Dan Critchlow
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Senior writer for Daily Cannon. Everything Arsenal, from the youth teams to the senior side.
Also Gyokeres on for Merino
December 6, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Also Gyokeres on for Merino
Also the Merino pendulum has swung back to ineffective again (no hate to him, this is still not his position), we need our strikers back properly man.
December 6, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Also the Merino pendulum has swung back to ineffective again (no hate to him, this is still not his position), we need our strikers back properly man.
Eze please change your boots, I can’t watch another half of you trying to turn and slipping every time.
December 6, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Eze please change your boots, I can’t watch another half of you trying to turn and slipping every time.
First time I’ve been in the upper tier at Villa Park. Decent angle for any goalline decisions.
December 6, 2025 at 12:13 PM
First time I’ve been in the upper tier at Villa Park. Decent angle for any goalline decisions.
Not surprised with that back four given Saliba’s absence, wasn’t much else we could do. Nice that Salmon gets a call-up, worrying that we need to give him one.
Great to have Trossard back, but with his injury and Martinelli only recently back Eze makes sense.
Great to have Trossard back, but with his injury and Martinelli only recently back Eze makes sense.
December 6, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Not surprised with that back four given Saliba’s absence, wasn’t much else we could do. Nice that Salmon gets a call-up, worrying that we need to give him one.
Great to have Trossard back, but with his injury and Martinelli only recently back Eze makes sense.
Great to have Trossard back, but with his injury and Martinelli only recently back Eze makes sense.
One of many great things about Declan Rice is that I can use “club-record signing” proudly, rather than solely as implied criticism.
December 4, 2025 at 11:16 AM
One of many great things about Declan Rice is that I can use “club-record signing” proudly, rather than solely as implied criticism.
Cheer up Chelsea fans, at least you won your cup final 1-1. We’ll do our best to help you chase down Aston Villa this weekend.
December 3, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Cheer up Chelsea fans, at least you won your cup final 1-1. We’ll do our best to help you chase down Aston Villa this weekend.
What’s the record for the quickest a promoted team has ever avoided relegation, and are Sunderland on track to break it? It feels like it.
December 3, 2025 at 9:42 PM
What’s the record for the quickest a promoted team has ever avoided relegation, and are Sunderland on track to break it? It feels like it.
9erino, genuinely, what would we have done without you this year?
December 3, 2025 at 9:26 PM
9erino, genuinely, what would we have done without you this year?
Concerning that Mosquera couldn’t even make it the three minutes to half time. Getting harder and harder to give our available defenders rest if they all keep getting injured.
At least for this game I have more than enough faith in Timber to perform.
At least for this game I have more than enough faith in Timber to perform.
December 3, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Concerning that Mosquera couldn’t even make it the three minutes to half time. Getting harder and harder to give our available defenders rest if they all keep getting injured.
At least for this game I have more than enough faith in Timber to perform.
At least for this game I have more than enough faith in Timber to perform.
There goes Timber’s rare chance to rest. Damn. Need Saliba back asap.
December 3, 2025 at 8:12 PM
There goes Timber’s rare chance to rest. Damn. Need Saliba back asap.
Merino! Love that link up from Noni and White in the build up, and the fact they celebrated together.
December 3, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Merino! Love that link up from Noni and White in the build up, and the fact they celebrated together.
Inevitable that Saka and Timber would need rests sooner or later, hope White and Madueke can step up to the task.
Great to have Ødegaard back starting, shame the strikers are presumably still not fit to do the same.
Great to have Ødegaard back starting, shame the strikers are presumably still not fit to do the same.
December 3, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Inevitable that Saka and Timber would need rests sooner or later, hope White and Madueke can step up to the task.
Great to have Ødegaard back starting, shame the strikers are presumably still not fit to do the same.
Great to have Ødegaard back starting, shame the strikers are presumably still not fit to do the same.
