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Well @jonmackenzie.bsky.social talking about the old gods being dead while the new ones struggle to be born in the context of Arsenal’s set piece strategy is extremely my shit

You might have seen Jon got caught up in A Discourse over on the other site, after daring to suggest that the rise of set pieces as the primary method of attack for some of football's best teams might not be great for the game. Naturally, we got him on with our set piece nerd to talk about it 👇

Just gonna repost this. Yknow. For reasons.

"I thought, well, what two things are most important to me? And it's my family and this ground I walk on here in the great state of Maine. So, to honour that, I got the words BLOOD and SOI..." "Graham, no!"

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The metaphor at the end of this piece is perfect for how it feels to watch Arsenal right now. Easy to complain about it not being very fun to watch Arsenal atm, but every dull set piece win is another step towards the goal of a title. It might not be pretty, but if we get there, we won't care

💥WE'RE BACK 💥 #133: Taking Stock (feat. NSftbl) 🎙: @towells.bsky.social @watman.bsky.social & Nick (@nsftbl on twitter) 🔴 We're top of the league! ⚪️ Is the handbrake off? 🔵 A changing midfield 🟡 Odegaard's injuries: are we worried? Listen 👇 pod.fo/e/33e00d

Also very funny that they had a whole international break to fire him and implement a new manager and instead they thought “I’ll give him one more chance against Chelsea”

I love everything about Redstory and if you follow me you probably will too

A tale of two managers, two Brazilians, one colosseum, and one sound: hahahahahaha

A story about Gabriel Martinelli, and Pep Guardiola the coward

uhhh is it too late to un-give up on Martinelli?

I won’t have any complaints about the creativity in the second half btw, City quite literally played 7 or 8 behind the ball all half.

This is what @eulenberg.bsky.social watches instead of football these days and you know what? Fair enough

Japan has a wrestling camp for kids where at the end they have a show match in front of their parents to show off what they learned. Thought you'd enjoy this.

There's a point in this pod where it is very funny that it was recorded before Bilbao and released after. I'll let you guess the topic

💥TAKING STOCK💥 #182: Trading Takes 🎙: @alexcollings.bsky.social @eulenberg.bsky.social 🔴 Liverpool & Forest reviews ⚪️ Zubi the Superstar 🟡 Hot takes on Rice 🔵 Standout performers so far Listen here 👇 pod.fo/e/32c31f

Its a funny game

Evergreen Arsenal post:

It is mental to me that Trossard came on for Gyokeres rather than bringing on Nwaneri & pushing Merino to 9

this is, hands down, the best video I've seen on men's influencer content and it's not close either

Shot, chaser Young men more likely to vote Green than Reform. Young men second most progressive group of any demographic. Combined right-wing vote barely bigger than Green vote alone for young men

I was not one of the people really hammering on Trossard & Martinelli last season but the difference in on-ball quality between them and Noni & Eze is fucking mental

"I spent decades saying, ‘Come on, it’s got to be more complex than this.’ But I think it’s not. I think that almost everything can be explained by this deep hatred that the majority of white Americans have for black Americans. It’s the only thing that makes sense.” inews.co.uk/culture/book...

Question to Zach Polanski at the leadership announcement: "Q: How can you take on Nigel Farage when your policy on immigration is so different?" Everything wrong with British politics and media summed up so succinctly in a single absolutely unhinged question.

🎯 (So glad Tom's back writing stuff, subscribe to REDSTORY its great)

Why didn't you just try to win, Arne?

Martín Zubimendi by the way, fantastic player

💥 2 WEEKS, 2 UNITEDS, 2 WINS 💥 #131: A Change In Intent 🎙️: @setpiecesicko.bsky.social @alexcollings.bsky.social @watman.bsky.social 🔴 Making Sense of a New Style ⚪️ A Tale of Two Nineties 🔵 Flowers for Zubi 🟡 Looking To Anfield Listen now 👇 pod.fo/e/320c27

It has been a pretty unprecedented summer at Arsenal, the club has spent €216m net right now, the previous summers were €25m net, €165m net, €107m net, €134m net, €65m net, €99m net That’s over 30% more than the next highest under Arteta and the highest in club history.

Most successful long passes this weekend: 41 Man Utd 29 Fulham 29 Liverpool 28 Brighton 22 PL Average #MUNARS

▫️ It's time to talk about Max Dowman ▫️ Why Richard Kone is a bargain buy ▫️ Don't be dumb about Brennan Johnson Three headlines from Tom Curren, Llew Davies and Jake Entwistle in a brand-new format for The Shortlist, our weekly free-to-read newsletter on all things youth football.

We are SO back

💥 SEASON STARTS NOW 💥 #130: 2025/26 Men's Season Preview 🎙️: @towells.bsky.social @setpiecesicko.bsky.social @eulenberg.bsky.social @watman.bsky.social 🔴Pot Shot Announcements ⚪️Over/Unders Return 🔵Hot Takes 🟡Will this be The Year? Listen now 👇 pod.fo/e/310db5

it doesn’t say that trans people must be blanket banned from single sex spaces, you have to ignore everything the law actually says on single sex spaces and gender reassignment to believe that, and yet the Supreme Court were just like ‘oh no yeah that’s totally what it says’

💥 TRANSFER REVIEW TIME 💥 #129: Transfer Talky-Talk (ft. NSftbl) 🎙: @alexcollings.bsky.social @setpiecesicko.bsky.social & Nick (@nsftbl on Twitter) 🔴Window Reflections ⚪️Tactical Thoughts and Fears 🔵Is This Enough? 🟡Rating Berta’s Beginning Listen here 👇 pod.fo/e/30b9c6

Why did nobody tell me about the ladder in Jerusalem thats been in the same place since at least 1728 because moving it would require permission from 6 different Christian denominations en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immovab...

💥NEW CB💥 Snapshots: Cristhian Mosquera (feat. Rimedi) 🎙: @towells.bsky.social & Rimedi (@r1medi on twitter) 🔴 A front-footed defender ⚪️ Great ground dueller & wide defender 🔵 Work to do in the air & box defending 🟡 What's his ceiling? Listen here 👇 pod.fo/e/308833

Violent or destructive left wing protest is framed as delegitimising the protesters' stated cause. Violent or destructive right wing protest is framed as emphasing the need for urgent action on the protesters' stated cause. As always, right wing men are treated as elemental forces without agency.

Europe, we need to have a talk. Keep letting England win stuff. Cheers 🫡

Chloe Kelly smiles as she eats pressure for breakfast.

Gyokeres! Strikers! Arsenal signed another guy! Listen to the podcast about it!

💥STRIKER SIGNED💥 Snapshot: Viktor Gyökeres (feat. João Miguel) 🎙: @watmanAFC @JoaoMiguel063 🔴 Goals, goals, goals 🔵 A ferocious mentality ⚪️ Tireless running 🟡 But will it translate to the PL? Listen here 👇 pod.fo/e/303022

the UK’s Internet age verification law has led to the effective censorship of all LGBT content on Reddit what a shocking and unexpected turn of events!

“banning pornography” is bad on its own but it is imperative that everyone understand that these people consider the very existence of queer people to be pornographic they consider the most chaste depiction of a queer relationship, or an openly trans person, to be porn and they want it banned

@alexcollings.bsky.social forgot how long a snapshot was meant to be, so you get a wonderful hour-long deep dive into Noni Madueke to tuck into on a Friday evening. Enjoy!