The Arsenal Women Journal – Welcome Back, Folks!
Hello, Arsenal Women aficionados!Welcome back, Champions of Europe; it was not a dream, it really happened. The Arsenal Women team are back in action and ready to defend their European crown, as well as preventing Chelsea from winning a seventh consecutive WSL title to capture a title that has evaded them since 2018/19.The season officially […]
‘The brake or the gas’
‘The brake or the gas’ An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective The dialogue among Arsenal fans after the Liverpool game has been quite fascinating. Apart from those that automatically start attention seeking and wanting over the top accountability for one game of football, the rest of us seem to be somewhat uniquely divided on […]
Happy happy, sad sad happy (Positives Needs & Hopes) [ARS 5-0 LEE]
Happy happy, sad sad happy An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective What to think about that game, right? It was like the events of a months worth of football in two hours. Lori, Max, his friend Jake and I were in Lexington, Kentucky to watch our friend Tyler Gibson play for USL team Oakland […]
‘Reasons and Excuses’ [MUN 0-1 ARS] (A Coach’s Perspective)
‘Reasons and Excuses’ ‘’An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective’ This is how I felt during and directly after the game. I don’t get flustered by much. I do have a list though. A short list. If you call QVC shopping network, a human picks up the phone and immediately asks you what they can […]
‘Art in motion’ (Positives Needs & Hopes) [Pre-Season Friendly: ARS 3-0 ACB]
‘Art in motion’ An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective Well, I wasn’t expecting that. There wasn’t much ‘art’ against Villareal and the ’motion’ wasn’t jiving either. The game was littered with tactical nuance, experiments and improvements. Almost as if we had been storing this up for a rainy day, so to speak. ‘Sun on […]
Changes at Arsenal [Positives Needs & Hopes Extra Edition]
Changes at Arsenal Before I start, I have a favour to ask at the end of this piece I spend way too much time thinking about how Arsenal can be the best that they can be. I do it not out of lack of trust in the club, but because it’s my passion. I suppose […]
Dowman sells Martinelli to get Eze – (Positives Needs & Hopes) [ARS 3-2 NEW]
‘Dowman sells Martinelli to get Eze’ An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective Most of the time preseason games are instantly forgettable. This one might be remembered forever. It’s crazy to say that. Sounds like a horrific over-exaggeration. What my eyes saw however, was the potential birth of a superstar. Max Dowman has much to […]
Noni, Ebe, Rodrygo, Martin, Cristhian, Kepa and Christian and why?
I haven’t been able to write for a while and now I’ve done 2 in 4 days God bless Jamaica I wanted to give my thoughts on all of our other signings and rumored signings, beyond the glorious Viktor who I spoke on on Monday. I have so much energy for Viktor. It’s almost […]
Šeško and The Gyök
It’s July 1st and the first day back in the office for Arteta, Berta and Fred, Arsenal’s new data analyst. An invite drops in Fred’s calendar from Mikel. **** Urgent Crisis Meeting**** 10am, my office. “Blimey” thought Fred, “Must be important, it’s in person. Mikel only ever meets the first team face to face. The […]
Are we going to see three at the back this season?
If rumours are to be believed, the holy trinity of Arteta, Josh K and Berta are in for no less than three attacking players this summer. A left winger, a central attacking midfielder and a striker are on the list. For arguments sake, let’s call them Rodrygo, Eze and Gyokeres. Now bear in mind that […]