holy shit

not to be that guy but

Relegation will not be justice

I don't think it's really sunk in just how transformative losing Bukayo + Kai + Calafiori + Ødegaard has been / would be for anyone

The difference in technical security between this half-fit group + the usual XI is astonishing

This is the first time I've properly appreciated how much a fully-fit Arsenal just steamroll this league

Whatever happens today it is, forever and always, fuck Manchester City

That's a good XI. I feel sick

A moment from the first half of Man City's 2-0 win over Arsenal at Wembley. City have four forwards and Arsenal can't find a pass into midfield.

A moment from the second half of Man City's 2-0 win over Arsenal at Wembley. City have four forwards and Arsenal can't find a pass into midfield.

Like Liverpool, Arsenal could theoretically line up differently in midfield, staggering the double pivot with one player dropping between the centre-backs, and use their wide players to flank Man City's two-man midfield.

Like Liverpool, a graphic showing how Arsenal could better line up for long passes over Man City's press and position themselves to compete for second balls.

NEW: Arsenal had no answer to Man City's zonal 4-2-4 press at Wembley. There's been a month, and maybe some help from Liverpool, to find answers if the same thing happens this weekend. For @arseblog.com: arseblog.com/2026/04/tact...

Most fans want Man City to beat Arsenal to the title. Why? Manchester City have won six of the last eight Premier League titles and have become, for some, the ‘default champions’. But what does it say about the modern game that many neutrals would prefer to s...

Despite City being perennial winners, and so much surrounding the club from the ownership to the investigation - the club insist on their innocence - there is a far greater will for Arsenal to lose

A piece on why... and how this isn't new

www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...

Trossard x Jesus were a delight. Crazy how different things feel with ball-dominant forwards on the pitch

Splashdown Reflections on losing before losing.

A story about moon craters, memorabilia, and loving broken things

Thanks for sharing man. It's been tough, but it ain't over till it's over

Thanks for sharing that man. Grateful to have you here

Thank you! Grateful you gave me a read after whatever nonsense I was spouting on stage lol

Did You Notice: How Chelsea stopped Nico O'Reilly, and how Pep Guardiola responded

Did You Notice: my first DYN column is up on the website?

This one is all about how Liam Rosenior's plan to keep Nico O'Reilly quiet worked... until it didn't...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/719...

gorgeous piece of writing this

Thank you Jeff. Loved your piece on Minnesota from Jan, never told you. Hope all is well with you

Splashdown Reflections on losing before losing.

A story about moon craters, memorabilia, and loving broken things

Some personal news ... Last week you said "we're back" but this week you're saying "it's over", what changed?

📖 A little update on what's been happening.

highburyhangover.substack.com/p/some-perso...

If we win nothing this year, will a load of big Arsenal accounts please organise an enormous 'fuck it' pissup in north somewhere

0.05 open play xG after spending days playing fucking AI tiktoks on a loudspeaker deserves more ridicule than even Twitter could generate

starting to believe all the things they say about us

this team is playing exactly like they spent the morning listening to AI slop in the dressing room

head needs a very significant wobble

This is our lasagnagate

I need explicit proof Mikel Arteta did not make a fucking AI track for the squad to train to and I need it immediately

a complex biosphere in vivid color in an illustrative style inside a circle and outside all white with shadow, with suggestion of complex ferns and other vegetation; art by rogan brown

Thrilled that my first new short story in several years, "Constellations," about astronauts crashlanding on a distant planet, has been published by the @technologyreview.com. Acquiring editor Rachel Cortland. Art by Rogan Brown. Free link to avoid the paywall: ter.li/r3tbrsgr

hell yeah