Nov 19
The Arsenal America board is pleased to announce a dinner to be held this January in honor of Danny Karbassiyoon. Most of you will know Danny as the first and only American to have scored a competitive goal for Arsenal. Danny grabbed the winner against Manchester City in the Carling Cup back in 2004. Forced to retire due to knee injuries, Danny is now Arsenal’s chief scout for the North American region.
The dinner is going to be held the evening of January 25, 2008 in Washington DC. The exact restaurant will be announced soon, but our choice of location is going depend on the level...
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Nov 16
Lot of people have started talking about Arsenal lately, but most of them give me a feeling they don’t know what they’re talking about.
Take Steven Gerrard’s statement - “…few would argue Arsenal has played to their FULL potential”.
Really? I bet I must be one of the “few” then. I don’t know the average age of this current squad, but I sure as hell don’t believe that Cesc, Ade, van Persie, Walcott, Denilson, Diaby etc…, will be the SAME players a few years from now as with they are at this moment in time.
There’s...
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Nov 15
With apologies to Atlanta’s most famous beverage, those with discerning taste know that things go better with Arsenal. Just ask Atlanta native Doug Goodwin.
Doug began following English football as a teenager in the mid-90’s where he became familiar with Arsenal, and lesser teams such as Newcastle and Manchester United. At the time, there was scant television coverage of the Premiership, so Doug relied on a Sunday evening highlight show to quench his thirst. In 2003/2004, drinking in a flavorful mix of Arsenal matches on satellite TV and those fashionable red & white...
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Nov 14
It’s a nice problem to have, but also a troubling one. Arsenal’s outstanding youngsters have made a quantum leap forward this season and there’s certainly a lot more to come.
But in all honesty, there’s probably too many of them. Amidst minor rumbles of discontent from the likes of Diarra, Diaby, Bendtner and pre-season Flamini, I just can’t see them all sticking around for another year or two - so who’s likely to stay and who’s likely to go and who should we keep long-term? For the purposes of this article, I have limited the list to players...
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Nov 12
Arsenal stays top of the league with a convincing 3-1 win at Reading.
Mathieu Flamini first broke down the home team with a late first-half goal, then the Gunners took command in the second. Emmanuel Adebayor scored early in the half, had a goal incorrectly disallowed for offside a few minutes later, then Alex Hleb sealed the win with the 3rd in the 78th minute. Nicky Shorey got a consolation goal in the 87th minute for Reading.
Also of note, Cesc picked up a yellow card after Hleb’s goal, meaning he’ll miss the home match against Wigan due to an accumulation...
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Nov 12
I quite liked Reading last season and although Steve Coppell has come out and talked rubbish about English players I quite like the guy. Comes across as a guy who likes to play football and has a team that doesn’t really kick out too much.
Anyway Steve Sidwell has moved “up a notch” to warming the bench at Chelsea. Uumm… good luck to him! So, there’s a hole in CM and I’m not sure who plays there these days. I’m pretty sure it’ll be a 4-5-1 with Dave Kitson up front on his own. Reading do work very very hard so if we go behind it might...
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Nov 11
The plight of the American Arsenal supporter is not always an easy one. Despite the advent of the Internet and satellite television, it’s not uncommon, when one pontificates about this passion, to be greeted by a quizzical look, or “So they’re a soccer team, right?” Even English Gooners occasionally treat their American counterparts as ugly bastard stepchildren trying to steal their inheritance.
Being an Arsenal supporter is its own reward. Meeting other football fans reminds us that we are part of a global community, while Arsenal America is a lifeline for American...
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Nov 10
A bit of a follow up to my early post on expectations, here’s some recent comments by the manager of Reading:
Reading manager Steve Coppell has warned Fabregas and his fellow youngsters their free-flowing attacking football will count for nothing if they end the season trophyless.
Coppell said: “Anything less than a trophy this year will be seen as failure.
“They can play wonderful football but they will be judged on what is in the cabinet at the end of the season.
“You can sense a real confidence coming out of their camp - from the manager...
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Nov 09
I have been wanting to post this for a while now but I wanted to wait till our “big tests” got over. Also after reading through Rick’s article which puts a lot of things into perspective - I thought. Yes we WILL have a blip, we WILL lose somewhere to someone and we will moan. However when all that is done and we are in May 08 — Will Arsenal be top of the table?
Here’s what I think:
1.If Toure/Gallas play as well as they have recently we have a big big chance , which increases if Sagna stays fit throughout.
2.Manuel Almunia — He will not...
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Nov 08
Sometime over the next couple weeks the Arsenal will lose a match. Invariably, people will come here with ’sky is falling’ pronouncements and calls for players to be dropped permanently and new faces brought in at the transfer window in January.
Let’s remember a couple of things:
1. The Arsenal have no divine right to win every match.
2. Players won’t produce 10/10 performances every week.
3. Trophies are not guaranteed, and shouldn’t be the only measuring stick for a good season.
Part of being a fan is over-reacting wildly both...
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