Spursenfreude… of the G. Rex Variety

In yet another adventure, the ever-vigilant G. Rex fights the never-ending battle for Truth, Justice, and the ArsenalAmeica Way!

It was just another ordinary August day here in our Nation’s Capital – blazingly hot and and drippingly humid. I was counting beer bottle caps in the desk drawer of my private investigation firm’s office when she walked in. Tall, blond, and all dolled up. I’ll just call her “The Skirt.”

“Aren’t you a little warm in that wooly green dinosaur get-up?” she started.

“Liquid cooled, sweetheart,” I countered immediately. As if I hadn’t heard that question before. But maybe not from quite such a dame. With her around, though, I could sense that my temperature gauge was kicking in.

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Book Review: Wenger-The Making Of A Legend

Hot off the presses, I’ve just read, “Wenger: The Making of a Legend” by Jasper Rees. Some of you may have seen excerpts recently in the Guardian.

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Rees, a freelance journalist, certainly put in the effort here to get inside the intensely private Wenger. He followed Wenger’s footsteps from his humble beginnings in the Alsace region of France, to his jobs in Monaco and Japan and then to the Arsenal. The book has some quotes from Wenger, but not direct interviews. Those come from Wenger’s many colleagues, friends, acquaintances and others involved in football.
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Gerrard Throws in the Towel

I thought that this was interesting. Pay particular attention to which club he mentions at the end of the article!
-Jason

Title Looks Beyond Us: Gerrard

Steven Gerrard has admitted that Liverpool are unlikely to win the Premiership title. (AS IT WOULD REQUIRE ACTUALLY SCORING EVERY ONCE IN AWHILE)

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