it’s mad how misdiagnosed this is. it’s not an issue of a lack of quality; it’s an issue of a surplus of quality. all PL teams are too good, and they are too well coached. it creates tight, cagey games.
good players executing well coached mid blocks and low blocks = find another way = set pieces
Happy St Totteringham’s Day!
Imagine you work your fingers to the bone as a ballboy and some idiot comes along and undoes all your hard work. Fuming.
My analysis of Arsenal’s second half performance yesterday: youtube.com/shorts/gJyie...
At least we could still attack well then.
This season feels ominously like the 2010-11 season - good first half of the season and everything seems to be falling into place having ridden out a storm of injuries…and then everyone falls to pieces.
We’re not winning the league this year I’m afraid. That second half was a disgrace. Totally totally unacceptable and got what we deserved.
That's weird, she just told me that she didn't even race today.
One day there will be a reckoning for how Arsenal Football Club dealt with this case. And I’m afraid that includes the manager
Goodnight sweet prince. We will always have this moment. Gonna have to remind ourselves in years to come that this was a real picture of a Spurs manager.
Protect 3-2 deficit to leave with 4-2 L but the LinkedIn post on growing and man-ageing gonna be lit in the morning.
The commentators trying to convince everyone that Timber’s assist was a scuffed shot. But they’re not fooling me. I know a world class pass when I see one.
STOP THE COUNT
2011 Marouane Chamakh would be a far better striker option for Arsenal than Gyokeres at the moment (and I’m not joking or exaggerating there).
Suits. By @jonathanliew.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
To be fair to Kavanagh, he blew the half-time whistle when we were in a similar situation.
Continued:
Cross Your Mind - Shelly
Temper - Native Collections
Little Bird - Teenage Dads
Big Bad Bubble Boy - Vundabar
Yes - Laura Groves
Dracula - Tame Impala
Dream Machine - Pictureplane
Asking For A Friend - Foo Fighters
Tumbleweed - Twen
Illusion - Cistern
Into Shadows - Melody’s Echo Chamber
Some great music I heard in 2025:
Summer Sweat - Hannah Cohen
Mega Circuit - Japanese Breakfast
Western Pepsi Cola Town - The Convenience
Illegal - PinkPantheress
Dream Estate - Pele Gene
Nothing Lasts Forever - Mamalarky
Thumbtack - Blondshell
Afterlife - Alex G
Grounding - no phase
Trying to get ahead of things...
That Gyokeres run in the 3-on-2 at the end of the first half is the kind of thing that really annoys me. Gotta stay wide and make the centre-back make a decision.
Lewis-Skelly for Calafiori
Alf Dubs is a 92 year old man who spent his life fighting for refugees, and in particular for refugee children. He fought the Tories tooth and nail during their last three terms, only to see Labour adopt far-right policies on immigration.
“But to use children as a weapon ... I’m lost for words.”
Wow 😮 Congratulations!
If Pope gets a touch, surely it’s a corner?
‘Clear and obvious’
Oops, here’s the updated version of this week’s cartoon, minus the duplicated panel (a deliberate mistake to see if you were reading). www.theguardian.com/football/pic...
