Brief pre-season round-up: it all looked very good. 7 friendlies played, we won all of them and scored 17 goals in the process. The new lads all played some part of it, even if Gareth Bale was soon out injured and Younes Kaboul got kicked in the face early on. He is made of tough mettle, however, and soon recovered. Adel Taarabt, who of course played a little last season, was given the opportunity to strut his stuff in South Africa and Darren Bent has scored freely. We have yet to see the newest hot prospect from Germany, Kevin Prince Boateng, as he only arrived less than a fortnight ago.
The season is on, as is the pressure to turn potential into results. Results and consistency. The first defeat has already been suffered, a blow more keenly felt as Arsenal, the rivals we hope to depose of their top-four place, started their season by fighting back after falling behind to Fulham (who took the lead through a goal by David Healy, confirming the soft spot this author has for him) and winning 2-1. But this is a marathon, not a sprint. And it has begun.
Full squad numbers list for season 2007-08
1 Paul Robinson
2 Pascal Chimbonda
3 Lee Young-Pyo
4 Didier Zokora
5 Younes Kaboul
6 Teemu Tainio
7 Paul Stalteri
8 Jermaine Jenas
9 Dimitar Berbatov
10 Robbie Keane
11 Mido
12 Radek Cerny
13 Danny Murphy
14 Hossam Ghaly
15 Steed Malbranque
16 Gareth Bale
17 Kevin Prince Boateng
18 Jermain Defoe
19 Adel Taarabt
20 Michael Dawson
21 Wayne Routledge
22 Tom Huddlestone
23 Darren Bent
24 Jamie O'Hara
25 Aaron Lennon
26 Ledley King
27 Ben Alnwick
28 Lee Barnard
29 Phil Ifil
30 Anthony Gardner
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32 Benoit Assou-Ekotto
33 Ricardo Rocha
34 Andy Barcham
35 Dorian Dervite
36 Simon Dawkins
37 Danny Rose
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