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Fighting the present and the past …
Like most of you, I’m sure, I’ve been thinking a lot about the Aston Villa game and the way it made us all feel. Clearly there is something in the belief that if you let this Manchester City side get in front, they’ll just power on to the finish line. We’ve watched that happen time…
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Sheffield United v Arsenal – live blog
Join us for live blog coverage of our Premier League clash with Sheffield United, kick-off 20.00 We’ve got up to the second live text commentary, updates, goal clips, observations and occasionally witty asides. If you want to join the chat, register an Arseblog Live account. To do that, go to Arseblog Live – click login…
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Arsecast Extra Episode 571 – 05.03.2024
Welcome to another Arsecast Extra, the Arsenal podcast, with myself and James from @gunnerblog. In this episode we look back at the 6-0 thrashing of Sheffield United on Monday night. We discuss Arsenal’s ruthlessness and dominance in the early stages, in the context of a big tactical misstep by the opposition. Nevertheless, our performance deserves…
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Sheffield United 0-6 Arsenal: Gunners obliterate poor opposition again
Match report – Player ratings – Arteta reaction – Video Another away day, another six goals. This is becoming something of a habit, but what a very nice habit it is. Arsenal deserve so much credit for this recent run, I think our performances have been excellent with a pleasing ruthlessness in front of goal.…
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Netflix horror
Morning all. There’s a lot of terrible crap on TV these days, but I just want to go on record to say that I’d rather sit through 1000 episodes of Phil Collins and Maroon5 doing soulless acoustic versions of every song I ever loved than watch a single second of the upcoming Netflix show about…
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Should a left-back be on the summer shopping list?
Morning. Let’s start with congratulations to Arsenal Women who made it to the Conti Cup Final last night with a 4-0 win over Aston Villa (report and goal clips here). The other semi-final between Man City and Chelsea takes place this evening, to decide who will join is in what will be a heavyweight final.…
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What next for Zinchenko?
A lot of the focus on Arsenal’s evolution this season has rested on players the club bought in the summer. The signings of Kai Havertz and David Raya gave birth to lengthy discourses on both players (I have written about both several times in this column), both took some time to really settle into the…
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Episode 774 – Evolution
Welcome to another episode of the Arsecast – the Arsenal podcast. In this episode I’m joined By Kaya Kaynak of Football London to chat about Arsenal’s recent form, the difference between pre and post Dubai, how this side is shaping up to be the blueprint Mikel Arteta spoke wanting about years ago and the way…
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Say nothing
Morning all. Mikel Arteta’s press conference yesterday had no big surprises, no shocks, a bit of team news here and there, and a determination not to be pulled into any kind of discussion regarding the other big fixture this weekend. He, of course, is focused on taking three points from Brentford, and would give no…
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Ramsdale in the spotlight as Arsenal look to go top
Arsenal have a chance to go back to the top of the table this afternoon when we take on Brentford at the Emirates. With the big showdown between Liverpool and Man City taking place tomorrow, it’s an opportunity not just to take three points, but put a bit of pressure on our title rivals. We…