Friday, March 29, 2024

Tim Stillman - Page 33

Bedroom blogger and professional Arsenal fan. Victory through sanctimony.
676 Posts

1,2,3,4 I Declare A Spin War

Professional footballers (and indeed sportsmen and women) are not 'normal' people. To be sifted through the Serengeti of youth football, from playground cradle to academy,...

Ain’t Nobody….Like Koscielny

Being a centre half at Arsenal has to be one of the most unforgiving gigs in top level sport. Last August, in a piece on...

Lukewarm

Lucas Perez’s ascent at Arsenal has been gradual. This is because his Gunners career to date has comprised of a series of vignettes, with the...

Mes-anine

There are few folk heroes more celebrated in football history than the will o’ the wisp number 10. We are familiar with the well-worn stereotype...

Saxa-ma-phone. Saxa-ma-phone.

Squad flexibility is a desirable characteristic for a manager to cultivate. A player’s position or role should only ever be informed by how they serve...

When Two Vibes Go To War

I have long suspected that choice is one of Arsene’s great enemies. Squad rotation is not something he has ever shown a particular flair for....

Stand Together

The Football Supporters’ Federation gave birth to the Twenty’s Plenty movement in January 2013. Gradually the campaign built momentum and with numbers of away supporters...

Arsene Loves To Play With Le Coq

Last week, Francis Coquelin signed a new contract with Arsenal. The Lazarus like resurrection of his Gunners career two years ago is well documented. Having...

Chaos Theory

This season Arsenal have demonstrated a predilection for a late goal and a fightback. There are two prisms through which to view this. It can...

Dennis Bergkamp: Creationism

A few weeks ago, I wrote a piece about Mesut Özil. Within the article I addressed the increasing fetishisation of the individual among football fans...

Jack On Both Sides

Jack Wilshere has clocked up just over 1,000 minutes across 14 matches since joining Bournemouth on loan in late August. Back in September, I wrote...

Pressing Concerns for Arsenal

By now, there is a significant body of evidence to suggest that Arsenal really struggle with opponents that set out to press them high up...

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