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Miguel Delaney @migueldelaney.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This entire City story - and especially the last stories of Etihad, Burnham and Khaldoon’s diplomatic immunity - crystallises why states and state actors should not be allowed own clubs The longer it goes, the more chaotic it gets www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...

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Why Andy Burnham has got it wrong on Man City’s Abu Dhabi owners

Andy Burnham confessed he would be ‘really concerned’ if Man City’s Abu Dhabi owners sold but, as Miguel Delaney writes, the prime minister’s view clashes with those inside football and a pressing nee...

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Youngy @mancversusfood.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This is just further proof of the bent nature of the sponsorships. No regular sponsor would threaten to sue the Prem for the reputational damage of a report they arent even named in. They would just cut ties with the club www.theguardian.com/football/202...

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Martin Calladine @uglygame.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I think this will be one of the defining images of the Premier League's void years: a proudly working class fanbase celebrating that the ruling family of an oppressive regime had hired a barrister on £10,000-an-hour to try and prevent them suffering consequences for their cheating. Embarrassing.

A bunch of mugs celebrating their perceived impunity

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Grace Robertson 🏳️‍⚧️ @graceonfootball.com · 01/10/2026

reading the whole decision, it's kind of incredible how it states that they were doing exactly, to the letter, what everyone said they were doing for years, with basically no nuance to it.

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𝓦𝓲𝓵𝓼𝓱' - 𝓣𝓱𝓮𝓸 @xteh.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

So we learn this morning that Khaldoon has diplomatic immunity, therefore makes legal action complicated. Etihad is linked with the UK government and puts immense pressure diplomatically (or are they ? Burnham may have common interests with them). That's horrifying.

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Against League 3 @againstleague3.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Can City get expelled from the Premier League? What competition would they go into? What role does the independent regulator play? Who knows? Well I do, because I checked. Come, join me on a guided tour through the chaos...

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Usagyuuun's Fiery Smile

ALT: Usagyuuun's Fiery Smile

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Philarsopher @philarsopher.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Watch this in its entirety. A team went through their final 18 games winning 16, scoring 54, conceding 9. And it wasn't enough to win the league ahead of the biggest cheats in the history of world football. The following season, the squad was ridden with injuries due to this exertion. Farce. Get rid

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Mikel Arteta & Martin Odegaard address the Arsenal crowd after Premier League title heartbreak 💔🔴

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Orbinho @orbinho.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Sky peddling the lie that Man City won their case against UEFA at CAS when in fact it was simply a case of a lot of the charges were time barred so punishment could not be enforced. They were still guilty.

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𝓦𝓲𝓵𝓼𝓱' - 𝓣𝓱𝓮𝓸 @xteh.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Well, well, well. We've now got lists, bookmarks, 300 characters. This place changed a lot ! And while we're here, we're champions of England and City will be massively punished. Great news

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Philarsopher @philarsopher.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Maybe it's not so bad if Spurs stay up this season. Play the long game. Next season the three relegated teams could be Spurs, Chelsea, City.

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Billy Carpenter @billycarpy.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

I've been experimenting with one-pagers to condense my longer scouting reports into key insights for coaches. Basically: how to set a player up for success. Here’s a draft for Piero Hincapié, whose time is near.

All-out, repeat intensity: Sustains high-intensity work through 90+ (recovery runs, counter-press jumps, potential for overlaps).
Frame + movement: 6'0–6'1, plays “tall” vs wingers; long, dextrous legs; side-on, knees bent, short active steps. Leap lets him contest up a level; pre-aerial duel muscling improving. More feisty than domineering.
Pace: Wide speed (CL top-end 34.8 km/h). Fastest when carrying up the left touchline; short recoveries solid, medium-or-longer excellent.
Technique: Clean first touch, economical actions, but not a hips-loose winger-quality dribbler. Right foot functional but not overly interesting.
Temperament: Formerly way over-amped (13Y/3R in 22/23); calibrating more: yellows/90 dropped (0.48→0.12), reds mostly gone last two seasons, still hints of over-aggression. Smart, tactically aware, adjusted to Alonso quickly. Ferocious in duels, composed in possession.

