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Dan Critchlow @afcdw.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Rogers whining to the referee after that goal.

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Dan Critchlow @afcdw.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Almost the exact failed save they ditched Sanchez and signed Martinez for.

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Dan Critchlow @afcdw.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Huge cheer in the concourse for that Maitland-Niles finish.

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Dan Critchlow @afcdw.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

There are a few Chelsea fans in the next tube carriage mockingly singing Arsenal songs, but pretty funny they’re singing “1-0 to the Arsenal”. Even in their mockery, we’re still winning.

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Dan Critchlow @afcdw.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Big game for Konsa’s debut, but I’m sure he’s up for it. Otherwise an entirely unsurprising lineup, wouldn’t have expected anything different.

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Dan Critchlow @afcdw.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

The Arsenal transfer haters were right, we should’ve signed Bruno years ago.

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Dan Critchlow @afcdw.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

We take those. 3 points up on last season already.

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Dan Critchlow @afcdw.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Eze warming up individually with a fitness coach at half time.

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Dan Critchlow @afcdw.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

New signings need to come on sooner rather than later. We need Bruno for his forward passing in midfield and we need Konsa because White has been awful.

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Dan Critchlow @afcdw.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Definitely not quite the same vibe when the away end is next to a construction site.

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Dan Critchlow @afcdw.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Nicolas Jackson straight in for Villa, hopefully it’s a quiet debut.

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Dan Critchlow @afcdw.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Good to see Konsa in the squad and Bruno back, not a surprising lineup, but that’s a good thing too. No Nwaneri as the loan talk continues.

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Dan Critchlow @afcdw.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Perfect start to the new season. Good football, exciting new signing, clean sheet, three points, top of the league. Happy days.

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Dan Critchlow @afcdw.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Feeling like Shkodran Mustafi because we are 🔙🔛🔝

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Dan Critchlow @afcdw.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Strong team. Sucks about Bruno, and obviously we’re still missing Saliba and Timber, but otherwise I’d say that’s our best side right now. One defender on the bench, we needed this Konsa signing.

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Dan Critchlow @afcdw.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Great to see a start for Bruno, and the final World Cup players (bar injured Saliba) back in the squad. Shame they can’t start yet, hopefully they’ll be ready for involvement next Friday.

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Dan Critchlow @afcdw.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Someone sent me a picture of the Martinelli offside and I used an online tool to add the lines, and yeah, he’s way onside. At least this one would never be ruled out with VAR. Right…?

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Dan Critchlow @afcdw.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Havertz, Gyokeres, and Hincapie returning to training gives us a sense of when to expect everyone else back. Gabriel and Martinelli should be back within the next week (pre-Betis), Odegaard the week after that (pre-Como), and everyone else the week after that (pre-PL start).

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Dan Critchlow @afcdw.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Rice now at risk of suspension if he's booked vs Norway and England progress to the semis. Saka, Madueke, Eze, Saliba, and Odegaard all safe from yellow-card bans, as they only have one game to pick them up before the next wipe (post-quarters), and it takes two to be banned.

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Dan Critchlow @afcdw.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Saka assist! As soon as I saw him get away from his man I was on the edge of my seat, knew he’d find the right pass.

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Dan Critchlow @afcdw.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Okay, not to harp on about it, but people were so incredibly wrong about Rice’s corner threat being reliant on illegitimate blocking. I’d be embarrassed to be one of those people watching this.

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Dan Critchlow @afcdw.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Another excellent Rice corner, should have been another goal. His deliveries are perfection.

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Dan Critchlow @afcdw.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Great response! These rule changes really hurting Rice’s corners, eh?

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Dan Critchlow @afcdw.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Bit lucky to get the retake, but oh well, we’ll take it.

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Dan Critchlow @afcdw.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Madueke already having an impact

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Dan Critchlow @afcdw.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Fun fact: Arsenal players have taken 1 corner at this World Cup, and it resulted in a goal. Martin Odegaard is the only Arsenal player to take a corner so far, assisting Leo Ostigard on his first try.

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Dan Critchlow @afcdw.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Very cool seeing so many of the big-name strikers performing, Messi, Haaland, Mbappé scoring multiple goals yesterday, Isak and both Arsenal strikers with 2+ g/a earlier in week. The World Cup is better when the big players properly show up.

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Dan Critchlow @afcdw.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Can’t complain about most of this Budapest trip. Fan park was class and good vibes, public transport worked and arrived when it said it would, stadium was nice. Shame the result goes and sours it all.

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Dan Critchlow @afcdw.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Sadly we only had one genuinely good penalty taker on the pitch at full time. We needed Saka, we needed Havertz, we needed Ødegaard, even Merino.

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Dan Critchlow @afcdw.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Happy with the team, obviously would’ve liked Timber but it was never likely from the start with 0 minutes of build-up. Glad he’s in the squad. As my brother says, good to have Gyokeres coming on, rather than starting and coming off, in case of penalties.

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Dan Critchlow @afcdw.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

The “neutral” zones in this stadium appear to heavily skew in Arsenal’s favour. Like, they almost look like they’re just more Arsenal seats.

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Dan Critchlow @afcdw.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Decent stadium. Great seats too. Can they kick off already?

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Dan Critchlow @afcdw.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

They’ve just brought out Gunnersaurus on stage at the fan park

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Dan Critchlow @afcdw.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Set to be sunny and 24 degrees at kick-off here in Budapest. Already a warm day, quite cloudy at the moment.

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Dan Critchlow @afcdw.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

I had to watch the Palace match highlights yesterday, not because I couldn’t wait to relive the win, but because I missed about half the game amid the celebrations in the stands 😭

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Dan Critchlow @afcdw.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Said to my brother before Burnley that it was crazy that by the end of the week we could be 8 points clear of City or 4 behind them. Was just making a point about how much could still change, didn’t expect to actually end up 7 clear.

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Dan Critchlow @afcdw.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Thought that the stifling heat and my aching legs wobbling as I stood on my seat after an hour of waiting would dull my emotional reaction to the trophy lift. But no, I still teared up. This is our club, back on top.

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Dan Critchlow @afcdw.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

85th minute and Martinelli is still charging about like there’s a spot in the Champions League final at stake.

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Dan Critchlow @afcdw.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Arsenal fans chanting “we are unbearable” and “we’re the worst champions in the world”

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Dan Critchlow @afcdw.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Hard to hear the announcements over the Arsenal fans, but I think they were just announcing that Palace will give out some end-of-season awards post-match, presumably before the trophy lift.

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Dan Critchlow @afcdw.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Feels good not to need to turn notifications on for the City game. They can enjoy their 6-0 win.

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Dan Critchlow @afcdw.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

My younger brother and I on the day of Arsenal’s last Premier League trophy lift. We’ll both be in the stadium again today, 22 years on.

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Dan Critchlow @afcdw.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

There’s a different kind of emotion looking at the Premier League table and seeing a letter next to your team instead of a number.

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Dan Critchlow @afcdw.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

On a serious note, cool that the two players who took the most stick for us not winning the league in 23/24 (Trossard & Havertz) because of that one Villa match, ended up scoring the last winners to get us this title.

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Dan Critchlow @afcdw.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

It’s been an up and down season but feeling pretty good about my decision to take Arsenal up on the free Gyökeres name and number now #14

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