Sep 28
“Pascal Cygan, come on down and pick up your pair of Iron Balls. Cygan stepped into our match against PSV in midweek when Martin Keown got injured in the 10th minute. He played beautifully and we never missed a beat. Then in a fiery match at Leeds he got in the spirit by (allegedly) stamping on Lee Bowyer when they got into an entanglement.
No softie, this guy. I expect that he and Sol will end up becoming a fantastic partnership.
The Urban Legend that inspired this feature:
Every sailing ship had to have a cannon for protection. Cannons of the time required round,...
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Sep 28
“Two by Kanu, plus one each from Henry and Toure. I’m sure at some point we’ll have a stinker and lose to somebody, but right now all must bow down before the power that is The Arsenal. Fear us, cower before our might and pray that in our benevolence we show mercy on your mortal souls.”
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Sep 28
Thanks to Lawrence Emanuel who reminds me that the Arsenal-Leeds game will have several airings this week. Be sure to check www.soccertv.com for times and stations.
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Sep 28
“Naggi Asmar weighs in…
There is one thing I would like to add to the discussion on passion/grit/etc. v. talent. I think that the importance of those factors is very different for club football v. international football. In international football, while players are driven patriotism and their country’s expectations, it is rarely the case that top talent does not eventually win out. The reason for that IMO is that international sides are not really “”teams.”" They only play together a handful of times a year and do not practice together extensively....
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Sep 27
“This comes from Jim Costello, Editor, Arsenal All Guns Blazing!:
Just like to congratulate you on your website. I’ve been a regular follower of it ever since I heard you on Capital Gold on the night we clinched the Double at Old Trafford. I didn’t know we had so many fans in America.
Regarding your editorial on why we’re a great team at the moment. When I read the first paragraph I agreed with it, but thought, ‘you need lots of talent too’. So I guess you can’t have a truly great team without both attributes - talent and, as George Graham would...
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Sep 27
“A Russian, A Spurs Fan And A Fuzzy Green Dinosaur Walk Into A Donut Shop…|”
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Sep 27
“My commets, as always, (IN ALL CAPS):
Klinsmann, Hoddle back at the Lane (NO ONE ELSE WANTED THEM)
Jurgen Klinsmann will return to White Hart Lane to play alongside Glenn Hoddle as Tottenham take on American MLS side DC United in a match to raise money for our former players on Thursday, October 17. (YES, GREAT IDEA. BY ALL MEANS LET’S RAISE MONEY FOR FORMER PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES. HOW ABOUT A CHARITY MATCH FOR THE FANS WHO’VE ENDURED CRAP SPURS FOOTBALL FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS?)
The Tottenham Tribute Match will kick off at 7.45pm with specially reduced tickets for children...
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Sep 27
“Leeds v. Arsenal; Saturday, Sept. 28; 10am eastern
TV: Sat Sep 28 12:00PM Eastern; FOX Sports World (check soccertv.com for additional times)
Radio: arsenal.com (fee service)
Arsenal: 1st place (17 points)
Leeds: 5th place (12 points)
Ken Bradley looks at this weekend’s opponent, Leeds United…
David O’Leary was fired as manager of Leeds when his team failed to qualify for the Champions League. This would actually have a financial motive as Leeds show a loss of 26 million pounds for the fiscal year ending in June. To miss out on the Champions League pay-off...
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Sep 27
“Got this one from Sheldon, a UK Gooner…
When Highbury was being built (before the days of automobiles) a horse was backing up with a cart to fill a large hole in the foundations of the north bank. Unfortunately the wheels of the cart fell over the edge dragging the cart and horse with them. As they were unable to remove it because of logistical reasons, the horse was destroyed and covered over. Story has it that it is still buried beneath our famous stand.Who would have thought it?
I wonder if this would constitute our longest serving supporter?
– Can anyone confirm...
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Sep 27
“Member Daniel Nooter writes in response to my recent editorial:
Thanks for your most recent editorial. Although I agree with your major point (that we win primarily because we have a squad stacked with ungodly talent), I’m not convinced that this is the whole story. Indeed, the argument actually seems a little circular to me: why do we win? because we have players who possess ungodly talent. But what does that mean? how do we know which players are the ones with ungodly talent? Why, there’re the ones that WIN, of course.
To develop this further, I think it’s self-evident...
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