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Dan Critchlow
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Senior writer for Daily Cannon. Everything Arsenal, from the youth teams to the senior side.
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Dan Critchlow @afcdw.bsky.social · 55m
No real surprise Max Dowman hasn't been named in the England u17 squad for the World Cup, given his recent u19 promotion.

Jack Porter is in the squad though, with the tournament to take place between November 3rd and 27th. England face Venezuela, Haiti, & Egypt in the group #AFC
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Dan Critchlow @afcdw.bsky.social · 2d
Saka was fantastic, even when we had bad spells in the game.

Will never forget the absolute losers trying to tell us his career was over after his injury. Frothing at the mouth hoping he wouldn’t bounce back like he has.
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Dan Critchlow @afcdw.bsky.social · 2d
Big result given recent history here. Deserved win despite plenty of sloppiness at times. Set piece again, and that’s fine with me.
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Dan Critchlow @afcdw.bsky.social · 2d
What a waste of time, man.
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Dan Critchlow @afcdw.bsky.social · 2d
Shame, what a finish.
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Dan Critchlow @afcdw.bsky.social · 2d
Gotta love these old grounds where home and away fans are mixing in the concourse and this isn’t considered a restricted view seat.
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Dan Critchlow @afcdw.bsky.social · 2d
Yep, works for me. Don’t think we needed many changes from the team we had out when Ødegaard went off vs West Ham, it was working.
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Dan Critchlow @afcdw.bsky.social · 19d
Ødegaard was so good. Suddenly looks like himself again, funny that he’s had these injury setbacks in the last few weeks yet looks as good as ever.
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Dan Critchlow @afcdw.bsky.social · 19d
Saka LW session and a goal ✅
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Dan Critchlow @afcdw.bsky.social · 19d
I feel like we played a lot of slick football in that half, particularly at the start, but a lot of the moves ended with a sloppy pass or the wrong decision.

Conceded too many chances for the dominance of possession too. Happy enough, but we can still step it up again.
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Dan Critchlow @afcdw.bsky.social · 19d
Great stuff from Gyokeres, really unlucky not to get the goal. Well followed up by Martinelli!
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Dan Critchlow @afcdw.bsky.social · 19d
Whole stadium joins in for a period of applause for Billy Vigar, including the Olympiacos fans ❤️
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Dan Critchlow @afcdw.bsky.social · 19d
Ødegaard back starting is great, assume it’s Martinelli on the right to take some pressure off Saka recently back from injury.

Seems Dowman is in the squad too despite not being on this graphic. He was on the pre-match walk, so makes sense.
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Dan Critchlow @afcdw.bsky.social · 22d
Can’t see why anyone would complain about how Merino was used today.

Came on for a defender to provide an extra body in forward areas to attack crosses, with Newcastle sitting deep. That’s a very attacking change.
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Dan Critchlow @afcdw.bsky.social · 22d
Oh, that reaction shot of Eddie Howe fuming at our late winner is something I absolutely needed in my life.
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Dan Critchlow @afcdw.bsky.social · 22d
Very happy for the Arsenal fans who made the long trip through train cancellations and delays that they’re going home on a high. They deserve it.
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Dan Critchlow @afcdw.bsky.social · 22d
Gabriel absolutely rubbing salt in the wound with the way he celebrated was beautiful.
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Dan Critchlow @afcdw.bsky.social · 22d
Started well. Bad, bad football match from 34 minutes onwards. Fantastic three points.
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Dan Critchlow @afcdw.bsky.social · 22d
VAR checked the handball and decided we were better off with Gabriel attacking a corner.
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Dan Critchlow @afcdw.bsky.social · 22d
Why did Sky just very obviously turn down the volume on the Arsenal fans?
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Dan Critchlow @afcdw.bsky.social · 22d
Fair play, Merino. Very good header.
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Dan Critchlow @afcdw.bsky.social · 22d
Does… Osula think that when Raya places the ball down for a goal kick he’s then allowed to enter the area?
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Dan Critchlow @afcdw.bsky.social · 22d
I don’t look forward to our games at this stadium at all. Not because I’m worried we’ll lose, I’m worried when we play at the Etihad or Anfield but I still look forward to it.

But with this fixture, my valid concern is that after the game I will not be talking about football.
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Dan Critchlow @afcdw.bsky.social · 22d
Same incident twice within seconds. First time Saka on Gordon, foul. Second time Tonali on Saka, no foul. No reason for the disparity.
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Dan Critchlow @afcdw.bsky.social · 22d
Why didn’t we have Gillett looking at 20 replays to make the decision again this time?
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