The Return

A day before Blackburn, and all sorts of things out there paying tribute to Le Boss. Our longest serving manager ever, and most successful ever. Nothing much more I can add to that. You could even say that through Arse, Le Boss has also single-handedly altered the shape of the English Premier League for the better.

At the same time, there's now Thierry Henry saying that he would very much like to return to the Emirates one day.

"I'm trying to finish what I started nearly 15 years ago but we will see. I always said you go back to where you belong. I never stopped saying I love Arsenal and I will one day go back there."

"How? I don't now. Maybe as a water boy. Who knows? I just love the club and eventually one day I will go back for sure. "

He says "for sure". Hmmm. Absolutely? Perhaps he's had a little bit of a Pep Guardiola-esque inspiration to become a super successful young manager. But honestly, I don't really see him as being a really good manager. Remember, he never really had much success as our captain, so I'm not sure he has it in him...between Henry and Bergkamp, I'd go for the latter.

Henry's love for Arse, however, does raise another question. Just why did he leave in the first place? For a Champions League medal? Well, he's got that now. Where to at this point? Was it just to leave London and his messy family life behind? Is that why he's so sure he'll return one day? Or maybe he's saying it simply because he's bought himself an apartment at Highbury Square, and that he'd come back every now and then?

Ah well. Whatever. We'll see.

In the more immediate future, we have Theo and Bent Nick back for Blackburn. Eduardo's crocked (as usual). I suppose the time he's been out, and how much his body has gone through, he'll probably be prone to the more than occasional niggly injury for the rest of his career. Touch wood, but Bent Nick seems rather injury-proof by Arse standards, so he's better start taking his first team chances by the balls.

On to Sunday then. In the meantime, I've just seen Spurs equalise against Bolton, which has potentially spoiled what would have been a great Saturday football wise.