The Arsenal Women Journal – Much Better from the Gunners, as Chelsea looms [LEI 1-4 ARS]
Hello, Arsenal Women aficionados! Our girls returned from the international break and won comfortably against Leicester City at the King Power Stadium, recording their third consecutive win in all competitions. Goals from Alessia Russo and Stina Blackstenius, plus an own goal from the host, saw the Gunners breeze past Leicester and remain within touching distance […]
Arsenal 2–0 Brighton/Burnley: Another Win, But Did Someone Hide the Set-Piece Playbook? #JoverBall
Arsenal beat Brighton 2–0 at the Emirates, and eventually, it was the kind of calm, confident performance that makes you start Googling “how to emotionally prepare for a possible title run.” Goals? Delicious. Possession? Dominant. Brighton? To the most part, harmless. But let’s address the glaring issue: no set-piece goals. Zero. Zilch. Nada. Has Nicolas […]
‘The joy of predictability’ (Positives Needs & Hopes) [ARS 2-0 BHA] EFL Cup
‘The joy of predictability’ An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective I pondered whether to write about this game. Why? It was exactly how I thought it would be. ‘No news here’ kind of thing. Not in a dull way though. In a quite delightful way. Here is how it played out; Arteta starts his […]
The Glitch in the Arsenal Matrix is Resolved
And so we are back to normal programming, everything is right with the world, Neo took the correct pill and the system has been rebooted. Gary Neville has toed the party line and laid into Arsenal’s set-piece coach, Nicolas Jover, again: (Sky Sports) “I called him the most annoying man in football recently and I’m […]
When others pray (Positives Needs & Hopes) [ARS 1-0 CRY]
‘When others pray’ An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective Before the Palace game, I’d had a handful of conversations with fellow Arsenal fans. Everyone seemed nervous, but for some reason I didn’t. I can’t pretend that the nerves didn’t have me pacing the last 15 minutes but pre-game I was fairly lucid. I think […]
A Glitch in the Arsenal Matrix
Laurence Fishburne visited me last night and I think I took the wrong pill. (Photo credit:Warner Bros) When I woke this morning everything was wrong. Everything I read was wrong, Everything I saw was wrong. It was like everyone else wasn’t following their programming. Ex United and Chelsea players were saying complementary things about Arsenal!!!! […]
Playing Against Arsenal (Positives Needs & Hopes) [ARS 4-0 ATL]
“Playing against Arsenal“ An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective I’ve just started to write my ‘ preliminary notes’ for my boys high school season in the Spring. The few things that I want to focus on and ensure that we emphasize. I’ve learnt that when you coach a high school team here in the […]
Available: Spacious Roof Top Apartment
Available – Large, spacious, apartment, all be it, gloomy and dark. Single view outlook. Slight odour of bitterness and sour grapes. Current tenant noisy and winey. Location: Jamie O’Hara’s head. Price – Rent Free Again, TalkSports resident village idiot, is off on one of his, one eyed, Middlesex tinted rants. This time, Jamie O’Hara claims […]
Exclusive from Inside VAR HQ: Arsenal Edition
Following yesterday’s game vs Fulham, my man on the inside at Stockley Park sent me the deliberation notes from Saka’s penalty review. VAR Official 1: “We’ve got a possible penalty here — Saka’s been clipped.” VAR Official 2: “Clipped? Hmm. Are you sure that wasn’t just the wind off the Thames?” VAR Official 3: “Hold […]
The Arsenal Women Journal – Mead and Russo Ease the Pressure in Europe [BEN 0-2 ARS]
Hello, Arsenal Women aficionados! Back from Lisbon with a much-needed win, the Arsenal Women team will go into the international break in a much more relaxed mood and can look at the future with less anxiety and a bit more of confidence. Performance-wise, it wasn’t exactly a convincing outing for Renée Slegers’ players, but Arsenal […]