Could Arsenal and the Premier League return on June 8th?

The Premier League and its 20 members clubs have set a tentative date of June 8th to resume playing league matches. The games would be played behind closed doors, and maybe entirely at Wembley Stadium. There are a total of 92 PL matches to be played. They are also working…

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Arsenal and 19 other Premier League clubs continue to wait

Happy Friday, Gooners! The 20 Premier League clubs met today for over 2 hours via video conference to discuss what to do about the remainder of the PL season. The decision they reached was to revisit it all again in three weeks when the recently extended government lockdown is expected…

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A new dream line-up for Arsenal in 2020-2021?

The other day I was going through Twitter and I found a post on @thearsenalgalaxy that caught my attention. The post featured a potential Arsenal line-up for the 2020-2021 season that I found both interesting and intriguing. Here is what they proposed, a 4-4-2 set-up… Goalkeeper – Bernd Leno Defenders…

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Should the Premier League season resume, or not?

Should the Premier League season resume, or not? Here’s my overall opinion on the entire subject… First, I still think the season should be cancelled, and next year’s European spots should be based on last year’s final table. There should be no promotion or relegation, and no champion named either….

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Could Atletico Madrid’s Thomas Partey become a Gunner?

Okay, let’s talk some football, even though it is purely speculation at this point. At least it’s not more of the same doom and gloom we have been hearing for the past few months. Don’t get me wrong, that’s all important information for us to hear, but let’s put is…

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International Champions Cup cancelled for 2020

The ICC has become a really good preseason set-up for many of the world’s best clubs. Arsenal has been in several of these tournaments, competing in both Asia and the United States. Unfortunately, the ICC is yet one more event to be cancelled in the coming months due to COVID-19….

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Friday’s football notes…

Today is Day #17 of “Social Distancing” at the Yankee Gooner homestead. I hope all of you are safe and healthy wherever you might be. Hang in their. the light at the end of the tunnel MIGHT be coming! Let’s keep our fingers crossed before we all go nuts or…

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Will Arsenal play these games this season?

The Gunners have a minimum of 11 games remaining on their 2019-2020 fixture list. 7 of those game are away from Emirates Stadium. 10 are Premier League matches, while the remaining one is a FA Cup quarterfinal. Will these games be played? @ Southampton @ Manchester City @ Brighton and…

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A tip of the hat to #Players Together

A tip of the hat to the players of the Premier League for coming together to fund a charitable initiative that will support England during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here is part of their mission statement… “Over the course of the last week we, as a group of Premier League players,…

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