Arsenal Calling

• Athletic Club v The Arsenal Preview

  You know the season is well and truly back when the Champions League starts up again!  Arsenal begin the new campaign away at Athletic Club on Tuesday evening in the first of eight group games. It’s a tricky start for Arsenal with Athletic Club finishing fourth in La Liga last time around but it is…

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• The Arsenal v Nottingham Forest 3-0  Back to winning ways.

  Not quiet the fireworks from the first home game of the season versus Leeds but there was a lot of similarities between the two games, including another strong performance, clean sheet and ultimately another three points in the bag. There were a lot of positives to take from the game with Nottingham Forest being held…

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• The Arsenal v Nottingham Forest – 3-0: Player Ratings

  David Raya – 7 Marked slightly higher this week as there were no little lapses with his distribution.  I’m still not sure if he touches that Chris Wood chested effort onto the bar or not but let’s give our number 1 the benefit of the doubt and call it a save.  If he did save…

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• The Arsenal v Nottingham Forest Preview

  The Arsenal v Nottingham Forest Preview After what seems like an eternity, Premier League football is finally back this weekend, with the Arsenal game first up at 1230pm on Saturday. That means Arsenal will have had less time to prepare than any other teams but Forest will be in exactly the same situation, so there’s…

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• Why can’t all international breaks be like that?

  It would be nice wouldn’t it? At the time of writing, there have been no reported injuries from Arsenal players during the most recent international break and based on previous international breaks, that feels like something of a miracle in itself. Most notably, last season, we lost Martin Odegaard to a serious injury during the…

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• Liverpool v The Arsenal 1-0…a setback.

  I took my time in writing this one as after the game, it really was so raw and unbelievably disappointing. Going to Anfield I’m nearly always in a ‘I would love a point’ sort of a mood and this was no different but there was something in the back of my mind that made me…

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• Liverpool v The Arsenal – 0-1: Player Ratings

  David Raya – 6 Hard to rate higher than a 6 as he didn’t have a lot to do.  I’m not sure I remember a quieter goalkeeping performance away at Anfield in recent memory.  Commanding his box well, distribution was good, aside from one poor pass that fortunately went unpunished.  Needs to cut these odd…

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• The Arsenal v Leeds – 5-0: Player Ratings

  David Raya – 7 Solid performance in goal to pick up another clean sheet.  Great save to keep the score at 0-0 early on and his distribution was particularly impressive at times. Best moment:  Undoubtable that save from Struijk in Leeds’ only real attack of the game. Jurrien Timber – 9 What can you say…

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• VAR – What is good for?  Absolutely nothing?

  I find it hard to be balanced on the topic of VAR as I’ve been against in pretty much since its inception but I’ll do my best to see both sides of the argument in this post. I completely understand the theory regarding why such a tool is necessary in the modern game.  The amount…

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• The curious case of Piero Hincapie

  It can be very dangerous to make sweeping statements, and I try not to make a habit of it however, I feel confident in saying that, by and large, the Arsenal fanbase have been relatively happy with the Summer 2025 transfer window. I don’t think anyone is throwing around the word ‘perfect’ and there were…

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