AFCB’s tactics guru Andrew Enloe gives us his analysis of Arsenal’s draw at Sunderland… Saturday’s match against Sunderland was a hugely frustrating affair. It seemed that the entire world knew that the final whistle would go when the ball was cleared one last time. A huge sigh of relief was followed by the realization that, [...]
AFCB’s tactics guru Andrew Enloe looks at how we coped without Walcott and van Persie and presents his case for Carlos Vela to play on the right… We could be forgiven for being optimistic after seeing Robin Van Persie superbly play in Theo Walcott during Arsenal’s match against Blackburn two weeks ago. They are two [...]
AFCB’s tactics guru Andrew Enloe examines how Theo Walcott helps the Arsenal defence… Saturday’s match against Blackburn was the first real test of the season; nobody is really expected to win at Anfield, and last week’s match against Blackpool was only going to finish one way. Blackburn have a formidable home record, and winning the [...]
AFCB’s tactics guru Andrew Enloe underlines Blackpool’s naivety against Arsenal… This is going to be a short one. Honestly there was very little tactical interest from an Arsenal perspective in this game; it was a match between a title challenger and last season’s favorites for relegation from the Championship. Diagrams and chalkboards are going to [...]
AFCB’s new tactics guru Andrew Enloe gets the chalkboards out for the very first edition of ‘The Short Corner’… In the world of Arsenal blogging, it seems the tactical side gets put on the back burner with most articles focused on team spirit and Arsene Wenger’s much-vaunted “mental strength.” This has its place of course, [...]