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Camden New Journal - CROW by RICHARD OSLEY and PIP WROE
Published: 3 September 2009

Eduardo’s little fall was nothing compared to diver Klinsmann’s best

CALM down. Eduardo’s exaggerated little stumble wasn’t as bad as Jurgen Klinsmann. Or David Ginola. Or Cristiano Ronaldo.
Or even Steven Gerrard, who often wins penalties by falling down like William Dafoe in Platoon, hit by that cursed invisible sniper in the stands. But it’s Eduardo they want to jail. It’s poor little Eduardo that they want to make an example of. Even with what happened with his leg and everything.
His theatrics against Celtic were a little off-hand but let’s not pretend he’s the worst offender. It was mild.
Klinsmann – going back to days when Pip Wroe had an up-to-date Spurs shirt – was always at it, and everybody just laughed. He even revelled in his reputation for diving in his goal celebrations so we could all go ha ha, look at Jurgen, he always dives and how great that he can have a good giggle at himself.
Same with Ginola. He was always tumbling over, but instead of banning him we had a laugh at his tarty shampoo advert and then it was all ok.
The Ronaldo case was inexplicable. Nobody liked him. He diddled us in the World Cup and still he didn’t get the Eduardo outrage treatment.
And as for Gerrard, well I’m sure we can find someone to say he’s “not guilty”.
Eduardo’s crime was comparatively minor.
Anybody who says otherwise should look at their own team.

How does Harry do it?

THE old wheeling and dealing legend is back. Grabbing Niko Krancjar for £2.5million seems like the signing of the summer, unless it turns out we accidentally got Younes Kaboul instead.
It’s a shame about the hundreds of players we didn’t get in Tuesday’s supermarket sweep but our trolley doesn’t look too bad right now.
Meanwhile, what a wonderful week it was for Arsenal. First Eduardo won a two-match ban for the kind of theatrics that won Cristiano Ronaldo innumerable free-kicks and penalties. And then Abou Diaby momentarily realised that he’s wanted to play for Manchester United all his life and tucked away the simplest of headers for his new club.
After years of Arsene Wenger claiming “I did not see it” when his players get sent off, it turns out he may have been telling the truth after all.
When you get sent off, you go down the tunnel and back to the dressing room to brew over the injustice. You don’t just return to your seat or stand in the crowd like Wenger did Saturday.
The most important thing we learned was that Mr Wenger still can’t take losing, even though he should be used to it by now.
I look forward to his accusations and tantrums after all Arsenal’s forthcoming failures.

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