As a community, we are undoubtedly all feeling wounded, raw and a tad sorry for ourselves right now, which is completely understandable. However, in the despondency it is not so hard to find reasons for huge positivity. It has been a wonderful season and we can all trot out the obvious response to recent decline […]
Be like Leo An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective The game was, yet again, too emotional for me to be able to analyze with clarity. So, I paused and re-watched. I didn’t realize quite a few things that I now know. After giving them some quality time, a cuddle and tucking my emotions into […]
Football, wow! An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective Unapologetic happiness. So rich and carefree that I forgot what inhibitions were. There have been a handful of times in my life that I didn’t care and let loose like I’d just received my 5th Grammy. Pulling over on the way to Albury so I could […]
23 games played, 17 victories, 3 stalemates and 3 defeats. 54 precious points on the board, which places The Arsenal at the top of the tree, on course for a special outcome. Astonishing. Not even the staunchest Mikel Arteta fan would have envisaged the Gunners becoming favourites for the title before a ball was kicked, […]
Blimey, 3pm kick off? A 3pm kick off on a Saturday? That timeslot is a definite rare occurrence for the Arsenal. It does feel a while since we were afforded the chance to play football at a time which wasn’t dictated to be played for the convenience of a television network. Especially considering we are […]
Another article on rotation you say? Well Why not, it is after all the hottest topic of them all. Dont put player A against player B and create a toxic community. 18 league games in 15 available weeks with added Europa League games. 3 games in 7 days are just ahead of us starting today […]
An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective by Mike McDonald Would it have been better to have won that game 0-3? Maybe. We would have a better goal difference and the confidence of a clean sheet.. I’d take it for sure. Maybe it’s the coach in me but I think in the long run […]
And as the first half of the season comes to a close, the champagne opens, the trophy’s are engraved and the players arrive for ‘The Arsenal Mid-Season Awards. Your host for tonight will be Lucas Chambers, so take a seat, pour yourself a glass of champagne and enjoy your evening. With the players in their […]
As we Gooners savour our team sitting pretty, 5 points clear at the top of the Premier League, our thoughts, for most of us at least, may turn to the World Cup. We probably don’t want it or approve of it, but we do have several of our stars, although thankfully not as many as […]
It felt oddly refreshing following our victory in the NLD to see Ian Wright heap praise on Ben White on MOTD. Having signed for a much maligned £50m in the summer of 21/22, White has been arguably one of Arteta’s most reliable, consistent and trusted performers. The Englishman has barely missed a game since he […]
