‘Undebatably Elite’ End of Season Review (Part 3/3) HOPES: Arrivals: Before we start, Santi Cazorla as an assistant coach. Would bring so much joy to the fanbase and inspiration for the players. Would encourage others to value improving their weak foot more than anything else. I’ll start with my personal choices. If you know how […]
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Season Review Part 2 – “Undeniably Elite – (Positives Needs & Hopes) [Arsenal: Champions!]
‘Undeniably Elite’ End of season review part 2 (of 3) NEEDS: Balancing risk and control: This would not only help us to crack the shells of the hard eggs in the league, but make us a more entertaining team. That’s what our opponents fans seem to be demanding, anyway. I was reminded the other day […]
Season Review Part 1 – “Undisputedly Elite – (Positives Needs & Hopes) [Arsenal: Champions!]
‘Undisputedly Elite’ End of Season Review (Part 1) Up until the month of May 2026 there was a fair argument that Arsenal Football Club were not in the same bracket as the elite. I have called Arsenal an elite club for the past two years at least but fans of other clubs had a fair […]
If Not For Mikel… A Tribute to Arsenal’s Greatest Asset
‘If not for Mikel’ A tribute to the main reason I’ve spent numerous days planning how to frame this piece. This is my attempt at finding the reason for the return of glory to Arsenal. The main reason. After thinking and overthinking, I couldn’t get away from the fact that Arsenal winning the Premier League […]
Process complete, Era begins
‘Process complete, Era begins’ An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective Where do you even start? I have wrestled for a few days as to how to describe what I saw and what we are seeing at Arsenal Football Club. It seems like a seminal moment in our 140 year history. Life doesn’t always go […]
The monkey jumps off and the giant roars
‘The monkey jumps off and the giant roars’ An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective There are a handful of sleeping giants in world football. Juventus, Man United, AC Milan and probably others. There are those that win frequently. Barcelona, Porto, PSG, Inter Milan, Bayern Munich, Celtic, Man City and probably others. There are those […]
“The Pinch” (Positives Needs & Hopes) [WHA 0-1 ARS]
‘The pinch’ An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective I’m taking a calculated risk by admitting this. I’ve never thought that I’m mad or living in another reality but since the world went mad, I’ve thought about it. I’ve heard many people state that we are living in a scripted movie and this is how […]
Arsenal and the waterpark (Positives Needs & Hopes) [ARS 1 (2)-(1) 0 ATL]
‘Arsenal and the waterpark’ An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective Now don’t be jealous. I live near two of the world’s best water parks. In fact, if I was American, I would probably say I live near seven of the best. Over in the US, they don’t think that four hours away is really […]
Remember the Times (Positives Needs & Hopes) [ARS 3-0 FUL]
‘Remember the Times’ An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective It doesn’t seem possible for a group of players who all looked so far from their peak one week ago, to do what we saw against Fulham. I was watching Lewis Skelly closely. I posted before the game that this game could change his Arsenal […]
Confessions of a man with an allergy
‘Confessions of a man with an allergy’ An Arsenal blog that might make you angry Back around 2016 I decided to dabble into politics. Not because I found it interesting, but because I realized how it was directly impacting my life and the life of my family. Very quickly, and because I have a brain, […]