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Thursday Cannon Fodder: DRAW!
Good morning, TSFers! It’s Thursday which means tomorrow is Friday and that’s an excellent reason to feel alright about where you’re at. The Champions League draw is in a few hours. Matchday 1 starts Tuesday, September 8th — right around the corner. Does anybody else feel as if the seasons snuck up on them? I […]
Wednesday Cannon Fodder: this, that, and the other thing
Good Wednesday morning, TSFers. Happy Hump Day! The spirit hasn’t moved me to anything brilliant for today’s CF, so Grab Bag it is! Please share anything and everything that’s on your mind — Arsenal-related, football-related, or completely off-topic — in the comments. Sadly, Dolly Parton passed yesterday after a brief battle with cancer. From all […]
Gabriel Martinelli nearing Arsenal-record transfer to Al-Hilal
Arsenal are closing in on a deal to sell Gabriel Martinelli to Al-Hilal in the Saudi Pro League. The two clubs are about £7M apart in negotiations and confident they’ll agree to a fee, according to reports. The Brazilian winger would move for around £50M, which would make him Arsenal’s record sale by far, well-eclipsing […]
Tuesday Cannon Fodder: rumors
Good Tuesday morning, TSFers! No, today’s CF is not about that singles bar downtown — every city has a “Rumors” bar, right? Today (this week, really) will be one for transfer news as the window draws closer to closing. We’ve got a week left. Deadline Day is September 1st. Next Tuesday. The Champions League draw […]
Monday Cannon Fodder: Premier League MW1 Recap
Good Monday morning, TSFers! It was a wild first week in the Premier League, as you’d expect. So many matches didn’t go to script and that’s why they play the games! The action wraps up today with Fulham hosting Chelsea at 3 pm, broadcast on USA Network. Arsenal don’t play until Monday next week (@ […]
Arsenal 3 – Coventry City 0 match report: off to a good start
Arsenal outclassed Coventry City en route to a 3-0 win at the Emirates to open the season. The Gunners probably could have scored more but they throttled back considerably after Martin Ødegaard made it 3-0 early in the second half. It feels nice to score two in the first half, get a third just after […]
Arsenal vs. Coventry City match thread: curtain raiser
We’ve made it, folks. Arsenal start their Premier League title defense hosting Frank Lampard’s newly-promoted Coventry City side. It’s been three months since the Gunners raised the trophy at Selhurst Park. Somehow it feels like the time has flown by while that day also seems like a distant memory. Winning the title is one thing. […]
Arsenal 2026-27 Player Previews: Wingers & Forwards
Arsenal’s attacking group is the position group under the most scrutiny this season. How could it not be? The Gunners scored the 5th-fewest goals of a Premier League winner all-time last season and managed a pedestrian 7th-best open play xG in the league. In a way, it doesn’t really matter because they still won the […]
Friday Cannon Fodder: Hi, My Name Is
Hello y’all! Welcome to another Arsenal season here at TSF. My name is Aaron and I’ll be your captain. It’s a pleasure to wear the armband and be back with everyone for, what, my fifth or sixth year guiding the good ship Short Fuse. It’s my first with Arsenal as DEFENDING PREMIER LEAGUE CHAMPIONS! Given […]
It’s time to go again
What do you do when you achieve something you’ve wanted for most of your life? That question is pertinent for Arsenal this season. This group of players have done something many of them have wanted to do since they first started playing football. But for many fans, the first title in a generation begs the […]
2026-27 Premier League Predictions
The Premier League season starts Friday, August 21st with Arsenal hosting newly-promoted Coventry City. Naturally, that means it is time for predictions. Last season, I was the only TSF writer to predict that Arsenal would win the Premier League. Take that, Tony and Aidan. All three of us correctly predicted that Burnley and Wolves would […]
Arsenal 2026-27 Player Previews: Midfield
Arsenal have a deep, experienced group of midfielders. Hopefully the summer addition of Bruno Guimaraes combined with Myles Lewis-Skelly becoming more trusted in his natural central midfield position means that Arsenal won’t break Declan Rice nor run Martin Zubimendi completely into the ground. There will be plenty of minutes to go around and Mikel Arteta […]
Arsenal vs Coventry City Premier League match preview: The title defense begins
And just like that, we’re back. 93 days after being crowned Premier League champions, Arsenal take the pitch on Friday to begin their title defense as they welcome newly-promoted Coventry City to the Emirates for the first match of the 2026/27 Premier League season. Mikel Arteta’s side enter the season ready to maintain their perch […]
