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The official @SBNation home of the 17-time Community Shield Champions. Tweets mostly by @AaronCLerner .

United States, oddly enough
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
2 months
You know how Tottenham could totally stick it to Arsenal? By losing the North London Derby, but then taking points off Manchester City so Arsenal win the league. Then they could be all like “we helped you win” and we could be like “yeah, sure, whatever.” We’d be so owned.
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@TheShortFuse
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3 years
If you are abusing Aaron Ramsdale on social media before he's even pulled on an #Arsenal shirt... Fuck off. We don't want you. You aren't one of us.
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
7 months
Havertz, Ødegaard, Martinelli, Saka, Jesus is probably Mikel Arteta's preferred front five. They hadn't played a minute together all season. They scored 5 goals in their first 45 minutes.
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
11 months
If Thomas Partey isn't on a yellow card, he gives a foul there and that goal doesn't happen. See how much more leeway Rodri has to stop attacks because he hasn't been properly booked for all the fouls he should have been earlier in the match? These things matter.
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@TheShortFuse
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2 years
Bukayo Saka was physically lifted up and thrown to the ground. Penalty wasn’t given. Martin Ødegaard brushes against Eriksen. Foul given. Goal ruled out. Just a shred of consistency is all I’d like to see.
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
5 months
Just get down the tunnel, you've won a game, it's three points...Get down the tunnel. I'm serious, honestly.
@JamesPearceLFC
James Pearce
5 months
Klopp mixing it up. Fist pumps to three sides of Anfield. ✊✊✊ #LFC
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
2 years
More contact by Maguire on Nketiah than Ødegaard on Eriksen. Yep. The Premier League, ladies and gentlemen.
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
7 months
Mikel Arteta was booked for some reason. But De Zerbi was not booked for waving an imaginary card earlier in the match. Different rules for different clubs.
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
2 years
Harry Kane just appealed for a penalty when a Spurs player handled the ball. Paul Tierney thought about giving it.
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
2 months
They’re going to miss Champions League football and they’re singing our club’s name. We own them.
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
5 months
Granit Xhaka went to Germany to stop Harry Kane winning a trophy. Mans playing chess, everyone else is playing checkers. Once a Gunner…
@mariEscobarPME
PME 🚭🇮🇹🍝
5 months
Kane thought he was getting an easy trophy
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
2 years
Per Mertesacker was wildly underrated at Arsenal.
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
2 years
USMNT attackers salivating at the chance to face Harry Maguire.
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
3 months
In 3.5 seasons, Mikel Arteta, Edu, and this young core of players have taken Arsenal from its lowest point in decades to a Champions League quarterfinal and two Premier League title races. From where I sit, big changes would be foolish.
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
2 years
Viv Miedema is either your favorite player or better than your favorite player. End of story.
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
2 months
Couldn’t happen to a “better” person. He should have seen straight red for this and missed the second leg. Stay trophyless, cheat.
@afcDW
Dan Critchlow
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I will be there when he goes trophyless again this season. Years and years of cheating to win nothing at all.
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
1 year
Finally, Graeme Le Saux says it. Manchester City's squad costs double the amount that #Arsenal 's does. "They can go into the market and pick off anyone they want. They don't have to compromise anywhere."
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
2 months
Arsenal went 16-1-1 in 2024 to finish the Premier League season. In any season without 115 Charges FC, that would be enough to win the title.
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
7 months
Juxtaposing Mikel Arteta's yellow for stepping outside the technical area while celebrating an extra time goal with Erling Haaland not being punished for getting the face of, bumping into, and screaming at a referee highlights the absurd priorities established by the PL and PGMOL
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
3 years
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang getting himself disciplined so that Gabriel Martinelli can break into the starting lineup. Layers. What a captain.
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
2 years
As NBC Sports is saying, how is the “foul” on Ødegaard a “clear and obvious” error? Paul Tierney is right there and has a clear view. He decides it not a foul. Right there, BY DEFINITION, it cannot be a clear and obvious error.
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
3 months
@BavarianFBWorks @CBSSportsGolazo Slowing it down pretty clearly shows that Bukayo Saka did not "kick out" at Manuel Neuer. At least to my eye.
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
3 months
This is what you get when you permit Manchester City to flout the financial rules for more than a decade, racking up 115 charges. Liverpool and Arsenal have been magnificent this season, City have been less than themselves. And still, one slip and City are in control.
