It is sometimes a tough call on what to comment on when blogging, on quiet days like today it is an even harder call. There are all sorts of key issues surrounding the clubs and you just have to decide what to cut and what to include. So do I comment on the apparent mellowing of the newspapers reportage of Jens Lehmann and his aspirations to regain the goalkeeping position in the starting XI? Not this morning, for I feel that there is an altogether more important issue to be discussed. That’s right, tucked away on Page 33 of this morning’s Sun is a story that confirms the decadence that is rife amongst Premiership footballers and sadly it is my duty to report that an Arsenal player is the culprit. It is reported that Cesc Fabregas has spent £3,000 having his chest hair permanently removed. Not waxed, permanently removed. What is the World coming to? I sincerely hope Arsene will rebuke the boy for such scandalous behaviour. One can only hope that the biblical tale of Samson does not hold true for the young man.

Brian Glanville has his own idiosyncratic view of the Chairman and Usmanov in World Soccer, describing Hill-Wood as ‘giving a convincing imitation of a weather cock’ for his flip-flopping about Kroenke, which is a pretty accurate description. The papers today report that Usmanov is buying, or trying to, the shares of those who have died, believing that the current owners may not be so averse to selling given the price is about £10k. Whatever the case, the man is hanging around like a bad smell when to be frank, it would be better if this whole scenario developed swiftly into a bid that the current owners can decide to accept or, preferably, not. There will be an argument that this would distract the players. Personally, I find that sort of reasoning to be specious. The players would not directly be impacted unless a new owner got rid of the manager or interfered in team selection, which no doubt would mean the former happening.

Bacary Sagna believes the Premiership to be more intense than Le Championnat,

This league is more engaged than the French one, it never stops. We’ve seen that with a little less effort games can go against us

Sagna has been impressive this season, aside from the Sunderland game at the weekend. In recent seasons, we have to some extent been spoiled with that position seemingly having moved through safe hands, perhaps Eboue’s latter stages there were not as accomplished as they had been but Hoyte came in and did reasonably well. It is early days of course but if he is able to shackle the better players in the same way he has done with those so far, Sagna will be quite highly placed in the Clubs Player of the Season poll.

A short one today but time to mention Spanish Fry’s enjoyable Gooner Gazette and the Perry Groves interview at Le Grove; apologies for not doing that earlier in the week chaps. Right I’m off to do the other admin that I promised but have hopelessly forgotten to do.

’til Tomorrow.