Next Season’s Arsenal Better for Nothing How do you improve Arsenal’s team for the 20/21 season? Can you do it and end up with a zero balance? This wasn’t my goal, but this is what has happened. Read on….. I’m a bit of a dreamer. I love to wonder. Being a football fan my wonderings […]
Nothing looks easy Arsenal won yesterday but oh my, that was hard work. Part way through yesterday’s game I started to complain about how West Ham look every bit as good as we are. I then started to complain that we used to dominate games at home against almost everybody and that we are struggling […]
Money could save us, Money could kill us Positives, Needs and Hopes It’s March. It’s 2021. One year from now. Could this happen?….. Who would’ve thought that Arsenal would be where they are today? After a fairly miserable 19/20 season where Arsenal tumbled prematurely out of Europe and failed to make it back in, the […]
Heads Up…..on Portsmouth Here is a Heads Up on Arsenal’s opponents. 1) Form… The team have only lost once since January 1st in all competitions and won’t roll over for Arsenal. 2) Formation and Potential line up… Always 4-2-3-1 3) Absent players…. No suspensions. Bryn Morris out injured. Star player Ronan Curtis with a knock, but will play […]
This feels different Positives, Needs and Hopes I respect the world of football stats but don’t search them out. There is something in me that resists stats and considers them somewhat unnecessary even though many are interesting and revealing. I far prefer basing my judgments on feeling. Maybe it’s because I’ve poured much […]
Heads Up….on Everton After watching Everton’s recent games and getting the opinion of EFC bloggers, @UHTpodcast and @WatchedToffee, here is a Heads Up on Arsenal’s opponents. 1) Form… Won 3, drawn 2 of last five. 2) Formation and Potential line up… Wondering if Iwobi will get the nod over in form Bernard. Holgate is in form and played […]
Heads Up…..on Olympiakos 1) Insight…. Olympiakos are a very aggressive and intense team with a possession based style. Their style will not be as dominant against Arsenal, however. 2) Formation and Potential line up… 3) Absent players…. Soudani is out with an ACL tear. He is their second highest scorer with seven. 4) In form players…… Olympiakos feel like this […]
Systems vs Swagger Positives, Needs and Hopes One of the most frustrating parts of coaching is when you spend endless hours working on what seems like such a good idea only for it to hurt the team. I can’t prove this but the first half against Newcastle looked like a plan shut down. In my […]
Heads Up…..on Newcastle After watching Newcastle’s recent games and getting the opinion of NUFC bloggers, @john_nufc42, @tfalex1892, @PositivelyToon and @ScottyT9804, here is a Heads Up on Arsenal’s next opponents. 1) Insight…. As good as Dubravka is as a shot stopper, he can be weak in physical confrontations and can push rebounds in front of his goal. Our pace […]
Structure 3 Balance 1 Positives, Needs and Hopes Arsenal are in a period of sacrifice. It looks to me that the new coaching team has sacrificed needed work on our attacking game to focus heavily on defensive structure. I’m not necessarily disappointed as Arsenal haven’t had a proper defensive structure for almost half my life. […]
