Arsenal have conceded fewer goals from open play than any other team this season in the Premier League. 15 Arsenal 23 Liverpool 25 Bournemouth 27 Chelsea 29 Man Utd #ARSCRY

2025 feels like a good year to win the UCL.

⚽️🇦🇪 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲-𝗿𝘂𝗻 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗔𝗘 Story can be found for free in my substack, here: open.substack.com/pub/themagic...

⚽️🇦🇪 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲-𝗿𝘂𝗻 𝗯𝘆 𝗨𝗔𝗘

There’s a story today that an amendment has been proposed to the Football Regulator bill (currently going through the House of Lords) which would ban state-ownership of football clubs.

open.substack.com

The Christian way of throwing shade?

2025 feels like a good year to win the UCL.

⚽️⚖️ 𝗣𝗟 𝘃 𝗠𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝟭𝟯𝟬 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘀 - 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗰𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗴𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 📊 An explainer of some of the evidence against Man City. open.substack.com/pub/themagic...

⚽️⚖️ 𝗣𝗟 𝘃 𝗠𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝟭𝟯𝟬 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘀 - 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗰𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗴𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 📊

People asked for an explainer on this document, so here it is!

open.substack.com

Well… you may have blinked and missed it but Arsenal fans certainly did not. It felt like a lifetime.

The Athletic | Football@theathleticfc.bsky.social · 2y ago

How many players could be out with ankle ligament damage for two months and reappear as if we blinked and missed it? Either Martin Odegaard is tricking the footballing world or he really did just respawn for Arsenal without skipping a beat. 🔗 bit.ly/41daHW2

Anyone else excited for a couple of seasons of Arsenal v Liverpool for the title? After 35 years, I am!

Haha.

The below was mostly without Ø, Timber at RB, Calafiori at LB. The 3 keys to our creativity. All 3 come back in and Arsenal go wallop the most in-form team in Europe 5-1 away from home. It’s good Liverpool got a big headstart. It will make the league more interesting. Credit @markstats.club

⚖️🥊 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝟭𝟯𝟬 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘀? Just posted about this on my new substack (it’s free). open.substack.com/pub/themagic...

⚖️🥊 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝟭𝟯𝟬 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘀?

Anyone who follows my threads on the Man City case knows 𝙄 𝙖𝙢 𝙖𝙨 𝙘𝙚𝙧𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙖𝙨 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙡𝙞𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙟𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙨, including the most serious ones.

open.substack.com

@scott.cannonstats.com I think I’ve seen you post transfer fee analysis in the past that factors in inflation. If so, you use CIES as a source for rate of inflation in fees (see below) or something else? football-observatory.com/Inflation-in...

The rise of EPL international TV rights ⚽️ 1992-97: £8m p/a ⚽️ 1997-2001: £25m (⬆️ 213%) ⚽️ 2001-04: £59m (136%) ⚽️ 2004-07: £108m (83%) ⚽️ 2007-10: £208m (93%) ⚽️ 2010-13: £480m (131%) ⚽️ 2013-16: £743m (55%) ⚽️ 2016-19: £1.0bn (39%) ⚽️ 2019-22: £1.3bn (29%) ⚽️ 2022-25: £1.7bn (26%) ⚽️ 2025-28: £2.4bn (41%)

Arteta talked about the build-up to this game and says it was the first time in weeks they could train with 19 players.

2:0 Odegaard and Saka UTA!

three men are driving in a car with the words we are back baby

ALT: three men are driving in a car with the words we are back baby

media.tenor.com

🤣👍

Apparently I’m both a dick and a magic tw*t. So when they tell me to go f*ck myself… they really just want me to have a good time 😉

Tonythemanc@tonythemanc.bsky.social · 2y ago

Dick alert

Fundamentally remains the biggest ‘why’ tactically that we don’t platform our wide men who consistently give Arsenal their greatest progression. Credit: EPL-Analytics on X (@DataAnalyticEPL)

Arsenal should be going after Rico Lewis this summer if Hato is off the table.

WhoScored@whoscored.com · 2y ago

Best ground duel win rates in the Premier League this season (40+ contested): ◎ 75.0% - William Saliba ◎ 68.6% - Rico Lewis ◎ 68.5% - Noussair Mazraoui ◎ 68.0% - Cristian Romero ◎ 67.5% - Yukinari Sugawara

Premier League continuing to fly away from the competition. TV and commercial agreements for the three year cycle 25/26-27/28 up 17 percent to £12.25bn. Time when European leagues like Italy and France in trouble

#FollowFriday Some fine Arsenal stat people @goonerak.bsky.social @harveydownes92.bsky.social @scott.cannonstats.com Some fine Arsenal people @adrianjclarke.bsky.social @amylawrence.bsky.social @eastlower.bsky.social @billycarpy.bsky.social @robsuddaby.bsky.social @samjdean.bsky.social

The PL has effectively bought time here… to stop Man City securing a monsterously inflated sponsorship deal that could not be stopped, which could keep it alive even without PL income.

I can see a rainbow, see a rainbow, see a rainbow… cartel 🌈

⚽️⚖️ 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗔𝗣𝗧 𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗲… 𝗮 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗠𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆? 🥊☠️⚰️🪦 The PL and the ‘Rainbow Cartel’ just achieved a resounding victory in its battle against Man City for the soul of English football and, I suspect, dealt a death blow to the club under this ownership.

For any Arsenal fans out there and was wondering how today’s vote effect the club. Arsenal took the shareholder loans between summer 2020 and summer 2021. So before the December 14th 2021 rule change. Arsenal already pays FMV interest under UEFA rules. 1/2

Ok… sonwho wants a mega thread on the implications of today’s PL vote on APTs and the changes voted in… including how it impacts City’s 130?

Wow. The PL convinced the clubs with S/H loans to convert to equity. Including Everton. Brighton… This was big

Tariq Panja@tariqpanja.bsky.social · 2y ago

Premier League passes APT rules despite opposition from 4 clubs. Manchester City did not get the support it wanted to oppose the new rule changes. Significant moment for PL’s rules. Chelsea and Man Utd officials spoke up in favour of the rules before vote. Nobody spoke up against them at meeting.

And now the APT vote has gone against City. Tick tock…

Magic hat@magic-hat.bsky.social · 2y ago

⚽️⚖️ 𝗠𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘃𝘀 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗲 - 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆’𝘀 𝗔𝗣𝗧 𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗲 This is long and complex… so I will do it in bullet point form rather than the usual prose for simplicity. Mega🧵!!

I am now 90% of the way through - it’s a fantastic read. And if you care about the future of the game, I’d consider it a must-read. Looking forward to listening to the pod later!

arseblog@arseblog.com · 2y ago

PODCAST! I chat to @migueldelaney.bsky.social about his new book 'States of Play: How Sportswashing took over football'. We discuss: Premier League, FIFA/UEFA, Abramovich, the impact on the game itself (and Arsenal), fans, and loads more. Plus you can win a copy of the book. p1r.es/4eGvu7x

A great night. Huge thanks to so many of you who listen and mean the world to us. I’ll stop before I get too sentimental. And there’s a pod to record tomorrow! @clivepafc.bsky.social @tim-stillman.bsky.social @poznaninmypants.bsky.social