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The integration of talented academy players at a club like Arsenal has always been a little bit chicken and egg. Do clubs and coaches create space for young players or do young players create the path themselves? The proper answer is probably that it is a little bit of both (*winks knowingly at Football Cliches…

Morning. A quick Wednesday blog for you. I see the Howard Webb TV show was on. The one where they justify all the mistakes referees make. The one that is basically PGMOL propaganda dressed up as transparency. The one where the lad from ESPN invites all his no friends around to watch together. They released…

Morning all. I’m still basking a bit after the derby win. Not just because we won and they lost, but because this game ticked a lot of boxes for me. Things I love to see from my team. The word togetherness can often come across as a bit cliched or hackneyed, because it’s something almost…

Welcome to another Arsecast Extra, the Arsenal podcast, with myself and James from @gunnerblog. In this episode we look back at the 1-0 North London Derby win on Sunday, making it three in a row at the Toilet Bowl. We examine how, in the absence of key players, Mikel Arteta leaned into the Gunners’ defensive…

Match report – Player ratings – Arteta reaction – Video I very rarely start with a line from the previous day’s blog, but I think today is a bit of an exception, so: I have to say, as difficult as the Rice/Odegaard thing is, I’d be more worried if we had similar problems at the…

Join us for live blog coverage of our Premier League clash with Sp*rs, kick-off 14.00 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 on…

Morning all. The main talking point ahead of today’s North London derby is what Mikel Arteta is going to do in midfield without both Declan Rice and Martin Odegaard. There are options, but quite which he goes for is anybody’s guess. For our preview podcast on Patreon, I drew up a few permutations which we…

Good morning, a quick Saturday round-up for you. At his press conference, Mikel Arteta gave nothing away about the injury sustained by Martin Odegaard. I wasn’t necessarily expecting him to go into a lot of detail, but he said: We need some more tests so let’s see what happens in the next day or so,…

Welcome to another episode of the Arsecast – the Arsenal podcast. In this episode I’m joined by Sam Dean to talk about Mikel Arteta signing a new contract, with discussion of the timing of the announcement, and what this next cycle will demand of the Arsenal boss. Then we turn our attention to the injury-filled…

Morning. The only place to start today is the news that Mikel Arteta has put pen to paper on a new deal with the club. It was announced yesterday, and it’s no real surprise. I know some people were fretting a bit once he got into the final 12 months of his deal, but my…