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16 days

Gonna start collating all my work and pinning it here, so it's all nicely accessible for anyone (new or not) who doesn't fancy scrolling far 🧵

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Jake

@JakeWFox

6 months

"We're gonna score in a minute" is one of the cockiest chants I've ever heard, do you realise what run of form you've gotta be in for that to not get laughed off 😭😭

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@JakeWFox

4 months

Big fan of Raya cashing in his run-in bozo moment when we've got a 3 goal cushion. Proactive once again

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@JakeWFox

9 months

Ever wondered why Ben White seems to take 3-4 working days to take a throw? I have, so watched about 300 throw-ins to see if I could get a good reason - and ended up finding out a whole load more

Why does Ben White take so long on throw-ins?

And other details you might have missed in Arsenal’s least-noticed set-piece

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@JakeWFox

7 months

Felt this in the moment, and on a couple of other occasions, but yesterday really seemed like the first time Gabby J had visually lost a couple of yards to me. Always heard the discussions about lost pace etc, but he looked legitimately slow a few times, idk

Arsenal

@Arsenal

7 months

From goalkeeper to goal in just 10 seconds ⏱️⚡️

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7 months

Despise modern football culture, because ~10 years ago I wouldn't know who this is let alone care, but instead this has now ruined my entire day

Ed Aarons

@ed_aarons

7 months

Arsenal No 2 Carlos Cuesta in sights of Norwich for manager’s job next season. The 28-year-old is rated as one of the world’s best young coaches and could be tempted by an opportunity to take first senior role after almost four years working under Arteta

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6 months

Yesterday was *the* Ramsdale game, summed up his entire time at the club in 90 minutes. Incredible reaction saves and moments of long-ball brilliance, undercut with a needless mistake and a core mismatch of possessional style. All of his own making. Box office keeper.

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@JakeWFox

5 months

Another quick bit of corner analysis for you: don’t do this

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@JakeWFox

4 months

Not having Saka and Rodri so you can pretend the league's had elite quality all throughout rather than based in the 2 teams at the top <<< The VVD one especially feels like they decided they had to have an LFC player in

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@SkySportsPL

4 months

BREAKING: The Premier League Player of the Season nominees have been announced 👀🏆

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@JakeWFox

4 months

Ben White scored Arsenal’s first set-piece goal in just under 2 months vs CFC last night with a lovely little move, but the pieces to predict it were in play from early on. How Arsenal learned on the job to break their dead-ball dry spell vs Chelsea ⬇️ 🧵

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@JakeWFox

10 months

@Ic3Evaa Camavinga and Tchouaméni running this back after the Euros next summer sigh

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@JakeWFox

16 days

Sad that the media (socials and general) robbed us of a good few years of Maguire. Criminally underrated, horribly overscrutinised

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@JakeWFox

1 month

True or not, don't think doing wage chatter for a 16 y/o is at all good or fair. His reasons could, very fairly, be regarding pathways and development, but this is a cheap way to reframe *a child* as a money grabber, and likely change the way certain fans interact with him

afcstuff

@afcstuff

1 month

🚨 Arsenal offered 16-year-old Chido Obi-Martin £15k-a-week in his professional contract. Manchester United ‘gladly’ doubled those wages offered by Arsenal to secure the player’s signature. 🤯 [ @Editor_ANS ] #afc

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@JakeWFox

17 days

NEW SEASON, NEW RULES🧵 PGMOL announced they're binning off blocking, saving the PL from the set-piece scuffles that nearly defined last season. But who stands to benefit most from this, who gets nerfed? Using my preview series, here's a healthy thread for exactly that (1/?)

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@JakeWFox

13 days

GW1 rarely gives you anything concrete to go off, but Man Utd did actually show some cool signs of a fairly big change vs Fulham: not being horrifically passive defending corners. How Georgson adapted his structure to cut Fulham off and keep control 🧵

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@JakeWFox

7 months

Man Utd have one of the lowest rates of corner success in the PL, but went about correcting this vs Villa, taking their total to 4 goals from 152 corners this season - this begs the question, have they fixed their corner issue? Or did something else go down this week? 🧵

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@JakeWFox

6 months

I love Jakub Kiwior and you should love him to - so here's my argument to join me: A tactic-based love letter to our gangly Polish defender and how he's hopefully taught Mikel Arteta to trust again⬇️

Cracking Kiwior

Entering the Jakubean era at the emirates

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@JakeWFox

4 months

If I’m being completely honest with myself I don’t think our lads have the minerals to deal with UCL Bernabéu yet, what is this ffsssss

