Your whistle-stop guide to the latest Premier League arrivals Name: Yaya Sanogo Age: 20 Position: Striker Current club: Auxerre Fee: Free (with compensation) Did you know? Sanogo already has a cult following due to his propensity to turn into a virtual world-beater in the Football Manager computer game series.
Another match to add to the good memories section. Arsenal picked up 3 points in a tough away
ground and kept a clean sheet. A scoreline that reflected that special night in 1989. The new boys
got into the act and all ducks were broken. An old boy but haven't been seen for such a long time,
decided to make an appearance.
I suspect many post-game analyses this morning will focus on the fact that Lukas Podolski and
Santi Cazorla got off the mark in English football. The two new signings scored the goals that won
us the three points, and both played very, very well, it has to be said.
Robin van Persie released his statement for the fans on the USA's independence day. His transfer
was announced on India's. The dates surely must be a coincidence but it's not too difficult to
imagine the Dutchman performing his version of the Queen's I want to break free to
persuade Wenger into selling him all through the summer.
In ten days time, we will be licking our lips at the imminent prospect of live premier league
football.
I have really enjoyed watching Arsenal in the friendly games: not the results, which are
meaningless anyway, but the individual performances of our players.
In ten days time, we will be licking our lips at the imminent prospect of live premier league
football.
I have really enjoyed watching Arsenal in the friendly games: not the results, which are
meaningless anyway, but the individual performances of our players.
So, that's goodbye and thank you from Asia to Arsenal. Another pre season tour to this continent
done and many more fans have the pleasure to be up close and personal with the club that they
support. No doubt, there will also be plenty who were enthralled by this visits and have pledge
their allegiance to the club mast.
Came across a fascinating video, via the Daily Mail, from the semi-final of the California State
Championships in March. This is either under 11 or under 12′s.
The team from the Barcelona academy in the U.S. thrashes an Arsenal side (not affiliated with
Arsenal FC) 6-0.
It was not the score that caught my eye, it was the of play.
If you're a lady headed to a fancy dress party, or stocking up early for Halloween, or if you're
male and want to buy something a little different for your significant other, there's a fun costume
available from a company called Jokers' Masquerade, that might fit the bill.
The costume in question is an Arsenal Ladies Superhero costume.
Day 3. Withdrawal symptoms showing. I'll survive this one. Sounds like something out of the
movies but it's not too far from what I'm actually experiencing at the moment. When they play every
week or sometimes twice a week, we feel like they've taken up almost all of our time.
Over the past seven years Arsenal's defensive inadequacies have been there for all to see. The
same amount of time the team has failed to win a trophy. It's also no coincidence it's seven years
since Patrick Viera left the club too.
Arsenal fans must feel like they are caught in a very long version of Ground Hog Day.
Last Saturday, in the game against Norwich, Vermaelen won possession around the halfway line in
the 26th minute and proceeded on a run towards the opposition box. Arsenal did manage to get enough
bodies forward but Sagna's cross was easily cleared leading to a counter-attack that resulted in
the visitors' second goal.
Last Saturday, in the game against Norwich, Vermaelen won possession around the halfway line in
the 26th minute and proceeded on a run towards the opposition box. Arsenal did manage to get enough
bodies forward but Sagna's cross was easily cleared leading to a counter-attack that resulted in
the visitors' second goal.
With five games to go, 3rd place was in Arsenal's hands. It wasn't the season we'd hoped for,
but considering how badly we started, we looked like saving some dignity. Four games later, we are
looking at another typical end-of-season collapse.
Of course, it's nothing like last season, where the prize we'd lost was far greater.
Midway through the first half, this game turned on its head. The Czechs were impressive early on
– 55% possession, 9 crosses into the box (of their 11 total), 5 corners (of their 6 total), but
no shots on goal. Unfortunately, that advantage didn't last long.
In addition to gut-wrenchingly playing what seems sure to be the match of the tournament, the
USA-Canada extravaganza was a two hour seminar on the state of the game in this country. Alex
Morgan, now with wings. Credit: KQED The future kept the U.S. alive. Megan Rapinoe is my woman of
the match.
Ferguson's big United decision this summer - originally posted on Soccerlens.com
Manchester United's best performance in the 2011/2012 season was on Sunday, 28th August 2011,
when they walloped an injury-ridden and pre-panic-buy Arsenal 8-2.
