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Arsenal after Taarabt? Or Nasri? So Easy to get these things wrong?
2008-06-05 15:54:00 Save the vitriol over another misleading headline. This article has a point: Live with it. Some time ago I was lambasted for ‘not rating’ Samir Nasri , which apparently is a grave mistake on my part as he is, afterall, ‘the next Zidane’. It was here that I was thinking that perhaps we’ve been misguided by Arsene Wenger’s ... More About: Arsenal , Things , Wrong , Easy
EXCLUSIVE! Arsenal to sign Michaels, John and Farrokh Bulsara
2008-06-04 03:37:00 A quick post today, but I had to act fast to ensure I bring to you breaking news I have come across thanks to several, extremely-reliable sources of mine. It has been brought to my attention by sources from within the club that Arsenal are set to make a sensational swoop for three absolutely ***fabulous*** ‘players’. Although ... More About: Champions League , Chelsea , Exclusive , Carling Cup
Adebayor gives Arsenal ?fans? a ?Swivel on This??
2008-04-29 02:34:00 The first player to score two hattricks against the same opposition within the same season, ever. The first player other than Thierry Henry in donkey’s years to score 30 in a season for Arsenal . To reiterate - a 30-goal a season striker. His name is Adebayor. He is 24 years old. He’s from Lome, Togo. And everyone wants ... More About: Fans , Blogging , English Premier League
A Tribute to Eboue?s Hand (artist formerly known as)
2008-04-07 14:33:00 Arsenal stand at a crossroads tonight heading into tonight’s crunch second-leg decider against Liverpool at Fortress Anfield?, with our season gone all Zimbabwean on us since my continued cyber-absence. I guess we’ve all learned now that Mr Jammathon is a plastic fan who is really a closet Chelsea-supporter (what can I say, Zombie managers just ... More About: Champions League , Arsenal , Artist , Features , Blogging
Some Serious Dusting Off Needed, But No Time to Overreact?
2008-03-10 22:09:00 Football can often dictate the mood I carry with me for the rest of the day in my more normal life. AC Milan saw me buzzing for the whole weekend leading up to Wigan, and life’s cruel balance just had to see that come crashing down, didn’t it? Truth be told, I had quite an excellent ... More About: Arsenal , Time , Blogging , English Premier League
Defensive Mentality may be Key to Unlocking Tenacious Wigan
2008-03-09 12:37:00 We’re just a few hours away from our date at the JJB - famous for scrappy games of Rugby Union’s poorer cousin being played on its already tarnished surface - and there’s a huge chance of a big European hangover waiting to hit Arsenal in the face in this match. Wigan are a team that mix ... More About: Blogging , English Premier League , Unlocking
Hypocritical Media Reaction must be Ignored - Gooners Must Keep their Heads
2008-03-06 04:37:00 A quick one while I sit here between lectures - studiousness and scholarship are all admirable traits, but sticking to the long haul is another that needs to be drilled in to me at times. In short, this is the only time today that I have to pen something, so lets make it a little ... More About: Media , Champions League , Arsenal , Blogging , English Premier League
Awesome Arsenal Enough to Pry Third-Gen out of its Stupour
2008-03-05 13:50:00 Before I begin, let me apologise for not only the complete lack of posting for exactly a fortnight, but for also an absence bereft of apology or explaination as to why I was not posting. In short, I could not bring myself to writing down to personal reasons (at least Bacary Sagna eventually revealed what ... More About: Champions League , Arsenal , Blogging , Awesome
Third-Gen?s ?Great New Blog? is: GunnersLive
2008-02-20 13:22:00 This is proof that recommendations sent through the email is encouraged greatly at this site. Just less than a week ago, a nomination for the second ‘Great New Blog ’ award came through recommending Chris at the new ‘GunnersLive’ blog - and boy, was I more than impressed. There is not much to say, other than the ...
Third-Gen?s Blog of the Week: YoungGuns!
