Cole Tied Up? and Ryder Blues

The transition is now complete and I am the proud viewer of satellite TV!! I am sure most everyone I know is sick of hearing about it, but I can’t help it. The European football season is about to start up and now I can watch lots more of it. Heck, I even get coverage of rugby, hurling, and Gaelic football. If you haven’t seen either hurling or Gaelic football, they are crazy sports but fun to watch. I watched a little of the Irish footie before turning in last night. Good times.

Today’s events in the Cole-play drama is that Arsenal are looking to name Cashley to the roster for the CL match against Dinamo Zagreb next week. If he were to play, he would then be cup tied and couldn’t play for Chelsea during CL matches. The Arsenal boardroom looks to force the Chav’s hand with this move. Reportedly, Arsenal wants £25m for Cole and has rejected a £15.5 bid already. I can’t really believe I am following this so much. Don’t tell my wife because this saga is as bad as the soap operas she watches!!


In other Arsenal news, youngster Fabrice Muamba is heading to Championship side Birmingham City for a year loan. Muamba, an 18 year old midfielder, made a couple of first team appearances in Carling cup matches against Sunderland and Reading last season. He has a good hard tackling game, slightly reminiscent of Vieira, and the Championship level of play should help develop that even more. Hopefully he will get some good experience and lots of first team play. All the best to Fabrice.


And here is a picture of Freddie Ljungberg for Steph. (I gotta do something to keep the readership up!!) Reports are that he will miss the first match or two of the season due to foot problems, but it shouldn't be much more than that. Hopefully he gets it all sorted and doesn't have to drain his foot after every match like the end of last season. Yuch!

The Women’s British Open has kicked off at Royal Lytham and Michelle Wie has opened with a 2 over 74. Not too bad for a 16 year old, especially considering Karie Webb opened with a 76. Keep an eye on this young lady!!


And there are only 3 more tourneys before the Ryder Cup team is picked. The US team will consist of the top 10 players on the Ryder Cup points list. This list is not the same as the world rankings though and there are some new names, relative unknowns, and could be fluke tourney winners on this list. Therefore, a lot of talk about who will be playing has filed the broadsheets for weeks. Of course Tiger and Phil will make the cut, and most likely Jim Furyk, Chad Campbell, David Toms and Chris DiMarco will make it. But the next four, J.J. Henry, Zach Johnson, Brett Wetterich and John Rollins, are relatively unknown rookies. Team captain Tom Lehmann can pick two additional players and these could be “known” veterans to round out the squad. But I say stick with the rookies. Can’t hurt seeing as we’ve had out arses handed to us recently when we played all the big names. Maybe a shake-up is due.

That’s enough for today. Enjoy your Must-See-TV reruns and start preparing for the weekend.