‘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 […]
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What if….? (Positives Needs & Hopes) [ARS 3-2 CRY]
‘What if…..?’ An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective “Do I want to step into possible foolishness” Me, last night. The score against Palace in the Cup was good/possibly bad. One of those games where you want to win but you are kinda cool if you don’t. We remember the big impact that Dubai and […]
You don’t want to play Arsenal (Positives Needs & Hopes) [WHU 2-5 ARS]
‘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 […]
Crossing without finishing (Positives Needs & Hopes) [CHE 1-1 ARS]
‘Crossing without finishing’ An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective For those that live in the United Kingdom, you might be familiar with a playground game called ‘Headers and Volleys.’ I say ‘playground’ but we played it everywhere. We played it before school. We played it during playtime. We played it during field hockey practice […]
A different band of brothers (Positives Needs & Hopes) [BOU 2-0 ARS]
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 […]
Arteta will have a bench on par or better than the Invincibles!
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: fast starts and racing hearts (Positives Needs & Hopes) [ARS 4-1 LEV]
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 […]