Oct 24
I said long ago that Theo Walcott has the potential to be better than Wayne Rooney. I know, some will say I’m getting carried away by one good game. Nevertheless, I stand by my statement.
Rooney’s an unique player, mainly from his physical strength. At 16, he was as strong as many 26 year olds, if not stronger. That allowed him to make a impact straight away.
Difference is, Theo’s got the touch. His touch, balance and close control is not something you see often in a typical English player. Shawn Wright Phillips, Ashley Young, Jermaine Pennant, Aaron...
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Oct 23
An absolutely amazing European night at the Grove, capped off by Theo Walcott scoring twice in his first Champions League start. Cesc Fabregas added two, his first coming four minutes into the game. Alex Hleb also scored twice, but one of his goals was deemed an own goal by the Slavia defender. Nicklas Bendtner rounded out the scoring late to add the PAT.
So, Arsenal win by a touchdown, and the confidence is oozing prior to this Sunday’s huge match at Anfield between the only remaining unbeaten teams in the League. Liverpool needed help to win against Everton last week, but...
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Oct 23
To Steven Gerrard, for this comment about Young Theo’s inclusion in the World Cup squad:
Walcott had no right to be in Germany. None at all. I was gobsmacked to find him on the plane.
Instead of running his mouth, Gerrard should concentrate on what he does best, like getting substituted in the Merseyside derby, begging referees to hand out cards to his opponents, missing sitters in England’s Euro qualifying campaign, and choking in a World Cup quarterfinal shootout.
I’m not a big believer...
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Oct 22
Top of the table.
Manager of the month.
Things are looking pretty good for Le Professeur, who turns 58 today.
Happy birthday boss, from all of us at Arsenal America.
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Oct 20
Who had 2-0 in the pool? Another week, another win, as Kolo Toure and Tomas Rosicky scored 2nd-half goals as the Gunners secured all 3 points. Kolo’s been getting closer and closer to scoring recently, and he put Arsenal on top with a free kick in the 67th minute. Rosicky came off the bench to add the 2nd in the 80th minute.
Looks like it was an absolute battering, as Arsenal cracked 23 shots to Bolton’s 2.
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Oct 19
Without that red-faced gerbil, Sammy Lee, Bolton might actually improve… Arf, arf. Okay, scrap that fantasy. This is a underperforming team in disarray, lacking confidence or shape, and without their only hope of goal - Nicolas “butterfly wings” Anelka.
Arsenal 3.0 should cream them with a couple of goals in the first half, then saunter to a third later on. After the Derby lesson about letting complacency creep in, even against the worst Prem teams, there won’t any excuses if we let Bolton get a toe-hold. Not even International duty.
Adebayor and Eduardo...
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Oct 18
It’s the international break, all quiet on the EPL front. With not much to talk about from the media except to sharpen their pencils waiting for England to fall, the press decided to stir up the league leaders a bit just to kill some time.
So here you go, as I logged on to cyberspace today, the headlines which caught my eyes were “Fabregas Open to Barca Move”, “Arsenal’s Cesc would love Barcelona offer”.
As I looked into it further, I found that the whole thing was once again generated by the famous (or rather infamous) Spanish press Marca,...
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Oct 17
It seems that many around here still have Thierry Henry on their minds. In the span of only a few hours, we received two submissions musing on the matter….
North London 11 writes:
Could it be that the departure of Henry was the best thing that could have happened to Arsenal? He is, no doubt, an amazing player capable of absolute magic, but perhaps as much as his presence helped the team it hurt it when he wasn’t there…
With him definitely gone for good, though, it almost seems like the team knows they have to push on without him, in essence...
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Oct 16
Yours truly was asked recently to “sit down” for an interview with Tim Love of Arsenal Insider.
During the interview we discuss how I came to love the Arsenal; Rick Liebling and the formation of Arsenal America; the growth of football/soccer in the United States, and much more.
Check out what Tim promises to be the first of many interviews posted each Friday featuring Gooners from the world over: Arsenal Insider - Arsenal Fans Around the World: Arsenal America
Thanks...
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Oct 14
Over the last week, I have seen several websites reporting Wenger being interested in signing different keepers in the January transfer window. I have seen Robert Green as a target along with a keeper from Norway. Many of us believe that Lehmann is on the way out, and that Almunia while having played adequately is not a first choice keeper. I have high hopes for Fabio, but the recent news begs the question, if we are going after a keeper in the January transfer window, who do we believe would be befitting of being our #1 choice keeper?
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