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𝓦𝓲𝓵𝓼𝓱' - 𝓣𝓱𝓮𝓸 @xteh.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

C'est l'une des meilleures nouvelles du mercato je pense. L'idée de voir un top DC de PL rester à Everton, ça montre les ambitions du nouveau board et d'un travail d'économies et de reconstruction économique bien réalisé en amont. Bref, c'est super.

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Billy Carpenter @billycarpy.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Here's Eze just a couple of months ago at LW. Opponent has to be taken into account, but still: yeah.

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Billy Carpenter @billycarpy.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Zubimendi is such a coup, man. Wildly important signing. However many players you think can do that, the number is smaller.

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Artilleurs Le Podcast @artilleurspod.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

C'est l'heure du bilan de fin de saison. Avec @xteh.bsky.social et @joe-king.bsky.social, on revient sur cette saison et ce qu'elle nous a apporté. Bonne écoute ! linktr.ee/artilleurs

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Artilleurs Le Podcast @artilleurspod.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

La seconde partie du bilan est disponible ! Toujours avec les excellents @xteh.bsky.social et @joe-king.bsky.social. Place maintenant au ressenti personnel de cette saison. On revient aussi sur les pronostics que nous avions fait en début de saison (ça fait mal) Bonne écoute ! linktr.ee/artilleurs

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Artilleurs Le Podcast @artilleurspod.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Nouvel épisode ! Avec @xteh.bsky.social, on revient sur l'organisation du milieu cette saison. Sur cette partie 1, on parle des forces et des faiblesses collectives ! La partie 2 sortira bientôt ! linktr.ee/artilleurs

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Thomas Artilleurs @thomas-artilleurs.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Un super épisode avec Théo @xteh.bsky.social dont on programmera la partie avant lundi prochain !

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Billy Carpenter @billycarpy.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

roses are red violets are pensive arteta loves isak but sources confirm any deal will prove difficult and expensive

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𝓦𝓲𝓵𝓼𝓱' - 𝓣𝓱𝓮𝓸 @xteh.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Le bilan d'Andrea Berta résumé par @cannonstats.com : www.cannonstats.com/p/analyzing-... pas mal de moves bof, mais financièrement toujours un bon équilibre trouvé sur une saison. Quelques coups, quelques (gros) ratés. Le CV n'est pas impressionnant. Et les super-agents qui rôdent... On verra.

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Analyzing Andrea Berta

Arsenal have replaced Edu Gaspar. What does the new guy's CV tell us to expect?

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𝓦𝓲𝓵𝓼𝓱' - 𝓣𝓱𝓮𝓸 @xteh.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Rafraichissant Nuno Espirito Santo. Dans un monde dominé par le jeu de position, il s'en contrefout en fait. S'il faut concentrer le jeu sur un côté, il met ses deux ailiers à gauche, Williams compense seul à droite. ça fait du bien parce que c'est quelque chose qu'on ne voit plus.

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𝓦𝓲𝓵𝓼𝓱' - 𝓣𝓱𝓮𝓸 @xteh.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

C'est très bien pour lui. Ça va l'aider un peu. Mais plus globalement, tout ce groupe est au fond du gouffre et c'est un vrai problème de jeu et de management. On se rassure en disant que United fera l'erreur de penser que les joueurs sont en cause, et vont les vendre au rabais. Des opportunités ?

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Adam Keys @adamkeys.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Arsenal’s forward presence is often set by the freedom and energy of our fullbacks. Jurrien Timber has looked recharged in recent games, and had his burst back on the dribble, and his leap for the goal showed his hunger to score. The level he has hit post ACL isn’t normal. #AFC

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𝓦𝓲𝓵𝓼𝓱' - 𝓣𝓱𝓮𝓸 @xteh.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Chose qu'on ne peut pas écrire sur Twitter : Soulagement total. Trop de fois blessé, assez régulier mais parfois pas suffisant pour porter le milieu, et on sent quand même la diff dans le playmaking et la maîtrise technique avec Jorginho. Il est temps d'améliorer tout ça.