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
2 years
Maguire makes no play on the ball, runs into, and grabs Eddie Nketiah. That’s a foul.
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
1 year
According to @TheAthleticFC , Arsenal have had players miss 962 days through injury this season, around the middle of the Premier League. The team with the best injury record this year? Manchester City at only 437 days missed, nearly 300 less than any other club.
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
3 years
Mikel Arteta should lose it at the refereeing after the match. Like take the fine, take a one-match ban, whatever. Sometimes you need to make a statement and try to wake ‘em up. And the Premier League needs to wake up.
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
2 years
Oh that’s not great. Arteta says that there was some damage seen on a scan of Kieran Tierney’s knee and that he’s headed to a specialist tomorrow.
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
3 months
Every Arsenal supporter knows that Harry Kane is that kind of player. He looked where Gabriel was and popped him with an elbow in the neck / jaw. Despicable player. Has always been one. Tries to hurt defenders.
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
6 months
Very glad to see Luis Diaz healthy and playing after Bukayo Saka viciously broke both his knees getting fouled by him.
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
3 years
This situation happened twice - here with Xhaka and once with Martinelli not playing Balogun in. My concern is that they’ve been coached to take the safe, easy pass to Tierney out wide instead of trying to riskier but much higher reward ball up the channel.
@tonyni
Tony
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@TheShortFuse hmmm, where to pass here?
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
4 months
Poor from Paul Tierney, then poor from Liverpool to not give the ball back to Forest. Really no two ways about it. There is a way we generally do things in football, and it wasn't done here. And it helped Liverpool win a match that otherwise, they almost certainly don't win.
@billycarpy
Billy Carpenter
4 months
Honest question. CHO had it wide at 96', play was still running, then it was whistled for a head injury (Tierney made the motion after seeing Konaté down after running into Kelleher). Liverpool got the ball on restart. What am I missing?
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
2 years
You know you’ve scored a banger when your teammates can’t believe what they’ve just seen. What a goal from SALIBA [to the tune of Tequila by The Champs]! And Martin Ødegaard at the double. You love to see it.
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
2 years
Arsenal wearing black armbands in honor of Maria Petri tonight. They also showed a lovely montage video before kickoff. Class.
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
2 years
It’s open season on Gabriel Jesus, apparently. Foul him with impunity. You won’t get carded.
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
2 months
2-0 to City. Congrats, PL. You let them cheat for a decade. This is what you get. A non-competition.
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
2 years
It’s five straight Premier League victories hosting eight straight as Liverpool head to the Emirates. Can #Arsenal pull off the upset and continue their march towards the Champions League? #ARSLIV
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
2 years
#Arsenal have been waiting to move for Youri Tielemans. It seems as if that patience may finally be paying off.
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
2 years
Deserved karma for Brazil. Got Gabriel Jesus hurt in a meaningless match. Didn't bring Gabriel Martinelli on against Croatia.
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
7 months
Did they even look at / consider the ball hitting Matty Cash on the arm?
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
2 months
They’re talking about Arsenal on the Today Show and broadcasting messages from Leandro Trossard. We are massive.
@MenInBlazers
Men in Blazers
2 months
Just Leandro Trossard hopping on @TODAYshow with a special message for Anne Hathaway. ❤️‍🔥 America, football country. 🇺🇸
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1 year
13 fouls committed by Leicester. Zero cards. It boggles the mind.
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
3 months
Saka touches the ball beyond Neuer, Neuer steps into his path, and takes him down. 100x more of a penalty than the one given against Arsenal. Unbelievable.
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
1 year
Ilkay Gundogan, only playing because KDB is being rested. Phil Foden rotating in for Jack Grealish. That’s what more than a decade of financial doping gets you.
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
1 year
Manchester City get that penalty at the death 10 times out of 10. The Premier League referees are fucking biased, incompetent morons.
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
3 months
How is VAR not having a look at the challenge on Kai Havertz? What is the purpose of VAR if not to have another look at that?
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
2 months
Possible silver lining: we never have to see Thomas Partey in an Arsenal shirt again.
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
2 years
The buzz around Youri Tielemans to #Arsenal has much the same feel as the Ben White and Aaron Ramsdale moves from last summer. As in, it’s very likely to happen, and it’s just of question of when and for how much.
