Arsenal Review USA

Arsenal's Boxing Day vacation paid rich dividends as they trampled Newcastle's tired legs under an offensive onslaught of 7 -- yes 7 -- goals at the Emirates to make it 4 Premiership wins on the trot. Front and center (that's a metaphor, not an actual position) of the conversation with Philly Gooners branch manager George Sedgwick will be Theo Walcott, whose hattrick further stirred debate over his importance to the club, plus we'll also discuss Arsenal's new-found direct-ness in attack and the Abou Diaby-ness of transitional midfield cog Jack Wilshere. We've also got some hattrick trivia, and the built-in added "PAUSE" feature for any New Year's morning bathroom breaks you may require

Arsenal show they can shut up shop on the odd occasion as they hold out for a traditional (think pre-Wenger "traditional") 1-nil win away from home against Wigan. To pick over the more salient takeaways from what's by now a very picked-over result will be…Joel, joined by special guest/the landline manifestation of Kyle from snowbound southeastern Michigan, plus talk of Arsenal's newfound stingy ways, Walcott's ever-evolving heir apparent Oxlade Chamberlain and the much-awaited answer to the Arsenal Boxing Day trivia contest..

Variety continues to be the tortuously and liberally-applied spice of life for Arsenal as they deliver their most underachieving performance in recent history against Bradford in the Capitol One Cup before scything down Reading with some positively scintillating football in the Premiership 6 days later. Looking for explanations for Arsenal's Jekyll and Hyde performance this season? Well we've pretty much given up on those, but for everything else related to Wenger's tactical credentials, Arsenal's strong suit against lower table teams, getting the best out of inconsistent players and just why Macca doesn't get the Wanker of the Week more often, we've got answers, and we'll be providing them with the help of YouAreMyArsenal.com's Michael Price. Also, you may want to start digging through your Arsenal Boxing Day archives if you want to have a chance at 3 different prizes from SoccerPro and RuffneckScarves...

Arsenal take our frantic pleas to do whatever it takes to win a little too literally as they *manufacture* one penalty and win another in their last home game before Christmas, felling an admittedly toothless West Brom side 2 goals to nil. We're joined by the always-enjoyable Mike Kavanagh of the Charm City Gooners to discuss newfound invention in midfield, festering contracts (the ones we care about), the power of the hairdryer treatment and charity with a competitive edge in Baltimore. Plus we'll also severely test your Arsenal penalty knowledge with the incentive of a free copy of FIFA13, nominate the Darwin Award winner for Time-Wasting/Wanker of the Week and more

Arsenal distill the last drop of pragmatism from their game against Everton before delivering a performance more sterile than a eunuch against Swansea at the Emirates, losing 2-nil in the process and causing Gooners the world over to wonder if we'll ever see true vivacity out of an Arsene Wenger side any time soon. WeAretheNorthBank.com's Ben Smith will be on hand to help us as we determine the cause of Arsenal's long-lost in-game tactics, discuss depth of quality and scan the horizon for any possible sign of recruitments (and we're not looking in the direction of New York, mmk?)

Arsenal get decidedly sleepy early on against Villa as Gooners get understandably impatient with the team's inability to build some much-needed momentum in the league. Elliot Smith aka Yankee Gunner returns to talk fizzled out form, the missing link in attack, and competition for 4th spot ahead of Arsenal's midweek clash with Everton, plus we'll throw the first ever Arsenal baseball cap to our latest prize winner, sift through some goopy-haired Wanker of the Week candidates and discuss the unparalleled compromise that is the nil-nil draw

The Kings of London (and Emmanuel Adebayor) leave us wondering just what exactly we were so nervous about as they put piddly Tottenham to the sword with a scoreline that will simply never get old. Filling us in on their first-hand accounts of the crucial home win will be returning guest Tim Clark of Arse2Mouse.com and first-time Emirates attendee Andrew Sanders of the Atlanta Gooners, along with a fire hose of Wanker of the Week candidates, the spoils of at least one North London Derby contest still up for grabs and Arsenal's self-destructing outcast finally cast in something…not bronze

All hands on deck as Arsenal force through 3 goals at one end and gift another 3 at the other in a monumentally frustrating draw at home against Fulham. To help us measure the anguish levels on the "Arsenal scale" of frustration we call in returning guest Garry Bowman from the Twin Cities Gooners to also talk over the inverse relationship between Arsenal's defense and offense, comeback ability in the Premiership table and the increasing importance of a victory in the North London Derby. And we've got scarves to hand out over trivia. Just beware the (intentional) choking hazard.

