Hello, Arsenal Women aficionados! Here comes the first issue of the Arsenal Women Journal for the season 2024/25. I hope you all had a good summer and are now ready to go for what could be a make-or-break season for Jonas Eidevall and some of his players. The official start of the season is still […]
Aston Villa vs Arsenal is becoming as big as Manchester City vs Arsenal in the Premier League. Both teams have given us classic matches in the last two seasons with their meetings in the 2023/24 season still being talked about. Unai Emery and Mikel Arteta are two of the best managers in the Premier League […]
The road to perfection An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective I wasn’t sure if I was going to write about the first pre-season game. It feels harsh/unrealistic/unfair to analyze players on their first game back. Arteta’s Arsenal are different though. It is so much more than a fitness exercise. A first run-out. If ‘interesting’ […]
Last week I was fortunate enough to fly out to Berlin, Germany with tickets to Switzerland vs Italy at Euro 2024. Right now all the Arsenal talk is all about Riccardo Calafiori, and it would have been nice for me to write a piece about him and what I saw from him in that game. […]
Arsenal defender William Saliba has made a shocking revelation leading up to this summer’s Euros in Germany about the Premier League’s best Centre-back. Saliba has been a superb player for Arsenal in recent years including the just-concluded campaign where the Gunners finished behind champions Manchester City for the second season running. The 23-year-old, who was […]
We now know Arsenal’s road to the 24/25 Premier League title. We begin at 3pm at home to Wolves on the 17th August, and finish on the 25th May away to Southampton. Here we will be taking an in-detail look at the calendar and how the domestic and European cup games tie-in to our season […]
Arsenal are in a critical stage. Mikel Arteta has taken over a team packed with youthful talents. The question, however, is whether these inexperienced stars can win titles. We delve into statistics to unearth the challenges and opportunities facing the young Gunners. The Age Distribution at Arsenal One of the things that stand out about […]
In the stats driven world we live in, when it comes to attacking players on the pitch, goals and assists are your bread and butter. Often when it comes to comparing players against each other, comparing players based on their own previous campaigns, or seeing how valuable one player is to an individual team goal […]
It’s a mild November morning I wake up and the first thing I do is reach for my phone and Google “Arsenal”. I see the usual spam transfer stories about how we’re going to sign Ronaldo, Messi and Mbappe; however the headline ‘Arsenal youth player scores 10 goals for U16 side in 14-3 thrashing of […]
A – So, Southgate picks his squad to underachieve at the Euros. Major talking point should be: No Grealish, No Maddison. But No. What does the renowned (?) Irish defender Kevin Kilbane focus on: “Watch Saka during the Euros. He’ll be limping off with 20 minutes to go and then a doubt for the next […]
