Podcast: As Arsenal defeat Manchester United at Old Trafford for the 1st time in 14 years, for most football fans it doesn’t matter how many shots Arsenal made on United’s goal. All that matters was the win. Yours truly Shotta and Blackburn George, @Arseblagger, conclude Arteta-Ball was the winner.
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Positively Arsenal 
I had a chat with a fan of another club a few days ago and he made a good point re Arteta, he said Mikel was a very lucky manager cos he is liked by the media. That from day one of his appointment the media have been on his side, the narrative has been that every thing good that happens at Arsenal is due to Arteta, and anything bad that happens has nothing what so ever to do with Arteta, but Emery, or Wenger, or Raul or Gazidis, or Ozil, in fact anyone but Arteta. The narrative surrounding Arteta is all on his side. None of his decisions are questioned, in fact regardless of the outcome he is lauded for being big enough to make hard calls. He can spout any old shit in his pressers and he will not be asked awkward or difficult questions. He is a polished PR man and knows what waffle the journos will lap up and he serves it to them. He knows he only has to say the same few soundbites week in week out and the media will lap it up, you know the ones, non negotiables, football reasons, progress being made, etc etc.
I’ve a mate who always says – Give me a lucky manager over a good manager any day of the week. – Well Arteta for me is a lucky manager, of course he could turn out to be a good manager too, and if so then we will have really lucked out.
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Harry Clarke scored his first league goal tonight for Oldham v Cheltenham, an 85th minute winner in their 2-1 win
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The analogy with Mourinho has long been on my mind.
the KKK now “running” the club don’t just groom player-slaves like yer Willian’s etc. they also groom managers, if they can corner them when young enough and still not established.
People wrote novels about the off field horrors at Derby County. Made movies about this stuff. Yet apparently we are not allowed to talk about it when it’s happening to the Arsenal? If that’s what some are saying then I have a simple answer!
The hope was Edu would act as some sort of filter buffer and that this would result in signings like Gabriel & Martinelli. But if the scouts who were recommending these good signings of late have all been sacked then what he fuck is going on at this club?
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Have the Arsenal become the Brazilian super agents nursery as Wolves have become the Portugeezah’s nursery?
Is this the great evolution the wob idiots were barking for this past decade? To turn their club into an super agents’ stable? Shaktar Finsbury Park? Sporting Highbury?
What a bunch of fools!
Not only do they know fuck all about the football (“Ramsey and Ozil can’t play together” is an embarrassing epitaph).
They helped give away their club whilst celebrating and then defending the act. You couldn’t make it up.
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Martin Atkinson has been appointed PGMOL Game Manager of Arsenal’s game against Aston Villa on Sunday.
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A little while back I did that thing we used to poke fun at other people for. I watched the youtube compilation of a transfer target. I thought to myself, wow, not seen a player like that since Vieira, could be just what Arsenal need.
Partey’s display at Old Trafforde rather bore out that analysis I thought.
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Dan Critchlow
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17-year-old Arsenal academy striker Khayon Edwards travelled with the u23s for the game against Blackburn Rovers tomorrow.
If he features it will be his u23 debut. He has 3 goals and 2 assists for the u18s already this season, plus the winning goal in Arsenal’s u17 PL Cup match.
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AFC head of coach & player development Marcel Lucassen is resigning from his position at the club citing personal family reasons.
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Arsenal XI vs. Molde: Leno; Maitland-Niles, Mustafi, David Luiz, Kolasinac; Ceballos, Xhaka, Willock; Willian, Nketiah, Pepe.
Arsenal subs: Runarsson, Bellerín, Tierney, Gabriel, Holding, Cedric, Partey, Elneny, Saka, Lacazette, Aubameyang, Macey.
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Really strange line up does he not trust the no. 2 keeper already?
Again where are the youngsters on the bench anyway COYG.
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Hello Steww
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ian it seems Nelson and Smith-Rowe are out injured so that might be why they are not on the bench, Saliba not registered. Pity we could not find room for Balogun as a sub, can’t see why we have five defenders on the bench
some are suggesting that we are playing 5 at the back, with Xhaka as one of 3 CB’s
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the goals are flowing in the other game in our group, Dundalk took an early lead, but Rapid got level on 22 minutes, then Rapid took the lead on 79 only for Dundalk to score a penalty on 82, then Dundalk missed a sitter from a corner, only to let in a goal at a corner on 87 minutes
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rapid just scored to make it 4-2 right on 90 minutes
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i see ten man Benfica came from 3-1 down to Rangers to get a 3-3 draw in the 90th minute.
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Dundalk win another penalty in last minute of stoppage time
4-3
fulltime
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I’m still a Leno and Pepe skeptic….
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Steww, what’s up bro!
Hilarious own goal.
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HT: Arsenal 1-1 Molde
who needs Ozil when we can get the opposition to score for us
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lol @ Eduardo. I do think Willian made a good pass all the same.
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kolasinac misses an open goal
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Great stuff. 59 minutes at home against a Norwegian team, one shot on target.
Makes you proud to be an Arsenal supporter.
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who needs Ozil when you can get the opposition to score for us, 2-1
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og has another 25 minutes to complete his hattrick
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cedric and saka on for AMN and Willian
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Even better.
By the way, the scum had 9 shots on target away from home in Bulgaria.
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Pepe with a great strike from outside the area to make it 3-1, saka with the assist
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Promising intent to play into, through and over the opponents D in the build up to the second goal.
