@varuasn10.bsky.social
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Thought Ødegaard was outstanding second half.
December 20, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Thought Ødegaard was outstanding second half.
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“Poor first half from Ødegaard”
“Much better second half from Ødegaard”
“Much better second half from Ødegaard”
December 20, 2025 at 10:15 PM
“Poor first half from Ødegaard”
“Much better second half from Ødegaard”
“Much better second half from Ødegaard”
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I would just like to point out the irony of Arsenal finally signing a clinical 9 and now people are getting behind Gabriel Jesus playing more again
December 13, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I would just like to point out the irony of Arsenal finally signing a clinical 9 and now people are getting behind Gabriel Jesus playing more again
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“Why won’t this idiot ever say anything sensible?”
Everytime I hear you on a the AV podcast, the word "sensible" always comes to my mind
October 17, 2025 at 7:25 PM
“Why won’t this idiot ever say anything sensible?”
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This is really good.
After reading the first paragraph I can't help but wonder if the whole fanbase collectively thought this in silence... Because I did.
After reading the first paragraph I can't help but wonder if the whole fanbase collectively thought this in silence... Because I did.
A story of belief, birthdays, and Viktor Gyokeres
If I speak
Don't say it. Not yet
open.substack.com
October 7, 2025 at 5:35 AM
This is really good.
After reading the first paragraph I can't help but wonder if the whole fanbase collectively thought this in silence... Because I did.
After reading the first paragraph I can't help but wonder if the whole fanbase collectively thought this in silence... Because I did.
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Comparison of points versus last season's results in corresponding fixtures. (in brackets are total points if teams match last season's results going forward)
+7 Tottenham (45)
+6 Man City (77)
+5 Arsenal (79)
+1 Liverpool (85)
-1 Chelsea (68)
-4 Man Utd (38)
-5 Newcastle (61)
-8 Aston Villa (58)
+7 Tottenham (45)
+6 Man City (77)
+5 Arsenal (79)
+1 Liverpool (85)
-1 Chelsea (68)
-4 Man Utd (38)
-5 Newcastle (61)
-8 Aston Villa (58)
October 6, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Comparison of points versus last season's results in corresponding fixtures. (in brackets are total points if teams match last season's results going forward)
+7 Tottenham (45)
+6 Man City (77)
+5 Arsenal (79)
+1 Liverpool (85)
-1 Chelsea (68)
-4 Man Utd (38)
-5 Newcastle (61)
-8 Aston Villa (58)
+7 Tottenham (45)
+6 Man City (77)
+5 Arsenal (79)
+1 Liverpool (85)
-1 Chelsea (68)
-4 Man Utd (38)
-5 Newcastle (61)
-8 Aston Villa (58)
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The point of good statistics work in sports isn’t to end the conversation, it’s to start the conversation from a better place.
. @themlg.bsky.social has a really nice phrase about how you don't need to just regurgitate the numbers but you do need to account for them, and have a reasonable theory for why your opinion and the data differs. 6-game team-level xG is perfect for that
Feel like any discussion of promoted teams that doesn't talk about this vs league position is missing something. Early numbers are early numbers, but 1) do we think Sunderland will finish closer to 12th or 5th 2) this spread doesn't feel totally unusual for promoted teams, historically
October 2, 2025 at 6:51 PM
The point of good statistics work in sports isn’t to end the conversation, it’s to start the conversation from a better place.
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. @themlg.bsky.social has a really nice phrase about how you don't need to just regurgitate the numbers but you do need to account for them, and have a reasonable theory for why your opinion and the data differs. 6-game team-level xG is perfect for that
Feel like any discussion of promoted teams that doesn't talk about this vs league position is missing something. Early numbers are early numbers, but 1) do we think Sunderland will finish closer to 12th or 5th 2) this spread doesn't feel totally unusual for promoted teams, historically
October 2, 2025 at 6:49 PM
. @themlg.bsky.social has a really nice phrase about how you don't need to just regurgitate the numbers but you do need to account for them, and have a reasonable theory for why your opinion and the data differs. 6-game team-level xG is perfect for that
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Feel like any discussion of promoted teams that doesn't talk about this vs league position is missing something. Early numbers are early numbers, but 1) do we think Sunderland will finish closer to 12th or 5th 2) this spread doesn't feel totally unusual for promoted teams, historically
October 2, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Feel like any discussion of promoted teams that doesn't talk about this vs league position is missing something. Early numbers are early numbers, but 1) do we think Sunderland will finish closer to 12th or 5th 2) this spread doesn't feel totally unusual for promoted teams, historically
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Arsenal have only had Ødegaard for 40+ minutes in one of six Premier League games so far this season.
September 28, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Arsenal have only had Ødegaard for 40+ minutes in one of six Premier League games so far this season.
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Newcastle had eight shots yesterday. They've had less in just one Premier League home game since the start of 2022/23, and n that occasion they played an hour with 10 men.
September 29, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Newcastle had eight shots yesterday. They've had less in just one Premier League home game since the start of 2022/23, and n that occasion they played an hour with 10 men.
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You don’t win a title without winning games like that. We’d already dropped points twice from similarly hard fought games, so this is huge
September 28, 2025 at 5:35 PM
You don’t win a title without winning games like that. We’d already dropped points twice from similarly hard fought games, so this is huge
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6 I worry about Gyokeres’s technical level but honestly if all he does is score flat track bully goals against the bottom half teams then that addresses a significant gap for us and so be it.
August 24, 2025 at 11:54 AM
6 I worry about Gyokeres’s technical level but honestly if all he does is score flat track bully goals against the bottom half teams then that addresses a significant gap for us and so be it.