2008-02-20 13:17:00 With a computer up and running once more, the old graphics can be tinkered with here and there. This week’s award goes to Jamie Sanderson over at YoungGuns, after some continued sterling work following the popular team known better as The Arsenal Reserves. Simply put, the work the young renegade puts in following players on loan, ... More About: Blog , Week
Beware, Milan: All three of Arsenal?s losses this season have been followed
2008-02-20 12:50:00 Arsenal have their seasonal date with destiny tonight against the experienced juggernaut that is AC Milan , and while the Italians are made the proverbial favourites on name alone, Arsenal FC historically thrive on any slight ‘underdog’ status they can inch themselves. The most fatal inferiority complex in history, perhaps? -{…this is the most tasty fixture we’ve ... More About: Arsenal , Season , Beware , Losses
Wenger Uncharacteristically Axes Lehmann for Almunia
2008-02-19 13:21:00 There’s quite a bit of news to get through, so lets just pile on through as the hours here tick on by - I is tired. I is thirsty. I is up too late and I is needing to go to bed soon. I is yawning. News ahead of the AC Milan clash in a day’s ... More About: Champions League , Arsenal , Blogging , Wenger
Were Eboue Not Sent Off, Arsenal Would Have Thrashed United?
2008-02-17 10:27:00 Now that I’ve gone and got your attention with a malicious over-exaggeration of a bad lie, it’s time to deconstruct the requiem to a pretty awful performance. But before we jump on many blogs’ bandwagons of “Give the fans their money back”, I point you to a little moment in time when a certain Thierry ... More About: Arsenal , Blogging , United , English Premier League
Will Wenger treat Manchester United as an additional league fixture?
2008-02-16 10:08:00 Often, in a season that may prove dreary, inconclusive or part of a ‘wilderness-year’, the Manchester United -Arsenal derby is the highlight of the season, regardless of what team you support. When Arsenal is back to challenging for the title, that apprehension can become the sole focus for fans on either side; a nervousness and near-dread ... More About: Blogging
Any more mention of ?Personal Reasons?, and I?ll break something?
2008-02-15 13:30:00 The outlook gets more and more dire as we approach our FA Cup fixture with the Red Devils. An already bloated injury list has added the likes of Gael Clichy (hamstring) and Bacary Sagna (sciatica plus a secret want to transfer to Barcelona), with Arsenal gearing up to play their U/16s at Old Trafford. Somewhat tongue ... More About: Personal , Blogging , Break , Reasons
Manchester United cannot quit the Jibber-Jabber?
2008-02-14 12:40:00 You know what I enjoy? A good, clean, healthy computer. So instead of formatting the piece of catastrophe I have sitting a few metres away from me, I just gave up and have now converted my laptop into the blog-mobile. A typical male (read: spoilt brat) solution, am I right? Anyways, there’s a bit of ... More About: Manchester United , Arsenal , Blogging , United , Manchester
When Exactly are we going to Slip Up, Man Utd?
2008-02-12 14:35:00 It was far from easy, though perhaps it might have been. It was not a walkover, though an early goal suggested it would be otherwise. But last night’s win was three points all the same, a clean sheet, and a five point lead over the defending champions, Manchester United.In what is usually a very spikey ... More About: Arsenal , Blogging , English Premier League , Slip
Third-Gen Arsenal-Blog of the Week is: ArsenalFCBlog
2008-02-11 14:06:00 It’s Monday and that means it’s awards-time. What an absolute bitch it was to choose this week - after Goonerholic got the nod last week, pipping Goodplaya and Arseblog in what will quite often be a closely fought contest, I was in a real pickle as to who to give it to this week. Now, all ... More About: Blogroll , Arsenal , Blogging , Blog , Week
The Latest Test: Will Arsenal fluff their lines or get the job done?
