Kick it out

Kick it out shirts – the big issue?

There's no place for racism. Anywhere. But players have a right to choose whether or not to wear a slogan t-shirt or not. If you feel that not enough is being done by the authorities, then it can be hard to support a campaign. There's a right to support any given charity, or not. The guys without the shirts on, to a man said that the campaign wasn't enough. That sorting things out, for once and for all was a given. A for granted. They were just dismayed at the small fines imposed and pitiful action taken. If that's what they believe, then getting on their cases because they backed their convictions is just more of the same attitude prevailing. The t-shirt Gestapo goose stepping over anyone with the temerity to have a mind of their own.

Well done Norwich

Like those exaggerated reports of the death of the still-living wit, similarly reports of Arsenal's resurgence have been overblown. A lot has improved, but unless someone with bolt croppers and a grinder pops the locks on Wenger's wallet, it'll remain this way.

Gazidis (£2.5m / year) and Wenger (£7.5m / year) are among the best paid in the EPL and have brought nothing home for seven years. Apparently we're the next big thing just waiting for the financial fair play regulations to bite. These things have a knack of not happening.

Norwich deserved the win and the points. Lets have no deluded rubbish about players pitching up tired after international duty. Bless them. If ours can't cope with a couple of games and a bit of a bus-ride over two weeks and come back all tired and emotional, then let's ship 'em out and get some that don't. Chelsea won the stiffest test at Spurs. Citeh and United won too. We've lost ground losing to a club who got their first win of the season, against us.

The news, soon, may be of our resurrection rather than resurgence.

Volver

Watched Volver, again. A fantastic film. Serious subject-matter, funny lines, beautifully photographed.

Mo Yan

Has been operating under the radar here, for a Nobel prize winner. The library had just one of his books available. They had all Jeffery Archer's. He's about as likely to trouble the Nobel laureate decision-makers as Stephen Hawking is to top the hip hop charts.

Gary Barlow = delete

Both the Albert Hall what's on email and the Guardian Sleeve Notes alert arrived with Barlow in the subject line. Saved time, as that's a signal to hit 'delete' unread.

That's not picking on Barlow in particular, there's other similar triggers.

Takeaway favourites 2

Cauliflower bahji, pilau rice, half a chicken jalfreezi.