Gervinho has taken time out from doing whatever it is he does to make his hair look so lustrous to reveal that he is slowly coming to terms with life in England.
The Ivorian international has had something of a rollercoaster start to life with the Gunners, impressing against Udinese, getting sent off against Newcastle United, scoring his first goal at Blackburn but also watching his teammates get battered 8-2 at Old Trafford.
Reflecting on his first few months in the Premier League, the summer acquisition from French side Lille told the Arsenal official matchday programme:
“Yes, I am adapting to English football little by little. I’m getting to know my team-mates but I get on well with them already and I enjoy being on the pitch with them. I feel good here.
“Things are going well with the staff too. It’s obviously bit difficult whilst I am still learning the language at the moment, but I’m getting a lot of help from the other French speakers.
“I have the trust of the players and the manager so things are going well at the moment for me so I’m happy.”
Having seen himself embroiled in an opening day scuffle with Joey Barton which led to a red card on his Premier League debut, Gervinho made clear that he was not dwelling on an incident which forced him to sit out Arsenal’s games against Liverpool, Manchester United and Swansea.
“You always learn when you make mistakes. It was the case for me in Newcastle and that incident with Barton, it is forgotten for me.
“I’ve turned the page and moved on. It’s just not the league debut I dreamt of but I can’t go back in the past now. But I won’t be reacting like that ever again, that’s for sure.”
Arseblog News trusts that by not ‘reacting like that ever again’ Gervinho means that rather than slightly fingering Barton’s face, he will next time rip the little prick’s head off and do keepy-uppy with it in the centre-circle.
That’s the league debut we dream about.
Literally?
I had a dream I was playing for Arsenal the other night. Instead of a ball, though, we were kicking plants.
I also had a dream that Robin Van Persie was working in a shop I used to work in, but the shop wasn’t a shop anymore it was a cafe, which I didn’t find weird until I thought about it later and…you know how dreams go. Nice guy though, that RVP.
Can you mail me some of whatever you’re cutting up?
Barton is a cunt but so is Na$ri….
Gervinho to score a hat trick against the spuds on sunday..
Blogger. Nuts as usual. You remain the best!
Gervinho, do some more work on your final ball. That ability to go from amazing to frustrating in the blink of an eye can be irritating. U make nice and dangerous runs but sometimes just pick out a team mate. U’ve got an amazing and curious forehead though
Andrew Allen wrote this post. He’s funny too.
Aye, poor you Andrew, at least once every post that happens.
Allen is becoming more and more bloggerised hence ppl keep thinking he is blogger. He should be happy!
[…] Given our poor record so far, having had 3 players red-carded, I would say the need for someone to step up and be that calming influence is imperative. However, there is nobody in the squad who can do that at the moment, either them being too young or passive to be the vocal calming leader. So, against Tottenham, a relatively stronger team than Olympiakos, there is a real need to instill self-belief into the team. Arsene has to let the team know they can’t perform as they did yesterday, putting on a rather nervy show after conceding once. Players… Read more »
Gervinho: I’ve learned from Barton incident – that Barton’s a cunt.
Gervinho is becoming more interesting in playing with ARSENAL
Yup, it was a huge mistake to slap Barton in the face.
Next time, knee him in the bollocks. *Then* you can get in a good, solid smash to the kisser when he creases over in agony.
Saw this done in a KR v. Fylkir match in Iceland and it definately works.