Hope Saliba is back immediately, but if Mosquera gets a spell in the team he needs to be more positive.
He was almost never playing forward, to the extent that when Ødegaard came on he was just laying it off to Ødegaard and letting him play his role in possession instead.
He was almost never playing forward, to the extent that when Ødegaard came on he was just laying it off to Ødegaard and letting him play his role in possession instead.
November 30, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Hope Saliba is back immediately, but if Mosquera gets a spell in the team he needs to be more positive.
He was almost never playing forward, to the extent that when Ødegaard came on he was just laying it off to Ødegaard and letting him play his role in possession instead.
He was almost never playing forward, to the extent that when Ødegaard came on he was just laying it off to Ødegaard and letting him play his role in possession instead.
Really bad performance. Hamstrung ourselves with the early yellows for the likes of Zubimendi and Calafiori, who we really needed on the pitch but couldn’t risk keeping on.
Hardly anyone wanted the ball against 10 men, they all should’ve been begging for it.
Hardly anyone wanted the ball against 10 men, they all should’ve been begging for it.
November 30, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Really bad performance. Hamstrung ourselves with the early yellows for the likes of Zubimendi and Calafiori, who we really needed on the pitch but couldn’t risk keeping on.
Hardly anyone wanted the ball against 10 men, they all should’ve been begging for it.
Hardly anyone wanted the ball against 10 men, they all should’ve been begging for it.
Lewis-Skelly is on for Calafiori
November 30, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Lewis-Skelly is on for Calafiori
Nothing about Stamford Bridge is loud except the away end and the speaker system blasting music at us.
November 30, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Nothing about Stamford Bridge is loud except the away end and the speaker system blasting music at us.
Prepare for 50 minutes of Anthony Taylor desperately trying to even it out by sending an Arsenal player off.
November 30, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Prepare for 50 minutes of Anthony Taylor desperately trying to even it out by sending an Arsenal player off.
Caicedo spent all week listening to his own hype and buying it. Shouldn’t have.
November 30, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Caicedo spent all week listening to his own hype and buying it. Shouldn’t have.
My second game here.
November 30, 2025 at 4:23 PM
My second game here.
2 points after 13 games is wild. Obviously you’d expect them to have a good spell at some point but Wolves are on track for a 6-point season.
November 30, 2025 at 4:07 PM
2 points after 13 games is wild. Obviously you’d expect them to have a good spell at some point but Wolves are on track for a 6-point season.
I was not expecting to be without Saliba, that sucks.
Other than that the team you’d expect, and obviously great to have Martinelli starting and Ødegaard, Madueke, Gyokeres, and Jesus on the bench, a lot stronger sub options than we had pre-break.
Other than that the team you’d expect, and obviously great to have Martinelli starting and Ødegaard, Madueke, Gyokeres, and Jesus on the bench, a lot stronger sub options than we had pre-break.
November 30, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I was not expecting to be without Saliba, that sucks.
Other than that the team you’d expect, and obviously great to have Martinelli starting and Ødegaard, Madueke, Gyokeres, and Jesus on the bench, a lot stronger sub options than we had pre-break.
Other than that the team you’d expect, and obviously great to have Martinelli starting and Ødegaard, Madueke, Gyokeres, and Jesus on the bench, a lot stronger sub options than we had pre-break.
When we have a fast break opportunity and one of our midfielders picks up the ball, there’s no one I’d rather see ahead of them than Martinelli.
Seeing him about to make a run in behind into space feels like someone stepping up to the penalty spot.
Seeing him about to make a run in behind into space feels like someone stepping up to the penalty spot.
November 27, 2025 at 2:26 PM
When we have a fast break opportunity and one of our midfielders picks up the ball, there’s no one I’d rather see ahead of them than Martinelli.
Seeing him about to make a run in behind into space feels like someone stepping up to the penalty spot.
Seeing him about to make a run in behind into space feels like someone stepping up to the penalty spot.