Does Gabriel Jesus’ goal drought matter?
When a team wins so convincingly, scoring 5, you would expect that team’s centre forward to have been among the goals. So, when Arsenal did exactly that against Nottingham Forest, and Gabriel Jesus failed to score for the 7th successive match in which he featured, some in the media may have been questioning the Brazilian’s […]
Hey, Elon Musk! Here’s Five Reasons Why You Should Buy Liverpool FC…
1. Every self-respecting oligarch-sorry-I-mean-billionaire owns a football club. 2. You’re a genius – is there anything you can’t do? Electric cars, rocket ships, trains sorry-I-mean-hyperloops, robots… Like a little small-town boy with a big imagination limited only by his birthday money, building rocket ships, trains, cars, and robots in his back yard, surrounded by […]
19 years on… is Mudryk Arsenal’s 2023 Jose Antonio Reyes January Injection?
Football history, yes, even before the Premier League, tells us that the most successful teams strengthen when they are on top. The great Liverpool managers of the 1970s always added 1- or 2-star signings each summer as league champions, even though in those days with only 1 substitute, it usually meant demoting a fan favourite. […]
When you read the book from the beginning – solid foundations allow Arsenal to demolish Chelsea’s home [CHE 0-1 ARS]
‘When you read the book from the beginning’ An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective I want to start with an admission. I have barely looked at the Premier League table for many many years. My doctor had asked me what I thought was raising my blood pressure because I am a calm guy. I […]
Richard Keys – I am genuinely worried for you!
The Arsenal produce one of their best performances of the season and yet again, all Richard ‘Past His Sell By Date’ Keys can focus on Mikel and the technical area. Within minutes of the final whistle, Keys was on his one man soap box about Arteta ‘hanging out’ side his technical area. “ Why is […]
The Arsenal Women Journal – A Night to Remember at Meadow Park [ARS 3-1 WHA]
Winning at home to West Ham might not be the fondest memory some of the die-hard Arsenal Women’s fans have but it was very special to me, as it was the first Arsenal Women game I ever attended. Despite arriving late to Meadow Park (!) I didn’t miss much and could see the awful mix-up […]
*Leaked* Arsenal lads plan November trip to Ibiza during World Cup (Far Side View)
The Arsenal boys are getting excited about the up coming World Cup, some have different reasons. My inside contact at London Colney managed to grab some screenshots of the latest team WhatsApp group chat and very kindly forwarded them to me.
Time To Declare: why I believe Arsenal will be Champions [ARS 5-0 NFO] (Updated)
Time to declare An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective. As you read this, you are reading the fourth rewrite of this opening paragraph. I have been tempted to write about what you are about to read for a while, but have resisted until I was sure. I wasn’t thinking that yesterday‘s game would be […]
Time To Declare: why Arsenal have convinced me they should be Champions [ARS 5-0 NFO] (Positives Needs & Hopes)
Time to declare An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective. As you read this, you are reading the fourth rewrite of this opening paragraph. I have been tempted to write about what you are about to read for a while, but have resisted until I was sure. I wasn’t thinking that yesterday‘s game would be […]
The Arsenal Women Journal – Steady Sailing as Arsenal dispatch Zurich in convincing CL display
Jonas spoke, the players listened.The Swede was very vocal about the need of being humble after the win in Lyon, pushing away any talk about us winning the Champions League or being favourites to replicate our success from 2007, and the team responded with a mature, assured performance against Zurich.Goals from Jordan Nobbs and Lina […]