*snigger*

Well, it’s been a while, but this post goes out to all my Man U-supporting friends out there. In particular, the wife of an Arse fan (how does that marriage work??) who sat through the game at GMT+7, going through the kind of pain we all went through quite recently.

You know, it’s mixed feelings. Man U were made to look so ordinary, so clueless, so undermotivated, so characterless, that I was left wondering for a great part of the game: now why did we on the other hand, make them look so friggin’ unbeatably unbeatable in the semis?? Screw it. Who knows. Probably because we sucked, but it still gave great pleasure to see (a) that shit-faced look on the Man U bench after the second goal, (b) Ronaldo skulking around with his usual tantrum, (c) Berbatov confirming what a useless twat he is, and (d) Park using his third lung to no particular purpose.

Now let’s see what would’ve happen had we been the ones to face Barca. Yeah, yeah, Barca were amazing, but let’s see: Silvestre would’ve dealt with Messi, Song and Diaby shackled Iniesta and Xavi, and we’d have whipped them good and proper. Heh.

But back to Arse, and you know what has really pissed me off in recent days? When we have news on the Arse website talking about the game. Now why the bloody hell do we have to do that? Does any Arse fan type in www.arsenal.com to read about the Champions League final? Unacceptable, if you asked me. (Note: there was nothing about it on the Chelsea website).

What was worse was Le Boss’s comments re Henry:

“I would want him to do well because I know one thing he needs and he deserves in his career is a successful Final. People don’t realise what happened to him in 2006.

“He played in the Champions League Final and just lost. He knows he had the chance to score the second goal. Then he went on and played in the World Cup Final and they lost on penalties. When you are 30 years-old, how much does that hurt?

“You think that might be my last chance to be in there. For him to go back into the Final and do well is very important.

“So I will support him in this game.”

Bollocks. I wanted Barca to win too, not because of Henry (nor because of Sylvinho), but because nothing would give me greater pleasure than watching Man U lose. (No, actually, watching Chelski lose gives me greater pleasure).

So Henry was interviewed after the game, and he was talking about winning the Champions League at last. Who gives a flyin’ F, you know. It’s like, your wife leaves you, gets interviewed on TV two years later, happy that she’s finally had a good lay. And what? You’re supposed to be happy for her – simply because while she was with you, she at least gave you a couple of good screws? Dammit. Just go away and be happy. If you still so love Arsenal as you claim and even watch our reserves play, then you should’ve stayed. You didn’t, so screw off and kiss your trophy. I just don’t need my manager talking about how happy he is seeing you do it.

And why? Coz it just shows that the manager recognises that the player made the right choice – that he would have had a better chance of winning that elusive medal with Barca, and not Arsenal.

Season’s over then. Well, actually, it was over a while back. But officially, we’ve seen the end of the season. Any FA Cup final involving Chelski’s a waste of time. Silly transfer season’s about to descend. And how much money are we going to put on just about everyone being linked to Arse? And how much money are we going to put on us signing absolutely nobody until 3 minutes before the close of the transfer window? Only to sign some Silvestre-esque fake? And knowing us, we probably won’t off-load Ade too early, coz it’d only let everyone else know just how much money we have to get fleeced off.

Urgh. More pain ahead.

P.S. - Does Hleb get a medal? *snigger* x 2, and how do you say 'doh'! in Belarussian?