And got it spot on. Theo. A fuzzy image of him getting injured...
It looked like a strange setting, not the Emirates, so it had to be an international. Yes, a rather silly, nothing type of challenge. Pure arse luck...sounds right.
I suppose with the news of RVP's injury, it was always well within the realms of Arsenal's injury reality that Theo would immediately get crocked too.
So sayeth Fabio:
"I spoke with Theo and he told me it is not a big problem. I said 'two weeks', he said less."
I say tomay-to, you say tomato, I say potato, you say potah-to. I say one month, probably.
As for RVP, he's out till mid-October. . Not totally surprising, and you have to wonder what the heck is up. He plays 4-5 games at the World Cup, no problems. Eases back into the Premier League with a few minutes against Pool, and by the first couple in his start the next week, he's crocked. I like him like a lot a lot a lot, but this is getting almost farcical. When was the last time he went through a season without being out for longer than a month? Never?
There's good news about Nasri's earlier than expected return. Given our record of getting people back off the injury table, on the pitch, and back on the table...I won't be rushing this one. No sirreee.
Let's pray (very hard) that Chamakh's made of sterner stuff. That would include anything harder than a roasted marshmallow, right now.
Did anyone have anything better to do last night than watch Switzerland and England? As I've also said before (this Arsewiper's getting cockily good at making general, sweeping, predictive statements), the Swiss are mighty good at letting people down. What happened to a nice, study 0-0 draw? Sheesh, they were horrid. They even let Rooney score, of all things. He who likes to pay to score, gets gifted a freebie by the Swiss. Man.
Of course now, as expected (I'm beginning to hate that word), England are all...oooh...we're goin' to win it now, we are...
Adam Johnson: "We've come off the back of two great wins and everyone is happy. It's a great two results and we're looking forward to meeting up again full of confidence. Coming into the qualifying group, there was a lot of pressure on us. I think with two wins, we're top of the group, we're full of confidence and we want to push on."
Methinks these England players need a good dose of a media/PR consultant. Play it down, fool. Keep it cool; just say the usual: "It's only two games, we have a long way to go to recover. We'll need to regain the trust and confidence of our fans. We've got two good results, but the greater challenges lie ahead" kind of thing. Not this. But what can you do? They're not England players for no reason.
I'm told this morning that I would've done better trying to watch Spain get whipped by Argentina in a friendly. Indeed. Should've.
Cesc played all of 56 minutes. In friggin' Buenos Aires. In a useless friendly. I'm sure he's now going to need some time to get back into the swing of things in red and white. He'd better be back at the Emirates like NOW, and not having another of those little orgies in the team hotel.
There's some talk out there linking us with another pre-pubescent wonderkid. This time, the boy's Japanese. Ryo Miyachi. Word has it that he's faster than a Naruto on drugs, deadlier than a raging Pikachu, and cuter than a Doraemon on heat.
Add in that Wenger will probably be able to sing him Japanese lullabies, give him his bento box lunch and slip him a Pocari during training. It all looks good to me, so let's just sit on our hands and wait another five years for him to really grow up.
Also some (patently stupid) talk around also of us raiding Barca for another youngster. This time, some kid with an Oreo name. I mean, how stupid is that? Why the shit would we even want to go near Barca again? Avoid that godforsaken place like the frigging plague man. Get a boy from Barca, he and his Catalan mates gonna come back and suck the bejeezus out of you once they're old enough. Don't want to go near that man. What kind of sick sense of humour would link us with another kid from Barca? People these days...
Which reminds me. You know how far you want to stay away from Barcelona? Check out this movie. Pretty good. Set in Barcelona, and pretty much sums up my sentiments of the people running around the Camp Nou.
Before I forget though - here's something on ANOTHER 17-year old. Not Japanese, not Spanish, but Brazilian, and with a snazzy enough name to boot. Wellington Silva. (Looking forward to Nike's new line of Wellingtons). Seems he really has already agreed terms, and should be here in January to hop straight into the first team. Heh. He'll count towards our "home grown" numbers. Yay!!
Ending with this as a last bit - so do you don't get nauseous at first go - Vermaelen's now gone and talked about Cesc's DNA:
"Cesc carries Barcelona in the heart, in his DNA ... therefore it is impossible for him to forget about them."
"He was determined to go to Barca last summer, he more or less confessed it in the dressing room. But that is past history. Now he is 100 per cent ready to put his all in to a great season with Arsenal."
Can't really imagine the scene in the changing room. Must've been like when, you go out with a girl for 10 years, you're in your prime, at the edge, and then, the girl from your past re-appears, flicks her hair at your a couple of times, you're smitten (again), and face the truth of having to explain it all to your current girl.
"Errr....we grew up together. Really, we did. She gave me my first kiss. We were 6. She let me see hers, and I let her see mine. We were inseperable. We held hands. For 10 years, we spoke everyday. Then we went to high school in different towns, and somehow, lost touch."
"Believe me, I really do love you. You've done so much for me, you've helped me get where I am today. I'd be nothing without you. Nothing."
"But, she's the one. It's not just her. In fact, it's not her at all. It's me. I need to go back. It's just in me. I hope you understand."
"I'll always love you. But that's where I belong.
"But I'll give you another go. I'm yours now. 100%."
And in everyone else's head: Prick.
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