So irresponsible of Arsenal only buying 2 centre backs as back up. Surely 6 would have been better? Oh well 0430 here. Time to try get some sleep & wake up to Chelsea hopefully having lost Good night world.

I guess Merino MOTM?

Well finally.

Come on bring on Jesus.

I know it's very early but potentially Caciedo's red card could cost Chelsea even more points.....oh isn't that nice.....if it stays that way.

Can we please just score a 2nd so I don't have to worry about having a heart attack & finding the closest hospital here in Chiang Mai?

Unfortunately no one is going to accept injuries as a reason if Arteta doesn't win something this season...

H/T: 1-0 Arsenal. Merino's header the difference at the break. Arsenal have played some good stuff, especially down the right, but have been unable to find the second goal. Brentford have had their moments from set pieces, Schade with one header brilliantly tipped onto the bar by Raya.

Worry not, we will get the strikers fit and then Arteta will convert Merino into a CB by the end of this season.

A solid half from Arsenal all in all, lovely to see Ben White doing Ben White things again, and Mikel 'El Goleador' Merino with a great header for 1-0. Raya's save was fantastic, but we haven't made the most of our corners so far. Mosquera injury just so frustrating – when will it stop?

Oh FFS, please tell me not another injury. Doesn't look good. If we could stop getting players injured we would be a bloody difficult to beat.

Madueke needed to shoot straight away there.

I'm no expert in football. But Calafiori is our left back right? 😂

Madueke on the right is just a different proposition.

Well this is nice......so far

Ok Arsenal, don't make this hard staying awake please. #coyg

Ha ha

Decisions decisions. Game is 0230 here in Thailand. Cricket is on as well..doesn't look like I'm getting any sleep before my flight to Hanoi tomorrow. I'm sure I will get a few, GO TO SLEEP by my wife through the night....I know I will be too anxious to sleep through an Arsenal game.

A couple of Spotted Owlets watching me watching them. For today's #BirdOfTheDay #LookingAtYou plus as an added bonus Mourning Wheatear on a rock & then a DBL bonus of a bird staring at you & on a rock. Temmincks Lark. #bird #birdphotography

@lgambrose.bsky.social you are way more important to the @arseblog.com family than the person that restocks the sick bags on a plane. 😜

Pied Harrier. #BirdOfTheDay have so much improving to do for birds in flight. But it's a fun journey.

I've not been on twitter since Musk bought it, an absolute cesspool of a place. I honestly still can't understand why any decent people are still using it.

A bird in monotone. Another stab at #birdOfTheDay them by Alan. This was taken today & very little editing. Mostly just over exposed a bit & the bird itself is a Pied Harrier. #bird #piedharrier #birdphotography

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2 birds with what I would call stripes but happy to be corrected by the adjudicators 😜 Asian Emerald Cuckoo & Black Chested Snake Eagle. #BirdOfTheDay #stripes #bird #birds #photography #birdphotography

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Time for #MammalMonday with this beautiful Mum & Pup capture from Donna Nook, on the Lincolnshire coast. If you've never been it is a great venue to see the Grey Seals, from the fenced off area you are still very close to the action (long zoom not needed). #mammals #photography #EastCoastKin #Seals

Today's #bird theme is #reflections. A black and white Sanderling & Andean & Chilean Flamingos. #BirdOfTheDay.

Yellow-Cheeked Tit, A South East Asian Beauty. #Lifer number 3136. #BirdOfTheDay End of day, bird count for Thailand is 278, lifers total is 102. Last day tomorrow then the holiday with the wife starts.

Chelsea fans are celebrating like they just won the league yet they tied and lost a spot in the table. It always make me laugh when ppl say Arsenal fans are the worst when Chelsea fans exist

How the hell does Cucarella not get any red cards in a season?

I really hate Chelsea.

Every game has gone against my wishes this weekend.......please don't continue.

well that was not the team i was expecting.....got to have faith I guess. #coyg

oh crap, where I am staying, the wifi doesn't seem to be very good, going to be a frustrating time from midnight till 0200 trying to watch the Arsenal without it buffering.

On our drive to our next birding location, spotted this bird of pray in the sky. Guide quickly pulled over. Most excited I had seen him. Apparently a Bonelli's Eagle is not a very common raptor in Thailand. #birdofprey #birdoftheday #bonellisEagle #eagle

My Gooner friends! Is it true that Spurs are changing their logo from a chicken on a basketball to Fish & Chips because they get BATTERED every where they go?

The theme is birds with berries in their beaks. Asian Fairy-Bluebird. Not the greatest or sharpest photo. Was hard to get a decent one but at least I can participate in today's challenge. #BirdOfTheDay #BerriesandBeaks

Did a little viewing of Chelsea last night. Here are a few potential vulnerabilities Arsenal could attack on Sunday. 🧵

This is a great read and makes it sound so easy/obvious how to win this game. But as always, football winds up being about execution. I think Eze can develop into our “big game difference maker” because he’s excellent in high leverage moments & tends to get his final ball righ

Indochinese Roller. Another #lifer here in Thailand. Have made our way on a 5 hour drive journey to another location. Total for the trip so far is 241, 84 lifers. #BirdOfTheDay

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme (set by @robcrank68.bsky.social) is #Gannets - here's some seen at RSPB Bempton Cliffs Nature Reserve, East Riding of Yorkshire. Only been there once (a long long way from home), but it is such a fabulous place to watch from. (16.09.25) #birds #ukwildlife

Rob's #BirdOfTheDay theme today is Gannets. Of you ever find yours in Western cape, go & visit Lambert's Bay, where there is a Cape Colony that breeds there every year. They have a hide really closes to thousands of Gannets. Closest I have ever been to a Gannet Colony. #gannets #birds

Yellow Breasted Buntings(non breeding plumage) in Flight. I set the shutter speed to 2000, iso at 1000. Engaged the full frame autofocus to try capture as many birds as possible. Pretty happy with the results. their population is being decimated as it's a delicacy in China. #BirdOfTheDay #bird

Alan's #BirdOfTheDay theme is birds bathing in the #morninglight. This is what was taken at first light this morning in Doi Lang Upper Elevation in Northern Thailand. Spectacled Batwings. #lifer Loving my birding holiday before the wife joins for our holiday in Vietnam. #bird

Good morning/ afternoon/ evening. Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #MorningLight a bird bathed in morning sunlight. The alternative is #strength birds showing their power. Good luck. #birds #photography #EastCoastKin

Another photo of the Cooks's Swift. A bird native to South East Asia. I honestly can't believe how well the photo has come out. I've probably wasted thousands of photos trying to get a swift in flight. #TheBirdOfTheDay #BirdOfTheDay #swift #THAILAND #asia

Honestly it is not often that I feel I get a half decent photo of a swift in flight. But I'm happy with how this Cook's Swift came out. No editing, so obviously I could sharpen it up a lot. Seen today in Northern Thailand. #BirdOfTheDay #cooksswift #thailand #swift