2026-27 Premier League Bold Predictions
The BOLD PREDICTIONS post is one of my favorite posts of the year. It’s so freeing to unleash the inner lovechild of Gary Neville and Stephen A. Smith to go absolutely nuts with the most out-of-pocket predictions. Okay, so maybe not that crazy. But being able to spew vaguely-supported hot takes is fun. Here’s what […]
Arsenal sign Ezri Konsa from Aston Villa
Well, then. It was mere hours (if that) between The Athletic reporting that Arsenal and Aston Villa had made progress in negotiations over Ezri Konsa and David Ornstein confirming the clubs have reached an agreement. The 28-year old defender will move to North London for a £51M fee plus-addons. He’s already said his farewells to […]
Arsenal closing in on Ezri Konsa Transfer
Arsenal have made significant progress towards buying Ezri Konsa from Aston Villa, reports The Athletic. The 28-year old England international emerged as the likeliest move to shore up the right side of the Arsenal defense, which will start the season with both William Saliba and Jurrien Timber out through injury. Villa had initially slapped a […]
Arsenal Player Previews: Goalkeeper and Defense
The Premier League season is nearly upon us, so it’s time to take a look at the Arsenal roster and depth chart. First up, the goalkeepers and defenders that have carried the Gunners to the best defensive record in the PL for three seasons running. Arsenal’s defense is organized, stingy, and physical. They clearly take […]
For Arsenal, it might make more sense to run it back than make a desperate transfer
The football, then, is back. While the transfer window is still open we are no longer tiding days over for the latest update from HandOfArsenal or David Ornstein or the latest ITK that you swear knows something or the frauds of the world who make their money from agents. And after several weeks of angst […]
Arsenal Transfer Rumor Updates and Roundup
Premier League Opening Day is this Friday, August 21st but Transfer Deadline Day is still several weeks away, Tuesday, September 1st. Between now and then, I’d expect several outgoings and at least one additional incoming at Arsenal. Andrea Berta still has plenty of work to do on both the buying and selling side of the […]
Arsenal 3 – Manchester City 0: satisfactory!
Arsenal dominated Manchester City en route to a comprehensive 3-0 victory in the Community Shield. The quintuple is on, folks. It’s the 18th time the Gunners have won the Community Shield, second-most of any club. The emphatic win is exactly the springboard you want into the Premier League season, which gets underway this Friday when […]
Arsenal vs. Manchester City Community Shield match thread
We’ve made it, folks! Arsenal start their 2026-27 season in earnest today with the Community Shield against Manchester City. For those of you unaware, the Community Shield is the annual match played the week before the season between the Premier League Champions and the FA Cup winner. The Gunners have won the Shield the second-most […]
Arsenal vs. Como Preseason match thread
Arsenal host Como in the final preseason match of the summer. After today, it’s Manchester City in the Community Shield on Sunday. The Premier League season opens with Arsenal hosting Coventry City on Friday, August 21st. We’re almost there. The England and Spain World Cup contingent have returned to training — they’re in the images […]
Arsenal vs. Borussia Dortmund Emirates Cup preseason match thread
Arsenal take on Borussia Dortmund in the Emirates Cup, their penultimate preseason friendly of the season. The Gunners have won the showcase trophy ten times, five consecutively. They play Como on Wednesday before the Community Shield against Manchester City next Sunday. The Premier League season starts on Friday, August 21st with newly-promoted Coventry visiting the […]
Arsenal announce Bruno Guimaraes
Bruno Guimaraes is officially a Gunner! Arsenal announced the signing of the Brazilian midfielder on Saturday morning with the usual fanfare. The move makes the 28-year old the most expensive transfer for a midfielder over 26 (which is, admittedly, a little bit of a silly stat). Bruno will wear the same number 39 kit that […]
Arsenal vs. Real Betis preseason match thread
Arsenal are taking on Real Betis in Dublin. It’s the Gunners’ second preseason match of the campaign. After today, it’s Dortmund on Sunday in the Emirates Cup and Como next Wednesday before the Community Shield on August 16th against Manchester City. The Premier League season starts 16 days from now with newly promoted Coventry City […]
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