Nov 29
Reyes, van Persie and Lupoli bag goals as Arsenal, fielding some players I’ve literally never heard of (Kerrea Gilbert?), roll on. Nice little run of form from the Gunners. No, this game was not crucial, but it’s good to keep the momentum going.
[edit]See Mike K’s thoughts after the fold…
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Nov 28
I know I said I cared less about the Carling Cup but this is against a club that looks to be a Premiership opponent next season. Reading are currently in first in the Championship and are running away from the pack. They sit four points ahead of Sheffield United and have an unbeaten streak that goes on for 23 matches.
Equipped with the Championship’s best defense, Reading have given up just 11 goals in 21 league matches. They appear to sit with the same back four: Sonko, Shorey, Murty and Ingmarsson. The four stay flat and don’t move up very often.( I’m basing this...
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Nov 28
I?d like to think we Arsenal Americans are a fairly enlightened bunch. We all have different ethnic, national, class, and religious backgrounds, and we all respect these differences. For all our care to make sure everyone feels included, how did we ever overlook the Arsenal Ladies?
Since their founding in 1987, the Arsenal Ladies FC have won almost as many trophies in less than twenty years as the Arsenal mens team has in the last one hundred or so years. The Ladies have 7 Premier League titles, 6 FA Cups, and 8 National League Cups, a haul which includes two Trebles. Though they?ve...
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Nov 28
Robin van Persie is the one player who has really stepped up to the plate this season and has come on in leaps and bounds. The rape allegations during the summer seem to have matured van Persie into a calmer player, thus honing his considerable talents to be channeled towards football and not other aspects such as his fiery temper.
With his partnership with Henry blossoming by every passing game I believe we can compare what Bergkamp offered to what Van Persie will offer in the years to come. What Van Persie must develop further is his distribution of the ball to his team mates which...
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Nov 27
Think of the names of Europe?s elite football clubs. What are they? What makes them the cream of crop? Is Arsenal among them? If not, what are they lacking?
These are the measures of success. No club can honestly claim themselves before all, or at least all but one, of these criteria are fulfilled.
-Sustained Domestic Success
-European Success
-Iconic / Celebrity Players
-Cultural Association
-Classic, Definitive Club Song
-Historic, World Class Stadium
-Defining Historical Events
With these criteria in mind, there are only a small...
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Nov 26
Sometimes the best way to deal with a physical team like Blackburn is to put them on their heels early. A fourth minute strike from Cesc Fabregas. TH14 added another and then Robin can Scorsie put together a brilliant run and shot from a tough angle to finish it.
I’ve only seen the last 30 minutes of the game, but it was filled with real bits of fantastic talent as Bergkamp and Henry both showed some real class. Pires, Freddie and Reyes were working hard and the defense had a bend but don’t break thing going on as Blackburn put on plenty of pressurel. A good win that keeps...
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Nov 26
Okay, I’ve decided to write about some of our exploits over the last 30 years of following The Arsenal home and away. In no particular order I’ll start with San Siro in 1995 for the second leg of the European Super Cup Final.
About 20 of us decided to make a day trip to Milan and met up in the Alex in Finchley, North London about 3.00am. Some people hadn’t left the pub from the day before. Two pints of Tetleys for breakfast. Lovely.
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Nov 26
This is to respond to an interesting subject Kelvin brought up - our greatest memory of Highbury.
Weird as it is, personally speaking, my best memories of Arsenal mostly happened OUTSIDE Highbury. Anfield 89 for obvious reasons… David Rocastle’s last minute goal to send the home side Spurs packing in the 1986 League Cup semi-final replay… Dennis Bergkamp’s wonder goal against Newcastle at St. James Park… Beating Man U 1-0 to win the Premiership at Old Trafford… The 5-1 trashing of Inter Milan at San Siro… And all the cup final victories in neutral...
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Nov 25
If you look at the last two full campaigns (03-04 and 04-05) plus the current season, Arsenal have put together a record of 13 wins, six draws and just four losses. That’s very good. How good, well let’s compare it with Porto, who won the whole thing two years ago. They’ve gone 10-9-7 over the same period of time. How about a true Euro heavyweight, Bayern Munich. They’ve gone 10-5-7 over the same time period. It looks to me like Arsenal have in fact done quite well in Europe.
But, who did Arsenal rack up those wins against? Well, that’s another matter. In...
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Nov 25
As many of you know I am one of Francesc Fabregas’ biggest fans and have been, along with many others, championing his progression from the inexperienced spanish starlet to bona fide Arsenal indispensable. His permanent inclusion in the Arsenal midfield has been due in large part to the departure of Arsenal legend Patrick Vieira, who for at least seven of the nine years at Arsenal was the greatest central midfielder in premiership history and got the better of the revered Roy Keane in nearly every game in battles against Man United.
However, his departure has allowed young Cesc...
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