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After a disappointing away day at Southampton on Sunday, we don't have long to wait to have the chance to put that right, with another game on the road. It's West Ham at the Freebie Stadium tomorrow night, and Arsene Wenger has got some thinking to do about his team. We don't know for sure if Aaron Ramsey is going...

Welcome to another Arsecast Extra, the Arsenal podcast, with myself and James from @gunnerblog. On today's show we look back on the disappointing 1-1 draw with Southampton, and what was another careless opening from Arsenal. We discuss the lack of creativity, the Alexis Sanchez giveaway situation, Aaron Ramsey's injury and what it means for the team, Jack Wilshere, Giroud's late...

Match report - Player ratings - By the numbers - Video Having started so disastrously last weekend against Man Utd, you would have hoped that Arsenal would ensure that – at the very least – they didn't make any early mistakes against Southampton, but within three minutes we were behind. Per Mertesacker's pass was intercepted, he then got caught the wrong...

A 12 noon kick off makes the shelf life of this blog so short I'm wondering is it even worth bothering with. Especially when you wake up later than you'd wanted to on a Sunday morning, but if there's any morning when waking up late is acceptable it's Sunday morning so now I simply have ire directed towards the...

Morning all, happy Saturday to you, and here's a quick round-up of what's going on today. There's some early team news ahead of tomorrow with Arsene Wenger ruling Shkodran Mustafi out of the trip to Southampton. Some will ask if this ruling out is the same ruling out he did with Mesut Ozil ahead of Huddersfield: Certainly he will be short...

Ah, Arsenal, you are a perplexing mistress. For 79 minutes on Saturday last you were beguiling, exhilarating, a pleasure to watch. We created chance after chance after chance, almost three dozen of them, forcing Mr. De Gea into FOURTEEN saves. Unfortunately these were the last 79 minutes of the match and we were already a brace down by that point. Let...

Welcome to another episode of the Arsecast - the Arsenal podcast. On this week's show I chat with James from @gunnerblog about the 6-0 win over BATE Borisov, some redemption for the likes of Mathieu Debuchy and Theo Walcott, a great performance from Jack Wilshere, the manager's decision to go back to a back four, whether he might stick with...

Match report - Player ratings - Video There may not have been many there to see it, but Arsenal put on a show for those who did turn up. The smallest crowd of the season saw the biggest win of the season, a 6-0 thumping of a BATE Borisov side who, let's be honest, weren't that good. And I'm being...

Step right up, step right up. Europa League fun and frolics for all the family lie ahead. See the incredible bearded man, the young boy who never grew up, and Ice-Skating Jack. Those of us hoping to see Arsene Wenger throw out a team full of young talent for tonight's game against BATE Borisov are likely to be disappointed for...

Whilst it feels as though it would require some kind of bloody coup to remove Arsene Wenger from his current post, Arsenal are making cosmetic changes behind the scenes to transform the club from a benevolent dictatorship to a more modern sporting organisation. Sven Mislintat replaces Steve Rowley as ‘Head of Recruitment’, while Raul Sanllehi joins from Barcelona as...

First up this morning, a thank you to everyone who listens to the Arsecast and Arsecast Extra. This month we're through the 1,000,000 downloads/listens barrier and I just wanted to say how much I appreciate you all taking the time to put us in your ears on a Monday and Friday. We'd be shouting into the void if it wasn't...

Later this week our focus turns to the Europa League with our final game of the not-that-enthralling group stages. Arsenal have already topped the group so it's a game that could give Arsene Wenger the chance to experiment a bit with his team, but I suspect he's going to play it relatively safe. I'd be all on for a team...