Did I see Intent, Rhythm and Fun? POSITIVES, NEEDS and HOPES As the season was about to start I remember wondering what I was going to see. I remember thinking that we would quickly try to impress our new coach with a fluid, typical Arsenal rhythm combined with the obvious initial need of a more […]
A Tale of Execution and Deception POSITIVES, NEEDS and HOPES I feel happy but still concerned. Ultimately happy. Did we need to produce a fluid performance?… not really. Did we need the 3-0 victory?…. absolutely. As forgettable as these two games have been they were pivotal to Emery and Arsenal. The longer we don’t make […]
I watched most of Spurs match against Borussia Dortmund and it was hard to take the disparity between their performance and that disaster last night. The stadium is bouncing and the fans are belting out their songs when their team is playing. In contrast, we had a decent amount of proper fans who made the […]
Arsenal suffered one of the worst results in their European history by losing 1-0 in Borisov to Belarusian side BATE. Lacazette was sent off for violent conduct in a game that summed up the Arsenal performance. The Wrong Man? There’s no hiding that Unai Emery inherited a very weak and poor Arsenal side in comparison […]
Should’ve been easy, but just too difficult! POSITIVES, NEEDS and HOPES One of the most impactful pre-game team talks I can remember came when I was a teenager. My coach was a man called Roy Butler and I was playing for St.Albans. It was a big game. We were the better team on paper but […]
Intensity or Exhaustion… The clear Arsenal style POSITIVES, NEEDS and HOPES That was absolutely maddening. Almost embarrassing. I’ll get on to that (see first point in ‘NEEDS section), but for now I want to talk about a theme that I see. There has been much talk recently about what Emery’s style is. Almost all of […]
Huddersfield v Arsenal John Smith’s Stadium | February 9th, 2019 Gunners Back To Basics in Top Four Battle Arsenal will be looking to go back level with Chelsea in the race for the top four on Saturday afternoon when they travel to face bottom side Huddersfield. Huddersfield, who have new manager Jan Siewart in charge, […]
With 15 games left to play in the Barclays Premier League, the race for Champions League positions is tightening up. It would be fair to say that, as it stands, it is a 6-horse race for the 4 places allocated to English sides in Europe’s top football competition, and the wealth it offers. As the […]
Arsenal News Round-up: 23rd Jan 2019 Mislintat He is going – is it a serious blow? This isn’t a contrarian view for the hell of it. But then this entire situation is complex for sure. There are reports, as of Thursday, that Emery says there is no problem. Gab Marcotti, the respected Italian/American writer […]
Well it’s an almighty mess isn’t it? (and I’m not talking about the Brexit negotiations either!) It’s our beloved football club that I’m referring to. Both on the field and off it. In recent weeks performances and results have really accentuated what a shambles Arsene Wenger left the playing squad in. The squad is completely […]
