Sunday, December 22, 2024

Tim Stillman - Page 2

Bedroom blogger and professional Arsenal fan. Victory through sanctimony.
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Different Faces

Injury to Martin Odegaard, a one-game suspension for Declan Rice and a fixture list that saw Arsenal travelling to Tottenham, Atalanta and Manchester City in...

Sliding doors

The integration of talented academy players at a club like Arsenal has always been a little bit chicken and egg. Do clubs and coaches create...

Because I Got Kai

Every elite team needs to rely on a certain amount of fluidity in their starting line-ups, especially as the demands of international football and continental...

Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good

Don’t allow the perfect to be the enemy of the good. A staple expression that has underpinned a lot of Arsenal’s transfer strategy in recent...

Eddie Nketiah: A Tribute

On 22 November, 2008, Gavin Hoyte started in central defence for Arsenal away at Manchester City. William Gallas had been disciplined for comments in the...

It’s going to be a big 2024-25 for…

As is tradition, I will use the final column before the start of the season to look at three players for whom the upcoming campaign...

Out with the old in with the…old?

During pre-season, I think most fans are looking for what is new about their team, especially when you have a coach like Mikel Arteta who...

U21s respectable showing at Lincoln + what next for Ramsdale and Arsenal Women return for pre-season

Morning campers! Tim Stillman here for the final time before Andrew returns to the keyboard tomorrow. Yesterday I took in the delights of Sincil Bank...

Emile Smith Goes

Good morning all and happy Saturday! Tim Stillman here to take the reins this weekend until Andrew returns to his desk on Monday. While Andrew...

The resurrection of Gabriel Jesus?

For the vast majority of the core players, pre-season is largely a tuning up exercise. For example, players like Bukayo Saka, Martin Odegaard and Declan...

What’s the story, Calafiori?

Good morning campers! Tim Stillman here to lovingly guide you through Tuesday while Andrew lands in Philadelphia in pursuit of the perfect cheese steak. (I...

Different Faces

Chief among Mikel Arteta’s early realisations as Arsenal coach was that Granit Xhaka was not a deep lying playmaker. When Xhaka was signed in 2016,...

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