Debs Wakeford

Animal lover. Proudly part-Italian. Arsenal & Bayer 04 Leverkusen fan. Once a Gooner, always a Gooner. Was at Anfield in 89 & can prove it 😎

[The Athletic | Football @TheAthleticFC]

“He’ll continue to be employable, popular... a Manchester United legend.”

Michael Carrick will depart with his class and dignity intact, but big questions remain over United’s structure and ownership, as @david_ornstein explains.

🎙️ 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝘁𝗵𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗙𝗖 𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁

[Kenzy @inHighburyN5]

Since the Key Match Incidents (KMI) Panel’s announcement yesterday on the Timber-Isak penalty incident, people have been asking why the panel didn’t make a judgement on the Nyoni-Ødegaard challenge.

Under the current guidelines, the Nyoni-Ødegaard incident didn’t qualify as a Key Match Incident because it didn’t meet the threshold for non-VAR incidents.

VAR didn’t intervene because the challenge was considered ‘reckless’ (yellow card) and not ‘serious foul play’ (red card). VAR don’t get involved in what they deem to be yellow card incidents, even if, as in this case, the referee didn’t issue a yellow.

For the Nyoni challenge to rise to the threshold of ‘serious foul play’ (where the safety of the opponent was endangered) it would have to be considered a 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘀 challenge with 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗰𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲.

It could be argued that studs don’t need to be “high” to rupture an opponent’s achilles and that body weight alone exerts significant force so maybe a law change is justifiable.

As things stand, it’s a subjective judgement by officials. Another grey area.

[The League Magazine @Theleaguemag]

Steve Williams of Southampton

[Denz @DenzilSafo1]

@SeanDOlfc If it's so easy why are you 9 points behind in November?

Your fans were making combined 11s with 8 or 9 players in, so what's the excuse?

#AFC #LFC

[N5 Tactico @n5tactico]

What do we have here

[Kenzy @inHighburyN5]

This is too easy 🤷🏻‍♂️

[Big Willy @Salibasexual02]

Absolutely delighted about this, makes the win taste so much sweeter knowing the ref tried to cheat us out of playing against 10 men for 85 mins when he didn’t book the child for 2 blatant yellows in the first 10 to help THEM.

Also, that’s one back for their Coote title.

Hold that and cry.

[The League Magazine @Theleaguemag]

Highbury 1925

[Conyer Tor@TheArsenalMuseum @ConyerTor40446]

International break-time....Let's look at some of Our "Home" International Players.....Jack Kelsey(Wales) made His debut on 31st Mar 1954... WALES 1-2 Northern Ireland...Venue: Racecourse Ground, Wrexham...Att:32,817..Goal from John Charles.

[Conyer Tor@TheArsenalMuseum @ConyerTor40446]

International break-time....Let's look at some of Our "Home" International Players.....David Rocastle(England) made His debut on 14th Sept 1988... ENGLAND 1-0 Denmark...Venue: Wembley Stadium, London...Att:25,837..Goal from Neil Webb.

[Jeorge Bird @jeorgebird]

Gabriel Arteta and Mikael Bonaventure Yetna playing for Arsenal U17s.

[Nature Unedited @NatureUnedited]

Not something you see every day. A bald eagle and a fox sharing the same picnic table in Alaska

[The Athletic | Football @TheAthleticFC]

At around the time The Athletic broke the news that Manchester United were finalising their approach for Mauricio Pochettino to be their next manager, their current manager was arriving to take training.

On Wednesday Michael Carrick will, as he did on Tuesday, go through the motions of overseeing a session that involves the few United players not on international duty, existing in the liminal space between employment and dismissal, floating through life but knowing the phone is going to ring soon. He may well have to do it again on Thursday.

It’s not a dignified existence. He knows the end is near. We know the end is near. But more importantly Jim Ratcliffe, Jason Wilcox, Omar Berrada and whoever else chips in with these things at United or INEOS, all know the end is near.

But this is Manchester United, the club that somehow always manages to get things wrong. The club that want to appoint Pochettino, a man currently in an international job, so have chosen an international break to make their move for him, one of the only fortnights of the year when they know he is definitely busy.

One thing is for sure, Manchester United have treated Michael Carrick dreadfully, the latest in a long line of terrible decisions from a shambolic football club.

📝 @NickMiller79

🔗 https://t.co/Jb7CuU7BRv

[Isaan Khan @IsaanKhan_]

Inside Bukayo Saka’s charity drive which earned him the Socrates Award:

❤️ Constant text msgs to BigShoe charity president - ‘Are all the children safe? Which services do we have?’

🔴 Saka comes up with project ideas himself in Nigeria, Rwanda etc

😎 How his award win came about after 4 years of work

🙏The winger’s eagerness to do more charity work #afc
https://t.co/iV5o6NBuYE

[Throwback Arsenal @ThrowbackAFC]

Mesut Özil runs past Andoni Iraola in 2009

[dk is not a real person @dk_fakegod]

It doesn't get talked about enough how Semenyo left Bournemouth to join City to win a league medal only to end up losing the title at Bournemouth.

[7 on the shirt @7ontheshirt]

KMI panel - Arsenal edition
Against
- Sunderland penalty wrong
- Arsenal should’ve had penalty v Villa
- Villa should’ve had man sent off
- Arsenal should’ve had penalty - Hull (incoming)

For
- Isak penalty v Arsenal

Ok we’re still owed THREE huge decisions. Nice.

[Tim Stillman ⭐️⭐️ @timstillman_]

Should say, again, to have 1k fans travelling when the day of the game had to be changed at short notice, is magnificent and I think we get too easily inured to it. It wasn’t long ago you’d just about get double figures for a European away 😮‍💨

[Sky Sports Premier League @SkySportsPL]

Arsenal midfielder Martin Zubimendi has shut down reports linking him with a move away from the Premier League champions 🎙️🔴

[@Northbanksy @northbanksyafc]

I’m pretty pleased Arsenal dodged this bloke.