Wednesday, August 03, 2005
Footie at last!
Tonight is going to be my first football match of a new season - Charlton's home friendly with Feyenoord of Holland. Lots of excitement in the Pedro45 household as the scarf gets an airing for the first time in three months - since "we sent the Palace down" in fact, ha ha!
Which team will Curbs put out - he's been favouring playing most of the team for most of the ninety minutes this pre-season I've seen, so it's fair to assume that whoever plays tonight (and on Saturday versus AEK Athens) could be amongst those lining up in the Premiership season opener against Sunderland.
It'll be good to see the new signings - or at least some of them - Darren's Bent and Ambrose, Alexie Smertin, and Johnny (or is that Ronnie?) Spector. I doubt if Youga, or Sorondo will feature. And a big welcome back for Chris Powell, who may play, but even if he doesn't is bound to light up at least the touchline with his smile.
Two players definitely not going to be playing are Jason Euell and Dean Kiely, who are both injured. Deano was in a battle for the goalies jersey this season, and many thought that Stephan Anderson would pip the great one for the Sunderland match. Now we know who will be in green (or yellow and blue) strip on the 13th. Broken fingers take about six weeks to heal I'm reliably informed; by then, we will either welcome Deano straight back into the team, or spend all season watching him run up and down the touchline trying to keep warm. Our Jason was on the verge of a transfer - Brummies, Boro, and Pompey all interested according to sources not his agent Tony Finnegan - but that now seems unlikely due to his dislocated shoulder sustained on Tuesday night. Remembering back to Bryan Robson's most famous wound, this one should take around four weeks to heal; can we get him fit by the close of the transfer window - we shall see! This injury has probably cost the club a few hundred grand already, as I doubt we'll get the going price of £2.5million now for him (if we ever could...).
Anyway, prediction time - Pedro45 thinks it will be tough tonight, as the Dutch men have lots of caps between them. They've also been playing well in pre-season tournaments (and not conceding goals), and may be better prepared for the match. I predict a 1-2 defeat for our boys I'm afraid, but I'm usually wrong so there!
Roll on 8pm!
Which team will Curbs put out - he's been favouring playing most of the team for most of the ninety minutes this pre-season I've seen, so it's fair to assume that whoever plays tonight (and on Saturday versus AEK Athens) could be amongst those lining up in the Premiership season opener against Sunderland.
It'll be good to see the new signings - or at least some of them - Darren's Bent and Ambrose, Alexie Smertin, and Johnny (or is that Ronnie?) Spector. I doubt if Youga, or Sorondo will feature. And a big welcome back for Chris Powell, who may play, but even if he doesn't is bound to light up at least the touchline with his smile.
Two players definitely not going to be playing are Jason Euell and Dean Kiely, who are both injured. Deano was in a battle for the goalies jersey this season, and many thought that Stephan Anderson would pip the great one for the Sunderland match. Now we know who will be in green (or yellow and blue) strip on the 13th. Broken fingers take about six weeks to heal I'm reliably informed; by then, we will either welcome Deano straight back into the team, or spend all season watching him run up and down the touchline trying to keep warm. Our Jason was on the verge of a transfer - Brummies, Boro, and Pompey all interested according to sources not his agent Tony Finnegan - but that now seems unlikely due to his dislocated shoulder sustained on Tuesday night. Remembering back to Bryan Robson's most famous wound, this one should take around four weeks to heal; can we get him fit by the close of the transfer window - we shall see! This injury has probably cost the club a few hundred grand already, as I doubt we'll get the going price of £2.5million now for him (if we ever could...).
Anyway, prediction time - Pedro45 thinks it will be tough tonight, as the Dutch men have lots of caps between them. They've also been playing well in pre-season tournaments (and not conceding goals), and may be better prepared for the match. I predict a 1-2 defeat for our boys I'm afraid, but I'm usually wrong so there!
Roll on 8pm!
