Hibernation

Mmmmm. That was nice. Ended November with a piece of crap post, and here I am, early January 2010, and things look a lot better. Strange game, it sure is. Let's just say we ain't going to be getting ahead of ourselves, and proclaiming all sorts of things. I'll leave the rather fickle British tabloid press to that onerous tasks.


More importantly, no excuses (well, some excuses) about the one-month lag in the postings. Had to do with a combination of actually having to make my living, watching games in different time zones (GMT +11, GMT +8)...which is no bloody joke, not being able to watch games, and finally, simple winter-related lethargy. Here's one example: in the middle of jet-lagged sleep, I wake up 10 times in the space of 60 minutes, and find myself instinctively reaching for the Ipod in the darkness, sliding that thing on, squinting at the score, alternate between cursing and smiling, drift back off to sleep, awake again, etc etc etc, finally deciding to get out of bed to watch the last 10 minutes, and finally, find myself not being able to get back to sleep from 3am on.


I'd thought of starting off with a nice review of a 6-0 spanking of Bolton, but alas, the snow thought better. That really sucked. What else could have been better than a mid-week game with nothing else on on a cold winter's evening? Wonder what Arshavin thought of all the fuss. Must've been just like a normal Russian fall evening, Wednesday.

There's much else to talk about about (especially considering how things have changed through December), and I'll start off with the latest transfer happenings.

There's talk - even in ESPNSoccernet - of one Lacina Traore catchin the eye of Le Boss - a strangely large, lanky Ivorian now plying his trade in Transylvania. Conjures up weird and wonderful images, this one. He's of course large - but what's funny is that he's been quoted to be either 6'6" or 6'8" - like some kind of sighting. Whatever the case, let's NOT start talking of him as the New Adebayor. That really sucks. What's the point in labelling a prospective girl your new ex-GF from hell? So long as he drinks blood at half-time and rampages against lesser Romanian foe, it suits me just fine.

This adds to the earlier Carlton Cole talk, which was interesting to say the least. Whatever the case, any striker who's not Champions League cup-tied and has a dose more confidence than Eduardo should do us no harm right now.

Elsewhere, Paddy Vieira's getting his medicals done at Man City. That really sucks too. It's going to be weird should he line up against us come April, but it's just weirdness, not fear. I remember Arse v Juve well...

Anyhow, it just shows how far poor ole Paddy has fallen, to even consider City in his bid for a final World Cup. If I were him, I'd just let it go. France under Domenech won't come to anything good, and City? Well, 'nuff said about that one. But he's his own man, so let's see what happens.

A short one today - but hopefully this gets the gears going for more to come.