Morning.
It’s day 143 of the rains. Though barely a month of the brand new yr has handed, it has been raining in Eire for nearly 17 weeks in 2026. At the least that’s the way it feels. I can’t keep in mind the final time the solar got here out. 50 shades of gray is not some type of smutty e book, however the actuality by which we exist. If this retains up, there can be new shades that even a elaborate paint store hasn’t provide you with but. Not your Dulux or Crown or any of that nonsense, however the ones who name themselves one thing like ‘Garter and Farthing’ or one thing like that.
“If sir is trying to discover a paint for his sitting room that matches the sky outdoors, could I recommend ‘Profound Stone’, ‘Incessant Ash’, or ‘Furious charcoal’? Maybe when you’re feeling actually daring, you may contemplate a brand new vary, impressed by the Irish winter of 2026, ‘Dublin Lead’, or a brand new favorite ‘Murderous Obsidian’.”
I’m trying ahead to some fool YouTube channel from some twat who helps one other twat group discovering a option to make this Mikel Arteta’s fault as a result of Arsenal rating too many targets from set-pieces or one thing. I settle for there’s nothing I can do in regards to the climate, past upping sticks and transferring to a different nation the place it’s not as crap, however that looks as if an terrible lot of problem.
I’ve moved home sufficient in my life, and I’ve sworn by no means to do it once more until I win a billion kilos and pays any individual to do all of it for me. Like all of it. I simply want to show up on the new gaff and it’s all able to my actual specs. Nonetheless, there’s as a lot likelihood of that taking place as Marc Guehi enjoying within the Carabao Cup last. So, I’ll endure the rains and in some unspecified time in the future it has to cease. It has to cease, proper? Proper?!
Later right now, we’ll hear from Mikel Arteta forward of our recreation in opposition to Sunderland tomorrow. There was no signal of Bukayo Saka, Martin Odegaard or Jurrien Timber in coaching yesterday, so we’ll await no matter type of replace he’s minded to provide us with regards these three, however suffice to say we’ve got choices for all of them ought to they not be concerned.
I’m gonna guess that one of many questions he’s requested right now is about Liam Rosenior’s response to the Arsenal warm-up the opposite night time. The Chelsea head coach was ‘caught’ on digital camera expressing his displeasure at what he thought of some encroachment into their half of the pitch, and subsequently defined his considering in a press convention. I imply, that is full storm in a teacup stuff (oh god, it’s even raining within the crockery now!), however within the absence of something aside from Arsenal being superb, I’m certain this can come up. Particularly as, if anybody has ever watched a warm-up, they’ll observe that midway isn’t some type of Berlin wall checkpoint, and that gamers/coaches on either side steadily function both facet with out anybody making an enormous deal out of it.
If you happen to had been an individual maybe a bit predisposed to cynicism, you may have a look at the very fact Rosenior knew the cameras had been there and, moderately than ask a member of his personal employees to have a quiet phrase, or just ignore it, he did it such a approach that it could turn out to be a really public factor. Am I that type of particular person? Perhaps the rain is driving me to it, however he does appear to be the kind of man who would hold a large portrait of himself in his bathroom (though not a portrait of his first contact the opposite night time), and cite Brendan Rogers as an inspiration. If it does come up, count on Arteta to play it with a really straight bat as all the time, and we’ll convey you all of the precise tales on Arseblog Information later.
For a bit of additional studying this morning, right here’s Tim on the ‘anxiousness’ of this season, and the title race. I’ve to say, some of the attention-grabbing features of all of it’s the truth that it wasn’t way back that that is precisely what we needed. If you happen to bemoan an absence of high quality or an absence of ambition that sees your group fall under the excessive requirements you count on, then the stresses that we’re experiencing now are a direct consequence of being good once more. Isn’t it higher to have one thing to play for than not?
I feel it’s. You’ll be able to’t have good with out evil. There isn’t any mild with out darkness. There isn’t any dry with out moist. There isn’t any sunshine with out rain. That’s a lie. There isn’t any sunshine. There may be solely rain. Limitless, unending, continuous, depressing rain. Rain rain rain rain rain.
Argh.
I’m off to color my kitchen ‘Demonic Slate‘. Be part of us later for a Sunderland preview podcast on Patreon, for now, have an awesome Friday!
