Pick Of The Day - Or Maybe Not

Friday is a dreadful day when the weekend action is taking place on a Sunday. You know that any team 'news' appearing today is of limited value. There is an extra day for the walking wounded to heal, or the healthy to be struck down with an exotic virus.

So I have been scouring the various sites for news which may be more accurate, and feed my insatiable lust for knowing, down to the minutest detail, what is happening at the new Home of Football.

Top of the pops at the moment is the rumour that Charles N'Zogbia is a £5 million target for Arsenal. My judgement, for what it's worth, is why would we offer that for somebody who is unable to nail down a position in the Newcastle side, particularly a position in which we already enjoy healthy strength in depth? I'm also reasonably sure that if Arsenal come knocking on the door of another Premiership club the asking price, even for the tea lady, would start at £10 million! Sorry Charlie boy, you aren't heading our way.

I'm indebted to Sky Sports for the stunning revelation that 'Rosicky is upset by miss'. No shit Sherlock! The brilliant Czech, who would appear to be settling in to the Premiership remarkably quickly, has been put under the spotlight since Wednesday. He was not the only player to miss a golden opportunity to score against CSKA, and therein lies the 'problem'. All of a sudden we are the team who play the best football but cannot score according to all the nation's hacks. Goonerholic will return to this at the seasons end when Thierry has another golden boot on a shelf in the garage, and Rosicky has at least a dozen debut season goals to his credit.

Tribal Football caught my eye with their revelation that Arsenal were among European giants chasing Leganes teenager Lucas Trecarichi, a fifteen year old Argentinian. 'However, any club interested in the player will have to cough up a staggering £2 million for the 15 year-old after Leganes managed to write a buyout clause into Trecarichi's contract.' Good of whoever sprung the original story to ignore the fact that it is highly unlikely any such clause concerning a fifteen year old would be enforceable in law. Even if that were an issue do you believe such a fee would be a problem for the clubs involved? Do the names Jermaine Pennant and Theo Walcott ring any bells here? Come on over to us Lucas, you know it makes sense!

So there, I now know everything I need to know about the Gunners today, and so do you. Until tomorrow folks......