Christenval makes it through reserve game, Thomas Pynchon novel arrives, ashes start
What a day!
Phillippe Christenval has become something of a forgotten man this season, losing his first team shirt to Zat Knight through injury. But tonight he made it through the full 90 minutes of a reserve team win against Arsenal. The defence has been a little more shaky of late, so it’s a good time for Phillippe to re-enter the fray. I was impressed with the way he played in the early going, this is good news.
In other good news, today I received my copy of Against The Day by Thomas Pynchon:
It’s over 1,000 pages long but I’m not afraid! Hurray!
And double hurray because The Ashes resume at midnight. I’m gutted that Chris Read has lost his place and am sure that the decision will come back to haunt us, but I’m the most pessimistic cricket follower in the world. But if he doesn’t play Panesar… the Bedfordian in me will be as angry as the cricket fan. Bedford doesn’t have a lot to shout about: the statue de John Bunyan came up frequently in French at school, BEDFORD was emblazoned across Luton’s shirt in the 80s and their trucks were around the place, but until Paula Radcliffe and Wigan’s Matt Jackson we hadn’t had a major sport person. Now in Panesar and the imported Alastair Cook we have two of the blighters in an Ashes test. How about that?
