Champions League, here we come! The narrow home win against Leicester, followed by the empathic four-nil thumping of a valiant Brighton team and coupled with the unexpected Manchester City loss against Liverpool, propelled us to the third place, the last one that gives access to the European’s top competition. Once again, I want to hail […]
Thoughts on the next games for the top two. Brighton v Everton Interestingly the next opponents for us and for City played each other this weekend and the game was both fantastic and informative. Pep has just been given a sneak preview of Everton’s game plan for them. They’ll cut off passing lanes, try to […]
‘One year later and 30 years ago’ An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective Lame. Fatigued. Afraid. Bullied. Lost. About one year ago, Arsenal didn’t entirely surprise us. Well, maybe a little. The hope always makes you believe that you have turned the page. Those five words were the polite version of how we felt and […]
I needed time to process the result from Monday night at the Emirates Stadium, because the emotions were too many and too high.As I was sitting on the balcony at a friend’s house in Sevilla, my heart skipped a beat when Wolfsburg scored the final goal and crushed our dreams. All I felt was emptiness. […]
A Lesson in Trust An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective. Right as Arsenal kicked off, I left my office begrudgingly to give my team talk to my High School team before their big Regional game. Max stayed to watch and kept running upstairs to sneakily show me his fingers when we scored. There were […]
As a community, we are undoubtedly all feeling wounded, raw and a tad sorry for ourselves right now, which is completely understandable. However, in the despondency it is not so hard to find reasons for huge positivity. It has been a wonderful season and we can all trot out the obvious response to recent decline […]
Good day to the Arsenal Family!! Are we super excited for this game? Why shouldn’t we be..? The reason? Well, Mikel Arteta has instilled an unbelievable amount of self-belief in this young team, a fight that is reminiscent of battle-hardened warriors. Take your mind back to the Reiss Nelson Goal at the death against Bournemouth. […]
They might miss key players across the field; they might concede two goals in the opening 30 minutes; they might face Germany’s top side, away from home yet they won’t back down. The resilience shown by this group of players is simply sensational. Nothing is done yet in terms of reaching the Champions League final, […]
Be like Leo An Arsenal blog from a coach’s perspective The game was, yet again, too emotional for me to be able to analyze with clarity. So, I paused and re-watched. I didn’t realize quite a few things that I now know. After giving them some quality time, a cuddle and tucking my emotions into […]
Not the way we envisioned it happening, but hurdle one is complete – Champions League Football is confirmed for 23/24 As the song goes: “We’ve got Super Mik Arteta, He knows exactly what we need, Kieran at the back, Gabi in attack, Arsenal on the way to Champions League.” The cherry on top. That time […]
