Lewis Ambrose - Page 6
Lifelong Arsenal fan in exile who spends too much time on Twitter and rewatching games.
80 Posts
Tactics Column: Arsenal’s rough diamond plays into Liverpool’s hands
All formations have weaknesses. It’s why how you line up can be so interesting and so decisive in football.
The 4-4-2 lacks numbers in central midfield...
Tactics Column: Emeryball? Narrow Arsenal win two on the bounce
Arsenal have won the two opening games of a Premier League season for the first time in a decade. Things are about to get a...
Tactics Column: What Arsenal’s brilliant transfer window means for the team
Arsenal have had an incredibly busy summer and it’s fair to say the vast majority of fans have been left feeling very satisfied indeed. Here’s...
Tactics Column: Unai Emery’s colour blind chameleon
Assessing Unai Emery’s first season in charge of Arsenal is more difficult than I had anticipated back in August. He’s been more flexible than many...
Tactics Column: Diamond sparkles as Unai Emery finds balance
Another weekend, another London derby, but a very different Arsenal. After losing at West Ham the pressure was on Unai Emery and his team against...
Tactics Column: Emery’s Arsenal click with two up top
Arsenal blew Fulham away on Sunday, delivering the team’s most complete and most fluid performance under Unai Emery so far. A nine game winning run...
Tactics Column: Ozil and Torreira change the game in Cardiff
Unai Emery reportedly got the Arsenal job after displaying his incredible in-depth knowledge of the squad in his interview. But he had only seen them...
Tactics Column: We’re on the Ball!
The season is approaching and Arsenal’s pre-season is over. I’ve already had a look at how the team set up without the ball over the...
Tactics Column: Start the presses!
Arsenal’s first pre-season under Unai Emery has naturally been under the microscope. The club have amped up their own coverage of training sessions, doors have...
Sokratis Papastathopoulos – what will the new man bring to Arsenal?
Sven Mislintat’s little black book has delivered another Greek centre-back. After the January signing of Konstantinos Mavropanos, Arsenal have now added Sokratis Papastathopoulos to their...
Arsene Who? What Wenger means to My Generation
Lewis Ambrose reflects on a lifetime as an Arsenal fan with just one manager – Arsene Wenger. Follow Lewis @LGAmbrose.
I don’t think it’s unusual to be...
Tactics Column: Laca-space? Who misses out in Arsenal’s new-look attack?
Alexis Sánchez is gone and Arsenal, somehow, have to replace his ability to create and his ability to score. No wonder the club was so...