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Morning all. Let’s start today with the FA Cup quarter-final draw which took place last night, and our opponents will be Southampton away from home. When you consider the other Premier League opposition we could have faced, it’s another relatively kind one. And, while I always say you can never take anything for granted, if […]

Welcome to another Arsecast Extra, the Arsenal podcast, with myself and James from @gunnerblog. In this episode we look back on Saturday’s 2-1 FA Cup 5th round win over Mansfield Town. We chat about a much changed Arsenal starting XI and formation, and one with two 16 year olds in it too. There were chances […]

Morning all. Welcome to a brand new week. I don’t know if this is at all interesting, or meaningful in any way, but the list of players who didn’t feature at Mansfield caught my eye. We were without David Raya, Ben White, William Saliba, Gabriel, Myles Lewis-Skelly, Martin Odegaard, Mikel Merino, Declan Rice and Martin […]

Match report – Player ratings – Arteta reaction Arsenal are through to the FA Cup quarter-finals after a 2-1 win away at Mansfield Town yesterday afternoon. Mikel Arteta rang the changes, leaving some of the ‘big boys’ at home, and as I mentioned in the preview yesterday, defensive options were limited, so he went with […]

Join us for live blog coverage of our FA Cup 5th round clash away to Mansfield Town, kick-off 12.30. We’ve got up to the second live text commentary, updates, goal clips, observations and occasionally witty asides. If you want to join the chat, register an Arseblog Live account. To do that, go to Arseblog Live […]

Morning all. It’s going to be a very quick blog this morning because it’s an early kick off and it almost feels like a waste of words. We’re facing League One side Mansfield Town in the FA Cup 5th round, and you would expect some rotation from Mikel Arteta today. That said, there aren’t exactly […]

Morning all. If the top of the Premier League looks pretty healthy from an Arsenal perspective, the bottom of it looks borderline hilarious. I watched Sp*rs game against Crystal Palace last night, and boy oh boy are they in trouble. It looked like Palace had gone ahead, but the goal was ruled out because a […]

‘Mik Arteta’s red army!’ Mik Arteta’s red army!’ A chant that enveloped the away end at the AMEX Arena on Wednesday evening. It’s an old staple that has dropped out of the songbook in recent seasons, presumably because the intonation on Mikel Arteta’s name does not lend itself to the tune quite as nicely as […]

Welcome to another episode of the Arsecast – the Arsenal podcast. In this episode I’m joined first by Tom Canton to discuss Arsenal’s 1-0 win over Brighton on Wednesday evening. The Gunners turned a shaky start into an early goal, and we chat about the key moments of the game played in a heated atmosphere. […]

Match report – Player ratings – Arteta reaction 8 games to go. 8 stomach-churning, heart-wrenching, arse-clenching games to go. What a night this turned out to be. Hardly a classic in football terms, but if you’d asked me to check off a list, one that has no specific name, the events of yesterday evening would […]