aaaaargh!

stupid play on the part of senderos, no doubt: his little bout of laziness forcing him into a bad challenge, but for my money that hardly warranted a red card and penalty kick. the contact, albeit a shoulder tug, was minimal, and it happened outside the box. i agree with arsene that we would have won had it not been for that. but there arsenal were again, down to ten men, behind in the game, and they came back to win. i think that card will be overturned if arsene goes to the fa. fair play to boro, though. they played hard and capitalized on their spot kick.

of course, viduka probably should have seen red for his elbow on toure, but what the hell are you gonna do? that's football (and riley).

riot

i wonder if we will ever know the course of events, or if we'll ever know what really happened here, but so far all that seems important is that a cop died after a bomb was thrown in his car, and that, once again, football hooligans ran riot. i personally think this is sadder for the black eye it gives football than for the death of a security worker who knew the risks going in, but that's just me.

a good omen

Baba O'Riley (not a reference to adebayor, but something connected to arsenal victories)
by Who, The
album: Who's Next (1971)

Out here in the fields
I fight for my meals
I get my back into my living
I don't need to fight
To prove I'm right
I don't need to be forgiven

Don't cry
Don't raise your eye
It's only teenage wasteland

Sally, take my hand
Travel south crossland
Put out the fire
Don't look past my shoulder
The exodus is here
The happy ones are near
Let's get together
Before we get much older

Teenage wasteland
It's only teenage wasteland
Teenage wasteland
Oh, oh
Teenage wasteland
They're all wasted!