‘Five years later’ An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective August 13, 2021… … Where were you? I was in a hotel room in Chattanooga, Tennessee and sort of looking forward to the first game of the season. Another Friday night, but […]
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‘Stick it, li’l bro!’ – (Positives Needs & Hopes) [ARS 3-0 MCI Community Shield]
‘Stick it, li’l bro!’ An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective Well, here is the first blog of the new season and I give full credit to Max McDonald for the title. I spent way too long thinking of something intelligent to write about in this opening piece, […]
Arsenal Title Win Musings – it’s been a long road!
Until last night I had never seen Arsenal win the league title. I’m 32 years old and I started supporting the club when I was 10. Those of you good at math will quickly grasp my obsession started in 2004, which was the year of the Invincibles. Yet the obsession started in the summer, when […]
It’s coming home. North London’s throne. Reclaimed.
They said it quietly at first, like a superstition you don’t dare say out loud. Then louder, bolder, until it rolled through pubs, group chats, and North London streets like a familiar drumbeat rediscovered: It’s coming home. North London’s throne. Reclaimed. Not the old joke. Not the meme. Not the yearly setup for the fall. […]
‘ The Odegaard Conundrum ‘ – (Positives Needs & Hopes) [NFO 0-0 ARS]
‘ The Odegaard Conundrum ‘ An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective Editor’s Note: Apologies for the late delivery of this article. Gunners Town has moved to a new server and there were some hiccups in transferring. This blog has become even more relevant since Mike delivered it on Monday this week. Apologies to Mike […]
‘Every once in a while’ (Positives Needs & Hopes) [ARS 4-1 AVL]
‘Every once in a while’ An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective I try not to ever make this blog about one player. After a while though, certain players deserve credit aside from their team related performance. They need to be singled out because they are largely responsible for changing the game of football itself. […]
Little by Little (Positives Needs & Hopes) [ARS 2-1 BHA]
Little by Little An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective This period of the season is likely to be the most forgettable month. If anything at all, maybe it’s the month of favour. Where Father Christmas showed up and left a few extra presents because he found out that dad was struggling to get it […]
“A Game About Yesterday” (Positives Needs & Hopes) [EVE 0-1 ARS]
‘A game about yesterday’ An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective So that was the most forgettable game of the season. Easily. I’m glad that I was on my Christmas trip to Cincinnati with Lori, spending most of our time pretending that we were 19, whilst hanging out at one of the coolest speakeasies I’ve […]
“Some, but not all…” (Positives Needs & Hopes) [ARS 2-1 WOL]
“Some, but not all…” An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective. On one level constructive criticism of Arsenal players seems somewhat harsh when we are in every competition and top of them all. On the other hand, the standards are so high that meeting them isn’t easy and if you fall away 5% then you […]
Lovely New Things (Positives Needs & Hopes) [BRU 0-3 ARS]
‘Lovely new things’ An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective. A glass half full post. If we won what we want to win this season, and my posts were more glass half empty I’d be embarrassed. Even though there are always needs for improvement and analysis, I think it’s important that we bathe in the […]