The Crow - Blub! Blub! Blub! Does anybody else smell a bad loser?
Published: 17 March 2011
JENS back at Arsenal? Really? Even at 41, that’s got to be a good thing. I mean, if Arsenal Wenger is going to bring the old boys back I'd still take Anelka, Vieira and Thierry.
Hey after the fortnight we've had, I’d take Hleb back over Rosicky, Reyes over Bendtner, Sidwell over Diaby.
But Jens will be fun too. He should just stand around the place and scowl at people from behind his baby Hasselhoff curls and tut at inopportune moments. That would be pleasing.
Everybody loves a full-time grump. I bet Arsenal players used to have bets on who could crack a smile out of him. For all those mad dashes out of the penalty area, he was a wonderful curmudgeon. Nothing was every right with Jens. The ref was wrong. Robbie Keane was wrong. Almunia’s tinted hair was wrong. Wrong. Wrong. Wrong.
I saw him once in Highgate village, ages ago. It was early one Saturday morning, he pulled up his car van thing, got out and went into the deli by the zebra crossing, bought milk or something and then drove off. Folks, he looked super grumpy. He looked like he hated Highgate village. Who hates Highgate village? I bet the milk was too warm. Or too cold. Or too white. Truth is, Arsenal need some ruthless minds in the squad. Lehmann’s single-mindedness led to mistakes but he was better than anything that has gone between the sticks since. Put him straight in the first team, I say. Corners haven’t been quite the same since the grump last quit town.
RICHARD OSLEY
OOOH the gloves are off!
I wasn’t able to comment about my beloved’s Champions League game last week as they played on Wednesday evening and I had to put my copy in during the day, but alas that wasn’t the same for everyone.
Therefore a Gooner was able to give his version of our match against seven time champions of Europe AC Milan and he didn’t disappoint.
Could he be humble? No!
Could he be magnanimous in defeat? Double no!
But is anyone surprised? No to infinity!
Arsenal’s season is disintegrating; fans have had enough of Wenger, while Jack Wilshere is blubbering on the pitch as he and his supporters realise that their version of perfect football hasn’t got the job done.
Yet all Gooners can do is ridicule a magnificent result by Spurs that announces their arrival into the quarter-finals of a competition the Gooners continually flop in!
Did we sing “are you watching Ars-e- nal?” Of course we did, silly, because we knew you’d be watching. I along with many was surprised at the 0-0 draw but we’re proud and wholly content that the resilience shown in all of our games has got us further than Arsenal. They lost 2-0 against Manchester United on Saturday and I rejoiced. Not so long ago some of you were boasting about being in all four competitions. Um, well: all I can say is, three down and one to go!
TONY DALLAS