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Morning. A very quick Friday blog for you before I try and play golf. It’s been a while, so watch out if you’re anywhere in Wicklow today. Having expressed some concerns in yesterday’s blog, I guess it’s fair to make the point that in football, change is rarely radical. The two players that Arsenal signed […]

Welcome to another episode of the Arsecast – the Arsenal podcast. In this episode I’m joined by Tom Canton from The Gooner Talk to discuss Arsenal’s defeat to Villarreal on Wednesday evening. We talk about finding the balance between the fact ‘It’s only pre-season’ and some worrying aspects of the Gunners’ performance – including defensive […]

Morning. Pre-season continued with a 3-2 defeat to Villarreal at the Emirates last night. As we have done throughout the summer, today’s blog has some observations rather than a granular look at the 90 minutes. Defensive worries Yes, it’s ‘only’ pre-season, but throughout we’ve looked a bit wobbly at the back. In Hong Kong it […]

Morning. There’s Arsenal action this evening as we take on Villarreal at the Emirates. After the testing conditions in Singapore and Hong Kong, the forecast for London is a lot more conducive to some higher energy football. It’s gonna be a very pleasant 22C at 6pm when the game kicks off, humidity a mere 35% […]

Morning. I just woke from a dream that I had the job of Sporting Director at Arsenal, and they sent me to conclude a very important transfer … by hot air balloon. Of course, I had no idea how to steer one of those things, so ended up landing on Jersey. As a punishment, Arsenal […]

Welcome to another Arsecast Extra, the Arsenal podcast, with myself and James from @gunnerblog. In this episode James reflects on the tour having arrived back in England, and we then talk about Viktor Gyokeres and how his signing will impact Arsenal’s style of play for the season ahead. There’s also discussion of Noni Madueke as […]

Welcome to Monday. Arsenal are back on familiar ground and will get down to the final two weeks (just under) of preparation for the new season. There are games this week against Villarreal and Athletic Bilbao, and these ones will be a bit more instructive in terms of performance than the ones in Singapore and […]

Sunday. Day of rest. Unless you have a blog or you’re a priest. It’s a bit ironic really. The lord said on the seventh day ‘Chill out folks’, but his messengers on earth have to put their gowns on and perform on stage. I do not have to wear a gown to do a blog. […]

Happy Saturday. It’s likely to be a pretty quiet weekend on the Arsenal front with the tour over, and players/staff taking a couple of days to settle back in at home, reconnect with their families etc. Kai Havertz’s dogs must be delighted. Monday is the day when it all kicks off again, and perhaps from […]

Welcome to another episode of the Arsecast – the Arsenal podcast. In this episode I’m joined by Phil Costa to discuss Arsenal’s final pre-season tour game in Hong Kong and some of the conversations around it. Is it worrying that too much felt familiar, or are there mitigating circumstances? We chat about the game itself, […]