Back to Business and the Emirates Cup

Been busy lately, but I'm gonna get back into this.

Couple noteworthy things happening since my last post:

The biggest being the Robbie Keane to Liverpool transfer. Well, this certainly pleased me thinking about how many yids were probably pissing their pants when they heard this. Anyways, he's not worth the twenty million quid that Liverpool shelled out on him, more like 12-15. However, should be a decent fit with Torres. So they have two good strikers finally, but they're still complete crap on the wings. I really am not to worried about them. 

That Andrei Arshavin sure changes his 'dreams' quite a bit. He's a good footballer, but it's pretty sad how his agent is putting words in his mouth. From Barcelona and Arsenal to Tottenham. The man has really given up on himself!

The Ronaldo transfer saga is still hanging around, but has really died down for the most part. Maybe it's just because no ones gives a shit about the cunt? I sure don't...well at least until he finally leaves for Spain and I can laugh at some crying mancs.  

Been a couple decent friendlies with all the big teams doing pretty well. Fulham beating Celtic was quite shocking to me, but in retrospect isn't nearly as big of a deal I thought originally.

Now onto some Arsenal talk...

 I was quite impressed with a lot of the reserves through the earlier friendlies and even during the Emirates Cup. Obviously, it was a poor result against Juventus, but to be honest they played their best XI and we played our kids. I'm guessing they though they'd be able to contest Hamburg with their reserves (wrong!) and we though Madrid was going to be the tougher match. Well, we did decent on Saturday but Juve had a strong team out and were able to barely get by. On Sunday against Madrid we were very good. Solid performances all around and a good victory put quite a smile on my face.  Solid pre-season so far. And where the hell did Jack Wilshere come from? He wasn't just outstanding against the small teams, but he also impressed in his two cameos over the weekend. Today he was given the #19 kit and a first team spot. Well done to the lad!

Anywho, we're still being linked to a shit ton of central midfielders including De La Red, Alonso, Barry, Veloso, Inler, and probably some African boy who plays in Ligue 1. Personally, I like Alonso the most. He's experienced, gets along well with Cesc, and along with his abilites to hold in a deep lying position, he can add an extra bit of creativity. He would fit well with our system. For those doubting his defensive abilities, well, he was the leader in succesful tackles in the Premiership before they bought Mascherano and he was pushed into a different role in the midfield. He plays there for Spain behind Senna and is very capable. 

De La Red is another one who interests me and would be cheaper. Still hoping for Alonso, though.

Anyways, off topic, has anyone seen that Colin Farrell flick with Brendan Gleeson called In Bruges? I highly recommend it! It was damn funny and all around a real good show.

'Til tommorrow...