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𝓦𝓲𝓵𝓼𝓱' - 𝓣𝓱𝓮𝓸 @xteh.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙣 𝙕𝙪𝙗𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙞 – 𝙋𝙚𝙖𝙪𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙧 𝙡𝙚 𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙪 C’est la dernière rumeur insistante à Arsenal, et cela me permet de reprendre la plume. Un thread façon décryptage d'un joueur souhaité avec insistance par Arteta. Comprenons pourquoi 👇

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Billy Carpenter @billycarpy.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Expanding upon this with some other phases. Essentially a four-box-two. It's less of "Merino as a striker" than "Merino and Ø as floating 10s," with Trossard and Nwaneri pinching in centrally during advanced phases to get them max shooting opportunities. I think FBs should mostly stay wide.

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Billy Carpenter @billycarpy.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Roughly what I'd expect to see.

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Billy Carpenter @billycarpy.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

He tried to pull all those levers this year, probably even harder than before. This year: post-Euros vibes, worse luck, shorter squad, no longer break, compounding fatigue and injuries, I don't think reds help (more defending = more moving), and (in my opinion) a fumbled January.

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Billy Carpenter @billycarpy.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

There is an accumulation. Particularly in this league.

The schedule gets more packed, the game gets longer, the physical demands rise. The best players bounce between club duty and international duty with nary a break in between.

The concentration of spending has a hand in this, too. You play 70 hard minutes against a team in the middle of the table, and you look over to see your prize. Congrats, Jhon Durán is warming up. Hope you like to run.

“90% of the subs that I make are related to saving minutes or because of injuries or avoiding injuries,” said Arteta. “It’s not tactical reasons.”

A previous Frenkie de Jong quote I shared:

“I think it is better if we play less football. Not only because of the physical strain, but also because it reduces the quality of the game. The big problem is that you never have time to train during a season. You are only recovering."

Put another way, if you're wondering why some seemingly obvious tactical thing isn't getting done, it's often because the players are wiped, and they play again in three days.

We only have a limited view of the real impacts of it all. This makes analysis hard. All we can do is acknowledge it.

The point? The season is not going to plan for Arsenal, but it will have some more twists and turns. We have our tactical thoughts, we have data on their production, we have (incomplete) injury lists and explanations. But we have very little view into how a player is actually feeling when they play, outside of inferences and conjecture. And that's about as important as anything.

The reality, though, is that we don’t currently have a clearly identifiable reason why things should magically improve more than our rivals. While I anxiously await the return of Ben White and perhaps a mini-Dubai type trip in a couple of weeks, there are now more single points of failure, not less. Injuries beget injuries, fatigue begets fatigue, Saka isn’t coming back any time soon, and there hasn’t been some dastardly, secret plan to explode in the final months. We’ve just been getting through.

Issues with form and fortune, after all, don’t even out as a matter of course, especially over a short time horizon. Sometimes it can compound, put pressure on other stuff, and worsen.

If you continue to feel perfectly bullish on the project in the long-term, gloomy about what’s transpired, and realistic (but nonetheless foolishly, defiantly hopeful) about what lies in the immediate future, you have company. Me.

A new signing can’t be counted on to solve everything. But it would fucking help.

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Sofiane @sofianez.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Je crois que le tifo va finir dans un fiac.

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𝓦𝓲𝓵𝓼𝓱' - 𝓣𝓱𝓮𝓸 @xteh.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Vrai besoin pour le Real de presser en 2+1 par contre. Mbappé-Vini + Bellingham. Et faire sortir Tchouaméni dès que ça touche Haaland ou Foden. Histoire de compenser Arteta-like hehe

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𝓦𝓲𝓵𝓼𝓱' - 𝓣𝓱𝓮𝓸 @xteh.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

L'implication de Mbappé et sa sécurité technique sont vraiment encourageantes en vrai. ça travaille un peu défensivement aussi. C'est vraiment intéressant. Le Real a largement les moyens de passer les barrages (et en vrai, le fera sans doute).

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𝓦𝓲𝓵𝓼𝓱' - 𝓣𝓱𝓮𝓸 @xteh.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

La seule solution ? Mikel Merino en 9 et je rigole zéro

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Billy Carpenter @billycarpy.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Last we saw Kai, he was playing every last minute of an energy drink tie that was 0-4 on aggregate. Before that, he collapsed at the end of Wolves and was subbed at 90' against City after a goal and assist. Injury lists don't magically improve when they push every remaining player to the brink.

