Clichy

Well shiver me timbers. The news is suddenly out that Clichy's a little stress fracture in his back, and could be out for a month or so. I'm not sure I saw anything on Saturday, so it could be one of several things: (a) he slipped in the shower and fell smack on his butt and tail bone; or (b) he's fallen ill of the..."virus"! Is this coincidence or what - that he puts in a few so-so performances, the Arsewiper says that Gibbs is watching him, and lo and behold, he gets a mysterious stress fracture.

We really could do without another injury, but if there's ever anytime we could give Gibbs a run out, this would be it. The real games where we'll have Gibbs instead of Clichy then would be: Alkmaar, Wolves, Sunderland, Liege, Chelsea, Citeh, Stoke and probably Olympiakos. Citeh's in the Carling Cup, and that's no big shakes. So we're really looking at a not too difficult run apart from Chelski. Fingers crossed that Gibbs stays injury free himself, and that we've got good enough cover for the Carling Cup in Armand Traore.

Elsewhere, Eboue's gone and proven just what an oddball he is. His life-long career goal: to play for PSG:

"One day I would like to play in Ligue 1. I like that league, there are a lot of surprises and developments. PSG are a club I admire. If they were to offer me a deal, the reply would be positive. We will have to see what happens next summer."

Err, okay. I thought people usually head the other way round, so...if it rings your bells, rattles your chains, then go for it dude. I suppose since PSG's the place where everyone goes off into quiet early retirement, it sorta makes sense: Gregory Coupet, Ludovic Giuly, Claude Makalele...

But, I must say Eboue has put in a few useful games in all sorts of positions, so I'll be sad to see him go next season (if he gets his dream transfer).

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Yay to footie tonight!