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@JakeWFox

5 months

I rewatched every single corner from a Man Utd game this season and all I got was this 2-part report on how to fix their dead-ball problem. Part 1, on the defence, here ⬇️

Red Devils’ Dead Balls, Part 1

Fixing Man Utd’s set-piece problem: Defence

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@JakeWFox

6 months

Adapting successfully tends to make people forget the qualities players bring us. Don’t think losing our reliable line-breaker with Timber post-ACL + a 33 y/o J20 is a wise move. Our tactic works well now, but Arteta wants us always adapting, so why remove the safety system

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@PunchDrunkAFC

6 months

🔴⚪️ | 🚨 Bayern Munich and Newcastle eyeing a £45m move for Arsenal fullback Oleksandr Zinchenko, per @stevek9KS1TV . 🇺🇦 What’s your thoughts Gooners? With Kiwior, Timber and Tomiyasu all able to play LB, it could help secure the signing of a world class midfielder or striker.

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@JakeWFox

7 months

Wondering why Rice is now the de facto taker on the left? Wondering what that actually means for our routines? Maybe even wondering if we're actually copying this from the rest of the league? Wonder no longer. This (and some other stuff) covered below⬇️

Arsenal’s Premiere Screening

What Gabriel’s goal can help teach us about Arsenal’s screening, the rest of the PL, and whether this play might be too good, actually

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@JakeWFox

7 days

Quick thread (🧵) on what went wrong for Utd for that last minute corner vs Brighton yesterday - where all the space comes from, who's to blame, is this fixable?

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@JakeWFox

4 months

Spurs are leaking set-pieces. Ange keeps telling the world he doesn't care. Doesn't he? Should he? I've written the story of how they got into this mess, who's to blame, and what we can take from their approach this season

Big Ange’s Big Problem

A tale of corners and caring

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@JakeWFox

8 months

Wanted to do a small thread to explain more on my anti-Ramsdale ~thing~ here for the first goal. Also need to caveat that yday was maybe his best performance in a year, so this is doubly annoying.

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@JakeWFox

5 months

Guys I'm trying to win a title and my team is doing this, can anyone tell me if this is a good thing?

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@JakeWFox

3 months

@Max_Rads Shamelessly promoting a multi-club model ffs, what are we fighting against

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@JakeWFox

4 months

Hell of a weekend, us scoring 2 corners *and* me being right. Think it's good to look at why (in this game) AFC had such an easy time of it - bit of markers, bit of structure, and a bit of Ben White shithousing 🧵

Jake

@JakeWFox

4 months

Not done a crazy amount of work into it (thanks Utd), but Spurs definitely 'have a set-piece problem'. Vicario and his helper are quite easily blocked out if you can get someone sturdy there, and if you can get a player+cross either side of VdV, you're laughing (like WHU do here)

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@JakeWFox

1 month

5 minutes in and decided if I see Partey play this season without a Carabao patch on his sleeve, I'm starting a picket line outside the armoury

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@JakeWFox

6 months

This is absolutely wild lmao. 4 mins added in each half when there could've been legitimately 20. Insane refereeing

Sam Dean

@SamJDean

6 months

The ball was in play for just 51.7% of tonight's match between Arsenal and Porto. That is, by some distance, the lowest percentage of any of the round of 16 ties so far this season. For Lazio v Bayern, for example, it was 66.9%. Thanks to Opta for the stat.

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@JakeWFox

4 months

The crowd screaming "Man On" everytime he gets the ball tells me this is something we were all afraid of

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@JakeWFox

4 months

Partey might hit double figures for “idly losing the ball to blindside press” today fml

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@JakeWFox

9 months

I watched 141 Arsenal corners and this is what I found: a long-read analysis of our corner strategies this year and if they're likely to keep up

Who needs open play? An analysis of Arsenal 23/24 and their corner-focused creation

Or I watched 141 Arsenal corners and THIS is what I found

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@JakeWFox

7 months

2 6-0s in a season? One in the UCL too? I remember we went like 3 months without scoring in 20/21, this is just beautiful

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@JakeWFox

4 months

City fans were crying Gvardiol (£77m) might have to play before our game btw. They experience the sport without the drama and risk of everyone else, I'm so so tired

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@JakeWFox

6 months

Haven’t seen a single thing in ~8 months that makes me think Szoboszlai is worth €70m to LFC tbh

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@JakeWFox

3 months

Earlier this week Statsbomb founder Ted Knutson tweeted out a graphic that claimed Liverpool are the least dangerous throw-in side in the league. I had a look to see if this was true, and what's happened to the original PL throw-in nerds

Are Liverpool bad at throw-ins now?

