Bill Gallas for some reason weren’t happy with number three and has gone for no.10, Dennis Bergkamp’s famous number. I felt he was better with 3 and it suited him more, plus it washed away any bad memories of Ashley Cole; but now (for me anyways) it doesn’t feel right Gallas having number 10. I mean retiring shirt numbers is a stupid idea but I though a rest until a replacement is found is good for some reason. I don’t know why but 3 just seems right in my mind for one reason or another. Ten, I’m not so keen on him having that. Also he’s a defender; Chelsea have just given their new defender the no.9 shirt which was odd now we’ve gone and given Gallas 10. Oh well, the crazy world of football.

After Chelsea’s statement the other day many people have come out and said what a load of bollocks it is including Chelsea’s ex-manager Claudio Ranieri:

I cannot believe these stories. I signed William and he was always a good professional – on and off the pitch. This is incredible and I don’t believe it.

It’s mad, nobody can realise why Chelsea have said this and it’s a blatant lie too. I think it’s just because they cannot accept Wenger outsmarted them as he got Gallas. They can’t just accept it. When Vieira left last year we weren’t happy about it but we didn’t go around saying crap like this; whenever a player moves on from a club like Arsenal we always thank them for their time here and wish them the best on their next challenge.

I think Chelsea fans too will realise it’s all lies and fans all over West London will be hanging their heads in shame embarrassed at their club. I have never ever felt like that as a Gooner, every time I pull on the shirt I wear it with pride. Even the day after our Champions league final loss, I wore it with so much pride, even more so than normal to be honest. I’m a loyal Gooner and I’ll stick by this club ’till the day I die because I know they won’t do any shit like Chelsea. The day after we lost our unbeaten run against ManUre, I was so proud of Arsenal for doing that unbeaten run, it was incredible; we all knew it was going to end one day so what’s the bother?

I wonder how many Chelsea fans will think twice when they’re deciding what to wear in the morning? Even if it’s just a thought, I be there’s quite a few that do.

Gallas has got the backing of Ranieri, Domenech, Vieira and Gordon Taylor. I don’t see anyone coming out saying: Oh my God, I can’t believe Gallas has said that, well done Chelsea for having the courage to release that statement. Only a fool would say that, everyone knows Chelsea are just lies lies lies, they’ve lied in the past and they’ll do it again. You’ll probably remember the tapping-up of Ashley Cole, on being questioned upon it he said he was in Milan with Adriano so could never have been there. What a twat. And you have to wonder why they lie because they have the money to buy whatever team they want so why do they need to bother lying to win? Beats me.

Oh yeah and they released another statement which is really quite ridiculous and funny.

And on other news the chant of: ‘England’s. Number one. England’s England’s Number One’ might return to the North Bank once again as Almunia has revealed that in two years time he will be eligible for Steve McLaren’s selection. He’s said that he’d like to play for Spain but it makes no difference to him if he plays for England instead. He’s 29 and hasn’t had any International experience and that’s now his goal; he reckons if he can push into the Arsenal first team then he’ll get selected. He’s going top have a tough task trying take that no.1 from Lehmann but good on him for trying. I look forward to watching Euro 2008 with an Arsenal player in the side wahay!

Anyways, England play tonight and Baptista’s Brazil beat Wales 2-0 last night at the shithole with Gilberto taking the armband for a period of the game and apparently The Beast had a good game once he was moved into the middle after he’s started out wide on the right, he didn’t like it there and you don’t want him to get angry…

Right then, have a good day!