The red side of North London is singing loudly again (for the time being) after this morning's 2-nil victory over West Bromvich Albion. But, the fashion in which the match was won was in a disgraceful. The usually classy Santi Cazorla provided the moment of shame with a blatant dive. Cazorla made a move in the right side of the 18 yard box, at which point Baggie's defender Steven Reid stuck out his leg and Cazorla went down like a ton of bricks. The problem: Cazorla wasn't touched by Reid's leg, or any other part of his anatomy for that matter. This mockery of a foul translated into Mikel Arteta's match-winning penalty.
Cazorla has shown to be one of the league's best characters in the first few months of the season, but this will put a major blemish on that record (as it should). You can bet Arsenal supporters will look past the dive, as they are focusing on another record (the club's win/loss). Desperate times call for desperate measures.
With Lakers Stuck in Neutral, is Pau on the Way Out?
With 20 games played, the Los Angeles Lakers should not be panicking with a 9-11 record. But then again, this is the team that fired their coach after a 1-4 start to the season. There are positives: with Mike D'Antoni calling the shots the team has gone 8-7. At least that's a winning record! While the Lakers try to figure out the formula, the Pau Gasol trade rumours have started to ramp up yet again. This time the Spaniard is linked with a swap to the Minnesota Timberwolves to join his countryman Ricky Rubio in exchange for a combination of Derrick Williams, J.J. Barea, Luke Ridnour and Nikola Pekovic. The inclusion of Williams in any trade would provide Steve Nash with a Shawn Marion type of player to run and gun with. Interesting proposition, but we will have to wait and see if a trade materializes or if it turns out to be just another rumour.
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