‘Good enough’ no longer good enough (Positives Needs & Hopes) [ARS 2-1 LEE]
‘Good enough’ no longer good enough An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective There is a knock-on effect to footballers becoming much busier these days. I think that most of them are somewhat unaware of the details of what else is going on in the league. Even though video analysis will now be used where […]
A Car With 3 Gears (Positives Needs & Hopes) [BHA 3-0 ARS]
A car with three gears’ An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective I never like playing Brighton away. We’ve been pretty successful there recently, but they are always a team that I think are capable of beating us. Always well coached, unafraid, and capable. Capable of beating us at the same game. The result was […]
Raya, fire! (Positives Needs & Hopes) [SUN 0-2 ARS]
Raya, fire 🔥 An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective For some reason in the last week, I’ve had two people ask me who I thought was the best player at Arsenal. I get asked a lot of questions about Arsenal, but that one hasn’t come in quite a while. I had to think about […]
Shooting camp for Arsenal (Positives Needs & Hopes) [NAP 0-1 ARS]
Shooting camp for Arsenal An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective I know that every game is different. Watch Arsenal score four at Sunderland with some of the best and most accurate shooting you’ve seen in a while. Players don’t forget how to shoot overnight. Without knowing exactly what happens at training I have often […]
They all rolled over and one was left… (Arteta’s 7-Year Arsenal Cull)
Seven seasons and Mikel has been a busy boy. “Some managers inherit a squad. I inherited a crime scene and only Starboy survived the investigations.” (Source, Mikel Arteta (honestly)) Goalkeepers Bernd Leno – the guy who made a world-class save look routine and a routine backpass look like a near-death experience. Emiliano Martínez – still […]
‘A win for discouragement’ (Positives Needs & Hopes) [ARS 2-1 CHE]
‘A win for discouragement’ An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective Arsenal are in a brand new position for the first time in a few decades. They are hot favorites to win the Premier League. This brings a different set of emotions. No longer are fans and Arsenal both wondering ‘can they?’ Motivation is tested […]
“Time for the Coach to coach…” – A Transfer Window summary for rational Gooners
‘Time for the Coach to coach’ An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective I couldn’t write after the Villa game and I wanted to pause before I wrote after the last day of the transfer window. I always do better when I pause. I come down on the fact that three […]
Quantum of Tzolis
Codename: 00-17. Agency: The Arsenal. Mission: Infiltrate the Premier League title defence, disarm a newly promoted Coventry City, and do it all with the kind of nonchalant cool that makes M sigh and reach for the paperwork anyway. Tzolis arrived at the Emirates not as some rookie double-0 fumbling his first assignment, but as […]
‘Five years later’ (Positives Needs & Hopes) [ARS 3-0 COV]
‘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 […]
‘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, […]