A car with three gears’ An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective I never like playing Brighton away. We’ve been pretty successful there recently, but they are always a team that I think are capable of beating us. Always well coached, unafraid, and capable. Capable of beating us at the same game. The result was […]
Hello, Arsenal Women aficionados! If there were doubts around Arsenal Women’s level of concentration and focus for the home game against Leicester City, sandwiched between the UWCL semifinals against Olympique Lyonnes, those were blown away on Wednesday night. While the men’s team was fighting hard for an away draw in Madrid, Renée Slegers and her […]
‘Wake me up in June’ ‘An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective’ Well, well, well, what to make of tha Here’s the short version… First few minutes… The perfect start. During the game… has my team decided to be Burnley for the night? After the game… I still cannot believe that the feeling of being […]
Little by Little An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective This period of the season is likely to be the most forgettable month. If anything at all, maybe it’s the month of favour. Where Father Christmas showed up and left a few extra presents because he found out that dad was struggling to get it […]
Good morning, Arsenal Women aficionados!Another double episode of your favourite Arsenal Women blog this week, as Jonas Eidevall’s team first grabbed a last-minute win at Southampton, in the Conti Cup group stage, then swept away West Ham at Meadow Park, in the WSL. It means we’ve now won eight consecutive games in all competitions and […]
Good morning, Arsenal Women aficionados! It took us way too long, but finally we got our first clean sheet in the league. That, on level with Beth Mead starting her first league game in a year, is probably the ultimate take away from the convincing three-nil win at Brighton. While wins got us much closer […]
It’s Matchday 2 and only three teams have a perfect record. Only four other teams are unbeaten. The old cliché rings true: there are no easy games in the Premier League. The old “Top Four” that battled it out, year upon year, for Champions League spots, grew to a Top Five, and then Six. One […]
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 […]
In one of sport’s truly shocking upsets, the mighty Arsenal crashed out of the League Cup to struggling minnows Brighton and Hove Albion in a shocking 3-1 loss at London’s Emirates Stadium last night. Looking to be the first English side to win the coveted ‘quadruple’ – favourites Arsenal were unable to hold onto an […]
Anyone who knows me or reads my articles will know that I am an admirer of Mikel Arteta but even the best coaches get tactics and decisions wrong. On a lucky day the odd poor call may not cost your team, or you may have time in a match to readjust or even reverse a […]
