Mesut Ozil is The Perfect Player and the Ultimate Conundrum It isn’t difficult to understand why Mesut Ozil has so many fans. The Gunners midfielder has it all: enviable vision, balance, power, an impressive and unexpected burst of pace, and superb technique. If you were designing the best football player you could imagine for today’s […]
Arsene Wenger, our most successful manager ever, left in 2018. Unai Emery couldn’t resolve the bad defending and weak mentality of the latter Wenger period, and he left in Nov. 2018. Ivan Gazidis, the former club CEO, is now Chief Executive at AC Milan. Arteta is now in, and thus far it’s OK. And the […]
I’m writing this prior to the Burnley game, but I must say I’m pleased with Arteta’s work thus far. Yes, we’re still drawing games, but then I feel there are some building blocks of getting a top side. All top sides have a mixture of the following: Technical ability Mental desire Structural shape and discipline […]
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. […]
So… after links to Boateng, Lemar (deja vu??) and rumours of Auba leaving, we finally ended up with Cedric Soares and Pablo Mari as loaned defenders. Soares has PL experience with Southampton and won the Euros with Portugal and the GOAT (Ronaldo) in 2016. Pablo Mari was in the recent CWC final with Liverpool, […]
As Arsenal clinched the signing of Cedric Soares on deadline day, it meant Mikel Arteta’s first transfer window at the club had gone well, alongside the addition of Spanish centre back Pablo Mari. I look at what Cedric will bring, where he could alternatively play and what it means for some of the other players. […]
Official (?) Transcript of Arsenal’s Transfer Meeting 1st Jan 2020 Just got back from my holiday in the States and found this in my inbox, so sorry for not passing it on sooner. My mate at the Green Dragon, overheard Eddie and Mickey having a quiet pint, discussing their transfer policy for the next window MA: […]
When you know the Coach is good Positives, Needs and Hopes Besides good results, how do you know if you have a good coach? Clues are found in various places. a) consistent effort. b) game winning alterations. c) bad runs of form don’t last. d) understanding of importance to build team based on their qualities […]
Do you remember…….? Arshavin’s one touch vs Barcelona. Henry’s rare late header vs Utd. Fabregas from kick off vs Spurs. Kanu going solo vs Chelsea. I remember where I was, who I was with and the level of mad-crazy I went. Fans love moments. They are important. Martinelli vs Chelsea has now become one. A […]
Very clear, very complicated Positives, Needs and Hopes Some games get lost in the joy of the win or dejection of loss. Others give such clarity as to what needs to change. This season it seems that we’ve been part of three results…. a few wins, a few losses and a bucket load of clarity. […]
