Date: May 2005

Arsenal releases two Americans playing in the reserves

May 30, 2005 by

Thanks to stag133 for point out this story.

It’s official what we’ve heard and expected. Arsenal has released Americans Frank Simek and Danny Karbassiyoon when their contracts expire this Summer. Frank and Danny have been great to ArsenalAmerica and we’ll be sad to see them depart. Frank will likely sign with another club in England, and we haven’t heard from Danny but he has been plying his trade while on loan recently so perhaps he will stay over as well.

gleas3 asks:

“Any new Americans we can recommend to replace Karbassiyoon and Simek?”

rwharvey also notes:

“According to the BBC, Arsenal have released 5 youngsters, including Danny Karbassiyoon and Frankie Simek. Having met both of them on the ArseAm tour last year, I’m sure you’ll all join me in wishing them both well wherever their future footballing career takes them. The full story is at:”

BBC story on Arsenal

Arsenal’s Press Release

DANNY KARBASSIYOON
Karbassiyoon arrived at Highbury as a striker but was soon plying his trade on the left flank and is now making steady progress as a full-back. He made his mark in the Carling Cup last season, coming on as a substitute to score in a 2-1 win against Manchester City and making further appearances against Everton and Manchester United. He then enjoyed a productive loan spell at Ipswich.

FRANKIE SIMEK
Simek is another young defender who has featured in the Carling Cup for Arsenal. He played a full 90 minutes in the 5-1 win over Wolves during the 2003/04 campaign. Simek went out on loan twice last season. He played five games for Queen’s Park Rangers and then spent the final weeks of the season at Bournemouth.

Searching for Arsenal’s Zen

May 29, 2005 by

Arsenal. The team we all love. Yet sometimes I have been guilty of paying too much attention to a certain other opponent. Maybe I get caught up in the media hype, who are always trying to promote matches by creating a rivalry. Face it, a rivalry is great for ratings — there has to be a good guy and a bad guy. In the past, this opponent has always been Man U. I have had my reasons for disliking them. One reason had to do with how Canadian tv always showed Man U games. That is not going to change for the next little while. As much as I hate that fact, I have to accept it. Then the next reason was their manager. And he is not leaving any time soon. Then I felt we were cheated by Man U on a few occasions. But I told myself after this year?s F.A Cup final, this is it ? no more worrying about Man U. They are not our prime target. But I can?t worry about Chelsea as well. What if next year, another billionaire came from nowhere and invested his money in some other team. That team would get all the attention and win. Will that make Arsenal?s situation any better?

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HI FROM THE UK

May 28, 2005 by

To all Gooners accross the Pond,

I’m from London and this is my first post on AA. Great to hear all your comments and to know that there are so many Reds over there. For those that didn’t make it to Cardiff, don’t you think that in some ways, beating Manure in the manner that we did, was even more enjoyable! Especially when you saw the look on Fergusons face at the end.

Watching Liverpools unbelievable Champions League success on Wednesday made me (and I’m sure all Gooners) wish that was Paddy lifting that trophy. Mark my words, as a Highbury regular, with the likes of Senderos, Fabregas, Flamini, Reyes, Van Persie and the “old” boys like Vieira and Henry, we WILL win the Champions League within the next three years. Just Keep the Faith!!!!!

NorthBank