Arsenal exhaust all of their mojo AND their goals in an astonishing comeback win at Reading before hugging, kit-swapping and generally whimpering their way through 90 minutes at Old Trafford. The podcast isn't impressed, so to muffle our quite vocal discontent we'll bring in peacemakers Brandon and Michael from the Queen City Gooners and the always-optimistic ESPN Soccernet Arsenal Blogging Correspondent Sam Limbert who's still riding some euphoria after traveling to Reading. Amongst the topics of discussion are traditionally toothless tactics against Man U, charitable transfer donations to Sir Alex and the myth of the Arsenal squad's "lack of quality…

Arsenal plowed their way into the QPR net to force home their first win in the last 3 games and stay within touching distance of the top 4. Joining us to balance the perspective with the constructive criticism of Arsenal's win, as well as discuss the takeaways of the club's recent Annual General Meeting, are Andrew from Arseblog.com and Martin Tomlinson from Arsenal Offside, coupled with the incentive of some Man U contest fodder and a very inconsistent Wanker of the Week

Arsenal charge out of the Interlull and slide lethargically into the Carrow Road car park for their most uninspiring performance yet this campaign. The result? If you don't know it this may just be the podcast to break it to you gently, and if you're a masochistic in-the-knower we'll at least throw in an *easy* Arsenal scarf contest plus some goalkeeping, Wilshere, and wandering leftback analysis courtesy of prolific 7amkickoff blogger Tim Bostelle

While the pundits took to heaping praise on Andy Carroll (in his most effective losing role ever), Arsenal took to piling in the goals as Theo Walcott and little Santi Cazorla partied late to add to Giroud's first half equalizer. To carry on the festivities we've brought in returning guests Miriti Murungi of NutmegRadio.com & Martin Cafferty of TheGoonBlog.com to discuss amorphous attacking formations, Mikel Arteta deputies and why Arsenal are so good at winning bad in Champions League group play...

Arsenal belatedly return the favor to John Terry and fall flat on their collective faces as two soft setpiece goals hand Chelsea a frustrating 2-1 win at the Emirates. Michael Price of YouAreMyArsenal.com and William Benn of ArsenalVision.co.uk will be on hand to help us take the erratic temperature of Arsenal's defense and offense so far this season, followed by some contest freebies and some lovingly-crafted Wanker of the Week candidates...

The boys from North London display their off-the-bench quality as they snatch a vital point at the home of the league Champions with a shuffled lineup and a goal from the returning Laurent Koscielny, and we just can't get over the resplendently transformed butterfly that is Carl Jenkinson. To talk more about Arsenal's sterling "replacements," the nebulas topic of zonal marking and the possibility of a French Nicklas Bendtner, we'll get in touch with George Sedgwick of the Philly Gooners before we discuss the contract negotiations of the club's 4th string winger and a little Chelsea build-up with ESPN Soccernet Arsenal Blogging Correspondent Sam Limbert, plus a chance at an Arsenal hoodie Gervinho couldn't miss and more...

Arsenal go about their dirty work with deadly serious precision as they tear apart Southampton 6-1 at the Emirates, spreading the goals between strikers, out of position wingers, and even opposing defenders in the process. Spreading the post-game analysis will be USA.Arsenal.com editor Kevin Mooney followed by Ben Smith of WeAretheNorthBank.com to discuss Champions League group action, copy-cat contract rebels and Gervinho's best/worst center forward impression ever. We'll also throw in some filler like the Wanker of the Week, announcing the last contest winner and posing some Southampton 6-1 historical trivia...