Silly season!

Premier league has holiday and the world cup is going on. It is close to an exiting and intense completion! While Brazil, Germany, England, Italy, Argentina and the other great nations fights for gold in this tournament, another - and for supporters of english teams - an even more important event is going on.

Silly season is the time for rumours in english football. Likely and unlikely transfers of football-players are discussed amongst the supporters and in the media. You can make money of this!

The rumours are flourishing... One day Thierry Henry has signed for Barca, - the other day Michael Owen has signed as a replacement. Most of us (supporters) have been
decieved. It is not a good feeling when you think you loose your best player! I have been a fool for over 20 years, now. Sometimes i enjoy it, and sometimes i am fed up!
I love my team, and i can`t risk loosing a little part of a possible true story. It is dangerous to underestimate a rumour. I have to be ready for the catastrophe or for the dream coming true. It is about love, - you just have to join the race!

I am an Arsenal-supporter, and for my club it is just about who is coming. We are rich, have a new stadium, the best manager and some of the best and surely most talented players in the world. But everyone agree that we need to strengten our team. But in which part of the team (defence, middle or in the attack)? And what kind of player? Should he be young or a player with more experiences? What about physical strength or technique? A header or runner?

When i was in Torino, i read about the crisis in their team, Juventus. The club
risks playing in a lower division next season. Bribe is not the clever thing to do.
And before the case has been in the court, every single player in the team of Juventus has gone! Vieira is back in my team together with Buffon (the best keeper in the world). I am excited, but don`t believe it (yes, it`s possible to be so divided). I took this picture outside "the shop" in Tourin.

Rumours of following players supposed to sign for Arsenal, have send me:

* to heaven with joy:
Torres, Trabelsi, Baptista, Toure, Carrick, Davis, Ferdinand (Anton), Ribery

* to "Ikea" with the feeling of blah:
Beckham, Kuyt, Saviola, Diop, Klose, Sahin, Jimenez, Buffon, Vieira

* to the cellar with fear:
Ronaldo, Ellington, Kuffour, Carew (!)

... and in the end i suppose none of these players will sign for us. Arsene Wenger always hide his thoughts, and the transfers will first be known for the public through Arsenal.com. As it happened when we signed our first, and maybe the only player this summer! Tomas Rosicky!


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Darkness in Torino...

Just some thougts which came through my mind, late one night in Torino. I was there a week ago, with the job.

This night i was togehter with Tampep. They are working for prostitutes and victim of trafficking in Torino.
Two friend of mine and i (from Kirkens Bymisjon, an accosiation in Norway) joined the outreach work this night. We were driving for half an hour, out of the city. We met 17 women there. What a sadness. What an unworthy situation for this young women, naked as they were, standing on the dark roads outside the city. They were standing one and one with hundred of metres or kilometres between them. No traffic lights, - just darkness. None (of us!) would notice if they dissapeared one night. And absolutely none would notice if they were exposed of violence. They had a fire in a little rusty barrel (the picture). Just to keep warm. But it could`t help. It was so dark.

Not just an unworthy situation, - it is just totally useless as a concept. We are talking of victim and slaves! Who loose their humanity.

Are men responsible? In what way? It does something with my identity to be part of this! I am attacked.

She is! As an image of God. What says God of himself? "I AM". God is not just something. He is a person. He has a personality and a history. A women is made like Him. With feelings, thoughts, personality and a history.
She is a hopeful girl, a bride, a mother and a wise, independent and beautiful wife.

Not meat!

I am frustrated about the situation, and do not really have the answer of what is needed. There is so much work to be done! And while we are waiting, new girls are coming into prostitution. Today i met a new girl from Nigeria in Stavanger...

Well, a break ..... Torino is also a city well known for the the piece of linen long-believed to have been wrapped around Jesus body after the crucifixion. We had a visit in this church. Interesting.