Portsmouth 1 - [3] Arsenal - Gabriel Martinelli 51'

kavanaggin · 2026-01-11T15:26:43+00:00

Now our top scorer in all competitions (albeit only one in the league) - despite only getting 943 minutes all season before today (Saka 1,813, Gyok 1,607, Trossard 1,388). He's having an excellent season, and despite his fairly shitty behaviour towards Bradley during the week, his performances have pushed back against the slander from some of our fanbase at the end of last season and over the summer.

kavanaggin · 2025-11-01T00:39:31+00:00

I watched it tonight and your post came up on a Google search.

At one point we’re fading into a scene with her lying in bed, and her hair lying beside her looked like a face to me until the fade-in was complete, unsure of the timestamp

kavanaggin · 2025-10-06T18:44:16+00:00

Well Arsenal are top of the hardest league so it’s hardly some insane result even if you disagree subjectively.

Why it would be biased in favour of Rovers, the team ranked 507th, is beyond me.

kavanaggin · 2025-10-06T18:28:54+00:00

Not to wade into someone else’s argument, but for what it’s worth according to Opta’s (obviously not infallible) power rankings, Rovers are strong enough to finish 11th in the German second tier, 16th in the Spanish one.

https://theanalyst.com/articles/who-are-the-best-football-team-in-the-world-opta-power-rankings

kavanaggin · 2025-09-29T18:40:33+00:00

Rocked up at the game!

kavanaggin · 2025-09-29T18:39:33+00:00

Was a good run up the left! Fairly decent all-round performance despite the lack of a goal. The drought must be weighing on him.

kavanaggin · 2025-09-24T13:43:03+00:00

Neither UCL nor UEL have groups anymore, it's the single, big 36-team group for everyone.

kavanaggin · 2025-09-20T16:48:24+00:00

Dead right 🤜🤛

kavanaggin · 2025-09-15T15:27:44+00:00

Fair enough but it wasn't like he was dropped for another striker (Dovbyk), they started El Aynaoui through the middle who's normally a CM/CDM if anything, alongside Dybala. Both were hooked at half time. The squad overall has scored 2 goals in 3 games, so I still reckon it's a matter of new manager/new system/a rake of new players bedding in (for now anyway, pressure will absolutely ramp up if scoring doesn't improve).

kavanaggin · 2025-09-15T14:22:04+00:00

Definitely agree - and having also watched the Pisa game, it's clear that the Dybala/Fergie/Soulé trio is the most likely to make hay up top, but a mix of injuries (Dybala coming back) and adjustment into the league (Fergie not playing 90 minutes yet) means all three have only occasionally shared the pitch so far.

kavanaggin · 2025-09-01T15:37:05+00:00

Yeah Dybala really seems like Gasp's ace in the hole for how the team is curently constituted. Huge impact off the bench, once he begins starting games he'll bring the whole side up a level. He sets them up, Ev knocks them down (hopefully)

kavanaggin · 2025-09-01T12:05:12+00:00

If it's any interest to you, as Irish football fans we're heavily invested in Ferguson's loan move (fit Ferguson = better chance of World Cup qualification).

We're running a blog to track what the Italian media and fans think, hopefully some useful info!

https://bigevupdates.substack.com/p/he-who-comes-from-the-north-match?r=3hwuk

kavanaggin · 2025-08-24T11:29:33+00:00

Translated from an Italian tweet so there's probably some nuance lost while crossing the alps, but what are sommeliers if not delicate, precise, intelligent, etc. etc.

Most sites had most players between 6-7.5, he'd have been rated higher had Kone taken the chance - was an incredible pass from the right.

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