Morning.
As standard let’s begin with the Arsenal gamers who have been in Interlull motion yesterday, starting with:
Viktor Gyokeres: One other recreation with out a aim for the Swedish striker, one other recreation with out a aim for Sweden as they misplaced 1-0 to Kosovo. It’s a consequence which kind of extinguishes their hopes of qualifying for subsequent summer season’s World Cup.
As soon as once more he began up entrance with Alexander Isak, however neither of them – or any their teammates – may discover a approach via regardless of dominating possession. Gyokeres has now gone 10 video games with out a aim for membership and nation, and given the speed he scored for Sporting, you must return to finish of 2021 for a equally barren run. Again then he went from October to January with out scoring for Coventry within the Championship.
We’ve a run of video games forward the place he’ll fancy his possibilities of ending this explicit streak, however it’s additionally a run of video games the place we’re prone to want him to do precisely that.
William Saliba: Performed the complete 90 minutes of France’s 2-2 draw with Iceland. His aspect have been 1-0 down, then 2-1 up, earlier than conceding a seventieth minute equaliser. They sit fairly comfortably on high of their qualifying group although.
Leandro Trossard: He scored the fourth aim in Belgium’s 4-2 win over Wales. Very a lot of a case of being in the suitable place on the proper time, and making use of a left-footed end to ensure of three factors. Watch right here.
Ethan Nwaneri: Performed 79 minutes for England U21s as they beat Andorra 1-0. There’s a compilation of his recreation right here if you actually need it.
The final remaining batch of Arsenal involvement takes place in the present day, beginning with Brazil’s pleasant in Japan which begins mid-morning on this a part of the world. We’ll have extra on that, and all the opposite video games, in tomorrow’s weblog.
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In the meantime, there’s been an replace on Martin Odegaard’s knee damage from the BBC’s Sami Mokbel who experiences that the Arsenal captain might be out of motion till after the following Interlull. He suffered harm to his medial collateral ligament within the 2-0 win over West Ham on October 4th, and I suppose he’s targetting a comeback for the North London derby on November twenty third, all going properly.
That’s a layoff of about 8 weeks, there or thereabouts, and to be trustworthy that’s kind of what I used to be anticipating. The actual fact he was in Norway this week to fulfill up together with his worldwide teammates after they kind of assured World Cup qualification was an excellent signal. It meant he didn’t want surgical procedure, so on the dimensions of what may need been, it’s not as unhealthy because the worst case situation.
Within the meantime, he’ll miss Premier League video games in opposition to Fulham, Crystal Palace, Burnley and Sunderland; our Champions League ties with Atletico Madrid and Slavia Prague; and the EFL Cup conflict with Brighton. Not like final season, Mikel Arteta has choices at his disposal, and I feel over the course of those fixtures we’ll see all of Eberechi Eze, Mikel Merino and Ethan Nwaneri utilized in Odegaard’s place. Workforce alternatives will rely on the opposition, and maybe the schedule, however it’s a good distance from final season after we actually didn’t have any depth on this place in any respect.
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Lastly for in the present day, away from soccer, my favorite podcast revealed it’s final ever episode yesterday. Marc Maron’s WTF has been a staple of my week, with a brand new one each Monday and Thursday, since round episode 250. Quantity 1686 is the ultimate one, and I’m actually going to overlook it.
It’s a bit bizarre to say this a couple of podcast, as a result of it’s often one thing you affiliate extra with music, however even fascinated by it evokes recollections of locations and instances. I’m certain you’re feeling the identical a couple of tune or an album – it takes you again to a selected period in your personal life. Perhaps the place you used to reside. A home. A flat. A metropolis or nation. A relationship and many others. I’ve albums I hearken to and I can keep in mind precisely the place I used to be as a young person or youthful man, and the identical is true of WTF.
So many early morning walks within the Phoenix Park with Archer when he was a pet and a younger canine. The mists rolling throughout the gallops, preserving a watch out for the deer within the lengthy grass, and a German Shepherd who may go ceaselessly. All with the soundtrack of Marc Maron and whoever it was he was speaking to try this week.
He started his present in 2009, placing him near the forefront of podcasting, and I can say that as somebody who began his personal podcast in 2006. Speak about an old-timer at this stage! His present felt like one thing new although, and over the course of all these years we bought to know a lot in regards to the visitors due to his unimaginable interviewing model and the best way individuals opened as much as him, but in addition him and his personal life which has had some critical ups and downs alongside the best way.
It’s fascinating to me, as a result of whereas I’m actually not Marc Maron, I recognise that the long-running nature of the Arsecast and Arsecast Further makes me a staple in so lots of your lives. I’m at a little bit of a loss now that he’s referred to as time on his, and whereas I do know there’s a lot alternative nowadays, you type of really feel the accountability of how ingrained you get along with your listeners and your viewers. Regardless of the ubiquity of the medium, it’s additionally one that also feels private and even intimate at instances. You recognize a lot extra about me than I do about most of you, which is the character of it clearly, however it’s additionally what has made podcasting one thing which has endured and developed through the years.
I get emails from individuals who have had the Arsecast as a type of comforting soundtrack to the trials and tribulations of their very own lives. It reminds you that there’s extra depth to it than some individuals would possibly assume, and that the frequency and regularity is vital. Not only for the ‘success’ of the present itself, however for offering one thing steady in an more and more unstable world. That’s how I felt about Marc’s podcast anyway.
So, thanks Marc Maron. I cherished your present. I really feel fortunate I had the possibility to do a podcast you as soon as, if you have been drained and jet-lagged in your arrival to Dublin to do a comedy gig, however an engaged and fascinating visitor. Good luck with what comes subsequent, and I’ll miss WTF loads.
Lock the gates.
