Gah! Bring Me Some Football
Jun 28th, 2009 by 'holic
Another completely news free week, unless you are a fiction fanatic. I’m starting to get the right hump with this summer. I checked on what football streams were available yesterday and found I was out of luck unless I could work up some enthusiasm for the J or K Leagues. No offence to those in Japan and Korea, but I couldn’t.
Today at least there is the Johnstones Paints international invitation final between Brazil and the United States. That will give us another opportunity to cast wistful glances at Gilberto Silva, and his colleague Melo, who is becoming more and more expensive with every passing day. I’m not sure we have seen enough from him in this tournament to suggest he is worth anywhere near the twenty million plus his value seems to have doubled to in this close-season.
What makes this game watchable is the prospect, however remote, of the USA repeating their astonishing drubbing of Spain. Now even allowing for the fact that everything that could go right for them, did, and everything that could go wrong for Spain, did, you have to applaud what the States have achieved with the players at their disposal. There is a lesson there for some Gooners, and Piers bloody Morgan. You don’t need to have the biggest names to achieve.
There is basically a week left before pre-season gets under way. That could make this a big week for Ivan Gazidis as we try to usher along deals that Le Boss would like to secure before the players get back together. However, unless you are Real Madrid or Manchester City it is starting to look as though everybody else is playing the brinksmanship game and sensibly looking for the best deals for their limited budgets.
I think we should start considering which of the youngsters may be offered the opportunity to step up in the early friendlies, and I will return to this theme in the blog in the coming week. Other than that it looks like I’ll be digging out the old videos and dvd’s of seasons past for my football fix.
Apart from today. Good luck to the Merkans, but forgive me if old memories have me cheering Brazil on. Until Arsene came along the 1970 Brazilians were the finest footballing side I had the pleasure of watching. I’ll always have a soft spot for them.
And tomorrow, of course. Theo Walcott and Kieran Gibbs should feature prominently as England take on Germany in the European under-21 Championship final. I’ll be hoping they can avoid any knocks as much as wishing them all the best on the night.
Have a good Sunday, ‘holics.







