Articles by Erik Ian
Erik Ian Larsen: Does playing for Arsenal still motivate Andrey Arshavin?
drey Arshavin really want to play football? I know he’s good at football, one of the world’s best no doubt, but is his brain really focused on playing for Arsenal anymore? Is he dreaming …
drey Arshavin really want to play football? I know he’s good at football, one of the world’s best no doubt, but is his brain really focused on playing for Arsenal anymore? Is he dreaming …
Erik Ian Larsen: A lifelong Gooner shares his story
nett has seen a lot of Arsenal in his life. Now 65 years old and living in New Zealand, the diehard Gooner still catches every Arsenal match on his television with the same enthusiasm …
nett has seen a lot of Arsenal in his life. Now 65 years old and living in New Zealand, the diehard Gooner still catches every Arsenal match on his television with the same enthusiasm …
Erik Ian Larsen: Is Alex Song Arsenal’s most important player?
ng may be the most important player on the field for Arsenal.
I know, the Cesc enthusiasts just got up out of their Barcaloungers and screamed obscenities at me, but after watching Song’s impressive …
ng may be the most important player on the field for Arsenal.I know, the Cesc enthusiasts just got up out of their Barcaloungers and screamed obscenities at me, but after watching Song’s impressive …
Erik Ian Larsen: House of Dr. Wenger
jury bug is seriously depressing.
Just when we start to feel confident, just when we start to feel like things are coming together at Arsenal after a solid start to the season, the dreaded …
jury bug is seriously depressing.Just when we start to feel confident, just when we start to feel like things are coming together at Arsenal after a solid start to the season, the dreaded …
Erik Ian Larsen: Why Arsene Wenger’s Carling Cup Approach Is Correct
n ideas man. I came up with the plug-in air freshener when I was 11 years old, only to be thwarted by Glade a few years later (scorn and vengeance). I wondered why engineers …
n ideas man. I came up with the plug-in air freshener when I was 11 years old, only to be thwarted by Glade a few years later (scorn and vengeance). I wondered why engineers …
Erik Ian Larsen: How Arsenal Destroyed Anti-Football
rn Rovers are a team designed to beat Arsenal. Despite their lack of results against the Gunners in recent years, I’ve always considered Blackburn away as one of the toughest fixtures on our schedule. We …
rn Rovers are a team designed to beat Arsenal. Despite their lack of results against the Gunners in recent years, I’ve always considered Blackburn away as one of the toughest fixtures on our schedule. We …
The Arsenal Q&A #1: Barca’s tap, Denilson & Alan Hansen
t express to you how excited I am to do this. When I first started writing for The Gunning Hawk, one of the ways that I hoped to connect with Arsenal fans (and also …
t express to you how excited I am to do this. When I first started writing for The Gunning Hawk, one of the ways that I hoped to connect with Arsenal fans (and also …
Erik Ian Larsen: Arsenal fans, are you ready for a war?
a bit of football schizophrenia today. I’ve been trying to focus on one thing, the brutal 6-0 thrashing Arsenal handed down Saturday morning to lowly Blackpool, but there’s just too much going on …
a bit of football schizophrenia today. I’ve been trying to focus on one thing, the brutal 6-0 thrashing Arsenal handed down Saturday morning to lowly Blackpool, but there’s just too much going on …
Erik Ian Larsen: One nation, under Arsenal
f people have started questioning my love of Arsenal because of my nationality. I’m American, I’m proud of my nationality and I distinctly chose not to hide it on The Gunning Hawk. But …
f people have started questioning my love of Arsenal because of my nationality. I’m American, I’m proud of my nationality and I distinctly chose not to hide it on The Gunning Hawk. But …
Erik Ian Larsen: Arsenal’s embarrassing opener
. We got a point. If you’d told me, when Arsenal’s schedule was first released, that we’d walk away from Anfield with a point on opening day, I would’ve kissed your forehead and baptized …
. We got a point. If you’d told me, when Arsenal’s schedule was first released, that we’d walk away from Anfield with a point on opening day, I would’ve kissed your forehead and baptized …
The wait is over, Arsenal fans have a new home on Match Day: Arsenal Interactive
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The lovely people of The Gunning Hawk have worked a lot of hard hours, skipping vacations, picking up alcoholism, dropping alcoholism, picking it back up again because it just tastes so good, to bring …
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The lovely people of The Gunning Hawk have worked a lot of hard hours, skipping vacations, picking up alcoholism, dropping alcoholism, picking it back up again because it just tastes so good, to bring …
Erik Ian Larsen: Barcelona, Your Tears Taste So Good
rcelona, your tears taste so good.
The Cesc saga is FINALLY over (until January), with the Arsenal captain releasing a definitive statement through the official Web site about staying with the club, despite his …
rcelona, your tears taste so good.The Cesc saga is FINALLY over (until January), with the Arsenal captain releasing a definitive statement through the official Web site about staying with the club, despite his …
Erik Ian Larsen: Coming To a Theatre Near You
Arsenal fans.
