Should Ashley Cole have stayed with flimsy Arsenal? We can’t say
Published: 25 February 2010
THE CROW
I’M not saying I get angry when I think about Ashley Cole’s loyalty problems, but the chaps in legal have told me to tread carefully this week. As he dominates the headlines, you can’t help but look back and think [comment cannot be verified and has been removed for legal reasons]. It all makes pretty sad reading for everybody involved, but maybe poor old Cheryl should have realised before she got the ‘Mrs Cole’ tattoo inked on the back of her neck: he’s cheated before. On Arsenal.
And why? Why would you rather play for [comment cannot be verified and has been removed for legal reasons]?
It’s such a shame. He seemed like a good guy when he started out, patiently earning his place in the Gunners first eleven. He was part of the unrivalled success story of Arsenal going through an entire season unbeaten. No other team has managed that magnificent feat.
He played for Arsenal at the same time as going steady with one of Girls Aloud – and it wasn’t even the ginger one. Couldn’t he have just been happy with that?
Now, he’s [comment removed for legal reasons] in a team which [comment removed for legal reasons]. You can buy the Premiership but you can’t buy class.
RICHARD OSLEY
IT’S been another topsy-turvy week in the battle for fourth.
When Liverpool and Manchester City had finished defending each other off the park, it was Tottenham’s turn to play Wigan on the churned-up field they call a pitch.
It was a game that proved that no matter how bad the surface it can’t level these sides.
It took a partially-sighted or perhaps narcoleptic linesman (either way he didn’t see Jermain Defoe who was hugely offside) to prompt us and then we bobbled our way back to fourth.
Roman Pavlyuchenko looked so deliriously happy I fear he may have cracked from his season on the bench.
With every passing week our hopes either soar like a Nicklas Bendtner shot or plummet like Didier Drogba. I may have to detach myself from this straining relationship and just pop off to support Luton for a day.
As we approach the run-in there are no certainties in this league (even Pompey could sneak out with the help of Jimmy Savile).
Except of course that Arsenal are too flimsy to win the title and some Chelsea players are as morally troubled as Portsmouth are financially. And anyway Spurs are going to finish fourth with Pavlyuchenko laughing maniacally all the way.
PIP WROE