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if the "big summer" was Madueke and Gyökeres why on earth did Arsenal not do anything in January
August 19, 2025 at 7:24 PM
if the "big summer" was Madueke and Gyökeres why on earth did Arsenal not do anything in January
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I look around the league and I think Arsenal look best placed to win the title this year.
and yet I am unconvinced. can’t put my finger on why. too much squad churn maybe; can’t see the breakthrough yet.
and yet I am unconvinced. can’t put my finger on why. too much squad churn maybe; can’t see the breakthrough yet.
August 7, 2025 at 5:18 AM
I look around the league and I think Arsenal look best placed to win the title this year.
and yet I am unconvinced. can’t put my finger on why. too much squad churn maybe; can’t see the breakthrough yet.
and yet I am unconvinced. can’t put my finger on why. too much squad churn maybe; can’t see the breakthrough yet.
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As it stands: the starter in games like that, IMO.
July 31, 2025 at 5:20 PM
As it stands: the starter in games like that, IMO.
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One of the major things I’ve learned this summer is that there is a TON of underlying frustration/anger within the fanbase. It seems ready to turn on things at the first sign of adversity.
The kumbaya days of 22/23 are long gone.
The kumbaya days of 22/23 are long gone.
July 31, 2025 at 2:25 PM
One of the major things I’ve learned this summer is that there is a TON of underlying frustration/anger within the fanbase. It seems ready to turn on things at the first sign of adversity.
The kumbaya days of 22/23 are long gone.
The kumbaya days of 22/23 are long gone.
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Only 12 managers have served a longer spell at a club in Premier League history than Mikel Arteta at Arsenal
828 Wenger - Arsenal
810 Ferguson - Man Utd (only PL)
427 Moyes - Everton (first spell)
342 Guardiola - Man City
334 Klopp - Liverpool
278 Kinnear - Wimbledon (only PL)
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828 Wenger - Arsenal
810 Ferguson - Man Utd (only PL)
427 Moyes - Everton (first spell)
342 Guardiola - Man City
334 Klopp - Liverpool
278 Kinnear - Wimbledon (only PL)
1/2
July 18, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Only 12 managers have served a longer spell at a club in Premier League history than Mikel Arteta at Arsenal
828 Wenger - Arsenal
810 Ferguson - Man Utd (only PL)
427 Moyes - Everton (first spell)
342 Guardiola - Man City
334 Klopp - Liverpool
278 Kinnear - Wimbledon (only PL)
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828 Wenger - Arsenal
810 Ferguson - Man Utd (only PL)
427 Moyes - Everton (first spell)
342 Guardiola - Man City
334 Klopp - Liverpool
278 Kinnear - Wimbledon (only PL)
1/2
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a software ceo got caught in 4k on the jumbotron with the company’s chief people officer at a coldplay concert
July 17, 2025 at 12:14 PM
a software ceo got caught in 4k on the jumbotron with the company’s chief people officer at a coldplay concert
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Hard to top Jesus 22/23, but a solid chance of Gyökeres hitting a few violent ones that scramble our brains. For any doubts I have, his goals do hit different.
July 14, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Hard to top Jesus 22/23, but a solid chance of Gyökeres hitting a few violent ones that scramble our brains. For any doubts I have, his goals do hit different.
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If he completes his signing, Viktor Gyökeres could become the seventh Swedish player to play a Premier League game for Arsenal after Freddie Ljungberg, Stefan Schwarz, Anders Limpar, Rami Shaaban, Kim Källström & Sebastian Larsson.
July 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If he completes his signing, Viktor Gyökeres could become the seventh Swedish player to play a Premier League game for Arsenal after Freddie Ljungberg, Stefan Schwarz, Anders Limpar, Rami Shaaban, Kim Källström & Sebastian Larsson.
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The Sinner and Djokovic story, as told by Riccardo Piatti, the only man to have coached them both ⬇️
www.nytimes.com/athletic/648...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/648...
July 11, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The Sinner and Djokovic story, as told by Riccardo Piatti, the only man to have coached them both ⬇️
www.nytimes.com/athletic/648...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/648...
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Never sits well with me when players refuse to train to help force a transfer. It's disrespectful. Nobody forced you to sign your contract.
July 11, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Never sits well with me when players refuse to train to help force a transfer. It's disrespectful. Nobody forced you to sign your contract.
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—Zubi
—Cheap good GK
—Cheap veteran DM
—Young rotational defender
—Martinelli in
—Eze in for Trossard
—Shooty, fast, ready transition winger
—ST
Is exactly how I would have drawn it up, and frankly more than I expected.
—Cheap good GK
—Cheap veteran DM
—Young rotational defender
—Martinelli in
—Eze in for Trossard
—Shooty, fast, ready transition winger
—ST
Is exactly how I would have drawn it up, and frankly more than I expected.
July 10, 2025 at 11:45 PM
—Zubi
—Cheap good GK
—Cheap veteran DM
—Young rotational defender
—Martinelli in
—Eze in for Trossard
—Shooty, fast, ready transition winger
—ST
Is exactly how I would have drawn it up, and frankly more than I expected.
—Cheap good GK
—Cheap veteran DM
—Young rotational defender
—Martinelli in
—Eze in for Trossard
—Shooty, fast, ready transition winger
—ST
Is exactly how I would have drawn it up, and frankly more than I expected.
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I want the manager asked about this in every press conference and interview all season, no matter how many times he offers no comment.
July 4, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I want the manager asked about this in every press conference and interview all season, no matter how many times he offers no comment.