The Arsenal Women Journal – Gunners pounce on rivals’ slip-ups [LIV 0-1 ARS]
Hello, Arsenal Women aficionados! What a weird afternoon in Liverpool: we should have won comfortably, we could have dropped a couple of points, and we ended making ground up on both Chelsea and Manchester City, who drew against Leicester City and lost to Everton, respectively. When Alessia Russo scored her sixth goal in the last […]
Feeling the need for fresh – Post Everton, Positives, Needs and Hopes!
‘Feeling the need for fresh’ An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective Although I’m about to relate Arsenal to food, I think that the comparison has validity. Alternatively, I’m reaching, but I believe I’m on to something. Read on…. I live in East Tennessee in a small community called Talbott. We are very much in […]
The Arsenal Women Journal – Six and Counting for Renée and her girls [VAL 1-3 ARS]
Hello, Arsenal Women aficionados! UWCL knock-out phase, here we come. The 3-1 win in Norway saw us validating our ticket for the first round of the knock-out phase of this year’s UWCL, restoring our status as one of the best teams in Europe. The final fixture, at home to Bayern Munich, will tell us whether […]
He could / He will… Solving our attacking shortfalls – a deep dive
‘He could / He will’ An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective This post is different to usual. I think the positives, needs and all the other stuff is somewhat irrelevant after Fulham. There is one clear issue to discuss. As ever, I attempt to find a solution. Group 1. Showing up for work at […]
The Arsenal Women Journal – Don’t wake me up! [ARS 4-0 AVL]
Hello, Arsenal Women aficionados! Our girls were back in action this weekend after returning from the international break, and I was a bit worried that all the travelling and the minutes played across the globe would have a negative impact on our performance. Bar a period of ten minutes or so, it wasn’t the case. […]
Nicolas Jover… most annoying bloke in football, says manchild from Manchester
At Brentford he was a tactical magician At Man City he was an innovative genius At Arsenal he is the most annoying man on the planet. It’s amazing how Gary Neville turns into a spoilt little child when it’s Man United on the receiving end.
You don’t want to play Arsenal (Positives Needs & Hopes) [WHU 2-5 ARS]
‘You don’t want to play Arsenal’ An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective Oh, how football changes so quickly. Oh, how quick we are to look at our coaching and player talent and fear and forget. Oh, how quickly we lose faith. About a month ago, the title of this blog could’ve been, ‘A great […]
The door that didn’t slide (Positives Needs & Hopes)
‘The door that didn’t slide’ An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective As I’ve been traveling and ‘blog absent,’ this will cover the Forest and Lisbon games. After the Forest game rolled around, I was less concerned about our form than I was about how Arteta was being viewed. I knew we would rebound […]
The Arsenal Women Journal – A tale of turmoil and renaissance
Hello, Arsenal Women aficionados! While most of our girls are busy with their national teams around the world, allow me to take a moment to rewind the tape and go back to the turbulent days that led to Jonas Eidevall’s resignation from his head coach role for the Arsenal Women team, in October. The Swede […]
Linaaaaa!!! – All Conquering Arsenal March on! – Arsenal Women’s Journal
Hello, Arsenal Women aficionados! We had to wait until the very last few minutes, but we made it to the quarterfinals of the UWLC! A late, late strike from Lina Hurtig (more on her later) sunk Juventus and put us through the knock-out phase for the second time in three seasons. It took patience and […]