Long, long ago, when the world was still new, there was once an Arsenal blog, written by an American. It was updated daily with all the latest news, transfer stories, and thoughts on Arsenal. It was called The ArseNole. And now, The ArseNole is back. That's right, after a shocking absence of over a month, I've made a return to the blogging realm, since there is finally a lot to talk about. Sure, I...
Flowing football: Bent likes what he sees when he watches Arsenal Darren Bent believes Arsene Wenger's current Arsenal players are as exciting to watch as the legendary team of Thierry Henry, Dennis Bergkamp and Robert Pires...
Sevilla rallied from a goal down to beat a determined Villarreal side 3-2 and stay third in the La Liga standings. Luís Fabiano opened the scoring for Sevilla in the ninth minute, only for Robert Pires equalised just before the half hour mark. The visitors went ahead in the 59th minute as Pires' cross into the middle was kicked clear by Andrés Palop, only for the ball to land at the...
Villarreal kept their Europa League hopes alive with an incident-packed victory over Lazio in Group G. Robert Pires put the home side in front with less than two minutes gone and Lazio were reduced to 10 men moments later.
French midfielder Robert Pires insulted the referee after Villarreal lost 2-1 away to Xerez on Sunday, the referee involved, Antonio Rubinos Perez, said in his report posted on the La Liga website.
MADRID - Antonio Ramirez scored a late winner as Xerez came from a goal down to beat fellow relegation battler Villarreal 2-1 in the Spanish league on Sunday. Robert Pires...
Great news from the manager this week Arsene Wenger says he will play no part is choosing his successor. So he won't stay on as Director of Football? That's good news. He won't hire Paul Le Guen? That's good news. He won't insist on maintaining the culture of what is, in the immortal words of the immaculate Robert Pires, " a French club playing in England"? That's good news. Arsenal won't...
The pressure is rising on eccentric France boss Raymond Domenech after members of his squad revealed they spent the week leading up to World Cup 2010 qualification draws with Romania and Serbia learning lines for a Domenech-directed stage show called 'Here Come The Blues - Goodbye South Africa'. During his five-year reign over the French national side, Domenech has made some controversial decisions....
Some would say that Arsenal’s Robert Pires had a tendency to go down easily or that Steven Gerrard isn’t averse to falling to the floor with relative ease. Of course Cristiano Ronaldo made a name for himself at Man United for his theatrics as has Didier Drogba at Chelsea, but take a look at these [...]
Arsene Wenger again turned to his country of birth to produce the next Arsenal midfield maestro by bringing Robert Pires to the club from Marseille in July 2000 in a £6 million deal. Pires has followed in the footsteps of fellow countrymen Anelka, Petit, Henry and Vieira by making a successful transition to the Premiership [...] Added by: soccersuzy Viewed: 0 time(s) Tags/Keywords: blog figo...
Manchester City defender Kolo Toure says he decided to leave Arsenal because the club failed to strengthen their squad in recent seasons. Toure, who joined City for a reported £16m, said Arsenal's reliance on youth has meant they have lacked leadership. "When you look at Arsenal you see all the great players have left and are now in the past," said the 28-year-old. "Thierry Henry,...