Posted in Match Report on Nov 30th, 2020
The architecture of footballing success is a less definitive and structured endeavor than what the aftermath of success deludes us to believe. There is no one grand plan where everything comes together by their logical inevitability, but a series of steps executed with different degrees of convictions, often arriving at the right combination of things […]
Posted in Match Report on Nov 26th, 2020
An Arsenal squad that has, this season, both raised our hopes and dashed them horribly, made their way to the frozen north aiming to cement qualification for the Europa League knock-out rounds. In the PL we have averaged just over 9 shots per game yielding a mere 9 goals in 9 games whereas in this […]
Posted in Match Report on Nov 23rd, 2020
After a fortnight of international football where most Arsenal players needed to travel around the world while a pandemic is raging, the team regrouped only a few days back to prepare for what was expected to be a particularly difficult away trip against the newly promoted Leeds, managed by the managers’ manager, Marcelo Bielsa. The […]
Posted in Match Report on Nov 8th, 2020
Last week we spent Sunday evening with a spring in our step after a gutsy, organised win at Old Trafford. Today would tell if we could maintain this momentum. In the weird world we inhabit now with no fans, eccentric VAR decisions and a much less physical game which if today’s Sunday Times is to […]
Posted in Match Report on Nov 6th, 2020
Mikel Arteta made 9 changes from the team that triumphed at Old Trafford on Sunday. Only Bernd Leno and Willian survived as the Boss rotated his squad for a home Europa League game. The full team was: Leno, Maitland-Niles, Mustafi, Luiz, Kolasinic, Willian, Xhaka, Ceballos, Pepe, Willock, Nketiah Subs: Runarsson, Macey, Bellerin, Tierney, Gabriel, Saka, […]
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