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- Mon Jul 16 8:52 PM
2018 was the year of the jerk and as if to prove it, the United States of America inaugurated the one of the loudest jerks of all time, Donald Trump. To underline what kind of jerk Donald Trump really is…
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- Fri Jul 13 3:45 PM
Unai Emery held his first press conference as Arsenal coach and while some things sounded quite familiar there was a change in the air about the presser. First, the familiar: Arsenal’s transfer business is done. At least as far as…
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- Thu Jul 12 3:08 PM
Antoine Griezmann doing that chicken dance in front of the Atletico supporters at the Emirates Stadium. Obafemi Martins doing a backflip in front of a blue wall of Birmingham supporters at Wembley. The one-two punch of Eto’o and Beletti in…
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- Wed Jul 11 5:12 PM
Well, finally! The least well-kept secret has finally been published: Arsenal have signed Lucas Torreira and Matteo Guendouzi. Reported in the Guardian and on the BBC, Torreira was always already signed for Arsenal. I had zero doubts because as Ivan…
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- Tue Jul 10 4:49 PM
Funny story but I first learned how to make Vindaloo by making Chile Colorado. See, Chile Colorado is simply a blend of dried red peppers, garlic, and onions. You reconstitute the dried peppers and throw in some onions and garlic…
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- Mon Jul 9 10:37 PM
I have a special treat for all of you today: we finally have an English translation of the full interview of Unai Emery by Marti Perarnau. This work was originally published on Perarnau’s E-Magazine, the Tactical Room, and is published…
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- Sun Jul 8 5:23 PM
I was thinking about the teams and players who are featuring in the final four of the World Cup. Croatia have just one player who plays in England (Lovren, I think, please correct in the comments) and France have just…
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- Sat Jul 7 6:17 PM
France hasn’t surrendered. It’s an old joke, I know. I apologize. You deserve better. Can I work one in there about France and England fighting over Belgium? It would work a lot better if Germany were still in the tournament.…
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- Fri Jul 6 3:42 PM
Good morning to all of you new and old. We have ourselves a game today! You’re a Guy versus Friends. Torriera starts in the midfield for You’re a Guy and he will have his hands full as France start Griezmann, …
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- Thu Jul 5 4:47 PM
Good morning. If you haven’t had a chance head over to yesterday’s article and read Greg’s comment on “It’s Coming Home”. His little essay got stuck in the spam folder until this morning. He explains what the song is about…
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- Wed Jul 4 6:19 PM
England won the World Cup last night, or at least that’s how it felt watching the match live and interacting with the fans on twitter. Let me guess, half of you are happy and half of you are worried that…
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- Mon Jul 2 3:11 AM
Good evening. Normally I write in the day but since the matches are happening from 1100-1400 now Spain went out in the early match and it was sort of fun, if you like watching the pendulum on your grandfather clock.…
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- Sat Jun 30 10:22 PM
A couple of barn-burners today as France barely got past a completely dysfunctional Argentina coached by Lionel Messi and Uruguay played an Atletico Madrid style low block defensive style and beat Christian Ronald and the Portugals 2-1 thanks to Edinson…
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- Fri Jun 29 6:15 PM
Japan advanced from the group stages and get to face Belgium thanks to FIFA’s “fair play” tiebreaker. If two teams in the group stages of the World Cup are even on points, even on goal difference, even on goals scored, …
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- Wed Jun 27 5:43 PM
I drove 180 miles last week and while I was driving I did a little math to keep my mind occupied. What I figured out is that unless you’re driving hundreds of miles or going way over the speed limit, …
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- Tue Jun 26 5:10 PM
I like VAR. I like the way it has been used in this World Cup and I like what it has done to the games so far. Here’s my top reasons to like VAR: It angers people who think it…
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- Mon Jun 25 5:51 PM
Welcome back. Or erm, I’m back. I didn’t do any of the things that I wanted to do on my week off. Maybe I should take another week off from writing? What happened while I was away.. Xhaka had one…
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- Mon Jun 18 4:43 PM
I have to admit that I have watched some World Cup games. And they have been pretty good. Politically, I don’t want to watch the games: the tournament was awarded to Russia after one of the most openly corrupt processes…
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- Fri Jun 15 3:49 PM
This post is a bit rushed because I have a lot to do before work but here’s a post that I know everyone will like: I think the one player that Unai Emery could most help next season is Granit…
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- Thu Jun 14 3:57 PM
I love the annual fixtures list freak out. It used to be such a feature that I once even used a method for judging fixtures (toughness of opponent with away matches) to prove that Arsenal got the worst set up.…
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- Thu Jun 14 12:23 AM
Good day to you all, busy one from an Arsenal perspective at least as far as the rumors are concerned. Today Arsenal have announced that Lucas Torreira from Sampdoria has signed and there are rumors that they are also going…
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- Fri Jun 8 3:37 PM
I was listening to Cibo Matto’s album “Viva! La Woman” with Avie yesterday when she pointed out that every song had a food-related title: Apple, White Pepper Ice Cream, Beef Jerky, Know your chicken, and so on. It turns out…
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- Thu Jun 7 8:37 PM
David Conn has released his annual state of the Premier League finances over on the Guardian and I have compiled most of that data into a handy sortable Google chart. get out those accounting goggles and start licking pencils: it’s time…
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- Wed Jun 6 3:34 PM
Players from the Arsenal.com web site (players with * may not be with the club next season or were not listed on the site as starters, also Per Mertesacker is listed on the official site still but he has retired…
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- Tue Jun 5 3:30 PM
“It’s raining men, Hallelujah, it’s raining men Amen I’m gonna go out, I’m gonna let myself get absolutely soaking wet It’s raining men, Hallelujah it’s raining men, every specimen Tall blond dark and lean rough and tough and strong and…
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- Mon Jun 4 8:12 PM
No – he’s not a good forward option – 20 goals and 5 assists in 155 matches for Man U. No – he’s not a good DM, 79% passing in the Champions League, 79% passing while at Everton, averages almost…
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- Mon Jun 4 4:21 PM
Sorry but this has to be short: I’m working on an article on Steven Nzonzi for a site that I’m partnering with called The Arsenal Review. I also have to take the dog for a walk and get to my…
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- Fri Jun 1 9:30 PM
Thanks to the President of the United States (and lifetime self-appointed President of Twitter) the term “Fake News” has become something of a throwaway concept, used to deride reports that you don’t like and to latch on to the reports…
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- Thu May 31 2:49 PM
Good morning everyone, a lot going on this morning and I better get right to it because I have to take the kid and the dog for a walk before work. First re: Stephan Lichtsteiner I knocked up his numbers…
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- Wed May 30 4:02 PM
I saw some Arsenal supporters on twitter talking about how Arsenal’s first signing, Sokratis, is only costing Arsenal £5m of the £50m war chest because Arsenal were going to amortize his transfer fee over three years. In this weirdo fantasy…