So the big news from yesterday is that Capello has resigned as England manager. I don't really follow England that much as right now they play awful football and the team is full of players that i don't really like. My gut feeling is that Harry will take the offer at the end of the season and Pearce will step in for now, until the end of the season.
If i was Harry Redknapp i would not go anywhere near that England job right now. It is obvious that if he wanted it later in his career, he could get it as England seem to love him. He has most certainly led Spurs to Champions League football again and if he can keep his squad together for next season (which isn't certain), then it would be interesting to see how he does next season. England has so many controversial players in the squad right now and players coming to the end of their careers yet still get picked. I would wait until the next world cup to take over, when players like Wilshere, Ox and Sturridge will be making up the team instead of Terry, Ferdinand and Lampard.
Enough of England though. In Arsenal news, Djourou has signed a new contract which is a good thing, even if some people say it isn't. He is not first choice CB and he understands that and is willing to fight to become first choice. That can only be a good thing for the club and the fact he is fourth choice, means he is a very good fourth choice to have. I remember when he was the stability player in our team and since then, he has had a few bad games and also been playing out of position a lot which is something that not every player can do. Admittedly, he is not the Arsenal player that people want to be signing a new contract right now, which could be part of the problem, but nonetheless i take it as a welcome surprise.
Sunderland has won their FA Cup replay against Middlesbrough after extra time. This means we will face them twice in a week, while also traveling to Milan in mid-week for a huge champions league tie. It was good that the FA Cup tie went to extra time as it means a few of their players will have tired legs and without Bendtner upfront, they can't really rotate right now. I have also heard a rumour that Sessagnon limped off, which would be good if he was out of the weekend game. It is no doubt going to be a really tough game and not the easiest time to have such a tough trip of away games over the course of 7 days.
It is the type of week where in previous seasons we have gone into it with all the hope in the world and been left crushed and knocked out of every competition. This season is going to be different though, we are going to go destroy Sunderland on the weekend and be able to take players off to rest them, then go and get a 3-1 win at the San Siro before sneaking a 1-0 against Sunderland in the FA cup, sound good? yeah it does.
I will bring the Sunderland Preview tomorrow after we get all the team news and Wenger's views on other bits and bobs today. Have a good one.
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