well its been weeks hasn't it? and i was fed up with all the golf coverage by 8 o'clock on thursday morning 
today 'good old arsenal' tv had the first pre-season friendly - the annual derby against our more loving near neighbours, barnet. the reserves play there so it was no surprise to see hardly any first teamers line up against the league two side. aluminia (who looked a bit iffy - and not just his hair 
), clichy and sagna with justin hoyte and nordviedt at the back; aron ramsey and denilson in the middle, lansbury and traore on the wings;walcott and bendtner up front; they looked good at the back and inventive but no end result. barnet ended the half one up through a great freekick. second half wenger changed the entire team and it was virtually the reserve and youth side combined. they were better, hungrier and perhaps more used to each other.
overall ramsey shone as the star of the day, with young jack willshire (he's only 7 years old) very promising. shame there weren't more first team regulars and it would have been nice to see nasri. verdict on a 2-1 away win (barazite and simpson with the goals)? ok, but if the togonator does p*ss off to spain or italy we need to buy a forward, or two, and i'd buy a goalie.
as for cambridge.... only went and beat a proper everton side 4-2 at the abbey! 1 nil up 2-1 down then turned it around. fanatastic.. europe here we come (in five years time!)
oh and my african side, kaiser chiefs, held the mancs 1-1 
rithompson
Went up to High Barnet this afternoon, and the place was like Highbury with all the Gooner shirts! Not one Barnet shirt, but I think that most Bees fans are all really Gooners!