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 […]
Viktory!
The Lord gives and the Lord takes away. Today he might just give me what I’ve been wanting for around 3 years. Not just that but an overflow blessing as the Gyokeres deal may just happen as I sit here… That would be above and beyond. I first discovered Viktor Gyokeres back at the […]
Can Arsenal win the league without a striker?
So many debates have been had about which striker would be better, ‘prospect’ and athletic monster Sesko or ‘ready now’ flat track bully Gyokores, but we all have that nagging concern, what if we don’t land either? After all the club has previous for this kind of behaviour, most notably in the last two transfer […]