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
4 months
This is a perfect example of why we absolutely cannot completely bin VAR. Do you want to go back to this? Because if you bin VAR, this is what you'll get.
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Haroun Hickman
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Thierry was an absolute cheat code. Linesmen simply couldn’t believe a player could be onside and that clear of a defence. Electrifying pace.
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
2 months
HAPPY ST. TOTTERINGHAM'S DAY, GOONERS! As it should be.
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
1 year
There's a massive, additional part to Manchester City's success that has nothing to do with Pep Guardiola that these talking heads steadfastly refuse to discuss.
@NBCSportsSoccer
NBC Sports Soccer
1 year
"As long as Pep Guardiola is manager, it's just gonna be hard for everyone else." Is there treble on for Manchester CIty after this dominant performance against Arsenal? #MyPLMorning
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
2 months
That should be a red card for Nicolas Jackson. That’s an awful challenge on Takehiro Tomiyasu. What are we doing here?
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
7 months
Spot on.
@EmilyHigg
Emily Higginbotham
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This is what Palace get for not bringing on Rob Holding to see out the game
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
1 year
Okay, let's get it right this time. Because none of William Saliba, Gabriel Magalhaes, and Bukayo Saka got a 5th caution today, they will not be suspended. The threshold increases to 10 yellows over 32 matches. If a player hits that mark, they miss two matches.
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
1 year
Premier League referees take note - you CAN give early cards for fouling Bukayo Saka.
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The Short Fuse
2 months
And another Premier League title has an asterisk.
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
9 months
Is the Peacock stream stuttering for anybody else or is it just my internet / connection?
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
3 years
Ainsley Maitland-Niles has been fantastic since coming on.
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
2 years
Look at this horrible thing the #Arsenal women have done, protesting to the referee about not stopping play when the ball hit her. Definitely worth an FA charge, right? How dare they be upset she got the rule wrong and cost them a goal?
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
1 year
Precisely this. As @jamesbenge said, there is only one club that can bottle the Premier League for the foreseeable future: Manchester City. Their resources mean they SHOULD win it every time. When they don’t, they’ve screwed up.
@LFCOffside
The Liverpool Offside
1 year
The bottled talk is as stupid when it's Arsenal as when it was us. Before City's financial doping, you didn't need 95-100 points to win the league, and City are only capable of recording those totals because they can afford—in fees and wages—£50M back-ups across the board.
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
3 years
“This is a tough one for Stuart Atwell now” says the announcer. The polite way of saying the referee has utterly lost the plot.
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
7 months
Eddie Howe and the club that employs him does more to undermine the image and integrity of the game than managers voicing their frustration with referees ever can and will.
@CraigHope_DM
Craig Hope
7 months
🗣️ Eddie Howe calls for tougher punishment for managers who abuse referees in effort to protect officials & improve image of game ✔️ NUFC boss backs @MailSport 'Stop Abusing Referees' campaign. Story below 👇
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
5 years
Ceballos, Luiz, and others have all tried and failed to hit Mesut Ozil passes today. You know who is good at threading Mesut Ozil passes? Mesut. Ozil.
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
4 years
May be in the minority here, but I’m encouraged by Aubameyang’s performance today in comparison to how he’s looked. He’s attacking the posts, getting on the break, just can’t find that final touch to score. That will come.
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
2 years
Harry Kane just intentionally kicked Gabriel Magalhaes as he was on the ground. Despicable player does despicable things. Color me surprised.
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
2 years
Mikel Arteta won 53 of his first 100 Premier League matches in charge of #Arsenal . Only Arsene Wenger, 54 of 100, won more.
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
1 year
Enjoy getting relegated, Everton. You've turned yourself from loveable losers into a despicable bunch.
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
2 years
Mykhaylo Mudryk would fill a big hole in the #Arsenal setup: players with neck tattoos. The Gunners don’t have enough of those. He’d also be a solid rotational option on the wing.
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
1 year
Hm.
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@FAspokesperson
FA Spokesperson
1 year
Regulation and Discipline update on @Arsenal :
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
7 months
That goal shows the ridiculousness of the way hanball is called. The ball hits Matty Cash's arm in the same way it hits Kai Havertz. Why is one deemed consequential and not the other?
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
6 months
The picture in the VAR review perfectly illustrates one of my general gripes with VAR. Why are we deferring to the "call" the linesman at the top of the image made? He's not on the goal line and he's looking through two posts, Zinchenko in the goal. He hasn't got a clue.
