The returns of Nasri and van Persie: prodigal or pathetic?
They were to be the core of Arsenal’s renaissance, technically gifted players capable of turning a game on its head through individal flourishes or team chemistry. Samir Nasri and Robin van Persie, along with Cesc Fàbregas, comprised one of the most potent attacking trios in the Prem…until each of them bolted in acrimonious, avaricious ways. Last […]
Open letter to Everton fans
Greetings, Toffees. It looks like we have begun a beautiful. tumultuous relationship, having exchanged pleasantries via a win, a loss, and a draw each. I’ve always admired you from afar, hoping you might someday overtake our own noisome neighbors. However, I never imagined you’d do so in such fine fashion—nor did I think you’d overstep […]
Open letter to Everton fans
Greetings, Toffees. It looks like we have begun a beautiful. tumultuous relationship, having exchanged pleasantries via a win, a loss, and a draw each. I’ve always admired you from afar, hoping you might someday overtake our own noisome neighbors. However, I never imagined you’d do so in such fine fashion—nor did I think you’d overstep […]
Mesut Özil unveiling, circa 2031
Mesut Özil has gone down in history as one of the Club’s greatest players of all time, having delivered a club-record 129 assists from 417 appearances over ten trophy-laden seasons with Arsenal. After joining from Real Madrid in September 2013, Özil, then 25, made his Gunners debut in the fourth match of the 2013-14 season—a […]
Mesut Özil unveiling, circa 2031
Mesut Özil has gone down in history as one of the Club’s greatest players of all time, having delivered a club-record 129 assists from 417 appearances over ten trophy-laden seasons with Arsenal. After joining from Real Madrid in September 2013, Özil, then 25, made his Gunners debut in the fourth match of the 2013-14 season—a […]
The Asia Tour and the joy of being a Gooner
I’ve been an Arsenal fan for most of my life, but almost all of it has been a solitary existence. Here in America, we didn’t get any kind of access to European football until painfully recently, and so I’ve missed out on a great deal of the joy of membership in a larger tribe or […]
The Asia Tour and the joy of being a Gooner
I’ve been an Arsenal fan for most of my life, but almost all of it has been a solitary existence. Here in America, we didn’t get any kind of access to European football until painfully recently, and so I’ve missed out on a great deal of the joy of membership in a larger tribe or […]
