Wednesday Cannon Fodder: gifts

Good Wednesday morning and happy Hump Day, TSFers! Like Arsenal winning in the first match on a Saturday morning, the Gunners taking three points...
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Athletic Club 0 – Arsenal 2: off on the right foot

Arsenal downed Athletic Club 2-0 at a raucous San Mames stadium to open up the League Phase of the Champions League properly. Second half...
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Arsenal vs. Athletic Club match thread: European nights

Arsenal face Athletic Club in Bilbao to open their Champions League campaign this season. It's a tricky fixture to start the League Phase, for both...
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Tuesday Cannon Fodder: research and thought

Good morning, TSFers. Arsenal are in Champions League action today against Athletic Bilbao. The Gunners are the early match — kickoff at 12:45 ET —...
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Arsenal at Athletic Club CL Preview: Basque-ing in the moment

Fresh off of a commanding 3-0 win over Nottingham Forest at home in the Premier League, Arsenal's Champions League campaign kicks off as the...
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Monday Cannon Fodder: MW4 Recap!

Good Monday morning, TSFers! I hope everybody had a nice weekend. I definitely did after Arsenal started things off with a 3-0 win. That early...
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Grading the 2025/26 transfer window

Apologies for the delay, folks. Life has been life-ing a little too hard, so we finally got around to giving you kind of subjective content you...
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Arsenal 3 – Nottingham Forest 0: calm, cool, collected the points

Arsenal hammered Nottingham Forest 3-0 at the Emirates in Ange Postecoglou's first match in charge of his new club. That lopsided scoreline...
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Arsenal vs. Nottingham Forest: gotta have it

Arsenal host Nottingham Forest at the Emirates as Premier League play resumes after the international break. Even though it's just four matches...
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Arsenal vs Nottingham Forest preview: Back in business

The first international break has wrapped up and Arsenal are poised to return to play on Saturday morning when they host Nottingham Forest On match...
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Friday Cannon Fodder: back in action (tomorrow)

Happy Friday, y'all! Arsenal men return to the pitch tomorrow morning at 7:30 am ET against Nottingham Forest. Boy, do I need the Premier League to...
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Tuesday Cannon Fodder: bits and bobs

Good Tuesday morning, TSFers. I hope y'all caught Italy 5 – Israel 4 yesterday in World Cup qualifying — it was a barnburner of a match. On a...
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Report: William Saliba to miss a month

William Saliba will miss a month with an ankle sprain, per reports out of France. The French papers reported that the centerback is expected to...
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Monday Cannon Fodder: nicknames

Good Monday morning, TSFers! I hope everybody had a nice, relaxing weekend. We can all take comfort in the fact that Arsenal's men return to action...
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Friday Cannon Fodder: title goes here

Happy Friday, TSFers! I have returned from six days at Deep Creek Lake, MD (check my personal Bluesky account for a few pictures if you'd like – I...
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Piero Hincapie joins Arsenal on season-long loan

Deadline day wasn't without a bit of movement for Arsenal. Most of the business involved outgoings, but the Gunners secured one last incoming on...
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Fabio Vieira close to Hamburg loan

Arsenal and Hamburg are putting the finishing touches on a loan move for attacker Fabio Vieira. The two clubs are also closing in on a permanent...
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Sambi Lokonga nearing move to Hamburg

Arsenal and Hamburg are working on a deal to send Sambi Lokonga to the newly-promoted Bundesliga side on a permanent move for a modest fee, per...
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Monday Cannon Fodder: Deadline Day

Good Monday morning, TSFers and happy (?) Labor Day. Are you supposed to wish people a “happy” Labor Day? I figure many people in the U.S. will...
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Liverpool 1 – Arsenal 0: highly annoying

Arsenal fell 1-0 to Liverpool at Anfield in a match where they did enough to earn at least a draw. They were every bit as good as Liverpool and...
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Arsenal at Liverpool match thread: cut your teeth

Arsenal travel to Anfield to take on Liverpool in the biggest match of the opening weeks of the Premier League season. Liverpool and Arsenal have...
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Arsenal at Liverpool preview: A telling test

Arsenal returned to the Emirates on Saturday for their first home tilt of the Premier League season and put on a dazzling display against...
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Porto agree to Jakub Kiwior Transfer

Arsenal have reached an agreement to sell Jakub Kiwior to Porto, reports David Ornstein, but the move is contingent on the Gunners finalizing the...
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Arsenal's Champions League draw analyzed

Arsenal's Champions League League Phase (yep, I still hate writing that) opponent's have been drawn, along with the rest of the fixtures for the...
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Kai Havertz to have knee surgery

Kai Havertz will have knee surgery to repair the injury picked up against Manchester United in the first match of the Premier League season but is...
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Thursday Cannon Fodder: banter era

Good morning, TSFers! It's Thursday — we are one day away from another blessed Friday and weekend. That sentence originally had “which means” in...
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Wednesday Cannon Fodder: draw!

Good Wednesday morning, TSFers and happy hump day! Arsenal are entering the draws, the ping-pong balls type not the result type. The Carabao Cup...
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Tuesday Cannon Fodder: ranting and raving

Good Tuesday morning, TSFers. It's a brisk fall morning here in D.C. but the general feeling is that we're in the midst of a false fall and that...
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The anatomy of a goal: breaking down Viktor Gyökeres' goal against Leeds

Through a game and a half – which to be clear is nothing – it had not been going well for Viktor Gyökeres. After 0 shots in an hour against...
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Arsenal Transfer Rumor: Piero Hincapie

Arsenal are working on a move for Bayer Leverkusen defender Piero Hincapie, reports David Ornstein. The Ecuadorian international has a €60M release...
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