Footy

Apologies for the two emails (if you got them both as a few were included and a few not – honest guv I don't know what happened!) To remind you there is a game being played Friday night – so I would you get the predictions in before!

I seriously cannot believe it's October already, only seems like yesterday that we were enjoying the sun and the season kicked off, and now we are six weeks in! Mind you it's only 4 weeks and the clocks will go back, and them again we get Halloween, firework night and following on closely after, the festive season! Still Autumn is a great time, for vibrant colours on the trees, although of course it also makes for lots of leaves, acorns and horse chestnuts getting deposited on the ground and blown all over the place. As mentioned in despatches previously we do have a conker tree in the alley behind us, but we also have about 20 trees in a row in front of the house. This means that every day I am having to shovel loads of leaves. Our council has now put a charge on the main green garden bins, so some of the neighbours just put the leaves back under the trees – which of course return and at the moment most seemto be attracted to either Pat or me!

Looks like a bit of a wait for Pat as it indeed is a hip problem, with some damage to the joint and arthritis added in – but there is a very long waiting list and she is at the bottom!

Gunners were again good on Sunday against the boys from Newcastle, although you could say the game was littered with a lot of bad feeling. I thought we started well – with Viktor looking very sharp and then there was VAR! We were awarded a penalty when Pope who was having a great game, clipped Viktor and brought him down for a penalty which the referee gave. Then comes five minutes of farce, with the punchline being a complete turn around as the keeper touched the ball before colliding with Viktor! If that had been anywhere else on the pitch it would have been a free kick – so why not when a keeper does it? I thought that VAR could only overrule the ref if there was a clear and obvious error – if it was so clear and obvious why did it take five minutes? I think that decision did cause the boys to lose a little of control and then Newcastle"did an Arsenal" and scored from a set-piece. Big Gabi complained about a push but he didn't jump and the giant German easily headed past Raya so it was correct that it was a goal. Then comes the big Gabi"punch" which reminded me of the event from two seasons ago when Bruno G forearm smashed Jorgi in the back of the head and nothing happened! Funny that the Geordies were up in arms over the second event and couldn't see anything wrong with the first!😎

It was good to see our "finishers" come on and have an impact with Merino getting the equalising goal and I must admit I expected us to almost shut up shop but for once Miky took the handbrake off and sent on Martin Ø, and we had a very attacking look to us. Miky was rewarded when MØ took a corner and provided the assist as Big Gabi headed home. At this point both Amber and Gizmo left the room as daddy was shouting quite loud! Hopefully Miky will start to think this way, and perhaps we may gain some silverware this year!

Brentford, Brighton and Crystal Palace impressed me – playing some good football – and it was good to see Nuno start with a point as his tenure at the London Stadium starts (OK I know they were playing away – but you know what I mean! 😂

Until next time – stay safe!

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Gordie as the Flash