Might start posting on here again ngl. Too much dooming on twitter regarding Arsenal

Cunha has better output than £115m Isak, all whilst playing for a significantly worse team and having much tougher fixtures to start the season

We’re going to have to play Kiwor RCB and #5 at RB for a few games but apart from that, our squad is in a pretty healthy state for rotation this month whilst maintaining these same dynamics

The 2-4-4 is by far our best system and what fit our players the best: -Our best goal scorers(Wingers) are the highest players up the pitch -All our CMs thrive more in a double pivot -FBs are allowed to stay wide instead of inverting -The CF and AM can dictate play from deep

Raya became a victim of our OOP success in 23/24, despite his contributions to this being big. Facing few shots led people to think he’s not a good stopper. But his Brentford days was evidence of his credentials in this regard. This season he’s just gone up a level in all areas.

This club are actually giving Trossard a new contract. Why can’t we ever move on our bench players when their stock is still high?

I can easily avoid spoilers from my late stream by being on here + I won’t have to endure dooming from Arsenal fans when we aren’t 3-0 up in 10 mins

Andrew Tate got banned from Bluesky in less than one day. Another reason things are so much better here than Twitter.

Everyone on Twitter getting exposed as weirdos/criminals whilst you’re just a Big Chill guy on BlueSky

Feels like it’s a day of reckoning for big football accounts on Twitter, meanwhile on Bluesky:

My last newsletter: a huge (8,000+ word) tour through 14 topics currently facing Arsenal, and what can be done about them — including deep manipulation, central dribbling, shot selection, Nwaneri, Merino, and more. From before Chelsea, but still stands: billycarpenter.substack.com/p/fine-margins

NEW: Arsenal have a lot of hard games behind them and Martin Ødegaard back, here's a look at all that, issues of late, some optimism and the need to now go on a big run: p1r.es/4fTs56r For @arseblog.com

The return of Riccardo Calafiori will be massive for #Arsenal. He brings personality, aggression and huge technicality to our first phase build up, and moves up with possession. With Merino and Martinelli coming into form, we can transform our left hand side after the break. #AFC

Martin Ødegaard - Arsenal 2024-2025 Creative Midfield radar and distribution I am going out on a limb here and making the bold claim he is pretty good at this and Arsenal have missed him in the team.

100 followers already. Appreciate y’all. Let’s build an actual community here

Martinelli- Merino- Calafiori pod- balance really can be that simple. Wide outlet is a strong footed overlapper pushing the dangerous SS winger inside whilst the progressive second ball winning CM sits to protect the space. We’ve been robbed of this.

Declan Rice-Carlos Baleba The closest approximation to Camavinga on the market. You don’t have to sacrifice legs in your DLP scouting- having the left footed CM that drops outside the middle third with his vision + ability to receive in the block. Buildup & transition control dream

These games getting nothing at The Game Awards is criminal

My biggest issue with Elden Ring getting nominated for GOTY is that we’re just coming off a year that had Future Redeemed AND Phantom Liberty I don’t think any DLC should win but only making that exception NOW after those two got nothing feels like FromSoft bias, whether it actually is or not

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Really resisting the urge to down a Red Bull and study till midnight

Trossard’s injury might be a blessing in disguise: LW- Sterling gets more game time off the bench/when Nelli ain’t available AM- Nwaneri gets more game time when Ode isn’t available Only downside is that Gabi Jesus is a worse CF than Trossard and now he’s next choice if Kai goes down

Good teams don’t carry average players. Great players look at home in great teams. Bukayo Saka carried #Arsenal’s worst team at 18, and at 23, is the star of our best team in 20 years. Respect is earned with consistency and he has done it for club and country. World class. #AFC

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My cousin convinced me to support Arsenal like he did….before he then jumped ship and supported United a year later….

I feel like my mental health is improving by using blue sky and forcing myself to not look at my TL on X. Once Group chat DMs become a thing on here, there is absolutely no reason to use X again.

Ethan Nwaneri has scored for the England u19s against Bulgaria, assisted by Myles Lewis-Skelly! Lewis-Skelly is captaining the team today.

International breaks are actually worth investing to when your country isn’t guaranteed a place at the World Cup

People are wondering how we'll have ratings for Raw in the Netflix era but judging by the Tyson fight we'll be able to tell if it's a hot episode by the amount of buffering. Gonna use "Whenever Punk shows up his segments always screen freeze" to build his HOF case next year.

Friday roundup: Kiwior played 90 minutes, conceded a penalty, and provided an assist. Portugal won 5-1, with Tavares making his debut, playing 3 minutes and getting booked. Raya played 90 minutes and Merino played 80 in Spain’s 2-1 win.

We was on 15m yday let us cook #brickbybrick

Excellent piece from @legrove.bsky.social on PGMOL www.le-grove.co.uk/p/the-pgmol-...

3pm UK time, November 23rd

Gabriel Jesus needs to be held to higher standards at #Arsenal. He was good against Inter but poor again at Chelsea. He isn’t a kid. He’s a proven winner, one of our leaders and highest earners. Senior players need to step up during tough times if we’re going to win titles. #AFC

Martinelli POTM for December: 5 games 4 goals 2 assists We will be there

Been tracking this all season, we actually kicked off with a positive swing by gaining 3 points at Villa, since then though it's been quite disappointing. From our next 27 possible points we got an equivalent of 24 last season, dropping points just once - Fulham (A).

Arsenals most threatening box player remains Martinelli- constantly battles rhetoric of improvement despite being the league’s best 6-yard box dominator. Getting a lot of unfair criticism to his underrated start to the szn without the solutions we bought for the LHS balance.

It’s kinda crazy how much work Arsenal need to do next summer: -At least 2 FWs -At least 2 CMs -At least 2 defenders -1 GK

TL;DR? €75-110m at a minimum… But potentially as much as €325-400m+

Timber is a different type of RB to White. Sharper in the press, stronger 1v1, better carrier and thrives on the inside, whereas Ben possesses greater passing range + thrives on the overlap, which is more suited to Saka. Intrigued to see what Timber/Ode/Saka dynamic has to offer.

So how much might Man City have to pay Arsenal? @martynziegler.bsky.social recently revealed that Arsenal is 1/4 PL clubs that have reserved their rights to claim compensation against Man City related to their 130 charged breaches of PL rules. How much might they get? Let’s have a look…

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Losing White for multiple months (if reports are accurate) is certainly not good. If Calafiori and Tomiyasu are back after the break, and if Timber and Zinchenko can stay fit, we should be able to handle it. But that’s a lot of big ifs.

Once we get our midfield fit and firing, we’ll actually have a very good chance of winning UCL this season