, there's still the silly rumouring going on about Gareth Barry. Stories abound, but this one has Le Boss deciding only after the draw for the group stage next week. Quite cute in a way. What? He's going to say: "Hmmm...ok. It's all shit teams. We won't need Gareth for these games, and we'd sit him out anyway. So okay, let's sign the cup-tied idiot now."

All said and done though, I do think we'll buy one more for sure. Since the news is that Xabi Alonso has been priced out, I won't rule out anyone. If we can sign Silvestre, it could be literally ANYONE!

It's Fulham tomorrow. We're gonna unleash some Shock and Awe at Craven Cottage with Alex Song and Mikael Silvestre! (I hate these # !#%^&*! 5.30pm kick-offs. Do people not know that there's half the universe who'll have to watch the game at 12.30am?!?! And so many more of them to come. Damn these Sky people messing with us!)