This week I was asked by the editor of my tabloid column a very direct question: Should Arsenal now be considered genuine Premier League title challengers? With Arteta’s team sitting proudly top of the table after a quarter of the campaign, having just beaten 2 major rivals and won 3 hard fought points away at […]
With the biggest football show on earth fast approaching and Arsenal top of the league, it is logical to expect several of our players to be gracing the world stage in November. It is always and exciting time, with the pre-tournament friendlies completed and punters will be shopping around for the best odds for the […]
Looking back The 21/22 season was the first in living memory in which Arsenal wasnʻt competing in Europe. The club had found itself in disarray after the departure of Arséne Wenger, enduring a chaotic spell under Unai Emery, shades of mismanagement during the Sanllehi era, and then a period of Covid-induced disruption and economic upheaval […]
Luck and Nuts POSITIVES, NEEDS and HOPES There have been a few points this season I’ve had to check the top left corner of my television. You know the corner where the score resides. I feel like I can’t quite believe this is Arsenal that I’m watching and that the score is what it says […]
Love Exhausted, Love Alive POSITIVES, NEEDS and HOPES An Arsenal Blog from a Coachʻs Perspective Love has many faces. No one place is it more tested than at home. Marriage and kids bring out every emotion but ultimately they are all wrapped in love. Somewhere behind family comes sport. If you are attached and invested […]
Good day to the Arsenal Community! We are all massively pumped with the way Arsenal brushed aside the “mighty” Tottenham. From the 1st minute till the last, barring only a small spell of around 10 minutes, Arsenal absolutely battered them all over the park. Its fair to say that we outplayed them just like we […]
The 71st minute POSITIVES, NEEDS and HOPES By Coach Mike McDonald This season has been a new thing. There are so many new and happy things for Arsenal to feel good about. The atmosphere, the energy, the feel good factor, the belief, the consistency, the quiet hope of challenging and possibly winning the Premier League, […]
Only Arsenal know POSITIVES, NEEDS and HOPES People are really starting to notice Arsenal. The stubborn ones say that we’ve had an easy start. The people that pay closer attention note that there is barely an easy game in the entire league whether home or away. Brentford were unbeaten at home including a 5-2 win […]
Queen Elizabeth was a Gooner POSITIVES, NEEDS and HOPES I never had the privilege of meeting the Queen but I did see her once. Crossing the road outside Buckingham Palace a policeman stopped us as a black car pulled out. The window went down and there she was ❤️ I also remember going to Windsor Castle […]
Energy, everywhere Positives, Needs And Hopes I’m writing and rewatching at the same time. It’s the 16th minute. We’ve just had yet another chance in Villa’s box. The ball ends up outside the box with Saka and he gets pushed down. Within two seconds Xhaka, Odegaard and Saliba surround the potential counterattack. I could have […]
