Internationals weekend and a deathly hush around the Premiership as the press feign interest in England’s game against Slovakia. Just as the Prem was getting good again, too.
One man who is never silent is Tony Cascarino.
Periodically, Mr Cascarino is asked his opinion on all things Premiership by Goal.com, an institution of dubious journalistic credentials which has ballooned into a worryingly popular site, peddling information plagiarised from other sources under the guise of being a credible news-gathering organisation.
Cascarino provides Goal.com with virtually its only original material, and as such his comments are trumpeted loudly enough to occasionally make their way into the mainstream press. Always, Cascarino is said to have spoken “exclusively” to Goal.com as though they have savagely beaten off competition from the New York Times, FourFourTwo and the Sydney Morning Post in gaining the entirely uninformed opinion of a hairdresser turned footballer turned part-time poker player, who enjoyed the best years of his career at Millwall.
Yesterday he gave his opinion that Adebayor should be sold at the end of the season. Gee, thanks for the input, Tony.
Wenger, who is known to have consulted Chelsea and Russia boss Guus Hiddink over the recent signing of Andrey Arshavin, is sure to heed former Party Poker commentator Cascarino’s advice and offload Ade post haste.
I think you see what I mean. Bog off Cascarino, bog off Goal.com.
A bloke whose opinion I was much more interested in was Senor Fabregas, who did Cesc’s job for him this week with a “pleased that all these huge clubs are interested but I’m staying here thanks very much” sort of assessment.
The press (particularly the Daily Mail, who seem to have a real hatred for all things hooded) were really quick to jump on top of Fabregas’ one-man pitch invasion against Hull as a sign of his impending departure. For me, it was much more indicative of his passion and commitment towards the club.
What is certain is that the summer will be full of stories of Fabregas’ departure. What is most likely is that he will be staying put.
In the short term it will be fantastic to have him back, hopefully for Villarreal. The boys have done really well without him, by and large, with the dreadful run of 0-0 draws made up for by our recent good form and cup success. Fab’s return will be crucial if we’re to win anything, and if we can have him, Eduardo and Theo (Rosicky still seems a bit unrealistic in my opinion) back to their best by the start of May then I wouldn’t bet against us.
In fact, I’ll be betting for us, with Betfair’s wicked free bets (see banner at the top). Let us know how you get on!
Don’t forget to enter the Herbert Chapman t-shirt competition. I wore mine yesterday and a very attractive young lady in Sainsbury’s giggled naughtily at my shirty wit. See www.upforgrabsnow.com/competition for full details.
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