Josh Lang

314 Made, Arsenal, Blues, Cardinals, Mizzou

[Josh Lang @joshfredlang]

@MedievalScholar One of my all time favorites. Had Buehlman on a Zoom with our book club and he was great.

[Squawka @Squawka]

David Raya has the highest save percentage (72.88%) of any goalkeeper to make 100+ saves since he made his Premier League debut in 2021.

He's also kept more clean sheets than any other GK in that time (69). 🧤

[PFA @PFA]

The PFA Premier League Team of the Year 🏆

Voted for by the players.

[CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ @CBSSportsGolazo]

William Saliba is the only player to have been named in each of the last four PFA Team of the Years 👏

[Josh Lang @joshfredlang]

@pitdesi You know how I know I’m old? I look at this and see a thousand things that will break the second this is out of warranty. Then I realize I’m really old, because I realize I don’t want to hassle with things breaking even when it is in warranty 😂

[Premier League @premierleague]

1️⃣5️⃣0️⃣ Premier League wins up for Mikel Arteta!

[WhoScored @WhoScored]

Arsenal in the Premier League last season:

🥇 Most points (85)
🥇 Most wins (26)
🥇 Best goal difference (+44)
🥇 Most clean sheets (19)
🥇 Most clean sheets in a row (4)
🥇 Most set-piece goals (23)
🥇 Most headed goals (16)
🥇 Most WhoScored MOTM awards (29)
🥇 Fewest losses (5)
🥇 Fewest goals conceded (27)
🥇 Fewest shots conceded (310)
🥇 Fewest shots conceded per game (8.2)
🥇 Fewest xG against (34.11)
🥇 Fewest xG per shot conceded (0.11)
🥇 Fewest yellow cards (51)
🥇 Fewest red cards (0)

Their title defence starts tonight. 🔴🏆

[Arsenal News @ArsenalNews_Hub]

🚨🔴⚪️ Bruno Guimarães on Life Inside Arsenal’s Dressing Room: 🇧🇷

“I used to ask myself why Arsenal players play like they want to die for the shirt. But since coming here, I’ve understood it.

I’ve seen the unity, the love and the family environment they create at Arsenal. When you’re here, it feels more like a home full of brothers than just a football team.

The care they have for one another, the values inside the dressing room — they teach you how to love Arsenal as a name and as a club before you even touch the ball.

That’s what makes this place so special.” ❤️🤍

#AFC #Arsenal #BrunoGuimaraes #COYG

[Łukasz Bączek @Lu_Class_]

Arsenal is one of 2026's biggest stories, climbing to third with brand value up 28% (€1.5bn), on the back of a first Premier League title in 22 years and UCL final run. In the ranking of the world’s most valuable football brands, the Gunners trail only Real Madrid and Barcelona.

[PaulBettany22 @QuantK22]

Arteta’s first 3 seasons in the champions league:

23/24: 4 wins 3 draws 3 losses, quarter finals

24/25: 9 wins 2 draws 3 losses, semi finals

25/26: 11 wins 4 draws 0 losses, final

Only ever lost 1 home game

80 goals scored 25 goals conceded.

[Tom Canton @TomCantonMedia]

Mikel Arteta can become 5th manager to reach 150 victories in fewer than 250 games with a win tomorrow.

Pep Guardiola, Jose Mourinho, Sir Alex Ferguson & Jurgen Klopp are the only others to do so.

[Twalib @TwalibZaitunk]

With all the rivalry they had, Pep still knew deep down that Arteta was the next big thing.

[Josh Lang @joshfredlang]

This is incredible. Not only the song (which is great), but the fact that the algorithm fed it to me. When my daughter was in diapers, we would watch every single autotune the news. It was basically her favorite “show”. She was too little to understand the content but loved the song aspect and that Dad would laugh himself to tears. She’s in college now and my feed has dropped the Gregory’s back in my lap after almost 2 decades.

[ESPN FC @ESPNFC]

Arsenal’s man between the posts takes the top spot on the ESPNFC 100 goalkeepers list 📈

All three of Spain’s World Cup-winning keepers also made the list 🇪🇸

Full list: https://t.co/rcFTK9uuxn

[Josh Lang @joshfredlang]

@themagic_tophat https://t.co/Mjx2nJwePu

[Jake @EconomPic]

How do the Dodgers carry an unlimited payroll?

Filings uncovered by @NickNemo17 show roughly $1.45 billion in debt for American Media Productions, the entity behind SportsNet LA and the Dodgers' 25-year, $8.35 billion Charter deal, sitting on the balance sheets of 5 life insurance companies tied to or controlled by the Dodgers' own ownership group.

i.e. the Dodgers get a sweetheart deal on their TV rights from a media company their owners co-own, financed by insurance companies those same owners control.

Because ownership sits on both sides, as borrower and lender, the setup functions as a closed loop:

-When RSNs hit turbulence, banks enforce covenants or force restructuring. Here the lenders are insurers the owners manage, so the capital stays patient and cash flow to the team never gets choked.
-MLB taxes net local revenue at 34% but allows deductions for debt service and interest tied to running the network. Carrying $1.45 billion in media debt on AMP's balance sheet generates interest expense that shrinks reportable net TV income and the resulting revenue-sharing bill.

Then there's the payroll itself. Over $1 billion of it is deferred, owed to 9 players through 2047. Pushing that cash out frees up money today, some of which is going toward servicing that same debt, and kicks the actual bill to a stretch of decades many of today's owners won't be around for.

LA built a (seemingly illegal) structure that captures its own interest yield, shelters TV income from league revenue sharing, and helps fund payroll dominance in the process.

[Josh Lang @joshfredlang]

@YankeeGunner Was already planning on buying the new @Jon_Mackenzie book and have to say this pod was a great reminder. Such good stuff and loved @YankeeGunner finding a match for his energy / excitement on tactical discussion 😂

[OptaJoe @OptaJoe]

1 - Along with scoring a goal, Martin Ødegaard led all @Arsenal players against Man City for:

Passes completed (55/58 - 95%)
Dribbles completed (3/3 - 100%)
Possession won (9)

Composure.

[CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ @CBSSportsGolazo]

Riccardo Calafiori scores the fastest goal recorded in Community Shield history ⚡️

[WhoScored @WhoScored]

Premier League Team of the Season 2025/26. ⭐️

[Gradient Sports @Gradient_Sports]

The best open-play crossers in the Premier League last season 🎯