::: FistedAway welcomes a guest post from Elliott, editor of the rather lovely Futfanatico ::: If the summer was bad for the Gunners, the start to the season was even worse. No Nasri. No Fabregas. Fine. But the loss to injury of Jack Wilshere was devastating, and Arsenal touched bottom in a humiliating loss to rivals Manchester [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Robin van Persie’
Defiant Wenger silences critics and boldly predicts title run
Posted in News, tagged Arsenal, Arsene Wenger, Cesc Fabregas, Futfanatico, Manchester City, Manchester United, Robin van Persie, Samir Nasri, Sunderland on October 19, 2011 | 6 Comments »
Futfanatico: Flying Dutchmen? The Startling Story of Arjen Robbin Van Persie
Posted in Guestpostery, tagged Arjen Robben, Arsenal, Bayern Munich, Bert van Marwijk, Champions League, Holland, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Michael Owen, Owen Hargreaves, Robin van Persie, Spain, WC2010, World Cup on November 16, 2010 | 2 Comments »
::: FistedAway today welcomes a guest post from Elliott, editor of the rather lovely Futfanatico ::: Not since the Frankenstein-themed tale of Michael Owen Hargreaves has such a sad injury story buzzed to our attention. But during this last World Cup, we noticed two very odd occurrences. First, Robin Van Persie was playing soccer. Second, Arjen [...]
Dutch unveil new brand of ‘Total Bastard Football’
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Holland, Johan Cruyff, Mark van Bommel, Nigel de Jong, Robin van Persie, WC2010 on July 13, 2010 | 17 Comments »
After decades of careful refinement, precision training and deep aesthetic study – then canning all that nonsense – Sunday’s World Cup was the scene for the unveiling of Dutch football’s latest revolution, the new style of ‘Total Bastard Football’. The totaalbastaardvoetbal tactical theory relies on a perpetual and fluid interchange of positions, demanding that all [...]
A Portrait of the Arsenalist as a Young Man – guestpost at Run of Play
Posted in Guestpostery, tagged Arsenal, Robin van Persie, Run of Play on November 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Head on over to the incomparable The Run of Play to read our guestpost featuring some exclusive extracts from the diary of van Persie’s father from when young Robin was an aspiring artist. ::: A Portrait of the Arsenalist as a Young Man ::: WARNING: This post was produced in an environment where History of [...]
