God! That took forever. Two weeks, since our last game at Wolves? More like two whole years!

Seriously, the only way international football is made interesting is when there’s a great big furore to get in a huff about. Take this video, for example. Can anyone actually take what this bloke says even remotely seriously? Sure, all fair points, Mr Emotionally-charged-Irishman. Only one problem. You’re wearing a Chelsea shirt. And that club is just full of saints, aren’t they?

Anyways, I don’t care anymore about the Thierry thing. He’s an Arsenal legend and had a faultless career playing for us.

As far as I’m concerned, he’s a player up there with Pele and Maradona in the history books, and he single-handedly tore up the Premier League for a bunch of seasons running.

Arsene Wenger and Robert Pires have all had their say about it, and they’re right in what they say. But so ends this chapter for now, until something new and irresistably spicy cocks up that promise.

Neither do I care about stories of ‘pseudoscientist’ (cheers, Naylyn) Serbian doctors who squeeze placenta juice onto footballer’s ankles (and get shut down!). If it makes Robin happy and doesn’t do him any harm, that’s all I care about from a footballing angle.

From a human angle, it’s a different kettle of fish, but I don’t see the need to get into that on here. Nope, don’t care much for that.

The biggest news today is that Arsenal are playing tomorrow.

You heard it here first. There are all sorts of permutations to think of. Who will start? Who’s too buggered after international football? Will Wenger risk Song getting a yellow card and missing the Chelsea game? Is Traore or Silvestre a better deputy for left back? Will Eduardo get the striker’s role?

Or, much more importantly, will Third-Gen’s super-patented, ultra-controversial Hype Meter™ (it’s got the world talking!) finally dip below 100% for the first time since August? A win will keep it at 100% for Arsenal’s title-credentials rating. A loss or draw will be less than the projected three points. It’s optimistic, I know, but this is the stuff title’s are made of!

So many things to ponder. And that’s the kind of thing I like to ponder, dear readers. Not whether certain fans like to throw stones at each other, not whether the cheating, diving, he’ll-bite-your-own-mother Thierry Henry is the scum of the earth or if he’s just the world’s biggest cheat, no.

I care about one thing, and one thing only.

The Arsenal.

And they’re by far the greatest team the world has ever seen.

Sunderland preview, projected line-ups, all those things I so badly miss doing, tomorrow. Bring it on!

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