Arsenal Talk and News
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Chelsea vs The Arsenal – Player Ratings
Chelsea vs The Arsenal – Player Ratings Arsenal came back down to earth with a thud at Stamford Bridge as they had to come from behind to claim a point against ten man Chelsea. Arsenal were surprisingly without William Saliba in the starting lineup, due to a knock he picked up in training, and were…
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The Arsenal vs Tottenham Hotspur 4-1 – Player Ratings
I wrote about the near perfect game earlier in the season when referring to the Leeds home match and this was another one of those, ‘perfect apart from…’ games. What a game! After the results on Saturday, Arsenal knew how huge this game was and you could tell from the off that they were keen…
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Thank you, Brazil!
The Arsenal fan anxiety surrounding each international break is a very real thing and it has returned in earnest lately. This all stems for having had seemingly countless seasons ruined by major injuries to key players in years gone by where the football world has contrived against us to dismantle our squad and with it,…
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We need to talk about set pieces
I think this post might be more rant than opinion, but we need to talk about set pieces, and specifically, the general opinion regarding Arsenal’s use of them to score goals and win football matches. Arsenal’s effectiveness from set pieces has been widely reported in the past few years, with that Sky Sports graphic, showing…
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A very good weekend, but not a great one…
Seems strange to say that a weekend in which Arsenal won away from home and extended their league to 6 six points over the second placed team (at the time of writing – before Sunderland’s game v Everton) is very good, but not great, yet this it’s left me feeling right now. Don’t get me…
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Report: Max Dowman to put pen to paper
Some exciting news for Arsenal fans this morning as a report from the ever reliable Athletic has confirmed that Arsenal wonderkid, Max Dowman, has agreed terms on a scholarship deal and there’s more! Max Dowman cannot sign any contracts until he turns 16 on 31st December, so it’s been a nervy wait for Arsenal. Dowman’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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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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So I started a blog…
This is the first of what I hope will be many blog posts on Arsenal Calling so I thought I would start by explaining a little bit about why I started this blog and what readers can expect from my posts. First things first, a bit of back story! I’ve been an Arsenal fan since…
