Status change An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective Fans spend more time arguing about one thing than anything else in football. Who is the bigger club? Personally, I couldn’t care less. Maybe it’s the coach in me but what I care about is what just happened and what’s happening next. I know that the […]
‘When the chips stood up’ An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective Chips confuse me. They’d confuse you if you’d spent half your life in England and half in the States. I actually had a conversation the other day about why Cheetos and Wotsits are trying to be the same thing but because the US […]
‘Not far from the end of the book’ An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective There is a book…. A book that only one man sees. It resides in Mikel Arteta’s back pocket. He only lets his coaching staff see it a chapter at a time. He only lets his players learn from it one […]
The way you make me feel An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective Do Arsenal turn me on? In a way, I suppose. A different way. Knock me off of my feet? More like get me up from my cosy corner, but sure. Are my lonely days gone? Well, they probably are. I certainly feel […]
The score reflection An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective Before Arsenal went on the Dubai break there were two issues. One was turning into a major short term issue. The other was a long term issue that we were happy to park in the long stay car park. The long term issue was turning […]
To see Arsenal, see Manchester United An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective The headline might confuse. I know we played a different United, don’t worry. I was just watching Villa v Man United after our game. Although United are on a four game winning run and this might not seem like the best time […]
Expectation and the Unexpected An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective It’s important to me that what I write is from a place of passion but balanced by the eyes of a neutral. That’s hard to do but important if analysis is going to be good. Max and I got a flavour of how much […]
‘…….. and the monkey got down’ An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective I’ve been sitting in the background this week here in Tennessee. Eleven inches of snow and a delightful week off work, getting to watch the arguments spiral into the bad place on social media. From ” we just need any kind of […]
Chew on this An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective Before I start, three things. Firstly, my apologies for going AWOL. Prioritizing family and the holiday season. Secondly, I’m going to write this piece in a different format because we’ve come to a point where almost all other analysis is somewhat on pause until we […]
Mistakes and Moments An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective Dear Manchester United, Chelsea and Spurs fans (there has to be at least one of you reading), This is an Arsenal fan who has been where you are. Well actually, we’ve been where United and Chelsea are but we’ve never quite been as nakedly barren […]
