A Real Shocker, this one

Yes, that's Ade with the Champions League trophy. Yes indeedy, he actually won something. But seriously (as seriously as you can), he won some African Player of the Year award for 2008. Wonder how that works. Maybe somewhere, the calendar works differently. As far as I can tell, since August 2008, he hasn't been much good. Not much good for the last bits of last season too. So I wonder. Could there not have been a better African player.

Second shocker: RVP's the player of the month for January By a real landslide too. I mean, what's the point? Why even do the stupid poll? He's the only one who actually put on his boots, the only one who felt like doing a bit of passing and running, and the only one who didn't fall asleep after 2 minutes of aimless passing. Hurray. Wonder what he feels about it deep down inside. Just reading the stats of what he did in January, it's more scary than anything else. The poll really should have been called The-What-the-Hell-Has-Everyone-Else-Been-Doing Poll:

(a) Biting their fingernails - 23%
(b) Fiddling with the strings in their shorts - 25%
(c) Messing with their boots - 27%
(d) Playing charades - 25%

It's a tie. So in January, everyone (including Arsene, not RVP) was either fiddling with their shorts or playing charades on the football field.

Hopefully, when Eduardo, Theo and Cesc come back, they'll either stop playing, or just do it after we're 3-0 up with 10 minutes to go. (Ooops. Probably not. They did that against Spurs at home). But what the hell. By the time Eduardo, Theo and Cesc come back, we may have nothing left to play for. Dang.

I suddenly had a pang reminiscing days past the other night. Remember May 2005? 2nd placed Arsenal beat 4th placed Everton 7-0, and eventually finished 18 points clear. 7-0, 18 points. Same Everton manager. What the hell has happened since then? Or let's say Arsenal 5 - Aston Villa 0. How long ago was that? Friggin' 'ell - it was April 2006. A year and a half on, and we're eons away from them in the table. What on earth has happened? Twilight zone, I tell you.

Elsewhere, looks like Chelski have hired a part-timer for the job. Funny (yet again). How the hell does that go? I tell you, it's all that Russian connection. All sorts of weird things happen when you deal with Russian team, federations, agents, owners, etc. So says he: "Abramovich did so much for Russian football that I wanted to do something back."

I don't understand. A Bloody Roman Bitch does much for Russian football, so he wants to do something back...to Chelski? And for nothing too? He hasn't signed a contract. But I suppose in some places, contracts are only used for assassins.