Anam Hassan - Page 5
New Seriousness. Writer for The Arsenal Column. Will stare at your balding head.
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Tactics Column: Arsenal defeat United in stretched encounter
When Danny Welbeck pounced on Antonio Valencia’s errant pass midway through the second-half and slotted into an empty net, it hit home just how much...
Tactics Column: Arsenal show their full repertoire
That brilliant change of tack, which can transform a career or the fortunes of a team, more often comes from luck and happenstance rather than...
Tactics Column: Santi Cazorla the key player with and without the ball
In a week where football took a back seat to the very components that give it life – the players – as Cristiano Ronaldo was...
Tactics Column: Analysing Arsenal’s performances over the festive period
By design or by accident, Arsenal stronger down the right
Arsenal’s first two fixtures of the festive period were predicted to be comfortable 6-pointers, though we...
Arsenal’s lack of cohesion off the ball costly
Transitions, the moments when defence turns into attack (or vice-versa), have, for a while now, been considered to be a crucial concept in the modern...
Tactics Column: Familiar frailties exposed again
Growing up in Strasbourg on the easternmost side of France, Arsene Wenger’s earliest football influences were mainly German. At the time, the most prominent rivalry...
Tactics column: Wilshere and Welbeck found wanting
In the end, it was hard not to think that the match hinged on Jack Wilshere. Arsenal’s 2-1 defeat to Manchester United on Saturday might...
Tactics Column: Flamini, Arteta provided base for Alexis to flourish
Arsenal fans clamouring for a new defensive midfielder might have seen significance in Mikel Arteta’s substitution on 63 minutes in the 3-0 win over Burnley,...
The 4-1-4-1 on Arsenal’s new formation
With the football world celebrating ten years since Arsenal became “Invincible,” it was interesting how chatter quickly veered away from the amazing technical accuracy the...
Tactics Column: Mesut Ozil looks leftfield in search of inspiration
Mesut Ozil found form of sorts for Arsenal on Saturday in their 1-1 draw with Tottenham, delivering a performance that showcased his usual understated subtlety,...
Tactics Column: Welcome to the New Arsenal
Welcome, then, to the New Arsenal. Which, on the face of it, looks not much different to the Old Arsenal, except with a few shiny...
Tactics column: possession football
After Arsenal drew 2-2 with Everton, it was interesting that Arsene Wenger praised the team’s belief and resilience. He did the same thing after Arsenal...