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Good morning from London where I’m trying to figure out whether I should treat today as a matchday or not.
For those in the UK, kick-off against Bournemouth – the first match of our US tour – is at 3.30 am tomorrow, so technically it’s not. At the same time, it’s the last chance I’ll get to preview the game as it’ll be over by the time I’m up to write tomorrow’s blog.
I’m teetering on the edge of the “he’s 28 until he becomes 29” vortex, so it’s probably best to move on.
I’m not sure about you but I’ve been hoovering up the USA Tour content following a remarkably quiet six weeks or so on the Arsenal front. More often than not June is the quietest month on Arseblog News but even I was surprised that in terms of published articles, the only comparable period in the site’s history was when football was suspended due to Covid-19.
Believe me, we were ready and waiting for something juicy to drop, but aside from a few developing transfer stories and some light-touch coverage of the international tournaments, there wasn’t much worth covering. From a personal perspective, it was a blessing as my ‘real’ job has been ridiculously busy recently and when things heat up on that front, you truly appreciate the privilege of not having to produce content just for the sake of it.
And before you come at us with your pitchforks and compare us to Denilson tracking back against Stoke, I should point out that Arseblog News just passed the 20,000 published articles milestone which, over 13 years, works out at around four articles a day. So not bad.
Anyway, back to Los Angeles and the squad’s preparations for tonight’s/tomorrow’s match.
Having watched some of the training snippets on Arsenal’s social channels and the Hayters’ coverage on YouTube, it’s fair to say it looks like sweaty work. In the latter, I particularly enjoyed the cameraman remarking “that is a tan” at the sight of Ben White caramelising in the…
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Author : Andrew Allen
Publish date : 2024-07-24 05:58:47
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