I often find myself battling between embracing narratives and trusting what my eyes & the data tell me. My eyes & the data tell me we should have won today & just didn’t finish chances. But the narrative that “a champion finds a way to win & go 9pts clear today” feels true too

Mikel has a huge squad of talented players. But I continue to wonder if it’s left him unsure of what players & combinations are going to reliably produce the performance he needs. I probable lean too heavily on the idea that the best teams have a “best XI” but I think we need to know ours

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Just a really really disappointing end to a day that should've had us in absolute party-mode. Live IR with me @clivepafc.bsky.social and @poznaninmypants.bsky.social coming in 5 Join us to try to make sense of it link below 👇 www.patreon.com/posts/livest...

A half where we obviously should be ahead but also plenty of discouraging performances. Need to improve second half. Which, frankly, is an all-too-common refrain this season. But thankfully we usually do.

Come on Arsenal!

When the hate watches are this good you can’t ruin it Arsenal

Oh shit!

A cause close to home

@twincitiesgooners.bsky.social are running donor-match fundraising effort for community orgs. We are matching donation totals up to $490.49 through Jan 31, then distributing to those offering protection, advocacy, and support to those at risk. tinyurl.com/TwinCitiesGo... Every contribution helps!

This week’s column looks at some questions / thoughts about the attack for the second half of the season 🔴More end product from Saka ⚪️The three number 9s and getting more from Gyokeres 🔴Sacrificing some control for chaos? 👇🏻 arseblog.com/2026/01/ekin...

Really good stuff in here. Well worth your time.

Another interesting pod and masterclass by @clivepafc.bsky.social again!

🚨NEW!🚨 Ep 966 - Arsenal Win at the Bridge but Margin Should've Been Bigger me & @clivepafc.bsky.social @tim-stillman.bsky.social 🔴Early goal, low quality first half 🔴What worked & what didn’t (midfield) 🔴Arsenal regrets at both ends in 2nd half 🔴Gyokeres, Saliba, Zubi, & more LINKS BELOW 👇

The data pod was great @giantgooner.bsky.social @arsenalvisionpodcast.com - especially this animation of Gyokores’ radar pre & post injury

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live with me and @clivepafc.bsky.social now!

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GYOKERES GOLAZO!

Come on Arsenal!

No questioning how important Mikel regards this game with that lineup

My new long-read is out. Something for everybody: "the next five actions," the hidden layers of football athleticism, what happened against Liverpool, the new midfield geometry, box arrivals, promising Eze undercurrents, fresh defensive tweaks, and the Return of the Kai.

90 minutes of data about our season. Versus the league. Versus ourselves And especially…. Individual player data Finally we’ve done a pod that will appeal to everyone 😂

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This will be out in the next 2 hours

🤣🤣🤣 🎶🎶 The Arsenal boys, are on a bender Thomas Frank is a Silver Member 🎶🎶

we'll have our LONG (too long) and DETAILED (too detailed) Midseason Data Review pod with @giantgooner.bsky.social out later tonight on Patreon. Video and audio versions.

Little known football technicality: if you buy all the midfielders who can’t pass, eventually you just get awarded wins.

Rematch of the worst FA cup semifinal ever played. (But a fun day out with @timothydclark.bsky.social )

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@poznaninmypants.bsky.social is it Bayesian to say that “I think there is a 100% probability that @arsenalvisionpodcast.com enjoyed both the Arsenal win and the Man Utd loss today?” Or is that inverted Bayesian? podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...

The Arsenal boys, we’re on a bender, Thomas Frank is a silver member

The absolute minimum

United’s season comes to an end

WELBZZZZZ

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Welcome back Kai!

Such good quick thinking from MLS and great Jesus cross. Wish we’d do more quick restarts tbh.

Noni is unstoppable except by Noni. And he’s very good at stopping himself.

As scrappy and careless a half as you'll ever see from Arsenal, but this game should be done and dusted. Martinelli's missed chance and Madueke's crap penalty moments we had to do better with. Suspect there'll be some players getting quite an earful from Mikel Arteta at the break.

Want to learn more about Arsenal's latest hire? 👀

The Villa fans: "Tom Frank is an Arsenal fan."

That’s such an embarrassing goal for spurs to concede. 8 players back against 3 villa attackers. They’re so bad.

Well that’s a bullet barely dodged 😂

Oh no….

Don’t worry I’ll still find a way to complain about us not rotating enough tomorrow 😂

Losing a penalty shootout 3-0 is wild

What an incredible result

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