Arteta is overthinking the injury situation, when he can just keep it simple.
I have never seen so much debate over line-ups since Saliba got injured. People bending over backwards trying to reinvent the wheel with never tried formations just to keep Holding out of the defence. Even though Arteta has priors with Xhaka at LB (it’s back ladies and gentlemen), I was pleased that he didn’t fall […]
Top 6 Major concerns from Sunday’s West Ham match to be addressed – And Quickly!
I got issues, but you got ’em too, So give ’em all to me, and I’ll give mine to you There’s just too much to say, too many feelings that need to come out, so I’m just going to keep it concise. I flew to London on friday morning, all the time I was there […]
Arsenal v Chelsea fixture rescheduling causes havoc with fans’ plans…
Arsenal has faced criticism after the changing of the date of the home game with Chelsea. The match, which was originally scheduled for April 29th, has been moved due to a decision made by the Safety Advisory Group (SAG) with regards to the availability of Metropolitan Police numbers. The group expressed concerns about the availability […]
A Humbling Epiphany – Positives, Needs & Hopes
A Humbling Epiphany An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective The wet rag was out. I haven’t gone to the wet rag for a while. Lori had nicked my blood pressure cuff because teaching 1st graders these days is blood pressure cuff worthy. The complaining was flowing like the waterfall in that Tarzan movie that […]
Relief or Regret? Where Arsenal slipped up at Anfield
There will be mixed emotions across Arsenal fans as the Bank Holiday weekend draws to a close and another weekend of peak Barclays fades into the distance. We arrived at a stadium where our last win featured none other than Mikel Arteta in the middle of the park (with the same trim he has today). […]
Can you handle the run-in? A rollercoaster of emotions as Liverpool fight back in a game of two halves.
In the days leading up to the game the nerves became bigger and bigger for me. It just felt like a monumental game and I have never experienced a longer day than the Sunday waiting for kick-off time. Much has been said of the run in, a period in a season like no other. No […]
Liverpool 2-2 Arsenal: Arteta’s worst performance of the year, as on-field leadership lets Arsenal down. An ungrateful, unapologetic moan.
This post is going to upset people, I’m sure. Those people who think any kind of criticism of the Club, the team, the coach is treason. Those who offer “go with the flow” or other equally inane aphorisms. Either that or they switch to logical fallacy and admonish me, saying “Look at what this young […]
Gold Dust and Hen’s Teeth: the impossibility of finding tickets to watch The Arsenal
The curious case of obtaining tickets for Arsenal games has become a very hot topic amongst Arsenal fans these past few months. The war on touts has been fully waged as the noise reverberating from the fan base grows ever louder as the opportunity to witness live the closest chance for Arsenal to reclaim a […]
The Arsenal Women Journal – Another day, another comeback! (ARS 2-1 MCI)
This Arsenal team has got something about it, hasn’t? From one-nil down to three-one up in the Conti Cup final against Chelsea. From one-nil down to two-nil up in the Champions League against Bayern Munich. From one-nil down to two-nil up in the league against Manchester City. Three big games against three big clubs, at […]
In Time To Come… (Where does the current team stand in Greatest All-Time Arsenal list?) [Positives Needs & Hopes]
In time to come An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective It’s 2026. You are in the pub talking to your mates about the Arsenal team of 2022–23. The discussion is about where they rank as the greatest Arsenal teams of all time. These conversations will happen in the summer of 2023 also, but it’s […]