This standout performance wasn't a blip. In their first five competitive games of the season,
United won all 5, including their best performance against Manchester City (although it was the
Community Shield, people forget that United played City four times, not three times, and beat them
twice) that was far more in United's advantage than the 3-2 scoreline suggested.
Tomorrow's match against the Colorado Rapids has certainly snuck up on us. It's the first
competitive match in almost two weeks for the Sounders - a long dry stretch for a team used to
multiple matches a week. And the last few days leading up to the close of the transfer window have
been dominated by speculation about player movement, climaxing in the team's flurry of moves today
that sent Alvaro Fernandez to Chicago and brought Christian Tiffert and Mario Martinez to
Seattle.
Real Salt Lake entered Saturday night looking to halt a four-match winless skid and looking to
reassert their place as an MLS Cup favorite and Western Conference title contender.
RSL accomplished all those things with one dominating display at Rio Tinto Stadium. Alvaro
Saborio notched a hat trick to help give Real Salt Lake a 3-0 victory against the Portland
Timbers.
CARSON, Calif. – After a trying couple of months, goalkeeper Josh Saunders appears set to
return to the Los Angeles Galaxy starting lineup.
After taking a personal leave from the club in April and joining the league's Substance Abuse
and Behavioral Health program in May, Saunders was cleared to return to action on June 7.
It didn't take long for Sebastian Le Toux to make an impact for the New York Red Bulls. His game
tying strike, and a steady performance from goalkeeper Bill Gaudette guided New York through brutal
heat en route to a 2-2 tie against the visiting Seattle Sounders.
It appears the club has finally decided on a manager for next season. That man is none other
than Roberto Di Matteo. Please join me in saying: Well done, Roman.
Welcome back
I believe it was The Telegraph that dropped the 411 on this first. Then, over the last
few hours, pretty much every news outlet in the UK has run with it.
Good afternoon to you all from a scorching, dry and frankly unbearably hot London. And I'm a
Dutchman. (And I want a transfer).
Suffice to say I have been content this week to look at slideshows of Arsenal players returning
to training and at pictures of our new, purple strip purple I ask you!
Hello, and happy last day of the working week. Today finds me in fettle less than fine, but
that's a story for another day, or better yet, never. Let's just say it was late when I got to bed
last night, and I could do with more sleep. Yes, that's it. Sleep is what I need most. And possibly
a drip.
Hello, and happy last day of the working week. Today finds me in fettle less than fine, but
that's a story for another day, or better yet, never. Let's just say it was late when I got to bed
last night, and I could do with more sleep. Yes, that's it. Sleep is what I need most. And possibly
a drip.
New man: sans raincoat, sans squat, sans frown. 'Solidificate' is the name of the game now at
Spurs. The Greg Meyer Column . Saturday 8 September 2012 ... An Ironic Birthday Football
Coincidence. . What Andre Boas Did On The International Break. . Any hope that Joana and
daughters Benedita, 3 years, and Carolina, going on two, might be seeing Dad over the
International
Morning all, it's a gloomy Monday here but the countdown to the new season has well and truly
begun now.
We played our final warm-up game yesterday, running out 4-0 winners over FC Koln and in truth we
could have had plenty more than four. We've talked a lot this summer about Steve Bould and the
potential changes he'd make to the defensive side of our game, but the first goal had his
fingerprints all over it.
With the news that Geoff Cameron's work permit was finally approved and he is now a full-fledged
member of Stoke City, it's time to take a look back at the Giraffe's top moments for the Houston
Dynamo.
Making the point: I think it's fair to start with this one, Geoff's first goal for the
Dynamo against FC Something-or-other at Robertson Stadium on April 6, 2008.
If only to make a sweltering Chinese summer that little bit more overwhelming, the ongoing saga
at Shanghai Shenhua continues to roll on and the soap opera that is the city's biggest football
club found a new plotline to explore, namely a recent game with local rivals, Jiangsu Sainty.
The New England Revolution had a somewhat bumpy June, going unbeaten, but doing it with a 1-0-3
record. In fact, the Revs haven't won since June 2nd against Chicago, and twice in a row now have
had to come back from 2-0 down just to salvage draws out of what many would consider winnable
games.
Bild likes to be a shitstirrer, which is does simply by existing, running print, etc. Of course,
that doesn't mean it's not funny...
Above is their take on the Italian formation for the ride home. (Also, until this morning, the
predicted starting lineup, of course.) The fact that Antonio Cassano and Mario Balotelli are
nearest the front of the plane, implying they might've been allowed pre-boarding for being small
children, is just a happy coincidence.
