The Smiling Assassin

Another great week of updates I think you’ll agree….

Long week at work and some RL things that needed sorting this week, added to the general feeling of smug satisfaction after the Utd game meant that the blogging for this week was low down the list of things to get done. Things with the site are moving along slowly but surely and I think over the next 2-3 days you’ll some new content up around here.

So, with that in mind and in an effort to keep my eye in around here I present some lovingly embedded Youtube clips of Rafa’s pre-match press conference ahead of this weekend’s game at Craven Cottage. As is seemingly the way with almost every press conference Rafa does these days, the first matter of course is the state of Steven Gerrard’s groin and the latest injury news.

It’s clear from watching the end of the clip that Rafa was, and still is, unhappy at the way that Stevie was treated while away with England. In fact, it amazes me that they claim that he picked up the injury and that they weren’t going to play him against Belarus and then put him through a training session two days later which aggravated the injury. I’m sure the fact that England’s head physio is also Arsenal’s head physio had absolutely nothing do with decision at all. Nothing. Whatsoever.

Aquilani being out is hardly a loss given his current situation (he was only ever going to be a sub anyway) and the loss of Johnson wont be felt quite so keenly if Phillip Degen can reproduce the performance he turned in against Arsenal on Wednesday night.

That’s all ITN has for us today, so here is the full Rafa courtesy of The Liverpool Echo.