RVP is back! "Live" coverage of Chelsea vs Bolton and other updates

Our left-footed wonder is back! He is making the trip 'cross London to the Lane as a member of the bench, although Wenger stated he was shocked at how fit Robin is after his injury. He will not start, though, as we know that Arsene prefers to bring back players from long-term injuries slowly. Which is good. Robin will be itching to play, but he needs to work the rust off. He should get 20 minutes for the first match back anyway. How awesome would it be if he made a goal tomorrow coming off the bench? Maybe one of his classic back-to-the-net-pivot-and-shoot goals? Here are some great pix from the official site of Robin training
As I am writing this, Chelsea is playing their game in hand against Bolton. I'm following the commentary live on the Internet and will give you the half-time report. This game is very important of course, because Chelsea dropping any sort of points is good news for us. Plus, our on-loan Jackie boy has started, and I'm hoping he has us in the back of his mind as he uses all his wily moves on Chelsea's back four.
Ooh...looks like Mr. Terry received a bit of an injury. That's gotta be some serious karma working. But not serious enough as he's back on the pitch and continues playing. Sounds like Bolton is being their usual "robust" selves with their challenges and it's nice that I don't mind that since they're not playing us. I just hope they don't give away too many free kicks or a penalty or have a man sent off. Okay update here in the 43rd minute and it's not good...Anelka scores a header for Chelsea assisted by Drogba's cross. Sigh. Five minutes have been added so maybe Bolton will answer back. Come on Kevin Davies - use those famous elbows, give someone a bloody nose, and score something already! Alas, nothing doing. It's halftime with Chelski in the lead 1-0. Back in a few...and here we go. I like following the commentary because 1) I can't follow any other way, and 2) I can still do "paperwork" at the same time so tracking the game is relatively guilt-free. I have to giggle because Bolton is being very much themselves as they have, in the 70th minute, 18 fouls to Chelsea's 9. Jacky boy has given quite a few to those the Chelski's all by himself. He may end up getting a yellow by the end of the game if he isn't careful. Well, that's it then. Chelsea hangs on for a 1-0 win. That means if we win on Wednesday, we'll leapfrog over Man U but stay in second behind Chelsea. Still, moving up is moving up.

I also wanted to give some more updates on the MLS and La Liga that I neglected to mention in my post from yesterday. the Chicago Fire played against San Jose last Saturday and lost 1-2 at home. So far, we have two home losses and one away draw. Some of the articles I have read note that the Fire had a poor home record last season as well. We should be in for good luck then this next weekend as they play DC United away (6:30 CST on Comcast Sportsnet). I'm hoping this match will have a little more flair and movement than the past ones.


Also, there was a major match last weekend in La Liga as Barcelona lept to first place in the table as they beat Real Madrid 2-0 at Real Madrid. Of course, The Messi scored (his 40th for the season) as well as Pedro. The more Barca win (I don't care against whom) the less bad I feel about losing to them.

That's all for now. Get ready you Gooners for this last stretch of games...see you after we beat the Spuds!