2008-02-11 13:09:00 Absolutely huge match tonight. After Manchester United were convincingly beaten 2-1 on their own turf by Manchester City and Chelsea bored the tears out of China in their 0-0 home draw against ?Pool, Arsenal have a gold-plated platinum opportunity to take a five point lead on top of the table, should they beat Blackburn Rovers ... More About: Blogging , Test , Lines , English Premier League
Arsenal will not Surrender their Premiership-lead during February
2008-02-07 14:18:00 Saying Arsenal -news is scant would be putting it mildly, today. With the dust settling after some all-important international friendlies, Wenger’s ire has been as forecast as it is true. More About: Premiership , Blogging , English Premier League , Surrender
Third-Gen?s ?Great New Blog!? is: The Arsenal Way
2008-02-04 13:12:00 The inaugural ‘Great New Blog ’, thanks to some handy nominations and a fresh contribution to the wide world of Arsenal blogging, goes to our friend ‘Q’ at The Arsenal Way. The Arsenal Way, while having not hit the heights of fame (yet), came onto the scene with some surprisingly in-depth statistical analysis of the then-man of ... More About: Blogroll , Blogging
Third-Gen Blog of the Week is: Goonerholic
2008-02-04 12:42:00 The inaugural winner of Third-Gen’s Arsenal Blog of the Week is announced - Goonerholic scoops the prize for his efforts from last week. The award goes his way after some excellent tracking of the Setanta Sports and Arsenal TV debacle, after the channel stumbled over a major botch up in Premier League television rights. Many Gooners ... More About: Blogroll , Blogging
Adebayor is God - the Blogs of the Week to be Revealed soon?
2008-02-04 06:08:00 While Manchester United did the ultimate choke in dropping 2 points to Spurs in the league and Chelsea shared a similar fate at the hands of Portsmouth, Arsenal played Manchester City off the back of their own turf, thumping Sven-Goron Erikson’s side 3-1 to return to the top of the table. ... More About: Blogging , Blogs , Week
Fabregas? Destiny-Charge and Clichy?s Call-up
2008-02-01 12:02:00 Let’s have a quick news round up, as there are just too many things going on in the real world at this current juncture of this blogger’s life. Not that I’d ever prioritise anything above my readers, I swear! More About: Arsenal , Destiny , Blogging , Charge , Call
Arsenal Sign a String of Players; Third-Gen?s Blog of the Week: Coming Soon
2008-01-31 11:43:00 Arsenal defeated Newcastle by a convincing 3-0 scoreline on Tuesday, leaving them top of the table until a Ronaldo-inspired Manchester United ripped Portsmouth to shreds a day later to reclaim the Number One on goal difference. More About: Arsenal , Players , Blog , Week , Sign
Bendtner Is Five Times the Player Adebayor is?
2008-01-28 10:42:00 A day off yesterday after taking care of some private-business matters. I know most of you will be baying for my blood with the chants ‘no holidays for bloggers’, but your efforts will be in vain. My exile is both extremely secure and ultimately secret. Bwahaha. More About: Arsenal , Carling Cup , Tottenham , Blogging , Player
Arsenal in Deep, Deep, Deep, Deep, Hyperbolic Trouble
2008-01-24 11:17:00 I know for a fact there are several people who would not know what that ‘H’ word in the headline means. Joke’s on them, I guess. The day dawns with some vultures circling the club after losing their nine-year stranglehold over their old rivals, and everyone forgetting that it was a largely inconsequential league cup ... More About: Arsenal , Carling Cup , Tottenham , Blogging , Deep
Tottenham?s Dog has its Day at Last - and what a Day for Them
2008-01-23 01:05:00 Let’s face it: After all the stick Spurs supporters have had to put up with over the years - even prior to the match from yours truly - footballing karma almost dictated that when Tottenham finally landed a punch like they did tonight, it would sting. It was an all-knuckle face-smasher, with Tottenham finally burying ... More About: Arsenal
Who needs Diarra when you have Gilbert?
2008-01-17 12:19:00 There once used to be a thing called ‘Arsenal news’ many moons ago - a time when iconic clocks were being put up at Highbury, four goals being scored in the last five minutes of cup finals, and busts of the club’s greatest manager being unveiled. There are many repetitive strains in the news patterns ... More About: Blogging , English Premier League , Gilbert , Needs
What can Arsenal Expect in the New Year?
More articles from this author:2007-12-31 05:28:00 It’s New Year ’s Eve, and I’m off to party - as we all are, I would imagine. The glorious city of Melbourne calls me to her shores, and regular blogging may not be possible for the coming week. Instead, let’s have a look at what the future may hold for Arsenal in 2008… ... More About: Carling Cup , Blogging , Expect 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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