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When you can’t see great: how I’ve probably maybe definitely taken this great Arsenal team for granted [ARS 4-1 CRY] (Positives Needs & Hopes)

When you can’t see great An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective    I am a blessed man. Feeling very blessed. I think those are two different things. If there is one emotion in my life that I can’t shake, it’s that. I offer thanks at least twice in the day. Not just for the […]

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Football, wow! The Emirates witnesses its most memorable moment to date [ARS 3-2 BOU] (Positives Needs & Hopes)

Football, wow! An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective  Unapologetic happiness. So rich and carefree that I forgot what inhibitions were. There have been a handful of times in my life that I didn’t care and let loose like I’d just received my 5th Grammy. Pulling over on the way to Albury so I could […]

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Creativity, Simplicity and Determination (and a little help from our Clock End friends) [ARS 4-0 EVE] (Positives Needs & Hopes)

Creativity, Simplicity and Determination  An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective  Not quite a game of two halves but we certainly saw two different things. The first 39 minutes were mostly frustrating. Not through lack of effort or an unwillingness to follow instruction. I found them to be risk free. As if we felt that […]

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The one that doesn’t have them – how controlling the controllables sometimes isn’t enough(Positives Needs & Hopes)[ARS 1-1 BRE]

The one that doesn’t have them An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective Control and consistency. If you were to ask the elite football coaches for the two things that they strive for more than other it will be these two. Everybody’s trying to attain what Arsenal have achieved already. Nobody’s going to hand out […]

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Electricity brings fire: 12th Man Emirates Fans bring Gunners glory over United (Positives Needs & Hopes)

‘Electricity brings fire’ An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective Even though I haven’t been to the Emirates this season, I’ve started to take for granted that the crowd have become the 12th man. After the game on Sunday I was wondering why it seemed like a beautiful inevitability that we came back from 0-1 […]

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