‘The joy of predictability’ An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective I pondered whether to write about this game. Why? It was exactly how I thought it would be. ‘No news here’ kind of thing. Not in a dull way though. In a quite delightful way. Here is how it played out; Arteta starts his […]
‘In the end, it’s quality’ An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective Where were you at 6:30pm UK time on Sunday? I had just dropped Max and Axcel off at their game. You need to know about Axcel. Axcel is a local legend. He is our family’s adopted soccer son. We drive backwards to go […]
An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective Perhaps one of the reasons that you are reading this is because you know I’m an Arsenal fan. Up until the last 20 years, viewpoints on games were written by neutrals. That has its benefits, but I found that I could predict what I was about to read […]
Happy happy, sad sad happy An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective What to think about that game, right? It was like the events of a months worth of football in two hours. Lori, Max, his friend Jake and I were in Lexington, Kentucky to watch our friend Tyler Gibson play for USL team Oakland […]
Arsenal’s Hale End academy has emerged as a consistent provider of readymade talents, with various homegrown prospects emerging from the youth teams and making a name for themselves at the Emirates Sadium. But for every player like Bukayo Saka or Jack Wilshere who’s managed to lock down a starting spot, there are at least four […]
I feel sorry for Arsenal An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective Is sympathy an emotion that a football fan should feel? Aren’t we supposed to be elated or disgusted? Well, I feel sorry for us. I’m sure at the end of the season that I will write a piece sharing all of the emotions […]
‘A wasted week’ An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective Have no fear. I’m not going to scream and shout. I would hope that you read this because I offer solutions and some unique analysis. Never wanted to do a match report and most certainly don’t ever want to try to get readers by being […]
‘Forgettable and consequential’ An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective Oh boy, that game was rusty and forgettable. Oh boy, that game was memorable and consequential. So many things were true about this game that did not seem possible at the same time. We looked like we made more bad decisions in the first hour […]
‘Arsenal just elevated’ An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective Sometimes it’s hard to see the big picture when you’ve just watched an individual game. Even if it’s a 5-1 win over City. Whatever the very large percentage of the footballing world is that do not support Arsenal, they are now talking about Arsenal in […]
‘Coordinated chaos coaching’ An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective The inexcusable coaching error. Number one… When you play a team that you struggled against previously, don’t repeat the same obvious mistake. At the same time, don’t obsess over it because they may do something different. Many teams prepare for the next game and spend […]
