Tag Archives: Total Football

Does Arsene finally, finally have his new Bergkamp?

Posted on October 27, 2014 by

Sanchez and the 4-4-2 With a whole week off before the next game, I thought a fluff piece may be in order just to get the discussions and debating back in full swing. Watching Sanchez playing at Sunderland, everything about … Continue reading →

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Arguably the Greatest nr.10 Ever: Master of Balance.

Posted on June 4, 2014 by

Being a person who started watching football because of Dennis Bergkamp, I had been trying to get my hands on a copy of the new book by David Winner on Dennis Bergkamp, “Stillness and Speed”. My fiancé finally got it … Continue reading →

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Van Gaal to Arsenal? Would he move us to the next level?

Posted on April 23, 2014 by

Dutch football media fully expect Louis van Gaal to go to England after the world cup, but they are still divided as to which club he will be managing. VI International, by far the best Dutch ‘voetbal’ magazine, reported that … Continue reading →

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Nine Hundred and Ninety-Nine games for Arsene Wenger: Time to say Thank You!

Posted on March 19, 2014 by

To me it is incomprehensible that a modern day manager can last a thousand matches; and it remains to be seen whether anybody will ever do it again at a top club. It is a shame that Arsene’s 1000th game … Continue reading →

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How DB10 re-inspired me: ‘Stillness and Speed’

Posted on January 30, 2014 by

‘Stillness and Speed’, by Dennis Bergkamp – A Review. In terms of footballing autobiographies I am not very widely read; I think the extent of my involvement is Perry Groves’s (which was ridiculously funny in places, but amounted to essentially … Continue reading →

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Arsenal’s midfield fluidity starting to resemble Total Football again?

Posted on January 20, 2014 by

ARSENAL V FULHAM   The Review Is this the small beginnings of not quite ‘Total Football’, but the nearest that Arsene Wenger will get to it? I was intrigued by the first half display. They played some really delightful build … Continue reading →

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Montoya, Costa, Gündoğan, Bender: Who’ll move Arsenal forward?

Posted on January 7, 2014 by

How I’d Help Wenger Win the Title I was originally writing a comment to TA’s post asking what everyone would do if they had a minute in a lift with Wenger to tell him what they’d have him do to … Continue reading →

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Arsenal v Hull Predicted Line Up – Time to Rip Roar on

Posted on December 3, 2013 by

Really good game tomorrow and aren’t we lucky Hull have just beaten Pool: the boys will be extra focused now and when Arsenal are focused we are at our best. This is the time to push on and grab every … Continue reading →

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Has Arsene seen enough?

Posted on November 14, 2013 by

  During the previous inter-lull, I wrote a post stating that the following seven games might determine whether Arsene would stay or not. We had relatively easy matches against Norwich and Palace and a Mickey Mouse game against the Chavs, … Continue reading →

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Ten games in: ToTL, and the best is yet to come!

Posted on November 4, 2013 by

First of all (of course) I’d like to begin by congratulating the team on an awesome performance against the other in form premier league team in the league. I’ll single out Arteta, Cazorla, Sagna and Ramsey for special praise for … Continue reading →

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