As a foreword before this, a quick plug. Last week my first ‘proper’ piece of writing went live over at SCOUTED notebook, looking at Arséne…

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@JakeWFox

15 days

Saka is terrifying man. Wolves gave him space twice and he comes away with 2 G/A. Opposition can’t afford to bet against him at this point

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@JakeWFox

10 days

1/ Few cool features of Arsenal's set-piece stuff last weekend, where Mr Jover is clearly working hard to earn his pay (small 🧵)

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@JakeWFox

16 days

This shit right here… this is for me

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@JakeWFox

3 months

City co-opting the “little guys” argument of being an unfairly denied opportunity by some generic ‘elite’, whilst being an elite force themselves, is such blatant alt-right rhetoric that you almost have to laugh. The mask has slipped, siege mentality to the nth degree now

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@JakeWFox

4 months

City are a brand, not a team. Not a chance they get the same reaction as Arteta did today for the same result, because they’re utterly manufactured, can’t cheer anything but silverware because there’s nothing beneath the surface.

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@JakeWFox

2 months

These aren't clubs that are scraping by that are trying to find workarounds to stay afloat. These are rich clubs, who have used their money poorly, not accepting they might have to deal with the consequences, and are chucking kids around to accomodate their mistakes and egos

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@JakeWFox

8 days

Not sure I’ll ever see a better CB for us than Saliba. Not sure I’ll ever be okay again if he leaves either

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@JakeWFox

3 months

1 minute into my Šeško eye-test and I'm once again seeing Jover's greasy mitts all over our transfer policy

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@JakeWFox

3 months

Only time you should be giving Phil Foden the keys is if you’re bleeding your radiators, and even then you’ve got to sit nearby to make sure he doesn’t drink it

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@JakeWFox

9 months

@afcjxmes One of life’s great mysteries, hope it lives up to expectations

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@JakeWFox

7 months

Man I wish someone had taken the time to write about Raya’s proactivity and what it means for the team, especially in comparison to Ramsdale last year - maybe even how it’s been actually hurting us on defensive set pieces. I wish. Ahem. ⬇️

He’s a Keeper

How David Raya has made Arsenal near impenetrable, and how it’s likely to get better

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@JakeWFox

7 months

@HrishikeshDub11 He's younger than half the current Norwich squad, this guy has some crazy PR

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@JakeWFox

4 months

Not done a crazy amount of work into it (thanks Utd), but Spurs definitely 'have a set-piece problem'. Vicario and his helper are quite easily blocked out if you can get someone sturdy there, and if you can get a player+cross either side of VdV, you're laughing (like WHU do here)

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@JakeWFox

4 months

I rewatched every single corner from a Man Utd game this season and all I got was this 2-part report on how to fix their dead-ball problem. Part 2, on fixing the attack, now ready ⬇️

Red Devils’ Dead Balls, Part 2

Fixing Man Utd’s set-piece problem: Offence

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@JakeWFox

2 months

If Nico Williams doesn’t qualify as a “pacey outlet” then we’ve shallowed the scouting pool to Olympic sprinters and prime Walcott

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@AMonFootball

2 months

Nico Williams very easy on the eye Much more of a creative wide player than the pacey outlet we need though imo Williams + Osimhen though… we might be talking

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@JakeWFox

4 months

VdV breaking his LB seal against (likely) Bernardo is a baptism of fire. Kiwior was utterly destroyed, you've got to be an elite 1v1er to cope with the dribbling + movement, but if you deal with him...

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Jake

@JakeWFox

18 days

*taps the sign*

Hamzah Khalique-Loonat

@HKhaliqueLoonat

18 days

After a season of set-piece shenanigans, the PGMOL has responded: the offence of holding (ie blocking or obstructing) will be penalised more stringently in set pieces, when an attacker is trying to stop the movement of an opponent. Read here:

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@JakeWFox

7 months

The maths nerds crying "variance" about that December run must be so smug rn (I'm maths nerds)

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@JakeWFox

3 months

SCOUTED gave me the chance to talk about something other than set-pieces and I’m really proud of how it came out. Please give it a read, but more importantly please support the team who gave the “Ben White throw-ins guy” the opportunity to write a piece like this

SCOUTED

@scoutedftbl

3 months

Arsène Wenger built a cathedral of youth. Over decades, it became Arsenal's defining foundation. In a colossal epic spanning 25 years, @JakeWFox chronicles the rise and fall of Arsenal's famous Identity. In Arteta's new blood, how much of Arsène remains?