Shame Nelson and ESR are out but it was exciting to see three youth players involved in the build up to the third.
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Elneny on for Ceballos
Tierney on for Xhaka
nketiah has had a goal ruled out for offside for a second time tonight
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willock makes it 4-1, pepe with the assist
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FT: Arsenal 4-1 Molde
OG x 2, Pepe and Willock with our goals in a comeback win. Nketiah had two goals ruled out for offside, one wrongly, and Kolasinac missed a sitter.
We top the group with 9pts from our 3 games.
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Willian.
You’ve got to hope Nelson gets fit soon and gets a run ahead of him.
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afcstuff
@afcstuff
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Arsenal’s next six fixtures:
Aston Villa H
– international break –
Leeds A
Molde A
Wolves H
Rapid Vienna H
Tottenham A
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Better 2nd half. Very mixed bag of performances but pleased to see Willock prominent again.
Still have no idea how likely he is to win place in team or even main 11-16 players but what’s surely true is that if he does reach that level, through performances against better opponents than tonight, it”ll mean we have an exciting player to watch, with a rare and highly useful set of attributes. Brings a welcome element of unpredictability (not the Pepe kind)
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Is it harsh by way to think way Ainsley mishits passes is somehow different to way others do?
Doesn’t look like a typical misjudgement or technique failing in normal way, more like he slips into some sort of bad habit, especially when passing under no pressure, where instead of concentrating on getting pass right he attempts to earn style points of some sort by making it look nonchalant.
Could be unfair, could be that this idea I’ve had for a long time skews perception, but I can’t shake impression it’s different to normal mishit or poorly weighted pass. Three corkers of the genre tonight.
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Joe is definitely playing better and more positively than both Pepe and Willian so there is no reason he can’t get in the matchday 16.
The form of Pepe is worrying as even in these type of games he can’t go past his man something I never seen from a winger.
Leno still worries me as well I just hope he will get better.
Real shame for Eddie last night especially as it wasn’t him who was offside for either of his goals.
Excellent to see Joe, Eddie and Saka all link up for Pepe’s goal and overall a good night.
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I see Joe Willock once again not included in the England U21 squad, I wonder is he eligible for any other country,
Mark McGuinness has been called up to the Republic of Ireland U21 squad after he recent good form for loan club Ipswich
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Arsenal U23 v Blackburn: Hein; Norton-Cuffy, Awe, Olowu, Lopez; Akinola, Cottrell; Cirjan, Smith Rowe; Moller, Balogun.
Subs: Hillson, Laing, Ideho, Edwards, Monlouis.
Stewart Downing on the bench for Blackburn U23s v Arsenal tonight
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I looked at the side before the game and thought it looked pretty strong and was surprised that we hadn’t rotated more. I then had a bit of a moment when I realised how different it was from the side that beat Man Utd on the weekend. Bit by bit a competitive and successful squad is growing. I’ve only been able to listen to the commentary on the Arsenal player for the last two Europa League matches but they have sounded very positive about Willock. I’ve just looked him up and see he has been with Arsenal since he was four! Could he be the homest grown player ever to play for the club? I certainly wouldn’t be expecting him to break into the Premier League team just yet, but there is obviously a bit about him and along with Saka seems the brightest of our younger academy players. I’d be interested to hear from those who have seen him play.
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Arsenal Academy
@ArsenalAcademy
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HALF-TIME: @Rovers
0-1 #AFCU23
@nikolajdmoller
‘s strike sees us lead at the break
🔥
#PL2
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FT. Blackburn 0 Arsenal 6. A good win for the U23’s, their first league win since January. Smith Rowe, Moller with 2 goals, Smith-Rowe got 2 goals as well, Cirjan and an OG with our other goals, and there were also four debuts. Arsenal’s biggest win since the switch to U23 level in 2016.
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the four debuts were Awe who started, and Edwards, Monlouis, and recent signing from Ajax, Ideho
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I think Willock has a better more consistent technique then say Alli, heh, and will go on to be a better footballer injuries permitting. Not sure we’ve seen what we saw from an eighteen year old Ramsey from him, yet, it’s hard to speculate how he’ll develop but it is safe to say he needs a run of starts to kick on. I see glimpses of a bigger talent there.
Niles is a classic example of a player needing a few games close in succession to get their technique right, get their rhythm etc? That’s my impression.
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fins with his lack of game time I can see AMN looking to leave in January,
willock is 21, he will soon need to be getting a lot of game time if he is to develop, not sure he will get enough game time this season here, might need to go on a half season loan. same applies for Nelson too.
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ed- got a feeling Willock brothers could all play for…Montserrat. Probably could have started playing for them at about 14 and kept playing until 40. Not sure if family moved to UK because of volcano eruption but suppose it’s a possibility.
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I love it when really bad losers lose.
Let’s hope Arsenal can continue what has been a good weekend
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James Olayinka scored for Southend today away to Boreham Wood, in extra time to bring the game to penalties, but his side lost 4-3 in the shootout
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FA Cup winner Matt Smith made his FA Cup debut today in Swindon’s defeat at home to Darlington
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Trae Coyle made his FA Cup debut for Gillingham today in their comeback win, they were 2-0 behind at home to Woking but fought back to win, Zech Medley was an unused sub
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Mark McGuinness made his FA Cup debut in Ipsiwch Towns AET 3-2 defeat to Portsmouth
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