Joe Richardson

[OptaJoe @OptaJoe]

38 - Martin Zubimendi is just the second ever player to win the title and play every game in his first season in the Premier League (excluding 1992-93), after Jens Lehmann in 2003-04. Champions. #CRYARS

[Joe Richardson @JoeRico77]

@clivepafc What a season from Leo 🪄 a lot of cries to sell him last summer another masterstroke from Arteta keeping him

[Joe Richardson @JoeRico77]

@lukestanley03 What’s mad about this is your club did this by breaking the rules 115 times, 0.87
points per charge, if you will

[Sky Sports Premier League @SkySportsPL]

"That decision is going to win them the league title"

@Carra23 on how Odegaard showed strong leadership for Arsenal when he came on against West Ham and his crucial role in getting the goal 🙌

[Joe Richardson @JoeRico77]

Viva David Raya 🇪���� 🧱!

[Clive @clivepafc]

👀

[Joe Richardson @JoeRico77]

@lukestanley03 Pep joined when you already had a stacked squad which was assembled illegally (115 charges) therefore you had good players which you could sell to balance the books. Arteta has had to facilitate a total rebuild with zero assets to sell.

[Joe Richardson @JoeRico77]

@clivepafc He was sensational magic feet in and around the box 🪄

[Joe Richardson @JoeRico77]

@tebzafc Agreed looked a likkleee bit sharp

[Joe Richardson @JoeRico77]

@Tripple____M The O zone ‼️

[Joe Richardson @JoeRico77]

Sly Sports couldn’t get their numbers right, could they? 👀 ���

[Joe Richardson @JoeRico77]

@SkySportsPL couldn’t get their numbers right, could they? 👀 🍿

[Joe Richardson @JoeRico77]

@SkySports couldn’t get their numbers right… could they 👀 🍿

[Leo Dasilva @SirLeoBDasilva]

No revisionism.
Arsenal were never the favorites

[Joe Richardson @JoeRico77]

Hi @MarkOgden_ nice try on the anti Arsenal anti football narrative just took one day to go up in flames. What a game Arsenal v Bayer, I’d like a follow up article breaking down David Raya’s quick distribution and the exceptional goals from Eze and Rice, cheers 🖊️ 👏 @espn

[Mark Ogden @MarkOgden_]

Arsenal are taking the joy out of football and that’s why Max Dowman’s goal was such a welcome surprise

https://t.co/sd2rGJyGew

[Football on TNT Sports @footballontnt]

"They're probably the most clear favourites to win the league that we've seen in the last 10 years"

The TNT team believe Liverpool will comfortably win the league again this season 🗣

Watch the latest episode of The Breakdown on YouTube: https://t.co/R65wlCEUbc

[Joe Richardson @JoeRico77]

You can see why this guy was an unvincinble with leverkusen #warrior #hincapie

[Arsenal @Arsenal]

Pure Piero 😤

[Joe Richardson @JoeRico77]

Gykores defensive header from the corner to eventually send Max through will go unnoticed but huge! 🔴 @amylawrence71 @adrianjclarke #HandbreakOff

[Joe Richardson @JoeRico77]

@SkySportsNews @Fanalysisapp If any team should have an asterisk it should probably the one with 115 charges

[Steve Kay @stevek9KS1TV]

Arsenal are bottlers” is one of the laziest narratives in modern football ,and it doesn’t survive contact with reality.

2022/23: Youngest team in the title race. No one expected a challenge. They finished on 84 points and accelerated the project by years. That’s overachievement, not bottling.

2023/24: Took arguably the best club side on the planet to the final day. Won 16 of their last 18 league games. Finished on 89 points. That’s title-winning form in most seasons. Losing narrowly to a machine isn’t collapse, it’s elite competition.

2024/25: Decimated by injuries across key positions. Defensive rotations disrupted, midfield balance constantly shifting. Still competitive. That’s resilience.

2025/26: Seven points clear. Composed. Structured. Mature. Strong defensively. Managing games better than ever.

This isn’t a team that crumbles. It’s a team that has grown year on year, from promising to contenders to dominant.

The only reason the “bottling” tag exists is because Arsenal dared to compete earlier than expected, and people froze that moment in time.

Progression isn’t bottling. Pushing greatness to the brink isn’t bottling. Building sustainably at the top level isn’t bottling.

It’s called evolution.

And when the trophy comes, the narrative disappears overnight.

[Joe Richardson @JoeRico77]

@stevek9KS1TV Couldn’t have said it better, the 22/23 season had absolutely no right to be in a title race youngest team in the league and smallest squad.