A different band of brothers An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective Every once in a while, and really not very often, Arsenal’s impressive band of brothers send out their actual brothers to play instead. Perhaps it’s our way of protesting against the amount of games. Perhaps we are simply resting players and utilizing Central […]
As Premier League fanatics and supporters of a team on a roll, we now find ourselves in a dreaded international break. A frustrating time for multiple reasons; a threat to Arsenal’s momentum, no Gunners to watch and of course, the fretting over potential injures to our stars on duty for their countries. The latter has […]
Arsenal in a Ferrari An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective I’ve never really wanted a Ferrari. I think it’s because I’m pretty good at not living in a fantasy world. Now, if ‘Nesara Gesara’ is true (type it into the search bar on Twitter and watch your mind blow), then I might go get […]
‘If you hadn’t noticed’ An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective Conversation with football friends is for most their favourite part of the experience. It’s the part I dearly miss living in the hills of Tennessee. I love writing because I love writing but also because there are so many people that jump in the […]
What to make of that? An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective I wasn’t expecting that. After rattling off 19 reasons why Arsenal are wicked brilliant just a couple of days ago, we were not close to wicked and only showed baby flashes of brilliance. Perhaps I needed to watch Arsenal in the CL before […]
Something’s wrong, but something’s right An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective Admission time. I have a big one. An admission, I mean. I have an excuse for this. I was about 7, I think. I hope anyway. My memory is that I preferred watching ice dancing to football when I was young. My admission didn’t […]
The distraction trick An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective. Are you having more and more people asking you if you think Arsenal will win the league? I am. I’m finding it really hard to answer that. I think it’s because I don’t want to say yes. I feel like I’m somewhat in a daze. Like I’ve […]
The one that doesn’t have them An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective Control and consistency. If you were to ask the elite football coaches for the two things that they strive for more than other it will be these two. Everybody’s trying to attain what Arsenal have achieved already. Nobody’s going to hand out […]
