Anam Hassan - Page 7
New Seriousness. Writer for The Arsenal Column. Will stare at your balding head.
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Tactics column: Impressive Ox finds killer space
Midway through the first-half, Tony Pulis pulled up his captain and berated him for letting Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain make a run behind him. Crystal Palace had...
Tactics Column: Arsenal fail to press on against Southampton
Amazingly, it was on 65 minutes when Arsenal first went to close down Artur Boruc. The Southampton goalkeeper produced a moment to forget the last...
Tactics column: Cazorla steps up as Wilshere’s influence grows
In the end, Arsenal were indebted to their “Happy Wanderer” for securing the three points against Fulham. Starting on the left flank but never truly...
Tactics Column: Wilshere steps up, and so does the defence. (As usual)
For so long, Jack Wilshere has been touted as a future Arsenal captain and while his performance in Arsenal’s 2-1 win over at Aston Villa...
Five tactical conclusions of Arsenal’s season so far
Aaron Ramsey
No one can say at Arsenal that players are pigeon-holed, but in a sense for Aaron Ramsey, that might have been the case. When...
Tactics column: Podolski underwhelms, Bendtner impresses
Of all the doubts about Arsenal's championship credentials, the biggest had been what might happen if Olivier Giroud were to be injured. With the Frenchman...
Arsenal undone by Man City’s inside game
Arsenal had equalised not long before, but Manchester City were unperturbed. They merely continued pouring men forward, and when Yaya Toure picked up the ball...
Tactics column: Mertesacker and Koscielny rise to the occassion
Is there ever such a thing as a fair result? Arsenal might have felt aggrieved having taken the lead on eighty-minutes only to see it...
Mikel Arteta: technical leader
In last year’s edition of the Indian Premier League (a cricket tournament which brings together the best players from around the world to play alongside...
Tactics Column: Arsenal make a compelling case for the defence
Pressing – the idea that defence begins in attack – is nothing new. Yet, there is a certain mystery about this apparently simple tactic of...
Tactics column: Liverpool have no answer to Formula 1 football
There were a number of times in the first-half when Mesut Ozil threw his hands up in the air and gave a look of displeasure...
Tactics Column: Gnabry’s impact, Arsenal’s midfield and Ozil
How do you explain the drop-off in performances that saw Arsenal play well (but lose 2-1) against Borussia Dortmund, and play badly (but win 2-0)...