Entries from July 2006 ↓

Two goals each by Robin Van Persie and Emmanuel Adebayor paced Arsenal to a 8-1 win over Schwadorf in today’s pre-season match in Austria. Johann Djourou, Kolo Toure, Nicklas Bendtner, and Alex Hleb also scored for the Gunners.

The following players took part in today’s match. Interesting to note that Theo Walcott was at the match, but did not play.

Manuel Almunia
Mart Poom (came on @ halftime)
Emmanuel Eboue
Armand Traore (came on @ halftime)
Kolo Toure
Joe O’Cearuill (came on in the 60th minute)
Justin Hoyte
Matthew Connolly (came on in the 60th minute)
Johan Djourou
Mark Randall (came on @ halftime)
Mathieu Flamini
Alexandre Song (came on @ halftime)
Gilberto
Arturo Lupoli (came on in the 60th minute)
Francesc Fabregas
Alexander Hleb (came on @ halftime)
Jose Reyes
Pascal Cygan (came on @ halftime)
Robin Van Persie
Nicklas Bendtner (came on in the 60th minute)
Emmanuel Adebayor
Jeremie Aliadiere (came on @ halftime)

Van Persie looked particularly sharp.

Next up is another friendly, this time in Holland against AZ Alkmaar. Kickoff is 1 PM ET on Friday.

The Yankees made arguably the biggest trade of the season so far, obtaining star outfielder Bobby Abreu and starting pitcher Corey Lidle from the Phillies in exchange for four minor-leaguers.

As a Yankee fan, I’m excited that this trade addresses two big issues - the outfield, and the back-end of the pitching rotation. As someone who lives near Philadelphia, and pulls for the Phils in the NL, I have to shake my head. I know that getting rid of Abreu saves the Phils $37 million over the next two seasons, but the guy was a consistent offensive contributor, and the guy that really needs to go in Philadelphia is Pat Burrell.

Anyway, the Yanks also picked up Craig Wilson from the Pirates in exchange for Shawn Chacon this afternoon. Chacon came over in a mid-season trade from the Rockies last year, and helped the Yanks win the AL East with some solid performances. This year, he struggled to replicate those performances, so my feeling is that is this another positive move by Brian Cashman.

July 29, 2006

(Only) Halfway To Everywhere
Gone
Cypress Tree
Cosmic Friend
A Conspiracy
It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry
Ballad In Urgency-> Jam
Jam -> Thorn In My Pride
By Your Side
Alabama
Jealous Again
Hard To Handle
Wiser Time
- encore -
Tied Up And Swallowed

A great, great show. Even if I did end up going by myself!

Can’t find a setlist for this, but had we known what K-Dub was going to play before we made the drive to Atlantic City, we probably wouldn’t have gone. However, it was a decent show, not great, but not terrible either.

We had a much better time just standing on the beach talking after the show. Too bad our good time was spoilt by the fact that Wooly’s car got broken into.

Edit: Found a setlist (albeit an incomplete one - I know he played Back Of The Bus by G. Love during the 2nd set):

07/28/06 House of Blues Atlantic City, NJ

I: Rockumal; Apparition, Partyin’ Peeps*, Fuel For The Road, Conservative Christian…**, Still Wishing To Course#; Pets$; We Love You#, Relaxation Station, ?, Brown Eyed Women^, Swing^^, Above The Thunder

II: Inhale To The Chief; Eyes of the World^; Inhale To The Chief; Sultans of Swing^^^;. I missed the middle of the set. I know he played Kinky Reggae@ in there someplace. I came back for the end. Stash!; Love Handles, Best Feeling; Post Best Feeling Loop

E: Drum Loop; What I Got%

* Umphrey’s McGee
** Todd Snyder
# Camper Van Beethoven
$ Porno For Pyros
^ The Grateful Dead
^^ Ani DiFranco
^^^Dire Straits
@ Bob Marley
! Phish
% Sublime

At times I laughed so hard my head hurt, while at others I cringed at the cheese factor. There are a ton of new catchphrases now, that I couldn’t possibly share without spoiling the fun. So, am I saying I liked Clerks II? Yeah, I did. Cheese factors and all.

B

Jeremie Aliadiere scored early, and Justin Hoyte added a second just moments after the interval as Arsenal defeated Austrian side SV Mattersburg in today’s pre-season friendly.

The following Arsenal players took part in today’s match:

* Manuel Almunia
* Mart Poom (halftime)
* Pascal Cygan
* Kolo Toure (came on in the 60th)
* Matthew Connolly
* Joe O’Cearuill (halftime)
* Justin Hoyte
* Emmanuel Eboue (came on in the 60th)
* Armand Traore
* Matthew Connolly (came on in the 66th)
* Mark Randall
* Tomas Rosicky (came on in the 60th)
* Mathieu Flamini
Yellow Card
* Alexandre Song
* Alexander Hleb
* Nicklas Bendtner
* Arturo Lupoli (came on at halftime)
* Jeremie Aliadiere
* Emmanuel Adebayor (came on in the 60th)

Rick B will laugh, but I was in a meeting during the majority of this match, so if there’s someone who was able to watch it who’d like to add some comments, please do so.

Next up is a trip to Schwadorf next Monday, July 31. Kickoff is 11 AM ET, and the match can be seen via ArsenalTV Online.