Sasha Goryunov

Same at Brentford a week ago. Will be the soundtrack for the rest of the season. The league leaders being so gleefully mocked… is this a first?

It is possible that I misread the post. I got the sense that the period between the 2-2s @ the Emirates (against Liverpool -> against Villa) was that, with the Villa game being the culmination of Arsenal Arsenaling themselves.

Perhaps, this could’ve changed with Brentford away but, instead, Liverpool effectively clinched the title that day.

Ah! My bad, if I totally misread that. Was there a “Liverpool vs themselves” narrative last season? I genuinely never had the sense of that being the case as they were pretty steady & there was no real great expectation of a serious title push.

It is axiomatic that if you are serious about challenging for the title in the Guardiola era, you need to go at/for 90+ points.

Doesn’t matter if you have the best squad in the world ever or City are unsteady or whatever, anything less and you’re asking for it.

I think the view that last season’s narrative was “Arsenal vs themselves” is representative of the navel-gazing in parts of North London in 2024/25. The baffling refusal to accept that someone else would dare to put a steady competent run together (while City fell apart) was borderline immature.

2 wins in 7

The title slipping through their fingers? Literally saw what it looks like.

And you think the Premier League refs are bad…

The hockey’s been ridiculous today ❤️

Robert Duvall being genuinely bang into Scottish football is one of the best thing.

Oh, it’s not… it can’t be… that music… oh, my little heart… ❤️ 🤌 🇮🇹 #Golazzo

SELL HIM… to Liverpool in the summer.

I do not think Arteta explained this at all after the game. Talking about the “volume” of set-pieces & “preventing situations”. Not sure sitting back after going 1-0 up is the best way to go about “preventing” these situations. 🤷

Keith Andrews:
- I always want to cause chaos. I want us to play in a relentless fashion.
- Let’s not take steps back when you can take steps forward.
- There are 12 games left, but I promise you, we are going to attack every single one of them.
- Fills me with pride watching my team play.
#BREARS

Genuinely wild game management by Arsenal.
- do nothing for 45
- pummel Brentford for 15, score
- go back to doing nothing, invite Brentford on, get the crowd going, concede
- can’t just flick the switch again, have their keeper to thank for a point.

Second again? Why not?
#ARSBRE

An honourable mention to the decision not to concede in injury time this week. 💪

Ominous

Got relegated in 1953/54. Just saying.

“I mean, the population of the UK was 58 million in 2020”
- I am sure this was an honest error by Sir Jim. I mean, 1995… 2020… what’s 25 years between friends, huh?

Genuinely sad this went so badly wrong.

Well done to the Economist for producing this video that calls out the BS targeting London that has infested social media. Facts.

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VAR, huh? A timely pod.

Ridiculous, title-winning save.

Should win the league from here

These Neil-Rory pods are always great btw.

Such an excellent podcast with the sort of depth & nuance you can only get with serious academics.

This episode is hugely impressive. Essentially, sets the scene for Elem Klimov’s Come and See -> Belarus 1941-1944, one of the worst places on Earth. Plus a superb assessment of the aftermath.

A bit heavy out there this morning. 🧤☔️

Ortega did so well coming from Bielefeld to play as a back-up to a goalie as idiosyncratic as Ederson w/o causing a significant drop-off in the way City played. Not sure how this would translate to a Dyche team in the Age of Grocks, so curious to see how this plays out.

PS That save from Son. 👌

Taking stock of it all with stats from Bert Kassies ahead of the Champions League & the Europa League draws.

Just look & marvel at how far ahead “our league”(c) is
- the only one not to lose a single club so far
- won 47 league phase games (2nd = 29)
- won 67% of league phase games (2nd = 56%)
💪💪💪