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@JakeWFox

2 months

Feels like , as a manager and representative of a football club, you should really do some work into players’ backgrounds to stop platforming disgusting thugs like this. Same goes for this Fabrizio paid hype train, this guy doesn’t need to be promoted as an asset.

Fabrizio Romano

@FabrizioRomano

2 months

🔵⚪️ De Zerbi on Greenwood deal: “For sure Mason’s a world-class player”. “I don’t know his background. No matter the player… once they sign here, they become like my children. I protect them, always”.

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@JakeWFox

1 month

If this happens you’ll witness perhaps the most neck-breaking opinion 180 from me and I’m not sorry

Fabrizio Romano

@FabrizioRomano

1 month

🚨⚪️ EXCLUSIVE: Tottenham explore move for Dominic Solanke, he’s among targets for Spurs. Difficult deal as he’s key player for #AFCB , no formal bid to Bournemouth so far. Spurs exploring options to bring in new striker and potentially new winger, based on opportunities.

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@JakeWFox

2 months

England won yesterday thanks to 2 mad moments from 2 set-pieces, but this tournament's been a step back for the side that's been defined by dead-balls under Southgate. I had a look to see why they've become so blunt, and why it's only mostly about Maguire

England’s Dying Dead-Balls

Why Southgate needs to go back to go forward

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@JakeWFox

5 months

Can only assume Boehly has put some outrageous goal bonus in the contracts

The Athletic | Football

@TheAthleticFC

5 months

Both Nicholas Jackson and Noni Madueke wanted to take Chelsea’s penalty but Conor Gallagher intervened and gave it to Cole Palmer. #CHEEVE 🎥 @SkySportsPL

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@JakeWFox

2 months

In a run of transformative signings, Raya stands out for me. Made me into a snob about his position, and showed that our growth is just as much about mental giants as physical ones, all whilst winning over (most of) a fanbase. Te amo, David

Arsenal

@Arsenal

2 months

David Raya, here to stay 👊 It’s official: last season’s Golden Glove winner has signed a permanent deal at The Arsenal ❤️

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@JakeWFox

3 months

I saw all your anti-Raya takes when the Lunin rumour dropped. I won’t forget

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@JakeWFox

9 months

When Arteta doesn't use the UCL dead rubber as a Hale End crèche

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@JakeWFox

1 month

🚨NEW SET PIECE ARTICLE🚨 Ahead of 24/25 I’m trying to get something to say about every PL team, as a review + preview of the good, bad and ??? These are bitesize, less gritty, dives into teams you may know nothing about. Part 1: Arsenal to Ipswich ⬇️

PL 24/25 Set-Piece Preview: A-I

The team-by-team narratives to keep an eye on, in brief

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@JakeWFox

17 days

- Spurs have lucked out the hardest I've ever seen. PGMOL cares more about fixing Spurs' set-pieces than Ange does, and this could mean a huge jump in fortune. Gives Vicario's wrists a systematic strengthen, and lets Spurs return to their (actually good) old system. Boooo (17/)

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4 months

Big. Game. Player.

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7 months

@ManuheF Yeah heavier is probably the word. Also agree a bit on the latter point, but a number of times he felt a bit “behind” to me - the clip probably not the best illustration

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@JakeWFox

8 months

Jover is 100% part of the transfer committee. Onana high up here, rumours of Branthwaite make a bunch of sense looking at this too. If Saliba wasn't... well, Saliba, I'm so sure we'd be all over Scalvini

Soccerment

@Soccerment_Blog

8 months

🚨 Two new metrics have just been added to : Offensive AERO and Defensive AERO, measuring aerial skill in offensive and defensive duels, using the Elo ranking system. How do we compute these metrics from event data, and what insights can they provide? 👇🧵

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@JakeWFox

7 months

@logandervish Those bastard knee injuries

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@JakeWFox

5 months

Haaland can hit CBs all he wants because he is ugly, afforded a rougher playstyle out of pity and expectation. Kai Havertz is a model, and the jealous bald referees punish him for his beauty.

