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Energy Everywhere: electric Arsenal secure win against Villa to keep perfect record [ARS 2-1 AVL]

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 […]

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Like A New Signing: how ruthlessness on the pitch and trust off of it will reap rewards [ARS 6-0 SEV]

POSITIVES, NEEDS and HOPES  I really hate that title. That phrase. Little bit of sick mouth. I thought about calling this piece ’Similar to bringing in a player from another team’ (STBIAPFAT), but that’s trying too hard. Either way, it does accurately describe a couple of things I’ve seen at Arsenal this pre-season. One is […]

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The Never Headlines: positive Arsenal dominate Chelsea in swampy Florida clash [Positive Needs & Hopes]

The Never Headlines POSITIVES, NEEDS and HOPES I’ve never agreed with those commenting on preseason that state that fitness is the main focus. To me that’s like telling me that the focus of my day is getting ready in the morning. Fitness is clearly the foundation and very important just like getting ready in the […]

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From disheartening to depressing to enlightening: a Gooner’s journey to Arsenal Optimism

Disheartening, Depressing, Enlightening To be brutally honest, this is the first time in about six or seven years, with the new season about to start, that I actually have some real optimism. Wenger’s decline was disheartening. Unai’s one and a half years were depressing. Arteta’s 6 months have been enlightening. It helps that Saturday’s kick […]

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It’s 343 until Arteta gets his Creator – Tactical review and standout performers

Our first pre season game was underway against MK Dons yesterday. In this article, I will provide an in depth review of our 4-1 victory against ‘The Dons’ and analyse certain individual performances. First half Unsurprisingly, Arteta set us in a 3-4-3 system. It’s clear to me that we will continue with this formation until […]

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