Clarence

wait until you hear how many barry bonds hit

Aaron Rodgers can only go so long without self indulgent dithering. We’ll get it eventually.

Another reason Saka CM could save our season is he’s the one player with the respect of the squad, and respect of Arteta to not hook him for defying orders, to put an end to this Timber as our main shooting outlet nonsense.

“Leave it bro, I got this, you stay wide. Calm.”

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Baywatch, Air Wolf, and Noel Edmunds & Mr Blobby at home*

*yes, I’m fully aware it’s been a few years since I was home and in front of terrestrial tv all day on a Saturday

If the next round in the FA Cup and Champions League go as planned for Arsenal and City, 5 games in 28 days, with absolutely everything on the line, is very much on.

It won’t be much consolation as you’re mourning a key figure from your formative years, but if you want a quick chuckle:

Imagine reading this skeet and the severely different tone it would take if it was penned by Sacha rather than by yourself. Especially with reference to the 3rd film.

Usually just politely nod and smile when reading these hypotheticals and see one I like the look of, but I LOVE that Maxx Crosby x DJ Moore deal for both teams. Especially with the sweetener.

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The Perugia 78/79 vibes are strong in this one

Since it seems like everyone is posting one of the two clips about the AEW "FUCK ICE!" moment from last night's "Last Week Tonight" top story segment on HBO in isolation, without context or the other clip, here's an edit that includes both AEW clips in their proper context from the segment.

“The human capacity to not want to stick your neck out, to not be the skunk at the garden party, to wait for someone else to say something, creates an immense vulnerability that people like this know how to exploit.”

This could so easily be said about the global and regional football bodies.

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Listened to this on Epstein files exposing how power networks work and how people looked the other way. Couldn’t help thinking about the football industry and how very senior people close to the top look away to preserve own roles and allow rogues to flourish

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Plot twist: could Odegaard and Zubimendi work together in a double pivot, when Rice is either off the pitch completely, or if he’s moonlighting in an area that isn’t midfield? (eg when he played RB)

Saka as a 8 has been talked about since 2020 and yesterday we could see why. Far more comfortable playing higher and in tight than Odegaard, quicker feet which will create more set plays than Odegaard and offers more rotations as he’s elite wide. I see the vision.

We definitely needed an infrastructure builder based on the mess the club was in when he took over, but think someone else will reap the biggest benefits of Arteta’s work and win the biggest pots.

Arteta is our Bayern Van Gaal. Or even Van Gaal at Barcelona second time around with Iniesta, Xavi etc

Based on his Good Company Man comments in that recent Guardian interview, I personally think Cesc is positioning himself for the Chelsea job. But with enough vagueness and plausible deniability that he can say he always wanted ours, should it open up this summer.

So this was basically one of those Not At All Dodgy Serie A swap deals for Malen and Abraham, with Besiktas somehow pocketing £5m as well?

I’m sure there’s nothing to see here and a coach who previously presided over financial impropriety is absolutely spotless…

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Y’know how he sent Nwaneri to play under a nutter, to show him ‘see, I’m not so bad compared to him’?

He’ll do the opposite with MLS and send him to a ‘pat on the back’ coach.

Either a) he thrives in that environment and we sell, or b) he feels Nice Coach is too lax and he needs foggin estandards.

True. And deep down, most gobshite pundits won’t be. But that won’t stop them earning a few quid by spouting shite for hate-clicks.

Nobody was legit annoyed when Cazorla dinked a penalty over a 3rd choice keeper to turn 3-1 into 4-1 vs Newcastle all those years ago, but they still wrote plenty.

I’d play Saka CM vs Spurs. Got the tactical intelligence to play there, having a mobile front 3 ahead of him as runners will minimise the number of sprints he needs to break into as he continues his recovery, plus imagine his dribbling in central positions vs whichever 3 wardrobes they pick in there

Gunnersaurus just beat Crusty the Pie 3-1 at pens.

Magic of the cup!

What's the play here? Coach him to deliver sick inswingers? In a similar way to how we put Cazorla on corners and he got good at them eventually, because there was literally no point him being anywhere else on the pitch when we got one?

Or coach him to become an effective disruptor in the box?

Why are we still constantly leaving Lewis-Skelly as last man at corners, when he's a) repeatedly demonstrated he's not good at it, and b) apparently has the lowest top speed in the league of a player under the age of 28

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It’s so funny to think about the fact that there’s people out there deferring every life decision to this

Had this in the bank as my own personal ‘Three-O Walcott’ for when Poundland Eddie Hearn is pictured in a foul mood after we beat his team at The Wengerdome on the 29th. But the beeb dropped this and had me feeling like Michael Scott fighting the urge to drop a That’s What She Said

…Ho’s mad?

Liked how Martinelli learned his lesson from the miss at Brentford this time just leathering it with his left, rather than faffing around trying to get it back on his right foot.

Can’t draw many conclusions from today due to the calibre of the opposition, but I think that one holds regardless.

No longer confined to Robben Island

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Saka - finally free of the touchline