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England win, despite Ledley

SO while poor old Sol Campbell was picking splinters out of his backside on the bench on Saturday, an Arsenal-less England were beating Argentina.
Not that any of us really noticed there were no Gooners in the team – we were too busy admiring the acrobatics of England No. 1 Paul Robinson.
The Spurs keeper may look like he ate all the pies but he kept Sven and Co. from having to eat the humble variety with his impressive goal keeping. It may turn out to be a lucky break for Arsenal that their accident prone defender didn’t get to throw himself around against Argentina.
At least he will be fit for the top of the table clash between his Easilybeatables and the mighty Wigan on Saturday. Well, until he tweaks his hamstring or bruises an elbow half an hour in.
Unfortunately, Gael Clichy went all Ashley Cole in the under-21 match on Friday and did something to his foot while trying to keep up with Spurs kids Michael Dawson and Tom Huddlestone. But fear not Gooners. It is unlikely Paul Jewell’s overachievers will get the better of your underachievers down that flank if Arsene Wenger plays his trump card – Pascal Cygan. Yep, it seems the versatile left footer has offered to pull down the shutters on his clown school and step into the breach.
Now, if that doesn’t put the Pie Eaters off their stride, nothing will.


A LONG time ago now – a time when Spurs were good enough to beat Grimsby Town – I made three promises to myself:
1. Never eat a balti pie at West Brom – curry in a pie, have you ever heard of the like? 2. Never sweat over the result of the north London derby – Tottenham haven’t won in six, count them, six years. 3. Stop watching England friendlies – they are boring, Sven makes 15 substitutions every match and Graeme Le Saux’s so-called punditry makes me sick. They were, of course, futile pledges.
The balti pies turned out to be quite moorish in the end and Tottenham somehow got within 13 minutes of beating Arsenal. I’m not sure when Arsenal fans will get another chance to sample the cooking at The Hawthorns but at least I know Spurs won’t get that close to a derby win again. Nevertheless, having broken two promises in the first two months of the season, I was adamant I would not watch England against Argentina on Saturday.
Turns out I missed my old mucker Rio Ferdinand clowning around in defence and Ledley King all at sea in the holding midfield role.
Simple equation: with King, England 2-1 down. Without King, England 3-2 up. I’ll be supporting England in the World Cup next year but to stand any chance they are going to need to get Sol Campbell and Ashley Cole back in the team.



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