safely through

Saturday's FA Cup Quarter Final went according to plan, a nice little victory over those buggars from up North, Bolton. Lately, they seem to have become our bogey team and generally cause us big problems. Not this time, and even Freddie could afford to hit the miss of the season, really not sure how he managed that! I still say that missing flame of red hair is sapping his strength...

I have to say, those Gary Speed long throw-ins were a little stressful, especially with the number of free headers that 4 foot 6 inches Giannakopoulos was able to rain in on Lehmann. All in all, an OK performance, but room for improvement.

The match was on the local sports channel, commentated by the ever knowledgeable Avi Meller - that guy sure is ugly but he knows his stuff. He'll spot some old geezer in the crowd and reel off a series of facts about him and his dog. Quite amazing.

Any bets on getting Manure in the semis? I have to say that Manure look more 'up for it' than the Arsenal, but on the day Arsenal can outfight any side, especially those put out by Fergie. Right, G, you know that means the game and beers at a neutral venue...

I see the Ashley Cole affair is still rolling on, what with today's testimonies being given by Cole and Mourinho. Now that we know Ashley did meet up with Chelski, surely it undermines his ability to do the job at Arsenal, whatever the reasons? I don't care if he feels he was insulted about the lack of money offered, if he really wants to play for the team that he supported and grew up with, surely he'd think about his actions a little more deeply. Personally, I say fuck it, let's get rid and get Clichy to replace him. Nice little 20 mill + profit.