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The ‘bzzz’
Last night I sat at home dreading the ‘bzzz’. On Monday night I was sitting at home unaware that the ‘bzzz’ was anything to be overly worried about. In this world where so much is wrong and messed up, it ranked low on my list of concerns. How wrong I was. I watched an episode…
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Odegaard’s injury a hammer blow as football continues to ignore player welfare
Morning. The only place to start this morning is the injury suffered by Martin Odegaard during Norway’s 2-1 win over Austria. The captain’s foot got caught in a challenge, and if you watch the video, you can see his ankle twist right underneath him, before snapping back. Ødegaard off with an nasty injury. Screaming in…
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Arsecast Extra Episode 602 – 09.09.2024
Welcome to another Arsecast Extra, the Arsenal podcast, with myself and James from @gunnerblog. In this Interlull episode we take stock of what’s been going on in this international break, from Declan Rice scoring against his former country, to Riccardo Calafiori suffering a ridiculous injury while playing for Italy against France. We take stock of…
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Interlull round-up: Calafiori returns to London
Morning, welcome to a brand new week. Let’s start with the news that Riccardo Calafiori has returned to London after sustaining a calf injury in freakish fashion on Saturday. The reporting around it suggests it’s not too serious, but again, I’m a but dubious. If it was just a knock, I suspect Italy would keep…
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Rice scores, doesn’t celebrate
Morning. A very quick Sunday round-up for you. Regular readers will know I don’t really pay a lot of attention to international football, certainly not the Nations League – a competition I still don’t know the point of, or what it actually means in the grand scheme of things. However, I did watch Ireland take…
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Calafiori injury worry + Rice and Saka in action in Dublin
Good morning. I played 5-a-side for the first time in some months last night, and there is so much aching today I don’t even have the words for it. What a lot of fun though. And let me tell you something that didn’t happen. At no point did an opposition player tumble through the air…
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Episode 796 – Togetherness, and other stuff
Welcome to another episode of the Arsecast – the Arsenal podcast. In this episode I’m joined by Ryan Hunn, co-host of the Stadio podcast, for some Interlull chat. We discuss the start to Arsenal’s season, the end of the transfer window, the arrival of Raheem Sterling and what we expect from him during his loan…
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Interlull updates and a wandering mind
Good morning and happy Friday to you all. The internationals have started up, and here’s all the Arsenal involvement I can find thus far. Ghana 0-1 Angola: Thomas Partey played the full 90 as Ghana were beaten by an injury time goal in an AFCON qualifier. Scotland 2-3 Poland: I saw Jakub Kiwior was taken…
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Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good
Don’t allow the perfect to be the enemy of the good. A staple expression that has underpinned a lot of Arsenal’s transfer strategy in recent years. Arsenal have shown a willingness to pivot to Plan B in the market when Plan A has not materialised. For Moises Caicedo read Jorginho. For Mikhaylo Mudryk read Leandro…
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Robbery!
Morning. First up, well done to Arsenal Women who beat Rangers 6-0 in their Champions League qualifier last night. Caitlin Foord went full Arshavin and scored four, but this time in a game we didn’t let the opposition score the same amount. That was always the trick, you see. Next up Rosenborg on Saturday, and…
