Remembering Kevin Campbell, who would have been 56 today A true gentleman & a fantastic player Sorely missed, but never forgotten 🙏

Important, for anyone who didn’t get the memo: At this stage, it stops being the Carabao Cup, the Milk Cup, even the League Cup. It is henceforth, “a cup” or, if you are bold, “the cup”. ie. “Yeah I’m alright thanks, just got my tickets for the cup final at Wembley.” Practice and repeat.

Good morning, Quadruple-chasers

Spooky.

The genius behind G4L (hello!) failed to buy spurs away tickets; on the off chance anyone can help, I will be forever grateful etc etc.

Useless, lilylivered muppets

Wait, what? @bartvanloo.bsky.social

Instant karma, Calvert-Lewin

Saka injured in the warm up. Madueke coming in.

Bukayo Saka has left the #AFC warm-up and gone down the tunnel, with a physio. He didn't look comfortable.

Kai love you, Kai love you, Kai love you, Kai love you, Kai do…

“It’s been a gruelling slog, a steady ratcheting up of tension and narrative. No one is enjoying the league season” Big Defeat Headloss and the Arsenal fan psychodrama - experienced and explained by @chrisgodfrey.bsky.social for @sport.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Needless to say, it would be absurd to even dream that a 16 year old might soon return from injury and lead us to quadruple glory.

Kai Havertz is the first Arsenal player to score against an opponent whose first three letters are the same as the first three letters of his first name since Lee Dixon against Leeds in 1996.

Absolutely adore this line-up

Sweet, sweet CL Group Stage, come hither, relieve us from our domestic title-chasing angst. Bring the comfort of a 5-0 tonking of the Kazakhs, ‘fore, alas, the Stresse of Leeds.

WHAT HAVE I DONE TO DESERVE THIS, MIKEL?

A lot of our players have exceptional determination, composure, judgement (Saka, Rice, Gabriel, Trossard…) but some struggle to match those levels. Still too many silly mistakes, bad decisions when it matters most.

Shock horreur

Watching these teams play each against each other, and watching them play the likes of Real Madrid in the latter stages of the Champions League, was to watch a level of football match that felt tactically, technically, physically unattainable for Arsenal.

Always good to remember the extent of Arteta’s challenge from the start - *36pts* behind Liverpool.

Arsenal still haven't gone consecutive games without a win all season.

Who else is stuck on this bloody sauna of a plane?

Here’s this week’s cartoon for @sport.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/football/pic...

‘Adoration at the Emirates’, Emirates Stadium (2014) by Ed Gray edgrayart.com/gallery/london/north-london/arsenal-matchday-arsenal-fc-benwell-road-islington-london-adoration-at-the-emirates/

We seem to have normalised the Premier League's inability to conclude the Manchester City case. The years this thing has taken is pathetic. The longer it has taken the more people have forgotten the magnitude of the alleged offences. Time passing has had a kind of watering down affect on allegations

It’s a real shame that Nigel Farage is too unwell to do interviews the morning after Donald Trump threatens us with sanctions. Here he is with “the bravest man he ever met”. He campaigned to make Trump President, and has spent the last year enjoying all the chaos he has caused.

Do we want Villa to win today, on the basis that City are more likely to give up, the further they drop?

Over land and sea and

Should’ve been wider but that’ll do. Congrats to Chelsea beating us twice at home 1-1 & 2-3. UTA

Good first half. By which I mean no apparent injuries.

The idea that Spurs are parsimonious is fundamentally racist. Discuss.

Still after a couple. And one for Forest too! Away tickets like gold dust at the moment.

@samjdean.bsky.social appreciate these lists will always attract criticism/debate, but Norgaard is way too low - below Gyok & Turner!

Glorious. Any Fulhamites who could identify which game this could be?

PSA: Brentford v Arsenal stays on the Thursday (12th Feb).

I have some friends in need of Brentford away tickets, if anyone can help.

Excellent opinion piece by Janan (who was a season ticket holder when I briefly knew him a few years back, presumably still is). A gift link, no paywall, for those of you too miserably untalented to hold an FT subscription… giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Arsenal, August-Jan 10: we must be pragmatic about the FA Cup, it’s simply not a priority at the moment. Arsenal, Jan 11: WHAT DID SHE WEAARRRRRRR? SHE WORE! SHE WORE!…

Congratulations to Gabriel Martinelli for scoring his first Arsenal hat-trick and Arsenal's 246th hat-trick in a competitive first team game. (HT @hente.bsky.social) thearsenalcollection.org.uk?p=37226

Martinelli’s first Arsenal hatrick ✅ Set piece piss-boiling ✅ Nwaneri is alive and still very good at football ✅ Kai resurrected ✅ Salmon getting 1st team minutes ✅ IN THE HAT FOR THE FOURTH ROUND ✅✅✅

Love the quick-thinking from Myles

Can we count that as a set piece?

Between Burnley away and Wolves at home, did Arsenal score from a corner or free kick? @orbinho.bsky.social

115, 115, undefeated…

This stuff is just too easy

Tbf, one of the best league tables I’ve ever seen

Legendary Arsenal manager Herbert Chapman died on this day in 1934. Three weeks later, Arsenal appointed his widow as hostess in the club tea room on a salary of £500 per year. At the time, footballers were subject to a maximum wage of £368 per year.

The FT’s headine writers not mincing their words.