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Friday round-up: Academy decisions, keeper linked, Mikel Merino
Morning all. There’s no Euro 2024 to write about and very little going in terms of substantive Arsenal news, but let’s see what bits and pieces we can dig up. It’s been reported that Declan Rice was not training with the main group ahead of England’s Round of 16 game against Slovakia on Sunday, but…
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Episode 788 – Smith Go?
Welcome to another episode of the Arsecast – the Arsenal podcast. In this episode I’m joined by Tim Stillman to discuss the goings-on at Euro 2024, with a fair amount of focus on England, and the Bukayo Saka debate that has been going on this week, before we chat about some lesser-fancied teams who have…
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Stale End?
The 14 minutes Ethan Nwaneri played at West Ham in February, with Arsenal 5-0 ahead when he entered the field, were the only Premier League, FA Cup or Champions League minutes played by any player under 21 at Arsenal last season. Charles Sagoe Jnr played for 67 minutes in the Carabao Cup tie at Brentford…
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Morning all. So we now know the fixtures for the knock-out rounds of Euro 2024 after the final group games took place yesterday. First up, Georgia beating Portugal 2-0 to go through is a fantastic achievement for them, but they’ve been something of a breath of fresh air throughout the tournament so it’s great to…
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Euro 2024: Southgate plays favourites to England’s detriment
Well, the good news for England is that they finished top of their Euro 2024 qualifying group. The flip side of that is that it was achieved with another fairly uninspired performance in a 0-0 draw with Slovenia last night. Some won’t care, and that’s entirely fair, but the perception (or indeed reality) that Gareth…
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Euro 2024: Italy steal it at the death
One of the great things about football is how a late goal can change how you feel about a game. To say I watched Italy versus Croatia last night feels a bit too passive. I endured Italy versus Croatia. This was not a good game of football. There were moments here and there, a header…
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Arsecast Extra Episode 590 – 24.06.2024
Welcome to another Arsecast Extra, the Arsenal podcast, with myself and James from @gunnerblog. In this episode begin with Kieran Tierney’s unfortunate Euro 2024 adventure, which was cut short by a serious injury and has significant implications for his future. We also round-up some of the other Arsenal players involved, and chat about comments made…
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Euro 2024: Scotland beaten by Hungary, Germany and Switzerland draw
Morning. The final group games at Euro 2024 both happening at the same time is understandable and obvious, but it does change things for the viewer. Last night I began with the first half of Scotland versus Hungary, and with all due respect to both nations, it was potentially the worst 45 minutes of football…
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Sunday round-up: Georgia miss, Belgium win, Tierney
Morning. I had a relatively football free day yesterday, only really paying attention to the early game between Georgia and the Czech Republic. Having gone ahead from the spot after a handball decision went their way, Georgia really scrapped hard to hang on. The Czechs equalised with half an hour to play, and it always…
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Saturday round-up: Slow VAR, Szczesny, Zinchenko, Olise
Good morning friends. Something magical has happened. The sun, the wonderful ball of fire in space that has not been seen in Dublin for many aeons now, has appeared this morning and the air is warm. So, I’m keen to make the most of it, and as such today’s blog will contain some short snippets…
