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 […]
Creation 1 Denial 3 An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective This game was an odd one. It seemed like we were playing ourselves. Leicester are so predictable. Played the same way in the same formation for so long. Coming up against a team that has a smart coach with a smart backroom team killed […]
Five minutes in February An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective I’ve recently started writing music. Well, I can’t sing or play anything so it’s probably poetry until someone turns it into what the world expects from music which I suppose is music. I sit here in Cancun at a 3 day Dave Matthews concert […]
I know we’ve just had Valentines Day and no, it’s not ‘Total Eclipse of the Heart.’ There are obviously many details that could’ve been better against City. This piece could’ve been called ‘Score 1, Get 2 Free!’ We haven’t been yippy all season but some of the players felt the occasion. The focus could be […]
There is no player in the Arsenal team that has divided opinion during the years more than Xhaka. He joined us in 2016 and there was confusion about what type of player he really was. He took the captain’s armband in 2019 and got stripped of it in the space of a few months. And […]
Full-time. Sean Dyche’s Everton 1-0 Arsenal. Let me be clear – this was NOT the game I envisioned writing about in my first piece. I suppose you’ve always got to start somewhere! Anyway, I’m Alfie, and welcome to my brand new column on Gunners Town – That Sums It All Up. What EXACTLY am I […]
‘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 […]
Following Chelski’s hijacking of the Mudryk signing, Arteta called an emergency meeting with Edu. My mate’s nan’s cat-sitter’s, brother-in-law overheard the conversation and sent me the transcript. MA: “Ed, have you heard, Chelski have dismantled their scouting department and are now just bidding £20m extra on anyone we bid on” Edu: “ FFS, I thought […]
Arsenal under Arteta are sitting 8 points clear at the pinnacle of the toughest, most competitive league in Europe, and it seems we Gooners are still able to find something to complain about. Despite dominating the ‘old enemy’ at their place, securing a comfortable win and a clean sheet, some supporters are amazingly still attacking […]
Well, that was a hugely frustrating match. In fact, frustration is my overwhelming emotion after being held to a goalless draw at home by, let’s not forget, a Champion’s League challenging team, in Newcastle. I am sure we are all frustrated at Newcastle’s footballing approach, which in all honesty, changed completely after we totally dominated […]
