An absolutely piss-poor defensive performance. And people wonder why we’re nervous.

Baffling levels of switching off.

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Nwaneri, he needs minutes. Only 13 though.

Good result. Good performance. More sharp insight as it comes in.

You can say what you like about players being punch-drunk with fatigue during a schedule like this, but it’s a lot of fun for selfish bastards like me. So much football. High doses of Arsenal. Can one overdose on Arsenal? We shall find out.

Are we in a great position? Yes! Am I a permanent bag of nerves? Also yes! eastlower.co.uk/id-forgotten...

I don’t know where hair goes next after going grey, short of falling out completely. Maybe it will be worth it but by god, I’d like to keep my hair this season. Will it be worth it? I already look like Mr Fredricksen from Up.

Blunt as blunt can be.

Novel new approach to trying to win the league: not creating, not scoring.

Started well. Ended worse. Room for improvement. Over and out, roger that.

Are the risk of stating the blinding obvious, we absolutely bastard-well have to make hay while this particular sun is shining.

Overall that’s a very good performance. But we really, really should have won that by two.

Highly satisfactory. And nice to reacquaint ourselves with the fourth round.

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Our worst performance of the season. Slow and uninspired. What a wasted opportunity.

It’s hard to know if that half even happened.

It’s hard to know if that half even happened.

The weather looks good for the game. If you like heavy rain, wind and 5c.

Leant back/up to take this picture, as it had the word nob in it, and blew my back right out. Had to have an emergency osteopathy visit before flying home.

Give it Big Sam

This sport does my head in.

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Happy 31st anniversary of John Jensen scoring for Arsenal to all those who celebrate.

So glad I didn’t say anything snarky at half time. Because that second half was a whirlwind of fuck you. Loved it.

11 Declan Rices please

Merry Christmas to all who Christmas. Goodwill to all, and god willing many league wins to come. For us that is.

Win’s a win, back to the top. Merry Christmas. Would love a stocking full of chances created.

Turns out today is the 40th anniversary of my first ever Arsenal game. FORTY YEARS. It was also Niall Quinn’s debut. Time, bloody hell.

Five points clear! But that was an alarm bells of a performance. The horseshoe of horrors. Full marks for perseverance though!

There’s nothing like aiming high. Which is why, this year, I challenge the lads to make it out the 4th round of the FA Cup for the first time in 6 years. I know, I know - I’m ambitious. But it’s good to have a challenge.

I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork

Nwaneri’s lack of minutes is curious. He’s been excellent since he came on.

Martinelli to Madueke: hold my beer

That was an absolute thunderbastard

NONI 💥

I know we’re not reliant on Max Dowman, so it’s not the biggest blow, but having *another* player out for 2 months is just astonishing bad luck.

Some excellent ideas in here. Thank you Sandrew Claus.

Pompey (a). Proper Cup Tie ™️

Might put a bid in for Warner

Hoovered up some podcasts and it’s improved my mood. Podcast therapy is real.

While we’re at it, let’s ban draws and make the goals bigger.

That’s not a massive surprise. Been way too sloppy today.

This is peak this season. And let me tell you, good souls of Bluesky, I do not approve of this injury pestilence one bit. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

1-1 FT. Given how we played, that’s ok. But judging by the sky-high standards we’ve set so far, that was strangely wobbly and a bit off-pace.

Arteta will be fuming at how we’ve been second to pretty much everything.

Spanish bantz

We can’t let them get to us in the second half like they have in the first. Our defence is walking a tightrope.

Horrible, horrible tackle.

Hit and hope from Arsenal. We’re totally rattled.