Founder and writer at Le Grove, a long-running Arsenal opinion site that covers transfers, match analysis, and the business of football. Co-host of AOP

London, England
Joined January 2009
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A bold prediction. Who is with me?
🔴 NEW POD: EVERTON BEFORE THE WHISTLE 🔮 The future of Saka 🚪 Sliding doors moment for Max Dowman 💥 United collapse... again! 📈 Noni MAXXING 🦘 Big Vik bounce? 🔵 Some Everton chatter! Some Big Vik propaganda from @mattkandela below! patreon.com/TheArsenalOpinio…
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🔴 NEW POD: EVERTON BEFORE THE WHISTLE 🔮 The future of Saka 🚪 Sliding doors moment for Max Dowman 💥 United collapse... again! 📈 Noni MAXXING 🦘 Big Vik bounce? 🔵 Some Everton chatter! Some Big Vik propaganda from @mattkandela below! patreon.com/TheArsenalOpinio…
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Just speculation, but if that's a quad rupture, it could be 2 months out for Saka. Depressing. via @physio_charlie
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Dodged bullet or January loan move?
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Sorry Sash, Gyokeres is slow; he gets beasted for strength, and if by some miracle, he does find the ball at his feet, his control is diabolical, and so is his passing. We are year two of VG14, we need to stop pretending he occupies defenders. Zero shots on target in 41 of 63 appearances.
Time for Gyokores to be given a run of starts in the Premier league now. Havertz, who I am a big fan of has 2 goals in 7 and hasn’t been great for a while. We also could really do with someone who stretches backlines more given our general lack of pace.
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24 minutes on the pitch. 0 shots on target for the 41st time in 63 appearances. His one off-target shot attempt was a nothing moment that carried no threat. Just painful that we're out here celebrating the most expensive Arsenal striker signing of all time running around a bit, losing all 4 of his ground duels, and largely doing nothing of note with his 12 touches because he can't escape EPL defenders grabbing him (62% pass completion rate). Arsenal attack ID is so bad...
Viktor Gyökeres was really good when he came on today. He stretched Forest, he pulled players out of position, he was strong in the duel & that’s much more like what we want be seeing from him. Loved how he reacted to winning a throw in too! 🙌🏼
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🔴 NEW POD: ON THE WHISTLE | NOTTINGHAM FOREST (A) Scary game, BIG pod: 😬 Madueke shines / Eze flops again 👻 Saka ghosting 😶 Kai, super bland 💪 Konsa MEGA day out 🔄 Game changing full back swap out Members and new members, get the full show. Sign up for 7 days free 🎧 patreon.com/c/TheArsenalOpin…
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Champions sneak wins they don't deserve, that was one of those days. Attack was dreadful, there were mistakes at the back, we struggled with legs against a team that had a week off... But we won, that's all that matters, no one will remember this game... we move.
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LE GROVE retweeted
Good perspective this 👍
Was pumped listening to @FKhanage deliver his final thoughts in today's Therapy Session.
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LE GROVE retweeted
Was pumped listening to @FKhanage deliver his final thoughts in today's Therapy Session.
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📼Be Kind. Rewind! Podcaster of the Week. @LeGrove on @HighburySquad 🧲Stallions 🪐Clusters 🎟️Redundancies 🌪️Reality ⚽️Escapism 🛡️Community 🎢Premier League ⏰Punishment 🔮The Future Have your voice heard in our football democracy! youtube.com/watch?v=MjRSSkqI…
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Lisandro Martinez was one of the first big misses for Arteta; he tried for him the season prior to his price exploding when United paid over the odds... we ended up with Zinchenko instead, went from 5th to 2nd, and never looked back. Plan Bs have served Arsenal well. What a disaster of a signing he's turned out to be.
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Why waste the first half? My hot take: we should be more aggressive earlier. Like a boxer, we spend too much time figuring out the opponent. Go for the early goal, the jugular. If we do that, no one can stop us. #FootballStrategy #GamePlan
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📝 Match Report: I've longed for nights like those... professional to a fault. Machine like. Arsenal dominate Lille. Take a read. le-grove.co.uk/p/arsenal-pro…
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🔴 NEW POD: UCL SPECIAL | ARSENAL 3-0 LILLE Johnny, Jacob and Matt react to a Lille beatdown 🔥 ⚡ Timber’s wonder goal: contract debate or best player at the club? 🥊 Why do Arsenal keep wasting first halves? 🏃 Gyökeres, Eze and the January striker question 😈 Bruno’s first 90, Noni’s reappraisal and Myles at left back Sign up for free at Patreon.com/thearsenalopinio… 🎧
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