Time to get over it and focus on the rest of the season 13 March, 2007

Right, the period of reflection is now officially over. Forget about the Champions League, forget about the FA Cup and the Carling Cup has been put to bed. Now we need to get down and concentrate on what we have got left, the Premiership. Ok we might not be looking at winning it but I agree with Cesc, our target now must be 2nd place. It’s going to be some task to overtake Chelsea but it is definitely do-able. The Russians still have Man United to play and are the visitors in the last game at Ashburton Grove this season.

The gap is currently 11 points. Say we win our game in hand and beat them at home, the gap would then stand at just 5 points; and in the 10 games left it’d be easy to catch up. The only tricky ties we have are Liverpool and them, we’ve also got Bolton, Newcastle and Pompey but I see those as easy 3 pointers now.

If I was Mourinho, I’d be worried. We’ve got nothing to lose. Also they’ve got Europe to concentrate on. I’m pretty exited about the season now, aren’t you?

There’s been a bit of talk that Henry has played his last game for Arsenal. I reckon it’s all bollocks. After the Champions League Final I was unsure where he was going, now I’m certain he’s staying for life. Well at least until he retires anyway. He won’t return to training until June earliest, hopefully this extended break will do him some benefit.

Tomorrow night we play Villa. There’s a fair bit of team news here but I’ll go into that tomorrow. However I will say we’re looking a little short on players. I’m going on holiday again the morning after the Villa game. I’ll have a preview tomorrow, a match report after the game, then nothing until Monday. Sorry. Thanks for reading.