Anam Hassan - Page 6
New Seriousness. Writer for The Arsenal Column. Will stare at your balding head.
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How Arsenal have been shaping for 2014/15
The Tactics Column returns for a new season, appearing on a fortnightly basis throughout this new campaign. Tonight, Anam looks at how we've been shaping...
Tactics column: Norwich typical + some player analysis
To borrow from the overused cliché, there are three things certain in life: death, taxes and an Arsenal collapse. It was all that was keeping...
Tactics column: On the Newcastle win
Over time, it’s become accepted that way to prevent the world’s best player, Lionel Messi, from wreaking havoc is not to stop him – although...
Aaron Ramsey, Mesut Ozil add intelligence to Arsenal’s tireless running
Arsenal fans pondering “what might have been” had Aaron Ramsey been fit for most of the season got their answer when he burst through on...
Tactics column: On Giroud
As the last line of defence for struggling Norwich City, John Ruddy has had to be at his best to keep out some of the...
Arsenal not inflexible as they secure City draw
When Lukas Podolski lost the ball in the middle of the pitch and Manchester City raced away to the other end to open the scoring,...
Tactics Column: Winning ugly, the final frontier
“Arsène Wenger believes that with a little organisation, simple instruction and faith in playing the game his way, their talent will see them through.” Mikel...
Tactics Column: Arteta provides the drive for Arsenal in an advanced role
There were many moments of individual - and collective - brilliance in Arsenal’s 4-1 FA Cup win over Everton, but it was the contributions of...
Tactics column: On Stoke
Sometimes management - and the routine of selecting teams - works in hunches and intuition gathered over time rather than any piercing tactical insight. That’s...
Tactics Column: Arteta, Wilshere and Rosicky are Arsenal’s controlling forces
It was Sir Alex Ferguson who once remarked that Zinedine Zidane didn't “hurt” teams enough. That is, although he could impose his personality on certain...
Tactics column: Flamteta and renewed pace key for Gunners
Talk of vengeance makes great copy but in reality, managers are keen to avoid such narratives pre-match as it is thought too much adrenaline can...
Tactics column: In sync Liverpool devastate Arsenal
A great attacking performance is such that at first viewing it inherently seems defensive. When Ajax beat Liverpool 7-3 in the European Cup over two...