Hello and how are you? The 5th of May 2026 sees the Mighty Cannon back in action in the Champions League for part two of our match up with Atlético Madrid. KO 8.00pm at ours, Western Euro-time.
What will we see? A replay of the superb first half performance against Fulham or another handbrake conservative, anxiety inducing plod along? If only we had played all season like we did versus Fulham?
Anyway, it’s an exciting game, and it would be great to get to the final, hopefully after the Blue Monsters semi-slip-up, and the Fulham game the lads and the home fans will be up for this one?
Arsenal have only Merino and Timber! AWOL.ATM have Barrios and Gonzalez out and not about, but doubtful apparently, are Alvarez, Gimenez, Sorloth, Simeone, which means they will all be playing later.
The statto dweebs sifted through a pile of figures and handed me a note that said FK U! Then gave me another one with the reckoning: Arsenal FC 58.8% chance of winning, and ATM with a 17.4%.
Next up a trip over to the Iron works with our old chums West Ham, at theirs. SO COYG!
Mills
Well City’s result last night has put a skip in everyone’s step and a win tonight will give us a hop before we jump into our last 3 era defining games.
Pedantic George.
Positively Arsenal 
Everything said in those very good previews lads,
Tonights opposition’s stats are quite perverse as we said last week.
They are top in the competition n duels, tackles, and interceptions and have scored the most goals from set pieces. They also have the most goals scored on the counter so we will have to be careful there.
Ironically their record conceding shots and goals from set pieces is really poor.
They have also got a really poor record away from home as we found out earlier in the competition.
I can’t see them not turning up tonight and it should be really tight.
In this competition when we’re on our game we are fantastic and with nearly everyone available their is no reason why we can’t fly tonight.
Big atmosphere, big performance COYG.
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Raya, White, Saliba, Gabriel, Calafiori, Lewis-Skelly, Rice, Eze, Saka, Gyokeres, Trossard
Subs: Kepa, Setford, Mosquera, Hincapie, Odegaard, Jesus, Martinelli, Norgaard, Madueke, Havertz, Zubimendi, Dowman
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Porto confirmed that they have exercised their option to sign Jakub Kiwior permanently from Arsenal on a contract until 2030, fee under £20m
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COYG!!!!!
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the nerve shredder
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washing machine guts
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Budapest here we fkn come!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! COYG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Arsenal make it to their 6th European final, we have won 2 of the 5 so far, so lets make it 3 from 6 and really make that one big last step
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win our next 4 games and we win the EPL and CL double. One game a week means there should be ample rest time too.
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Berta had a row with Simeone at the final whistle.
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Lewis-Skelly in midfield was immense once again tonight, same as v Fulham at the weekend, who knew(rhetorical question)
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Gyokeres didn’t score tonight but that was probably his best game for Arsenal, and was easily man of the match.
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I kind of expected a bit more from ATM, I thought after HT they would come for us like they did in Madrid. Once Griezman and Alvarez came off it felt like a worng move, even if they hadnt done that much.
Miles had a pretty good game, big Vik too.
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i feel wired but knackered after that, I wasnt sure when Arteta made the first subs, but Martin did ok, I thought Hincapié also did well when he came on later.
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if Myles stays in the team for the rest of the season and we win the double he just might make it to the World Cup with England.
By the way I heard a rumor(can’t vouch for its reliability) that Myles wasn’t getting game time due to a family problem(health issue of family member) that meant he was not in right frame of mind to play, and that this problem has had a good outcome recently and that is why he is now back in the team. Might be a whole load of tosh, but if its true then it might explain a lot.
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absolutely vital we beat West Ham at the weekend, we have to keep the fell good factor going and take a massive step to winning the league.
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Declan Rice won the official man of the match award
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Arsenal unbeaten in their 14 UCL games this season, need to extend that to 15.
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Arsenal have only conceded 6 goals in the UCL this season.
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Wenger on tonight’s game
https://x.com/i/status/2051778037461467173
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Arsenal with the win tonight to reach the UEFA Champions League final brought their prize money in this seasons competition to €143.5m.
If Arsenal win the final it will bring in an additional €6.5m, so the Gunners would earn a record €150m for this seasons competition by winning the final
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Henry on the game and on Saka and Gyokeres
https://x.com/i/status/2051782670581916051
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It was great to see Gyorkares finally get recognition for all his hard work this season and the realisation that the squad had not been finding him earlier in the season when his performances were deemed poor. He was immense last night and his run in the second half when he chased a headed clearance from our own box all the way back to their keeper was unbelievable considering how late in the game it was and the effort he had already put in. It was a one man press.
Myles was excellent as well and the difference between the side since he has come in is night and day. It is amazing how simply playing the ball forward and quickly scares the opposition more than playing it sideways and backwards and using the horseshoe of death.
Not only is it better in progression going forward but it stops us going backwards and either getting into trouble or ending up having to kick it long and losing possession.
I know it was Declan and little B who got the plaudits as usual but it was those two and Leo who made the most difference.
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Bayern feel well aggrieved!
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ARSENAL ladies drew 1-1 with Brighton meaning city win the league.
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Man City Women win the Womens Super League title as Arsenal drew 1-1 away to Brighton Women tonight and can not catch Man City.
Arsenal in third are 4 points behind Chelsea women but have 2 games in hand,
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Simione has got a fucking cheek complaining about a possible penalty when you consider the one we were given and then wrongly denied and another turned down out there and two turned down at home.
Over the two legs they were really lucky with decisions.
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PSG v Arsenal in the CL final it is
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reports that Arsenal are to offer Katie McCabe a new contract, they are leaving it late but better late than never.
man city women seem set to lose their star striker Khadija Shaw for free this summer, possibly to Chelsea women, she is in dispute with city over the length of contract they are offering
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on the topic of the Arsenal Womens team, it has been long reported that they will sign Ona Batlle from Barcelona and Georgia Stanway from Bayern Munich on free transfers this summer, and now reports in germany suggest another free signing will be the current top scorer in the German Womens league Selina Cerci from Hoffenheim
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Timber and Merino both still out for this weekends game v West Ham, but Merino has posted photos of him out training on grass again and Arteta has not ruled either Timber or Merino out of playing again this season.
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