Whats up once more!
I’m again from Barcelona, and I had a really good time in a metropolis I like so much. The very first thing to do is thank Andrew, Lewis, and Tim, for protecting the weblog moving into my absence. I all the time take pleasure in studying it after I’m away, and the primary factor I’ve gleaned from these blogs is that very, little or no has occurred. Honest play to the lads for making such entertaining studying from so little.
I’m lucky in that I didn’t permit myself to get too nervous about that. First, as a result of I wasn’t going to spend my vacation freaking out about the identical switch rumours, repackaged and rehashed with barely totally different language by the standard suspects whose presences on-line demand that type of factor. Additionally, as a result of I nonetheless suppose it’s actually, actually early in the summertime and I’m strongly of the opinion that it’s what we do this issues, not anybody else. Significantly any membership concerned within the pathetic travesty that’s the Membership World Cup, with its depressing attendances and video games no one cares about.
Like everybody else, I would like us to do good enterprise and there’s some extent the place that nervousness will bubble over right into a ‘Okay, however when?!’ type of vibe for me, however I’m actually not there but in any respect. From the skin, it appears as if Arsenal are spinning some plates, and completely satisfied sufficient for these plates to be seen publicly, but it surely additionally feels as if they’re protecting a lid a variety of issues that aren’t a part of the relentless content material churn from Johnny Right here-We-Go and his cohorts.
It wouldn’t shock me in any respect if we ended up signing a plate or two which haven’t been spun that a lot in any respect. Not literal plates, you recognize what I imply. Anyway, there may be nonetheless a lot time to get issues accomplished. The season doesn’t kick off for two extra months, as Lewis identified, and I stay fairly relaxed about what we’re going to do and, crucially, our capacity to do it.
Talking of the brand new season, the Premier League fixtures are being formally launched at 9am this morning. I’ve seen some leaks, as is all the time the case, however we now stay in a world the place it’s more and more tough to parse what’s actual from what just isn’t. If what I’ve seen is actual although, we have now a really robust begin, however let’s see. I don’t wish to deal in disinformation, so we’ll look forward to precise info. The information shall be over on Arseblog Information as and when it occurs, and we will talk about these fixtures in tomorrow’s weblog and the way the schedule is ready up for us to go and win the Premier League in 2026.
And whereas we take into account modifications to the enjoying squad, it seems as if Mikel Arteta goes to need to cope with a change to his teaching employees as Carlos Cuesta is being linked with a transfer to Serie A to take over at Parma. It’s definitely an attention-grabbing transfer for a 29 yr outdated coach, and one which I’m certain is tough for him to show down. Once you get into the teaching recreation at such an early age, chances are high your ambition is to be a supervisor/head-coach sooner or later, and he’s unquestionably discovered loads and developed throughout his time at Arsenal.
Initially he was extra of a specialist in particular person efficiency teaching, as we noticed within the Amazon documentary, however when Steve Spherical departed in the summertime of 2023, he was promoted to assistant head coach. He was on the radar of Norwich final yr, and his inventory has continued to rise as a part of an Arsenal set-up that did attain the Champions League semi-final final season. So, it appears as if it is a huge alternative for him, and Arteta is on document as saying he wouldn’t stand in the way in which of his teaching employees if that they had affords of this kind.
If it goes by, good luck to him and it’ll be fascinating to see how he will get on, and what – if something – he takes from his time at Arsenal for his profession going ahead. It additionally doubtless requires some type of substitute, and that too shall be attention-grabbing. Will Arteta look to present youth and potential one other probability, or maybe somebody somewhat extra skilled as he seeks to go once more subsequent season and make that remaining push from second to first? We’ve frequently had questions for the Arsecast Additional about whether or not modifications to the teaching employees had been essential to proceed enhancing. I don’t suppose that’s completely the case, however in these circumstances it appears as if we have now to search out out.
Talking of which, we’ll have a podcast for you a bit in a while this afternoon. So, preserve a watch out for the decision for questions on BlueSky @gunnerblog.bsky.social and @arseblog.com with the hashtag #arsecastextra – or in the event you’re an Arseblog Member on Patreon, go away your query within the #arsecast-extra-questions channel on our Discord server.
Pod ought to be out late afternoon.
So, how are you all doing?!
