Who Arsenal really are An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective Sometimes I think that people are getting fed up with extreme opinions. In a world of extreme ridiculousness that seems like an actual dream you’d be embarrassed to tell anyone about because they’d laugh at you, I think many are now seeking the actual […]
What actually happened An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective The benefit of not always being able to write these blogs the day of the game is that most of the emotion has subsided. If I pride myself in any one thing when I write it is attempting to point out reasons and solutions. That […]
Far be it for me to ever put myself in the manager’s shoes, (as if we armchair pundits would ever be so bold), but if I was Mikel Arteta I would be in Leverkusen’s Bay Arena on Monday night. Not to say hello to Granit, as he will not be there, but to watch the […]
There’s alot of frustration with the team this season despite the positive results in the PL and CL. The feeling that there’s something simply not clicking is simmering under and over the surface. I’m quietely satisfied with how the team is shaping up. I’m liking the control over vibes approach but I’m also not naive […]
It has been a frustrating week for Arsenal supporters, which saw a second half capitulation at home to a Brighton team, who themselves had been humiliated by Everton only days previously. The weak display at the Emirates was hard to explain, coming after such a magnificent, robust, and essentially strong outing at St James, only […]
Thoughts on the next games for the top two. Brighton v Everton Interestingly the next opponents for us and for City played each other this weekend and the game was both fantastic and informative. Pep has just been given a sneak preview of Everton’s game plan for them. They’ll cut off passing lanes, try to […]
A Lesson in Trust An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective. Right as Arsenal kicked off, I left my office begrudgingly to give my team talk to my High School team before their big Regional game. Max stayed to watch and kept running upstairs to sneakily show me his fingers when we scored. There were […]
What a wonderful half of football that was! I know that we all have a feeling for why we played so good, no one is blind to that fact. But sometimes you know something from feeling but you don’t know the details of it. I have tried to concretize the rotations and adaptations in that […]
23 games played, 17 victories, 3 stalemates and 3 defeats. 54 precious points on the board, which places The Arsenal at the top of the tree, on course for a special outcome. Astonishing. Not even the staunchest Mikel Arteta fan would have envisaged the Gunners becoming favourites for the title before a ball was kicked, […]
A colleague on GT inspired me to articulate something that has been on my mind in recent weeks, by writing this excellent piece earlier today. Thomas Bahnson identified a problem that has become evident as Arteta’s team have recently struggled to break down a well-organised low block from Newcastle, Everton and Brentford. He also pointed […]
