Tomorrow sees Wayne Bridge and John Terry on the same pitch for the first time since all of the revelations came out about Terry and Bridge’s ex. It’s going to be fun to watch, and there are a few things you should be looking out for:
In the pre-match build-up, Sky to talk endlessly about the two coming face-to-face for the first time.
Or, Sky failing entirely to mention the elephant in the room.
In the tunnel, Bridge choosing to stand at the back of his team, as far away from Terry as possible.
The camera to linger on Bridge and Terry during the pre-match handshake.
I actually think Bridge will refuse to shake his hand, and give him a proper daggers look.
The first tackle between the two to be a foul, and to result in a melee of sorts.
Bridge to get injured (not necessarily by Terry).
Terry to get sent off (not necessarily for fouling Bridge, although that would be nice for the storyline).
Drogba to writhe around on the floor after being in the vicinity of Bridge for the first time.
First things first: I’m an Arsenal fan, and have been for nearly 20 years. I have a season ticket, and go to pretty much every home game. I also watch most away games on TV or on the web. I read a couple of Arsenal blogs, and Arsenal-related news is what I look for in newspapers first.
I’ve no bones about letting this influence my writing here, but this isn’t an Arsenal blog. Go read Arseblog or the like if you want that.
I intend to write about anything that comes to mind football-wise, be it thoughts on the last Arsenal game, transfer rumours, laughing at other teams’ misfortunes (I’m looking at you, red half of Merseyside) and just about everything connected with the beautiful game.
I’m not one of those people that harks back to the “good ole days” of players earning a pittance and every game kicking off at 3pm on a Saturday. I love the amount of coverage that football gets nowadays, on TV and in other media. I think it’s added something to football as a whole, even if the tabloid lies when it comes to transfer rumours leave a little something to be desired…
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