Anam Hassan - Page 8
New Seriousness. Writer for The Arsenal Column. Will stare at your balding head.
129 Posts
Understated Giroud helps set up impressive Norwich win
It is easy to get carried away by the stylish way in which Arsenal have started the season, evoking memories of Arsene Wenger’s teams of...
Wilshere’s impact and the growing importance of the creative winger
Sometimes you have to trust coaches to make decisions based on intuition and a certain foresight acquired over managing many matches, rather than any piercing...
Tactics column: Decision making
Two weeks ago, Swansea City went away to Valencia and completed a memorable victory in the Europa League. In midweek, they crashed out of the...
Walcott-less Arsenal revert to pragmatic approach
Arsene Wenger is known as an attacking coach, but it’s intriguing how parts of his philosophy, guided by pragmatism, are often overlooked. For example, Arsenal...
Tactics column: Mesut Özil – a new breed of No.10
Back in November last year, Arsenal were reportedly ready to smash their transfer record on another German midfielder with an umlaut: Mario Götze. It never...
Tactics Column: Arsenal’s plans starting to take shape
Just how do you go about replacing your best player? In a sense, Arsenal too are readjusting to losing their best two players in recent...
Tactics Column: The two sides to Arsenal’s attack
Even this early on in the Premier League season, there is a trend: teams are abandoning the left-flank. In his first two matches in charge,...
Wilshere and Ramsey partnership still a work in progress
At some point in the future, it will be known as the ‘Gabriel Agbonlahor paradox’; how one player, struggling to live up to his promise,...
How Arsenal have been shaping up for 2013/14
Is it not possible that, before even adding to the squad, Arsenal are a better team than they were last season? It’s not what fans...
Tactics Column: The players of the season
After Arsenal secured fourth place with the 1-0 win over Newcastle United and a chance of Champions League football next season, Arsene Wenger hailed his...
Tactics column: Arsenal intelligence
Have Arsenal acquired a certain game intelligence over the last few months? That’s the impression that they gave last night having, for a large period...
Tactics column: Table, Rosicky and Sagna
They say that the league table never lies, yet it’s conceivable that Arsenal will end the season having scored more goals than the last and...
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