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Ben Piggot

@benpiggot.bsky.social
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Arsenal. Some politics and a bunch of other random interesting stuff. And now I have a substack (and you should read it!) theworldasitis.substack.com

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Luke Knox @lukeknox.me · 01/10/2026
tracing Japanese managers challenging an ump’s call, I’ve watched this 500x
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Ben Piggot @benpiggot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
lol but maybe I should be more worried about the implications of this
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YankeeGunner @arsenalvisionpodcast.com · 29/09/2026
City's summer spending was clearly an effort to get ahead of sanctions. But the question is what recourse their players have. It's likely that City knew of the guilty verdict and did not disclose it to the players they signed. Could they potentially be released from their contracts? So much fallout
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Ben Piggot @benpiggot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is absolutely fascinating - and not that surprising
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
For my sins, I see way too much content and even I’ve only encountered the song in glancing and meta ways, like being scolded to acknowledge its popularity. It’s easier to top the charts w/o reaching everybody today bc we don’t have a monoculture, and that’s not the fault of individual consumers.
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Ben Piggot @benpiggot.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The argument in this piece is one that is becoming more and more obvious. The Premier League is just so much better than any other league in the world, top to bottom. Sides like PSG and Bayern can look like they do in the CL because they simply don't play many good teams most of the time.
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NFLGimpy-Justin @nflgimpy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Eagles are 2-0 because Jalen Hurts is the fucking man
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Ben Piggot @benpiggot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I'll say it again - Hurts is the least of this team's problems. One horrible INT aside, good game from him today. And great clutch drive.
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Ben Piggot @benpiggot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Eagles are going to lose. Not sure it matters, but it might be the best time for somehting like this to happen.
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Ben Piggot @benpiggot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
why are the Eagles so bad at these plays? like other teams can run them successfully
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Ben Piggot @benpiggot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
At minimum I think you need to try someone else besides Jurgen. This is why the Eagles always drafted OL high. Now we haven't done it for 3 years and you see the results.
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Ben Piggot @benpiggot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
And once again, the Eagles screen game - sucking since 2012.
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Ben Piggot @benpiggot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Elliot seems to be back this year
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Ben Piggot @benpiggot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
One small thing, though - the Eagles have been terrible at running screens of all types for years. I was thinking it was Hurts thing, but I remember the Wentz offenses being really bad at them too.
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Ben Piggot @benpiggot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I'm mean the Titans suck, but it is still nice to see the Eagles O play this way
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Ben Piggot @benpiggot.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I do think it is funny how this game is viewed vs. the Brigthon game last year, which was a very similar performance we were lucky to win 1-0. The difference is Brighton missed easier chances than they scored from today and we got a lucky deflected goal from a worse chance than ones we got today..
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Ben Piggot @benpiggot.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
A couple things, it was not a good performance, but it was probably the kind of performance that should have ended 1-0 or 2-1 to Brighton. Them scoring 2 goals from long shots is just one of those things and made it seem worse than it was.
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Ben Piggot @benpiggot.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This is laughably insane
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 18/09/2026
🚨 MAJOR BREAKING: The Trump regime has been lying about the full number of U.S. service member deaths in Trump’s Iran War, six U.S. officials tell The Washington Post.
wapo.st
More U.S. troops have died amid Iran war than Pentagon has disclosed publicly
Officials who spoke with The Post expressed frustration that the additional loss of life in the Middle East is not reflected in the Defense Department’s casualty database.
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Castlevania Bravo @castlebravoli7.gobirds.online · 18/09/2026
It’s almost beyond complaining about at this point, but imagine if Biden or Obama started a war of choice without consulting Congress, got their dicks kicked in, tried to cover up the evidence, and caused diesel to hit $6 a gallon. Like what else would the media be talking about every night
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Ben Piggot @benpiggot.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I'm going to provide a small personal story about the truly negative effects Trump's trade war and tariffs are having.
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Ben Piggot @benpiggot.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This is probably the main reason I wouldn't move back to the UK. Mental health discourse in the country is abysmal, wore than even red state US and worse than other OECD countries. I suppose you could still get private care, which I could afford. But Britain is so weird when it comes to this.
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Ben Piggot @benpiggot.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
still true
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Ben Piggot @benpiggot.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
week 1 can be really weird in the NFL (especially now starters don't play in preseason), so don't necessarily want to draw too much from the Eagles game. But the OL looks real bad. I feel bad for Dickerson, but he should have retired.
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Jimmy Kempski @jimmykempski.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Classic Eagles game. A win, and lots to complain about.
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Ben Piggot @benpiggot.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Hurts is still underrated. If season goes badly, would be nuits to move on from him. Sirianni is and has been the problem. Also - you now see the effects of not drafting OL for 3 years. Fans found it boring, but it was key to the teams success in teh Lurie years.
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Ben Piggot @benpiggot.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The Eagles aren't very good and I think we know the reasons why - 1) Sirianni and the 2) OL is now just putrid
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Ben Piggot @benpiggot.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I don't really understand how that is onside
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Ben Piggot @benpiggot.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
lol always happens when I criticize Saka. Not complaining tho!
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Ben Piggot @benpiggot.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Eze what was that?
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Ben Piggot @benpiggot.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I don't really understand those subs. I feel HIncapie and Merino would have been better.
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Ben Piggot @benpiggot.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
oof - thank you
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Ben Piggot @benpiggot.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
that might just be offside, shame.
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Ben Piggot @benpiggot.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
When are people going to realize Saka just isn't an elite player?
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Ben Piggot @benpiggot.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Lets use the bench Mikel
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Ben Piggot @benpiggot.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
midweek game is clearly weighing. I'd say Merino for Odegaard at minimum
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Ben Piggot @benpiggot.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Brobbey again, guy is a monster
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Ben Piggot @benpiggot.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Bruno G what a strike!
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Ben Piggot @benpiggot.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
wow that was a great save on the PK!
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Ben Piggot @benpiggot.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
that was stupid from Konsa tbf
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Ben Piggot @benpiggot.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Penalty
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Ben Piggot @benpiggot.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I think Arteta has got the team wrong given midweek game as well as nature of Sunderland away
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Ben Piggot @benpiggot.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Again, MLS caught in possession
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Ben Piggot @benpiggot.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Nice build-up there, tough for Kai to finish in the end
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Ben Piggot @benpiggot.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Other thing to remember is we played in Napoli on Wednesday, Sunderland whole week off.
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Ben Piggot @benpiggot.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I think the MLS as starter thing needs to maybe end for now. He's just too loose in possession too often at this point in his career.
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Ben Piggot @benpiggot.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Bryan Brobbie is so hard to play against. I'd seriously consider trying to sign him.
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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 10/09/2026
The other thing related thing I will say is that I don’t think that there was any single one thing that really broke the perception, it’s the combination of the war being an unwinnable stalemate, the tariffs on Canada, Bessent fucking about in the treasury market, ai isn’t delivering the goods…
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Ben Piggot @benpiggot.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
lol
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Ben Piggot @benpiggot.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
F*ckin hell Madueke - how do you miss that??
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