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@JakeWFox

1 month

My new coping mechanism for losing the ballot is that a new signing won my ticket instead

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@bukayocore

1 month

omgg 😭😭😭😭

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@JakeWFox

6 months

Something to watch out for tomorrow night - how you can use Ødegaard to predict the type of delivery coming from Arsenal's corners 🧵

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@JakeWFox

2 months

Finding out his old boss uses this nickname unfortunately means I'll exclusively be calling him Ricky California from now on, like he's some heartthrob surfer from the 60s

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@karthikadhaigal

2 months

🗣️Heiko Vogel (Calafiori's interim manager at Basel) - "I like Arteta's style, everything is about possession. Ricky likes possession," "If you want to build up the game and have possession, he's (Calafiori) brilliant" ( @SamBIitz - Sky Sports)

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@JakeWFox

7 months

Who cares about Klopp, The Arsenal are back, baby. This time round I'm taking a look at a few core qs: 1) Why hadn't Gabriel scored a corner in ~1 year 2) Why do we care about AFC screening, and 3) Can we use it to get even better at set-pieces ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Arsenal’s Premiere Screening

What Gabriel’s goal can help teach us about Arsenal’s screening, the rest of the PL, and whether this play might be too good, actually

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@JakeWFox

3 months

Not really sure what more Gomez could’ve done this season to get a spot at LB whilst Shaw’s out. With no Maguire I don’t see the value in having Trippier on for set-pieces, and Gomez’s general play was excellent for months for LFC

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@JakeWFox

8 months

Separate note: I just wanna say stick with the boys. We’ve played badly ~3 times this season, and we’ve lost more times than that in a week. We’re being football’d, and it sucks, but Arteta would need to burn my house down before I *maybe* considered booing. UTA

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@JakeWFox

6 months

Idk if I’m gaslighting myself but Ramsdale looks more proactive and Raya-y today..

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@JakeWFox

2 months

Underrated aspect of this England drop-off this tournament has been the diabolical set-pieces. Partly down to Maguire magnetism being lost, but every single one has felt almost thoughtless, and that’s ignore the awful deliveries.

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@JakeWFox

7 months

David Raya looking amazing now he’s gelled with the CBs and doesn’t have all eyes constantly on him? Odd, could never have seen it coming

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@JakeWFox

1 month

We need to devalue the #10 for a bit, to let Ethan have an easy time picking it up. Give it Kiwior or Setford, let it marinate in some apathy before Nwaneri teaches us how to love again

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@JakeWFox

4 months

Partey loses his man in both Romero chances first-half. The trade-offs you have to manage with him are on every level: open-play, dead-balls, and beyond the pitch

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@luka_thfc

4 months

I’ll never see Saliba or Gabriel do this in one of the biggest derbies in the world. Being 3-0 down and as a CB you’re pushing forwards and looking for a goal. What a player.

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@JakeWFox

4 months

If Wenger's not allowed a perfect farewell neither is Klopp I'm afraid, rules are rules

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@JakeWFox

6 months

The best visual evidence you'll find of how we increasingly lost any sort of competitiveness over the years. Constantly aiming for the lower end of top 4 will slowly kill you, and the league dying a bit pre-Pep/Klopp didn't help that slide either

The Athletic | Football

@TheAthleticFC

6 months

2010-11: ❌ 2011-12: ❌ 2012-13: ❌ 2013-14: ❌ 2014-15: ❌ 2015-16: ❌ 2016-17: ❌ Arsenal have a painful relationship with the Champions League round of 16. @NickMiller79 revisits the years of self-destruction, false hope & repeated failures. ➡️

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@JakeWFox

13 days

If this is ignored, Fulham are at least creating a big chance imo. Utd actively altering structure is huge: last season they wouldn’t do this basically ever. Still some ?s on the attack, but defensively this is a good start, despite how close it may have felt at times (7/7)

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@JakeWFox

7 months

Don't think I realised how badly we needed a new LHS corner taker. Looking now and Martinelli hasn't recorded an assist from a corner since Partey vs LCFC in 03/22. Gab vs FFC 08/22 arguably one too, but Rice now has the same assists from corners as GM and LT combined since 22/23

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@JakeWFox

8 years

Who needs BBC weather when you've got Snapchat stories

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@JakeWFox

4 months

START LEARNING ARABIC MR PARTEY

David Ornstein

@David_Ornstein

4 months

🚨 EXCL: Arsenal offer Jorginho new contract & midfielder expected to sign it. Existing terms run until June with option for another year, but fresh deal rewards 32yo’s importance to #AFC ➕ Edu & Ayto make Saudi Arabia trip (no players / deals discussed)

