This morning I wrote the title of the blog before I wrote the first words of the blog. I almost never do this. What a peek behind the curtain I’ve given you to help you pass the time during this Interlull.
The ‘process’ is always write first then think of a title. The only exception to this is a blog the morning after a game where I will write the scoreline first, but even then I wait to finish writing before I complete it. For example, the bit in italics will usually come late unless it’s blindingly obvious what it should be.
Arsenal 7-6 Liverpool: Havertz strikes late to take all three points
or
Chelsea 0-5 Arsenal: Jesus finds his shooting boots at last
Today felt very much like a bits and pieces today. I don’t know if the above is a bit or a piece. It’s so hard to discern really. As the old saying goes, ‘One man’s piece is another man’s bit’, so I’ll just leave it up to you to decide. There’s no need to introduce something else to this topsy-turvy world to get vexed about.
I saw on Instagram that Arsenal posted some footage of Martin Odegaard at the training ground, using the Gravitron2000 to bear some of the weight as he ran on the treadmill. Clearly this is a positive development, but we’ll have to wait and see how close he is to a return. The fact he’s using that machine suggests there’s still considerable caution being applied, but it’s worth considering we don’t know exactly when that footage was taken. It could have been yesterday, it could have been last week – since when more progress might have been made.
Given how much Mikel Arteta likes to keep things in-house and under his hat when it comes to fitness, I have to assume that things are really going well for Odegaard in his recovery. If there were any risk, nothing would be posted, so it’s a little boost for everyone to see him making his way back to full fitness. We don’t know yet what the time-frame is for his return, but I do wonder if the Liverpool game…
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