Has the LadyArse returned?

Well, here we go, let's give this a try. This Interlull hasn't been as kind as the last one. Inner ear problem or Amsterdam? You'd have to be as thick as a Spud to chose the ear thing, but given that there was no choice involved on my part my intelligence levels can in no way be comparable.

And just so you know, despite what Jamrock says, The Verve did lie...the drugs do work...how can you not love the NHS? Once they work out what it actually is I'll be even better and more grateful, but until then, I'm going to struggle on.

Enough of that, you've heard enough of my 'issues' over the last week or so. That being said, from what I've been reading, there hasn't really been that much else going on. Sunu wants to go on loan, Le Boss wants him to sign a new contract before he does so, no doubt aware of the lure of regular first-team football and the effect that can have on someone coming to the end of a contract. I can't say I've seen that much of him, and he hasn't made a name for himself in the reserves the way others such as Watt, Wilshere, Merida et al have, but who am I to question Wenger? He may not know a goalkeeper from a 6ft telegraph pole, but he does know youngsters, so I bow to his judgement.

Rumours abound about this player and that player being scouted by us as we head closer to January, and no doubt there is truth in the rumours that we scout players. Who the hell doesn't? But are we scouting the players detailed in the red-tops and shit-top Daily Mail? I very much doubt it. After all, when was the last time we signed someone the papers actually knew anything about (Arshavin aside)? I feel pretty certain we will see at least one arrival in January, and the non-wonky side of me thinks it will be a keeper. Blah blah blah you say as you fear I'll head off on another 'buy Akinfeev' rant, but you know it's what we need, and I'm pretty sure Wenger knows it too. Had Nervianski not required surgery, I'm pretty sure we would have seen him return to goal ahead of The Spanish Slow Reactor, but my faith in him has wained over the past season and a bit. Where I'd thought he could be world-class, I now wonder if he's even Spud-class. Harsh? Perhaps, he's young, but why is he so nervous? Is Mad Jens still stalking the place throwing evil-monkey gestures at any keeper who looks like he might become number one? It would explain a lot, even why Chesney seems the most confident of keepers. If he's daft/mad enough to manage to break both his arms at the same time you have to believe he thinks he can out-crazy the German and sees him as no threat.

Bloody hell, this is nonsense.

If you happen to be in the area, Arsenal will be showing the away match against Sunderland live in the Emirates. When you think how shit internet streams can be, it's a pretty good idea. Another way for the club to generate income and give the fans a bigger space than the Chapman or Rocket to watch the match. Result all round. It still defies me in this day and age (and with the demand for tickets far exceeding availability) that we can't get live matchs on TV in the UK. Surely there's some way they can sort out a rights package that would allow that? Who here wouldn't gladly sacrifice Match of the Day and their usual three-minute, end-of-programme coverage of Arsenal's Saturday's 3pm kick offs for a live match on TV for a quid or more a month on top of their sports package?

I'm gonna shut up now. More TShirts to design, it's become like an addiction (maybe it's actually application, but since I've never had that I don't know what it feels like). In case you've only just stumbled across this blog, check out www.arsenaltshirts.com which is getting somewhere in the region of 5,000 hits per day....if only I could find a way of converting those in to sales I'd be sorted. Perhaps my designs are just crap. Ah well, keeps me happy, and out of trouble, and doesn't involve head movement which still has the tendency to make me fall over.

It's all just a riot at the minute eh?

Til tomorrow...