The Arsenal Women Journal – Slow start and more regrets [ARS 0-0] Hello, Arsenal Women aficionados! The 0-0 home draw against Manchester United was not the ideal result to kick-start the second half of the season, especially with both Chelsea (5-0 to West Ham) and Manchester City (2-0 to Everton) winning and officially making this […]
In an act of selfless generosity to football’s most vulnerable oil-backed institution, Arsenal bravely lost to Aston Villa, officially confirming that Manchester City are, unfortunately, champions again. Experts have described Arsenal’s performance as “a decisive intervention to protect City from the emotional hardship of finishing second.” Club insiders confirmed that Arsenal’s 1/3 of a season-long […]
Hello, Arsenal Women aficionados! As soon as the starting XI came out, everyone could sense a difficult afternoon at Villa Park. By making seven changes to the team that put four goals past Lyon and qualified for the UWCL final, Renée Slegers decided to rest her heroes and give valuable minutes to players usually relegated […]
Hello, Arsenal Women aficionados! Our girls were back in action this weekend after returning from the international break, and I was a bit worried that all the travelling and the minutes played across the globe would have a negative impact on our performance. Bar a period of ten minutes or so, it wasn’t the case. […]
‘Felt like April’ An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective I’m sitting in the cozy corner watching Inter Miami v Cincinnati. Max and I were discussing how Inter Miami, FC Cincinnati, Columbus Crew and LAFC would do in a competitive game against a PL team. If you don’t watch MLS (I rarely do), you’ll be […]
Aston Villa vs Arsenal is becoming as big as Manchester City vs Arsenal in the Premier League. Both teams have given us classic matches in the last two seasons with their meetings in the 2023/24 season still being talked about. Unai Emery and Mikel Arteta are two of the best managers in the Premier League […]
Energy, everywhere Positives, Needs And Hopes I’m writing and rewatching at the same time. It’s the 16th minute. We’ve just had yet another chance in Villa’s box. The ball ends up outside the box with Saka and he gets pushed down. Within two seconds Xhaka, Odegaard and Saliba surround the potential counterattack. I could have […]
Goals galore for our girls, who crushed Villa with a thumping 7-0 win to wave goodbye to Meadow Park, for this season.A last home game (the North London Derby is played at the Emirates Stadium) that saw the team surpass the 100 goals scored mark, Nikita Parris score her 50th Super League goal and – […]
Don’t be nervous POSITIVES, NEEDS and HOPES Me: We need another one Max: Yeah, we definitely need another one Me: Has Leno made a save? Max: No, but we need another one Me: Do we need another one? Max: They don’t look like scoring so… Me: I’ve seen this before though. One isn’t enough. Max: […]
One step forward and two back seems to be the story of Arsenal’s season so far, as they failed to build on any momentum gained from their accomplished display at Old Trafford, by losing 3-0 at home to Aston Villa. Arteta chose to stick with the same personnel and formation that worked so effectively against […]
