The hated Tigers. The loathsome Tigers. They started so impressively and were the darlings of the Premier League for the first half of the season. Now, they’ve faltered. And there’s just so much not to like about them: That pipe coming out of the right side of Phil Brown’s head that he uses to utter cabalistic and arcane chants to some unknown deity during the match;  And… Orange? That just  speaks for itself. And then there’s the… well, that’s it really. I suppose they’re not so bad after all. Honestly, they played a great match the last time we saw them, we didn’t, and we paid dearly for it. But that doesn’t mean we can’t stick it to them this time around, does it? Of course not. But, I have to admit, it’s nice to see a newly promoted team shake things up a bit. Arsenal hasn’t played in the same league with Hull since World War I.

It looks like we’ve got no new injury news to report other than Alex Song having to face a fitness test prior to kickoff. Should he pass, it will feel like new signing. Feel it.  Hull are without George Boateng as far as I know. But, they’ve added Kevin Kilbane and now it appears the singularly named Manucho will be leaving Manchester United to join the Tigers. whether he’ll put boots on tomorrow is another matter. So, without further procrastination, the Scurvy Prognostication of The Match is:

Hull City 1-2 Arsenal

Yes, I’m hoping we come away with the same scoreline they did at The Grove. A clean sheet is nice, but defeat at home by one goal (preferably in injury time) is the knife we must twist in their stripey orange guts. Of course, a 0-5 drubbing would be swell too. A win for us will see them down to 9th place, even if West Ham & Fulham draw – Hull’s GD is pretty abysmal. As for us, we’ll probably remain in 5th. Everton can only come level of us with a win, but we’ve got the GD advantage unless they beat Livuhpyool 0-8. I can’t imagine Aston villa won’t take maximum points off Sunderland, but you never know. If they don’t and we win by 2, we’re back in the top four… albeit by the curliest of hairs.

Transfer Bits: I’ve heard that Arsène mentioned Bullard & Hangeland in a bit on ArsenalTV yesterday. Not sure what he said since I didn’t see it, but I assume it wasn’t that he’s signing either of them. I think it was probably more of the “I know zumthing you don’t know!” we’ve been getting from him since, well… forever.

In other news…  Kaka belongs to Jesus. His undergarments confirm this. Manchester City, on the other hand, belong to Satan. AC Milan are currently considering an offer of over 100 million pounds from Citeh to release the Holy One into their charge. Kaka said something like “I am bery bery happy at AC Milan and will not move.” To which his agent said “Hold on there, I say, Hold on there a second son…” And then I think there was some slapping. So, it’s not done and dusted, but I think it’s imminent. If it happens, I’m hopeful it will be viewed as the anomaly that it is. But it will probably have a negative impact on football as a whole. It’s an extremely huge sum of money for a single player. More than 60 million pounds beyond the previous record. The Sheikh couldn’t break the record by 10 or 20 million? That’s just pissing money away. And, it remains unclear what percentage of this fee will go directly to Jesus. Typically, Jesus was unavailable for comment. Right.

So, COME ON YOU GUNNERS!

PS – Sorry for the late post. New job prevents me from being very timely.