I Don't Like Mondays

Well if Sunday was a slow news day for Arsenal, Monday has positively come to a halt. The lack of weekend action means there are no injury updates, no heated debates about conceding the first goal, and no abuse for the scapegoats of the day.

We are signing the next big thing from the Caribbean, maybe breaking employment law with our one year deals for over thirties, and Arsene is being given £20 million to spend in the summer (yawn).

At least I can spend the day researching our next opponents. We’re off to Villa Park on Wednesday and could claim third place in the Premiership. Chelsea face Manchester City on the same night, and a long overdue City triumph would certainly make the fight for second place a might more interesting.

Sunday turned into a thoroughly enjoyable day in front of the pub telly. Tottenham’s collapse at Stamford Bridge was just about what we wanted. Anything that adds to the fixture congestion for our friends in the west is ok by me.

It will be interesting to see if the FA consider Jose’s abuse of the referee to be the equivalent of questioning an assistant referee’s integrity.

An astonishing rugby weekend ended with France tamely surrendering a potential grand slam at Twickenham. Only a Plymouth comeback against Watford in the final FA Cup quarter-final could have added to the day, but it was not to be.

Time to do some paid work (and trawl the other Arsenal sites of course!). Have a good Monday all.