Akinkunmi Dolapo Sporting Director⚡️✨

Jack Wilshere wins his first trophy as a manager as Luton beat Stockport 3-1 in the EFL Trophy final. His former Arsenal youth team-mate James Shea started in goal for Luton. The Stockport side also included two Arsenal youth products in Corey Addai and Joseph Olowu.

People have a right to be concerned and pissed off after yesterday, but I am unequivocally backing my team until the end of the season. No excuses - we have the squad and the experience of being in this position - we should be winning this league. I’m still backing us.

🎙Jan Åge Fjørtoft criticised Declan Rice’s performance against Bournemouth and said Arsenal are “desperately missing” injured captain Martin Odegaard....... 🗣‘I want to mention another name: Declan Rice,’ Fjortoft added. ‘I see he gets the captain’s armband and I talk to English pundits and apparently he’s the biggest leader since Lord Nelson. ‘He was the captain today but I didn’t see that, I didn’t see him doing that. I’m not saying this because he’s Norwegian but I think they miss an in-form Martin Odegaard. ‘Unfortunately he’s having some problems with injuries this season but they’re desperate to get him back because at the moment Declan Rice, the big hope for English football, isn’t producing either.’ [ESPN] #afc

Arsenal will win both the Champions League and the Premier League. Yes….bookmark this tweet.

Very realistic imo..

14 - Only Derby in 2008 (18), Sunderland in 2003 (17) and Swindon Town in 1993 (15) have had longer winless runs to start a calendar year in the Premier League than Tottenham in 2026 (14) - all three were relegated in those campaigns. Precarious.

After 28 years, sadly my time at Opta has come to an end. Through seven different owners, some good, some bad, I've helped the companies grow the brand from start up to global behemoth and I've been very lucky to have a job that was also my hobby.

@Orbinho Wooow!!! What a career you had there mate🤍🙌🏿 Your dedication to the sport is unmatched, you’re a LEGEND, in-fact the GOAT in your filed. Congratulations and all the best in the future ❤️🎊

Message to Chelsea and all of Chelsea fans ahead of their game against Manchester City tomorrow 😡😡

Wouldn’t want it any other way #Ø

Remembering’89. Beaten by Derby at home. Then drew at home to Wimbledon. Then beat Livpool to win the League. Bad result for us today. No question. But still in our hands. Still ours to lose.?” COYG

OPEN LETTER TO @ChelseaFC, Please ensure you do everything humanly possible to lose to Man City tomorrow, you owe us no favour.. If we want to win the league we have to do it ourselves. Cheers ❤️

3 - Igor Thiago is the third player to score 20 goals in a Premier League season for Brentford, after Ivan Toney in 2022-23 and Bryan Mbeumo in 2024-25. Since the Bees joined the division in 2021, they have had more different players score 20+ goals in a season than any other club. Treble.

Igor Thiago Nascimento Rodrigues Our fastest ever to 20 goals in a Premier League season 🐐

“Disappointed but not surprised”. I think that’s how all Arsenal fans feel at the moment. Nothing positive to say, so I’m just going to keep my mouth shut and wait for our next match. Supporting this football club is exhausting. 🫩

Arsenal fans will understandably point to the absence of their first-choice winger (Saka), playmaker (Odegaard), right-back (Timber) and left-back (Calafiori). But these are the hurdles you need to overcome if you want to win the league. Nowhere near good enough.

We really underrate the importance of Odegaard in our build up

Everyone disrespecting Odegaard deserves pain.

X tacticos - “Odegaard doesn’t offer anything and makes everyone around him worse.” Arteta - “He’s the one that connects everybody, that glides everybody together, that makes the team flow in a way that nobody else can do that, and that's a huge quality to have.”