Christmas is over and out of the way and now it's on to Boxing Day. Over the weekend I had a chance to watch the Chelsea-Wigan match and Oh, Nellie what a match!Chelsea had Wigan beat through the first half and down 2 goals. But the home side came out in the 2nd half and put Chelsea on their back heels like nothing I'd ever seen before (Though the 1st half of the Manchester United match was close). Chelsea was reeling. They looked like a Girl Scout walking through a bad neighborhood. And then, after Emile Heskey (this player is a beast, by the way. Incredible physical power) scored the equalizer, they steadied themselves and began building their way back. This was a game in which you could clearly see the momentum shift one way and another. After several opportunitieis, Arjen Robben took the ball across the right side of the mouth of the 18. The defender dove in, Robben dashed past and left-footed a brilliant game-winner. Hate the result. Loved the football.

Despite the brilliance of that game, I really wish FSN had aired the Gunners smashing of Blackburn. 6 goals!

Today, the Gunners are up against lowly Watford, the very sort of team they have struggled against all season. Should be a win, but let's wait til the chicks are hatched, eh? RVN says Gunners results against the top 4 prove they are the best club in the EPL. Uh, actually the table tells you that and it currently says Arsenal are 4th. I'd love to agree with the Dutch Heir Apparent about my favorite club, but you not only have to do well against the best, you have to win the games your supposed to win against the strugglers like Watford.

On an unrelated note, just heard Tim Harford, the Undercover Economist on NPR this past week. He reminded me of why, in the early 1980s I briefly flirted (by briefly, I mean 3 years of study) with the idea of becoming an economist. Tim writes for the Financial Times. You can find his writings here.

That's all for now...