By Myles Palmer
Bad news about Vieira, who may not be back for the Leeds game.
Bolton have competent players and recently fielded Djorkaeff at centre forward.
Djorkaeff is a classy,intelligent guy and a great footballer.
A very good signing by Sam Allardyce.
But Djorkaeff cannot beat Arsenal on his own.
On Saturday Ray Parlour will be the key man again, doing what he did so well in Middlesbrough.
Ray made more tackles in the first 20 minutes than Gilberto has made since Xmas.
If he hadnt made those tackles, Arsenal would not have won the game.
Parlour will have to do the same at the Reebok.
The good news is that Ashley Cole is fit again.
And Keown looks like being fit as well.
I’ve never doubted that Arsenal would beat Bolton.
But then, I’ve never doubted that Man United would go to Tottenham and score five.
Still, football can be a crazy game.
It surprises us every week.
So maybe I’ve been oversimplifying the title race by saying that Arsenal and Man United will win all their remaining games.
When Saturday comes, that theory could go out the window.
I don’t worry about the matches because I’m not a worrier.
I’m just impatient.
I wish the game was on Friday, not Saturday.
24th April 2003