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
4 years
AUBA DROPPED THE FA CUP 🤣
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
7 months
Mitoma should be off, by the way. He should have seen yellow for waving the imaginary yellow card when Ben White was booked.
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
2 years
Gabriel Martinelli, Magalhaes called up to Brazilian national team for World Cup Qualifiers at the end of March. Congrats to #Arsenal ’s Brazilian duo!
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
2 months
@CescVision “We helped Arsenal win the league, you’ll never sing that!”
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
2 years
Hey @peacockTV why am I getting a commercial in the middle of play of the #Arsenal match?
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The Short Fuse
1 year
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
7 months
Really struggling to see what Mikel Arteta did here that merits a booking.
@NBCSportsSoccer
NBC Sports Soccer
7 months
DECLAN RICE WINS IT IN STOPPAGE TIME! 😱
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The Short Fuse
1 year
Lots of people who support clubs that are 15 points (plus) behind #Arsenal are surprisingly mouthy right now. I'd be a bit more concerned with your own backyard, to be quite honest.
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
3 years
Bernd Leno was like "I don't want to stay at #Arsenal long term" and the club went "say less" and got Aaron Ramsdale. And Leno hasn't been heard from since.
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
2 years
This is clearly Paul Pogba’s fault.
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
6 months
Man, I thought Arsenal Twitter was unhinged. Liverpool Twitter is on a different level of divorced from reality wacko.
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
7 months
Myles Lewis-Skelly and Ethan Nwaneri sitting on the bench like:
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
3 years
He has reportedly limited his Instagram comments because of some number of absolute mushbrained morons commenting on there. Go away. You suck.
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
1 year
We had one. They kicked him off the pitch.
@gunnerpunner
JB™️
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They love that long ball into the channel behind the fullback. I just wish we had a proper sprinter who could be the same exit for us.
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
4 months
Bukayo Saka spins his man and is held from behind, no call. This is ridiculous.
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
2 years
Let's give Ben White his due praise. Dude played CB last season and has been fantastic at RB this year. Had another great game today. Shut down Wilf Zaha in the opener. He's playing really well.
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
6 months
You know why you can't see the ball on the replay of the goal? Because it's out of play. If it were in play, you'd be able to see at least a sliver of it around Bowen's leg, overhanging the touchline.
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
1 year
Hope they figure out who has been shining lasers at Mudryk and ban them from the Emirates for life.
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The Short Fuse
4 months
As much of a grab by Pepe on Odegaard as by Havertz on Pepe.
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The Short Fuse
1 year
Eagerly awaiting the FA charge against Tottenham for failing to control their players after the match.
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
3 years
And as always, the same goes for all abuse aimed at footballers (and really any humans) online, in writing, or in person. Be kind. Don't be a dick. It isn't hard.
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The Short Fuse
2 months
He comes studs up into Bukayo Saka's knee. Bottom of the boot. That's a textbook red card.
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The Short Fuse
10 months
The implication of that yellow card to Bukayo Saka is that players are expected to maintain full body control while being fouled from behind and dragged to the ground. Utterly nonsensical.
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
3 years
Remember when the #Arsenal men beat Spurs 3-1 and then the Arsenal women beat Manchester City 5-0? That was pretty cool.
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The Short Fuse
2 months
What the fuck are we doing here, honestly? Three times in four games Arsenal players have been on the receiving end of high, studs up challenges.
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
2 years
Westwood, who is already booked, just got an arm / elbow to Gabriel’s neck or face. Of course, he’s not sent off. Gabriel has been sent off for two quick yellows twice at #Arsenal . Thomas Partey was given two in three minutes against Liverpool.
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
1 year
Lee Mason was the VAR who incorrectly told Paul Tierney to go to the monitor in the #Arsenal -Manchester United match. Mason "forgot" to draw lines that would have ruled out Brentford's goal. He should be sacked. Immediately.
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
2 years
Mohamed Elneny injury "significant" per @David_Ornstein and others. With Partey and Zinchenko out shorter term, will #Arsenal shift their transfer focus from winger to central midfielder?
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@TheShortFuse
The Short Fuse
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Seriously, the rest of the Premier League is basically worthless. Chief among them Aston Villa, who handed Manchester City a win at the Etihad by not even trying to win, and played their best game of the season against Arsenal.
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