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Jake

@JakeWFox

5 months

If we finish 1st or 2nd (who knows atp), it’ll be the first time 2005 that we’ve finished top 2 consecutively, and yet I’m hearing waffle about if he’s successful 😭

Scott in Chicago

@NorthsideGooner

5 months

December 2019: Arsenal in 15th, Emery sacked, Arteta hired Summer ’20: finish 8th, win FA Cup Spring ’21: finish 8th Spring ’22: finish 5th, 2 points off top 4, return to Europa Spring ’23: finish 2nd, return to CL Today: Made CL QF, 2 pts off PL top w/ 6 to play, best GD 📈

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Jake

@JakeWFox

6 months

The universe is trying to force me into writing “The Butterfly Effect of Declan Rice”

AfcVIP⁴⁹

@VipArsenal

6 months

Declan Rice in the Premier League this season. [sky] 🔥

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Jake

@JakeWFox

5 months

Kiwior is once again an utter liability against a confident dribbler, no flexibility. A clear counter argument to the 4 CB solution

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Jake

@JakeWFox

3 months

Be careful which niche you pick guys. All these OOP/IP nerds are loving this game meanwhile I'm getting genuinely irritated there's not been a corner yet

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Jake

@JakeWFox

17 days

UH-OH: AFC, EFC - AFC could be *seriously* cooked. Even in the friendly vs Lyon they scored 1 with a questionable GK push. There's ways around it (using the defender to block the GK rather than you, see Goal 1 vs Lyon, longer runs), but this was a core play for Jover. (2/)

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Jake

@JakeWFox

5 months

@AGenuineOutlaw VVD bravely playing through a bruised ego after the slip, game should be called off in these conditions

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Jake

@JakeWFox

7 months

Every Brentford game I've watched they do something astonishingly stupid. How are you getting countered like *that* in the 34th, after all the pressure you've had, off *your* FK?

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Jake

@JakeWFox

7 months

Feel it’d be fun to start putting my neck on the line more + using my set-piece watches a bit more regularly, so each week I’ll be doing a bit of a preview for the game – looking at what we did last time, what we’re doing recently, and what to expect – starting with Burnley A 🧵

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Jake

@JakeWFox

6 months

Raya, Kiwior, Ødegaard, Jesus. You boys just saved the season, only ones unphased by the lights 🫡

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Jake

@JakeWFox

14 days

I see James' point here but judging set-piece scoring levels from the COVID year (which I assume is happening? 237 from 186) isn't ideal. % of goals scored from set-pieces was actually down last year comp. to usual on my calcs from whoscored. Rule feels a bit too 'scared' for me

James Benge

@jamesbenge

14 days

The PGMOL have a point when it comes to keeping an eye on holding, blocking. This is just an individual referee error. There's been a 25% increase in goals from non-penalty set pieces in 4 years and I don't think the sport is improved if dead balls grow in prominence.

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Jake

@JakeWFox

4 months

Partey might hit double figures for “idly losing the ball to blindside press” today fml

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Jake

@JakeWFox

5 months

Sitting on a 2 goal lead with a mostly backup XI instead of chasing goal difference against a team that relishes the transition as much as Luton is a freedom you earn yourself by smacking teams for 4+ every week for 2 months. Absolutely no problems with it, sign of maturity.

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Jake

@JakeWFox

6 months

The levels between this Fabio return from injury and this Partey one have been stark. Lost all control and threat since Rice and J20 came off, jarring honestly

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Jake

@JakeWFox

1 month

Lovely thread, and the volume of the set-piece qs has me returning to something I've been thinking about recently, about how SPs are becoming increasingly purchasable tactical space for elite sides, and what the means for the PL more generally (1/?)

Jon Mackenzie

@Jon_Mackenzie

1 month

I've had the chance to have a sit down and think about next season before I take a couple of weeks off and I think that the Prem. League is really nicely poised to be very fun next seasons. Here are some of the Qs I think will be fun to keep in mind as the season unfolds [thread]

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Jake

@JakeWFox

4 months

Jens Lehmann prepping his army of lawyers as we speak

Camden Town Brewery

@CamdenBrewery

4 months

It’s been 20 years since the Invincibles went 49 games unbeaten. To commemorate that achievement, we’ve created something golden to celebrate the legends. Launching 7th May on

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Jake

@JakeWFox

7 days

12/ Overall: Mazraoui 'to blame', but this is basically the result of a new squad and a new system. There are hints of quality in this department during the game, and imo this isn't a repeatable issue - unless Georgson isn't allowed to coach again, but that's a different issue

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