Entries from August 2007 ↓

Michael Corleone said it about the mafia, and Arsenal fans are surely thinking it today after news broke late yesterday that David Dein, ex-director of football, has sold his shares in Arsenal Football Club to a Russian firm. Just when I thought that I’d might just enjoy a bit of football, there’s a new media circus in the offing. It seems that this firm, “Red & White Holdings”, will be chaired by Dein, but are co-owned by Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov and by a London-based investor named Farhad Moshiri. Usmanov is another of these Abromvich types, and you all know how I feel about him. There’s not much that I’ve found on Moshiri other than a wikipedia post indicating that he used to work for Deloitte, and is co-owner of Red &White.

According to the press, Arsene Wenger welcomes this move, which seems a bit odd considering his anti-foreign investment stance of a few months ago. Suffice it to say, the plot thickens with every turn, and I for one would just as soon have it settled sooner rather than later, but I don’t think that’s very likely. It’s a damn shame, because the side are playing some good football, and that’s what should be making the news.

Tomas Rosicky’s goal in the 7th minute of today’s Champions League Qualifier second-leg put paid to any notion that Arsenal wouldn’t be taking place in the UEFA Champions League for the tenth consecutive season.

Substitute Cesc Fabregas added his second Champions League goal of the season in the 82nd minute, and new signing Eduardo da Silva rounded out the scoring to make the score 5-0 on aggregate.

The draw for the group stages takes place tomorrow, and Arsenal are seeded, so they’ll avoid the other big guns of Europe. Next up on the pitch is Pompey at home. Kickoff is 8:30 AM ET and will be shown here in the US on Setanta USA.

So, due to a string of circumstances, I missed the last three games of the regular season, but was back in action tonight as Team DOGEE faced Harm City in the first game of the playoffs.

Andrew, our captain, put me back at third, and this time I didn’t disappoint, getting two put-outs at third, and catching another runner in a rundown between second and third.

I didn’t have as successful a night at the plate, going only 1-3 with a single and no RBIs.

The team played its’ best ball of the season as a group, and it’s a shame we have to wait until April to play again.

Sorry this is somewhat late. I went down the pub to watch the match this morning, and only just got home a bit ago. Anyway, it was tough going for a very long time. Man City are a very organized team under Sven, and after the missed penalty by Robin van Persie, it was looking a bit dire.

Cue Cesc Fabregas, the super Spaniard. His fantastic rising shot across the face of goal into the far corner was a bit of magic, and proved all the Gunners needed to earn the points.

So, I finally got around to catching the third film in the excellent Bourne series. Damn does it kick some major ass. There were moments when I thought that it could very well have been the best action movie I’ve ever seen. The ending was a bit of a let down after all of the action leading up to it, but that was inevitable. Jason Bourne has become the defining role of Matt Damon’s career. It’ll be interesting to see what he does next.