The squad and other stuff

Morning.

A quick Wednesday blog for you. I see the Howard Webb TV show was on. The one where they justify all the mistakes referees make. The one that is basically PGMOL propaganda dressed up as transparency. The one where the lad from ESPN invites all his no friends around to watch together.

They released the audio of the Declan Rice second yellow from the Brighton game. I had a quick look. I closed my eyes and, just for a second, became this emoji:

Then I realised I didn’t need to inflict this whole thing on myself again. It was talked about, it was complained about, and then we went and won the North London derby in spite of it. So I don’t need to re-open that can of worms. Well, not until the next time there is an absurd, contentious decision that you only ever see given to Arsenal, but I don’t want to get ahead of myself.

Elsewhere, the club have released the official first team squad photo for the new season:

The Arsenal.

Our 2024/25 squad. pic.twitter.com/Npoj7ZJdVH

— Arsenal (@Arsenal) September 17, 2024

It’s interesting to note that Ethan Nwaneri, Myles Lewis-Skelly, Ayden Heaven and Tommy Setford are all included. They might be considered peripheral when everyone is fit, but let’s not pretend that everyone being fit is a thing that happens regularly. As it is, Nwaneri has made the match-day squad for every game so far this season, and after some minutes in the derby he’ll fancy his chances of some game-time this week when we travel to Italy in the Champions League.

Let’s hope he gets that opportunity because we’re in a great position and can afford to do it, but who knows? He might be required if we need to change something in midfield, so let’s see what the week brings. I’ve also seen some people chat about the position of the ball in front of Martin Odegaard’s foot. Is it there to hide the true extent of his injury? Technology being what it is these days, I used AI to remove the ball, and fed all the information about the…

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Publish date : 2024-09-18 05:32:25

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