Keown Goes Bananas
‘CONGRATULATIONS to Arsenals new multi-million pound wonder boy Jose Reyes who last night scored on his full debut.
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And if he could have scored for the right team, it would indeed have been a dream start for the Seville flyer.
But that was not to be and the Sun (Reyes The Titanic) leads with how the Spaniard thumped home an own goal just five minutes from the end of Arsenals Carling Cup clash with Middlesbrough.
But Reyes strike is a move not entirely out of keeping with the Gunners, who have a habit of pulling out their pistols and firing a volley of bullets straight into their own feet.
Even before Reyes struck, Martin Keown had been dismissed from the field of play, so reducing Arsenal to their usual quota of 10 men and giving the Sun yet another reason to trot out the list of red cads earned under the Arsene Wenger regime (it currently stands at 54).
Not that Wengers overly worried by another red card, an own goal or his sides defeat, telling the Mirror how he is proud of the behaviour of my players.
Just as Tottenhams fans are proud of their players the ones who turned out for the club in 1961, when Spurs won their famous push-and-run Double.
So the boys on The Shelf should be delighted to read in the Mirror that Spurs new signing Jermain Defoe could be the new Jimmy Greaves.
This is a club where people still talk about strikers like Jimmy Greaves, Clive Allen and Gary Lineker, says the clubs caretaker manager, David Pleat.
That they do, just as they talk of the glory game, kerb crawling and how once upon a time Tottenham were one of the so-called Big Five clubs in English football.
As were Everton, who these days make the Mails news pages less for winning at football and more because Wayne Rooney likes listening to Lionel Richie on his stereo.
Whats more, Rooneys favourite film is Pearl Harbor because its a sad film and I like that.
These are indeed heady days at The Lane and Goodison Park. After a long slumber, the sleeping giants are beginning to stir ’
Posted: 4th, February 2004 | In: Back pages Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
