….. and like that, it’s gone. (Positives Needs & Hopes) [MCI 2-2 ARS]
…… and like that, it’s gone An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective The Usual Suspects. The greatest ending to a movie I’ve ever seen. I’m not going to try to link Keyser Soze to this game although if you told me Michael Oliver was Keyser Soze, I might believe you today. I just […]
The Arsenal Women Journal – Slow burners [FCH 1-0 ARS, ARS 2-2 MCI]
Hello, Arsenal Women aficionados! This week’s journal is a matter of seeing our glass half-empty or half-full. The narrow loss to Häcken was frustrating, especially if we consider the fair amount of back luck that went with it, while the league opener against Manchester City had us through all sorts of emotions and could have […]
Double, double, toil and trouble – Two-In-One Match Review – In Verse!
Double, double, toil and trouble, In London and Manchester, big games did bubble Early at the Etihad, Haaland scored City hoped to put Arsenal to the sword Maanum scored early to set the tone Could the ladies go on to beat City at home? A quality pass from Martinelli And what a finish by Calafiori […]
The Arsenal Women Journal – The definitive ‘24/‘25 FULL SQUAD GUIDE
Hello, Arsenal Women aficionados! This week’s Journal is very different from any other one, as I will take you all for a walk and introduce to you every single player included in the first team for season 2024/25! Veterans, new arrivals, mainstays, up-and-coming stars…we have plenty of great profiles in our squad, so let’s go. […]
Mikel Mignon – with so much at steak, Arteta’s Arsenal meats NLD challenge (Positives Needs & Hopes) [TOT 0-1 ARS]
‘Mikel Mignon’ An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective Flank steak thinks it’s good. It doesn’t show up on the menu often so it’s considered ‘special.’ “Oh, they’ve got flank steak, honey.” At this point you are being conned but because it’s a hard find, you go along with your wife and order flank steak. […]
The Arsenal Women Journal: Through and Happy [ARS 1-0 ROS]
Hello, Arsenal Women aficionados! There’s no smoke without fire, they say. On Saturday night, at Meadow Park, we should have seen a giant wildfire, but we ended up with a tiny campfire, instead. The team created so many chances and was so dominant that the one-nil scoresheet felt somehow disappointing. We are through, though, and […]
Redefining Martinelli – Arsenal’s Big Game Wildcard & Saka’s New Competition
A week on from last week’s disaster class produced by Chris Kavanagh, the feeling of overall resentment & frustration towards the standard of Premier League officiating has still not left my body, and nor will it until the PGMOL finally find it within themselves to move on from the imperialist policies they look to deploy […]
The Arsenal Women Journal – The fastest start [ARS 6-0 RAN]
Hello, Arsenal Women aficionados! The first hurdle has been cleared, in quite an emphatic way, too. The six-nil thrashing of Rangers allows our girls to move into the final of the first qualifying round of the UWCL, who will now face Rosenborg on Saturday, at Meadow Park. The Gunners showed real purpose and grit against […]
All offences are equal, but some are more equal than others
My mate’s sister, is a cleaner at PGMOL HQ and found a copy of the minutes from this year’s PGMOL pre season meeting left on the photocopier. She thought they made interesting reading, so passed a copy on to me. Agenda: Protocol 1 – Common Sense. As part of the new procedures for this season, […]
The need for inevitability (Positives Needs & Hopes) [ARS 1-1 BHA] Part Two
The need for inevitability An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective This is technically Part 2 of this weeks blog. Part one was dedicated to a nice chap called Chris. You can read about Chris and what he was up to on the weekend right here…. I sit here guilty of what I’m going […]