I suppose it’s not morning for you, what with the 8 hour time difference (does that mean if I’m writing about English things I get to start drinking?), but I have a …
Arsenal fans.I suppose it’s not morning for you, what with the 8 hour time difference (does that mean if I’m writing about English things I get to start drinking?), but I have a …
Erik Ian Larsen: The best and worst of the Arsenal preseason
myself an Arsenal schedule this year in Microsoft Excel. I used to print one right off the Arsenal Web site, scribbling tiny results next to the matches in multi-colored highlighters, but after learning …
myself an Arsenal schedule this year in Microsoft Excel. I used to print one right off the Arsenal Web site, scribbling tiny results next to the matches in multi-colored highlighters, but after learning …
Erik Ian Larsen: Are Arsenal’s youth Wenger’s summer signings?
came into the summer desperate for reinforcements, with glaring holes in our back five (I’m looking at you, Almunia), scratching our heads as to how we’d keep up with Man U and Chelski and …
came into the summer desperate for reinforcements, with glaring holes in our back five (I’m looking at you, Almunia), scratching our heads as to how we’d keep up with Man U and Chelski and …
Erik Ian Larsen: A Final Farewell to Eduardo
, Eduardo.
Arsenal’s resident fox in the box is finally gone, sold to Shakhtar Donetsk for a reported fee of £6m. When Dudu arrived at Arsenal a few years ago, it showed a different …
, Eduardo.Arsenal’s resident fox in the box is finally gone, sold to Shakhtar Donetsk for a reported fee of £6m. When Dudu arrived at Arsenal a few years ago, it showed a different …
Erik Ian Larsen: The birth of an Arsenal monster, Emmanuel Frimpong
y morning was a return to the glory days of my youth. Rolling out of bed at the crack of dawn, wrapped in a blanket that still held the night’s warmth within, I crept toward …
y morning was a return to the glory days of my youth. Rolling out of bed at the crack of dawn, wrapped in a blanket that still held the night’s warmth within, I crept toward …
Erik Ian Larsen: What Arsenal can learn from the World Cup
nds. The World Cup, the greatest spectacle on earth, is now over. The Spanish twinkletoes have been crowed the best team in the world despite a Spartan effort by the Dutch to murder …
nds. The World Cup, the greatest spectacle on earth, is now over. The Spanish twinkletoes have been crowed the best team in the world despite a Spartan effort by the Dutch to murder …
Erik Ian Larsen: The final nail in Barcelona’s coffin
all laugh at Barcelona!
With news of Barcelona’s failure to pay squad wages in June surfacing yesterday morning, it’s a glorious day to be a Gunner. According to the BBC, Barca has had to …
all laugh at Barcelona!With news of Barcelona’s failure to pay squad wages in June surfacing yesterday morning, it’s a glorious day to be a Gunner. According to the BBC, Barca has had to …
Erik Ian Larsen: Is Arsenal still relevant in the transfer market?
nsfer window always seems to let in its fair share of flies. As I swat at the little buggers left and right, trying to splatter the nasty, baseless rumors to the wall with a …
nsfer window always seems to let in its fair share of flies. As I swat at the little buggers left and right, trying to splatter the nasty, baseless rumors to the wall with a …
Erik Ian Larsen: The Top 10 World Cup Stars Arsenal Should Buy
ld Cup has been an utter disaster for Arsenal.
With Cesc Fabregas sitting on the bench for Spain getting texts from Barcelona forward Lionel Messi, Carlos Vela picking up yet another injury with Mexico, …
ld Cup has been an utter disaster for Arsenal.With Cesc Fabregas sitting on the bench for Spain getting texts from Barcelona forward Lionel Messi, Carlos Vela picking up yet another injury with Mexico, …
Erik Ian Larsen: Goalkeeper, goalkeeper, make me a match
st Ham goalkeeper and new England number one Robert Green rolled in American Clint Dempsey’s long-range shot for the equalizer in the teams’ opening match of the World Cup, I didn’t react like most …
st Ham goalkeeper and new England number one Robert Green rolled in American Clint Dempsey’s long-range shot for the equalizer in the teams’ opening match of the World Cup, I didn’t react like most …
Erik Ian Larsen: The Perils of purchasing an Arsenal jersey
kid who preemptively ordered that Klaas-Jan Huntelaar Arsenal jersey in 2008, I was as disappointed as you were that we never brought the Dutch striker to Arsenal, forming a formidable double-barreled shotgun with Robin …
kid who preemptively ordered that Klaas-Jan Huntelaar Arsenal jersey in 2008, I was as disappointed as you were that we never brought the Dutch striker to Arsenal, forming a formidable double-barreled shotgun with Robin …
Erik Ian Larsen: Why Arsene Wenger needs more Jose Mourinho
urinho is the best manager in football.
It’s hard to argue against that after the success the new Real Madrid coach achieved in the last decade (I just shuddered writing that sentence). Everywhere he …
urinho is the best manager in football.It’s hard to argue against that after the success the new Real Madrid coach achieved in the last decade (I just shuddered writing that sentence). Everywhere he …
Erik Ian Larsen: Stand up and say no, say BarceloNO!
arcelona, we get it, you want Cesc Fabregas back. You think that because he trained with you before his balls dropped you should get some sort of cut-deal price. You’re Barcelona! You have a …
arcelona, we get it, you want Cesc Fabregas back. You think that because he trained with you before his balls dropped you should get some sort of cut-deal price. You’re Barcelona! You have a …
A Clockwork Life: Introducing our own American Gunner
rm goes off, John Mayer’s “I Don’t Trust Myself (With Loving You)”. Same song every morning, like “Groundhog Day,” the driving, rhythmic beats pull me out of sleep as I stumble across the bedroom …
rm goes off, John Mayer’s “I Don’t Trust Myself (With Loving You)”. Same song every morning, like “Groundhog Day,” the driving, rhythmic beats pull me out of sleep as I stumble across the bedroom …
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