Pre match ramble

England V Brazil: Pre match ramble

I’m feeling very excited about tonight’s match. Not because I expect England to play well or anything crazy like that, just as I’ve been football starved of late (and miss you guys a lot!) and holed up in my house revising – I can randomly quote Hamlet: “Thrift, thrift Horatio! The funeral bak’d meats did swiftly furnish forth the marriage tables”, know dandy little stats: President Johnson’s approval rating soared overnight from 42% to 72% after his handling of the Gulf of Tonkin Incident and geographical facts such as 40% the Netherlands lies below present sea levels (if you’re reading this in the Netherlands, don’t panic – just find a hill…actually you probably don’t have that many hills…)We’ve gone all out again with the snacks, M&S biscuits – they even came in a tin! I wonder if Lampard is playing, I reckon he’ll be left out so Gerrard can play, maybe he’ll have another “wrist injury”. I’m hoping Kaka and Ronaldinho will be exciting to watch, they had a quiet World Cup, but maybe they’ve been saving themselves for this!

I was at WH Smith today buying some pens, oh the excitement – I also brought an alarm clock from Argos – rock n roll all the way! And I was standing there reading the football magazines for a bit and thought I’d share the information I learnt:
Heinze and Ronaldo are good friends – I bet they exchange hair tips, Gabriel has the most lush looking hair in the Premiership in my opinion, I love the way it buffs about when he runs.
Ronaldo DENIES EVERYTHING about dating the ex-Hollyoaks actress Gemma.
In the Arsenal magazine there was this section with the title “Tomas’ firsts…” which I thought was a bit weird and risky, especially as it was under the Junior Gunners bit, but it turned out to be stuff like: The first player I spoke to, my first memory, the first football team I supported. I can’t really remember any of the answers, but there was nothing amazing, no disrespect, it wasn’t Rosicky’s fault just the questions being a bit dry. But I have decided that I should try and work there and interview the players and write up match reports and stuff! How cool would that be!
Also, another interesting fact – in Man City, the rivalry between them and United is so deep that in the canteen/restaurant they have blue ketchup. The executive people are not allowed to have red cars either.

Lastly, before I go and make myself a toasted cheese sandwich, I have a question that even Anamul might not know the answer to:
When Cesc Fabregas plays for Spain, his shirt has “Cesc” on the back. However for Arsenal it has always been “Fabregas”. In an interview Cesc said he wanted “Cesc” on his Arsenal shirt but that “they wouldn’t let me. Unless you’re Brazilian, you can’t.” Indeed, Brazilian Gilberto Silva has “Gilberto” on his Arsenal shirt. Why is it different for non Brazilian players?

Watch this space for the match report!