So much, so good, except the big bit… [PSG 2 (3)- 1 (1) ARS]
‘So much, so good, except the big bit’ An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective I’m not sure if I ever buy the idea that a team is ‘not ready to win ……….’ Listening to people ramble on about Arsenal needing this or that before they can win is understandable and partially true. I have […]
It just wasn’t meant to be
It just wasn’t meant to be, No repeat of ‘Rice, Rice, baby’ We couldn’t get over PSG, It just wasn’t meant to be It just wasn’t meant to be On a cold night in gay Paris They was no after Partey It just wasn’t meant to be It just wasn’t meant to be Bakayo had […]
According to AI, This Is The Signing Arsenal Needs
Arsenal fans have been through a wild season filled with soaring expectations, brilliant flashes, and that persistent feeling that one more key addition might transform a very strong club into a championship contender. Arteta’s squad, having grown a lot from his first days, now seems to be gunning in the right direction. Still, if there’s […]
The Arsenal Women Journal – A Costly Hangover [AVL 5-2 ARS]
Hello, Arsenal Women aficionados! As soon as the starting XI came out, everyone could sense a difficult afternoon at Villa Park. By making seven changes to the team that put four goals past Lyon and qualified for the UWCL final, Renée Slegers decided to rest her heroes and give valuable minutes to players usually relegated […]
The Rue to the Final
Ben White right back. Jurrien Timber left back. Myles Lewis-Skelly and Declan Rice sharing the holding midfield and left eight roles. Mikel Merino up front. That is what I wanted to see when the team sheet for PSG was announced yesterday evening. I had, though, reluctantly accepted on my way to the match that my […]
The Arsenal Women Journal – We’re Going to Lisbon! [ARS 1-2 OL, OL 1-4 ARS]
Hello, Arsenal Women aficionados! I am lost for words. Speechless. The magnitude of the Arsenal Women’s result against European serial-winners Olympique Lyonnais is gargantuan, especially if you consider that we travelled to France on the back of a 2-1 loss at the Emirates Stadium. Very few people fancied us to walk out of the Groupama […]
A snapshot of Arsenal (Positives Needs & Hopes) [IPS 0-4 ARS]
‘A snapshot of Arsenal’ An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective You meet a stranger. A football loving stranger. In a pub in Cornwall with a thatched roof and a beautiful beer garden. A pub that somebody reading this is going to buy for me one day. I speak it into existence. Skelly’s mum said […]
Partey not at the Party – The Midfield and team permutations for the Semi-Final 1st Leg.
For an experienced player to let his teammates and manager down with a silly and needless booking was disappointing. Obviously, it did not spoil the moment for the fans and the club, reaching their first Champions League Semi Final for 16 years, but with Jorginho injured the Ghanaian’s absence certainly gives Arteta a headache. […]
Remontada?
Remontada, was the cry From Galacticos 3.0, on high Remontada, was the shout The Madridistas they had no doubt Remontada, was the call On the sword Arsenal were supposed to fall A stadium full of self righteous Madrid fans Spat out the dummy when things weren’t going to plan. A squad full of self righteous […]
Representing Arsenal the Arsenal Way: Mikel Arteta vs The Press
I look forward to watching Mikel Arteta’s press conferences. Not just because he’s the Arsenal manager and my interest in Arsenal and our games, although obviously that’s the primary reason I even bother tuning in (I’m not sat at home watching every Pep Guardiola Man City press scrum). Not just for Arteta’s salacious transfer tittle-tattle […]