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“Rob, can I share one of my New Year’s resolutions with you?” writes Charles ANtaki. “ I know you’ll keep it under your hat. I’ve resolved to offer myself to Arsenal Football Club as their new centre-forward. HR will object that there’s little evidence that I can play football at the elite level (quite true; indeed, at any level whatsoever), and I certainly don’t score enough (in fact any) goals. But on those two criteria I’m more or less par with the current incumbent.
“What puts me ahead is maturity, listening skills and a pleasant demeanour. Admittedly those aren’t on the ‘essential’ side of the job description ledger, but surely they’d be on the ‘desirable’ list? Anyway: mum’s the word for the moment, until I hear back from the club.”
[On the absence of Hugo Ekitike] Missing players is never nice. It makes it even harder when the other option as a No9 is also not available. Pace is an important weapon, especially against a team who have a lot of the ball and defend so far from their own goal.
[On bringing in Jeremie Frimpong] We’ve brought in a bit of pace with Jeremie. He’s been out for four or five months – not all the time, but mainly – and I decided to use him as a sub against Fulham so that he would could start tonight.
