Holy Bazookas! Rosicky trains with a ball!

Some rather interesting stories from the official grapevine.

First, consider this line: "Tomas Rosicky has trained with a football for the first time in over a year this week." So, errrrm. Too many things running through my mind, but first: so in a year, he has trained with what? An inflatable doll? He has "trained" but not with a ball? Does he remember what it looks like? Where do we go from here in his rehabilitation? Tomas: this is a ball. Yes I remember. Where is your right foot? Gut gut. See your foot. Yes. Bring foot to ball. No, don't use your toes...ya, ya, that is a called a kick. No, no, don't use our hands, Tomas. Kick, only kick. No hands.

Let's just say I think we need to look beyond Rosicky.

But here's something more startling. The team's training has not been affected by the snow. Why? Well, according to Le Boss: “We have the luck to have undersoil heated pitches and therefore we could prepare normally. We cannot complain about that.”

Er, yes. Good point. So we can train, despite the snow, but somehow, the pitch on the Emirates DOESN'T have undersoil heating? Or what? And why did we postpone that game? Cardiff could't find their way out of their bloody toilets because of the snow? I tell you, this thing about the snow in England. It's like frigging Armageddon. What was that movie? The one where Manhattan gets flooded? No mention there of any baseball games getting called off though.

One more thing: there must be a rule. That any one team, any set of fans should only be put through having to watch Robbie Keane no more than twice a season (three times if FA Cups are included). Now that he's returned to bloody Spurs, do we really have to see him again? Christ. At least our home tie is done with. For once I'm glad there ain't gonna be a live telecast over here in Les Booon-docques.

So we're going to whip their asses on Sunday. Other than Keane, team news is great on our front. Eboue's back! Diaby's banned - but doesn't matter, since he's injured himself for the 345th time in 2 games. Oh yes, no double whammy of seeing David Bentley, since he's supposedly injured.

Since we're on the topic of a-holes from Spurs, consider this quote from one Didier Zokora:

"I spoke with Arsene Wenger after the World Cup but I preferred to come to Spurs because it gave me a good option for my life. I am very happy."

What option for his life? Having 24 points from 24 games? Hanging out with others of the a-hole species? What? So you're very happy? Good for you, you idiot. Have a nice life sans Arsenal.