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𝓦𝓲𝓵𝓼𝓱' - 𝓣𝓱𝓮𝓸 @xteh.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Marrant. Quand on force un joueur à jouer 90' tous les trois jours, au bord de la rupture contre Wolverhampton, il se blesse. C'est fou non ? Quelle saison horrible, mais surtout la responsabilité du board est immense...

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Men in Blazers Media Network @meninblazers.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

USMNT striker Daryl Dike has made a long-awaited and hard-earned return, exactly one year on from so cruelly tearing an Achilles 🇺🇸 Striker from Edmond, OK played 30 minutes for West Brom's under-21 team and it's hugely gratifying to see him back on the field ❤️

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𝓦𝓲𝓵𝓼𝓱' - 𝓣𝓱𝓮𝓸 @xteh.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Vrai besoin de redéfinir la place des consultants sportifs au sein des médias. Parce que Carragher qui ne sait pas faire un travail de fact-checking/journalisme (et ne saura jamais, c'est pas son métier) en ayant un rôle aussi important, c'est chaud. Et forcément, ça passe pour de l'anti-Arsenal.

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Mad Dog @mad-dog.lachroniquefacile.fr · 10/02/2025

On notera au passage que tout ce que Musk a racheté dernièrement s'est cassé la gueule : Twitter n'attire plus aucun annonceur et Tesla plonge en bourse. Seul SpaceX fonctionne parce que biberonné aux aides américaines. Donc, allez, vas-y rachète OpenAI et coule Chat GPT.

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𝓦𝓲𝓵𝓼𝓱' - 𝓣𝓱𝓮𝓸 @xteh.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

On va continuer à croire au 100%. Plus que deux matches loupés de Liverpool et on leur met une pression folle 👀 Déjà, défaite impardonnable dans le derby de la Mersey. Et il leur reste City, Villa, Wolves et Newcastle qui sont en pleine bourre. Déjà hâte du 10 mai... Go y croire, plus que jamais.

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𝓦𝓲𝓵𝓼𝓱' - 𝓣𝓱𝓮𝓸 @xteh.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

C'est terrible le conformisme à des fins économiques... Comme quoi, les plus grosses dystopies qui s'attaquent au capitalisme peuvent avoir une part de vrai, sinon la totalité... Ça fait flipper à dire vrai.

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Libération @liberation.fr · 10/02/2025

Paris : grève des enseignants mardi contre la «saignée» de classes à la rentrée Les syndicats et les parents d’élèves sont vent debout contre la fermeture de près de 200 classes dans le primaire

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Paris : grève des enseignants mardi contre la «saignée» de classes à la rentrée

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𝓦𝓲𝓵𝓼𝓱' - 𝓣𝓱𝓮𝓸 @xteh.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Rarement été d'accord avec le Telegraph et Sam Dean (qui continuent à cracher leur venin sur Arsenal via cet article), mais là, c'est 100% justifié. On attend les valeurs des Kroenke au tournant.

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Artilleurs Le Podcast @artilleurspod.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

L'épisode de cette semaine est différent des autres. @joe-king.bsky.social nous a invité sur un format de draft pour constituer le meilleur XI all time de Arsenal. Il fait équipe avec @xteh.bsky.social contre nous. A vous de décider qui a le meilleur XI ! linktr.ee/artilleurs

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Arsenal Family @arsenal-family.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Matchday #ARSUTD Meet 200+ #GUNNERS here #ArsenalFamily 1. Like ❤️ , Share ♻️ , Comment ✅ 2. SWIPE ⬇️ bottom find new #Arsenal friend 3. Follow Back ⭐ MOST IMPORTANT ⭐ New starter pack featuring #GOONERS who follow this account *Must have some reference to Arsenal to be featured* go.bsky.app/MoqPtST

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𝓦𝓲𝓵𝓼𝓱' - 𝓣𝓱𝓮𝓸 @xteh.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Je crois que c'est vraiment la belle histoire de la saison (ça sera la 2e après le maintien d'Ipswich). David Moyes qui revient dans un club en perdition, à ses amours... Bien sûr que c'est un moyen de se racheter auprès des fans. Mais, idéal pour lancer un projet, pour recréer une adhésion.

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