‘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 […]
‘When others pray’ An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective Before the Palace game, I’d had a handful of conversations with fellow Arsenal fans. Everyone seemed nervous, but for some reason I didn’t. I can’t pretend that the nerves didn’t have me pacing the last 15 minutes but pre-game I was fairly lucid. I think […]
‘Juice Boost’ An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective The guillotines were being ordered. If we didn’t get a decent result then they were going to be wheeled towards N5 for ‘bottling another season.’ Not only did that not happen but the literal opposite happened. An utter spanking. It’s a reminder of how quickly great […]
‘You don’t want to play Arsenal’ An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective Oh, how football changes so quickly. Oh, how quick we are to look at our coaching and player talent and fear and forget. Oh, how quickly we lose faith. About a month ago, the title of this blog could’ve been, ‘A great […]
When tomorrow is gone An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective Last week I was scrolling and found a quite profound video. It was a young guy interviewing folks in their 60’s/70’s/80’s and asking them for life advice. The two most common responses were a) enjoy each day and b) value time over material possessions. […]
Status change An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective Fans spend more time arguing about one thing than anything else in football. Who is the bigger club? Personally, I couldn’t care less. Maybe it’s the coach in me but what I care about is what just happened and what’s happening next. I know that the […]
