Month: January 2022

Transfer window signing

Brentford sign Christian Eriksen on deal until end of the season

  • Midfielder has not played since suffering cardiac arrest in June
  • He was released by Inter as rules barred him from Serie A games
Christian Eriksen in action for Denmark against Finland at Euro 2020, before his cardiac arrest.

Christian Eriksen in action for Denmark against Finland at Euro 2020, before his cardiac arrest

Christian Eriksen has made an emotional return to football with Brentford after the trauma of the Euro 2020 finals last summer when, in his words, he “died for five minutes” on the pitch. The Denmark midfielder suffered a cardiac arrest during his team’s opening game of the tournament against Finland in Copenhagen on 12 June and received life-saving treatment from medics

Eriksen has been motivated by the dream of returning to the highest level and playing for Denmark at the World Cup finals in Qatar at the end of the year. He has taken another step towards it by signing for Brentford until the end of the season. If things go well, he could be offered a deal for the following season.

Ignoring the Lockdown Rules

Johnson has been in the firing line for few weeks. This week he stood up in Parliament and gave a fulsome “apology’. One of those non-apology apologies.

Cartoons give an idea of feeling in the country at the moment. Even the usual supporters are less supportive, though, there remain plenty of others who are happy to keep pumping him up to protect their own arses.

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Walk along the Thames

Last week ( the bog as been inaccessible- host changing)

Anyway nice walk with EQ from Putney to the Tate Gallery along the river bank. Of note, it was the first time I have been up close to Battersea Power station.

It has been close and then under re-development ever since I was doing my daily trips to Bridge Lane. It has been developed for high-end accommodation and of course has the run of shops just by. This is where we sat for coffee and bun. The whole area is a construction site. Seems a concrete desert to me, with so many blocks going up- all the same.