Arsenal stadium set to go vegan

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From the 2024/25 season, Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium is set to go vegan.

Arsenal will become the first side in Europe’s top 5 leagues to be completely meat free, following in the footsteps of Forest Green Rovers – the League Two team went vegan in 2017.

The move will see an overhaul of food and drink throughout the Emirates Stadium.

Popular cheeseburgers and hot dogs will be off the menu from the 2024/25 season – with meat free alternatives to be sold.

The ban on meat products will cover the general concourse and Club Level.

The only place where meat based products will continue to be served is within the executive boxes – where those paying upwards of £90,000 a season will still be able to order what they wish.

Pies, pasties , burges and pizzas will become plant based in a move that is part of KSE’s “Green Future policy”.

The Kroenke family have long been supporters of the climate movement. In 2017, they ordered their TV channel MyOutdoorTV (MOTV) to remove all bloodsports and hunting in a show of support to the meat free movement.

They are also reportedly looking into changing the name of their NFL team from LA Rams to the LA Palms in a nod to the 100,000+ palm trees that line the streets of Los Angeles County.

The one thing that will not change within the stadium is the beer – Camden Hells is already suitable for vegans.

In a statement, Arsenal spokesperson Tu Daye said “Arsenal are very proud of their rich multi-cultural fanbase and feel by removing meat based products, we will continue to be a club that promotes Football for All.”

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This. Is. It.

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Last season I refused to acknowledge that we were ever favourites for the league title.

Even when we were 8 points clear, having played a game more, I still had Manchester City as favourites.

That 8 points would be 5 if City won their game in hand, and 2 if they beat us at the Etihad. Those that claimed we bottled the title after having an 8 point lead with 9 games to go failed to recognise that it was really only a 2 point lead.

As the second half of the season rattled on, I maintained one position – win at Anfield and we have a chance to win the title.

Victory in Liverpool would mean that we could afford to lose to Manchester City and still be above them with 5 games to go. At that point, I would have had us down as favourites.

It is the same this season. I do not think we will win the title this season, but victory today could change all of that.

Mikel Arteta recently spoke about needing 90 points this season to win the title. For us, that is another 26 points from the remaining 10 games. 8 wins, 1 draw and a defeat.

With a trip two trips to Manchester, as well as a visit to Tottenham, it will be tough for us to hit 90. We also have tricky aways to Wolves and Brighton.

Looking at the run ins, I have Liverpool as favourites, and us 3rd favourites. But all that changes if we win today.

Victory will put us 4 points ahead of Manchester City, and (depending on their result against Brighton), level with Liverpool. I would still not have us as favourites if we win, but the hope will begin to build.

Last season, losing twice to Manchester City was the big game changer. That is a 12 point swing. We would have won the league if it was us winning the double header.

Beating Manchester City earlier this season will change the mentality of the players. They will know they can win. We also beat them in the Charity Shield back in August.

I see some saying “I will take a draw”. That is the wrong mentality to have. We need to be looking to win the game. And we do that, who knows what the remaining 9 games will bring?

UTA.

Keenos

Arteta delivers positive injury news ahead of Manchester City clash

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It is the eve of our biggest game of the season.

Plan for today is paint the fence that I was too hungover to do yesterday and sand the driveway. I already have a simnel cake in the oven for my afternoon tea!

During yesterday’s press conference, Mikel Arteta gave an update on the injury situation ahead of the game against Manchester City.

When talking about Bukayo Saka and the two Gabi’s, he kept his cards very close to his chest, saying “There is a chance. They haven’t trained but tomorrow we have another session so there is a chance that they can be available.”

We have seen this tactic before from Arteta. It is a tactic right out of a top managers playback, being cagey on injuries to keep the opponent guessing. I would not be surprised to see 2 out of 3 start (I think Martinelli will come off the bench).

The other Arsenal injury news is surrounding Takehiro Tomiyasu and Thomas Partey. The fact that Arteta did not provide an update on either would indicate both are fit and ready to go.

It will be interesting to see if Partey gets the nod to start in midfield alongside Declan Rice.

When we signed Rice, the plan would always have been to play the pair together in tough away games. Games like Manchester City away.

Partey playing as the deepest of the pair, doing a job on Kevin de Bruyne, with Declan Rice further forward putting the pressure on Rodri.

Rice will almost certainly start further forward. It will just be whether Partey starts ahead of Jorginho. Personally, I would go for the Ghanaian.

Injury news from the other side is that Kyle Walker and John Stones are both out following the injuries picked up playing for England. For a team like Manchester City this should not be a huge problem.

They have invested heavily in defenders over the years and will still have around £300m worth of talent to pick from.

Expect them to go with Rico Lewis, Ruben Dias, Josko Gvardoil and Nathan Ake. That quartet cost them close to £200m. and one of them is an academy graduate!

Arteta also spoke about how he feels we are better equipped to face City this season compared to last. Victory in the home game is the proof.

Last season we last both games to Manchester City. The 12 point swing is why they won the title and we finished second. This season we have already beaten them, and taken 4 from 6 against Liverpool.

Victory tomorrow will be huge and might have me believing that we can win the title. Until then, it is fence painting, driveway sanding, and getting an early night!

UTA.

Keenos