Pepe Silvia

Look the part, be the part

[🪿 @ebsk23]

God help Neville when he builds up the courage to gently rib Carragher about this on MNF at some point this season.

Carragher’s response will be a violation of the Geneva Convention and will have to be condemned by Ofcom.

[DailyAFC @DailyAFC]

🗣️ John McGinn says Riccardo Calafiori is one of the toughest opponents he’s faced:

“Do you know who really surprised me is Calafiori.”

“Calafiori was much stronger than I thought. I was really impressed.” 💪 🇮🇹

🎥 @WeAreTheOverlap

[dannica @dannarebb]

a reminder to live like Dolly Parton: be kind to people, and showcase your large breasts. ❤️

[Pepe Silvia @Archerrr86]

Injury gonna rob him of 5

[Sam Dean @SamJDean]

William Saliba is the only player to have been named in the Premier League’s PFA Team of the Year for each of the last four seasons.

[Pepe Silvia @Archerrr86]

Leno???

[Pepe Silvia @Archerrr86]

Putting pen to paper >>>

[David Garcia @IJaSport]

Arteta won the Premier League and instead of spending the summer confirming that he was right, he spent it journaling about what needed to change, including himself.

I think that is such a massive part of what actual self-development looks like.

And honestly, it’s one of the things Pep has done better than almost anyone over the last 15 years. His teams could dominate, win leagues, sometimes completely change the way football was being played, and then he’d change things anyway, different structures, different player profiles, different ways of building, pressing, creating chances, different responsibilities for players.

He rarely seemed interested in proving that the last version was correct forever.

He kept asking what the next version needed to be.

And I think Arteta is showing something similar here.

Because the normal reaction to success is validation. We won, therefore the methods worked, the ideas worked, the way I coached worked, everyone celebrates and then you basically try to do it again.

Arteta seems to have done almost the opposite.

The Times reported that he spent part of the summer writing about his vision for Arsenal, where he wants the club to go over the next few years, while also reflecting on his own energy and enthusiasm for what comes next.

So instead of success answering his questions, it seems to have created new ones.

And I think that’s the bit coaches should pay attention to.

Failure makes reflection easy because something is clearly wrong. You lose, something hurts, the problem is staring at you, so you start searching for answers.

Success is much more dangerous because it gives you permission to stop looking.

It worked.

But did everything work, is the football that got you here the football that takes you somewhere else, do these players now need something different from you, have relationships changed, are your methods still appropriate, have you changed, do you even believe exactly the same things you believed two years ago?

That’s where I think real evolution happens.

And if you only start changing once football proves you wrong, you’re already behind.

The best coaches seem to question things while they’re still working.

I’ve spent a lot of time with coaches around offseason reflection and I think we often make it too much about reviewing what happened, what went well, what went badly, what do I need to fix?

Obviously that matters, but the deeper questions are probably about what happened to you during the season, what kept appearing in your coaching, what language you used, when you became more controlling, what gave you energy, what drained you, what do you believe more strongly now, what are you less convinced by, what kind of coach are you gradually becoming?

Then: what stays, what goes, what grows?

That’s why I like Arteta journaling after winning so much.

He didn’t need failure to give him permission to question himself.

And maybe that’s one of the biggest differences between reflection and actual development.

Reflection looks backwards.

Development uses what you see to become something different.

If you’re only reflecting when something goes wrong, you’re probably missing one of the best opportunities to evolve.

Sometimes the moment you should question yourself most is when everyone else is telling you that you got it right.

The Times article:
https://t.co/RY1pEnd71f

[Pepe Silvia @Archerrr86]

Robert Sanchez means Chelsea's ceiling will be a Top 4 race

[Pepe Silvia @Archerrr86]

Which one of James or Lavia will come off injured first?

[S V 🏆 @Sup3rbobb]

Club record sale but the sale is my firstborn child

[simão 🇵🇹 🇪🇸 @simaobugalho]

what's funny about this julian situation is that he's nowhere near as good as this situation is suggesting lol

[Pepe Silvia @Archerrr86]

Not sure what that celebration was all about...

[Pepe Silvia @Archerrr86]

This game won't end without us seeing the Fimbu

[Pepe Silvia @Archerrr86]

Probably a penalty if it isn’t 4-0

[Paddy @PaddyArsenal]

Look what we did to him

[Pepe Silvia @Archerrr86]

Can a weekend be too good?

[The xG Philosophy @xGPhilosophy]

Brentford (4.31) 3-0 (0.50) Tottenham

[Brick Foley🥋 @LobRucci]

What happened to the 3rd team?

[Pepe Silvia @Archerrr86]

Something about Brentford away in August

[Pepe Silvia @Archerrr86]

Kinsky lmao, last time I ever listen to some of these FPL experts

[Pepe Silvia @Archerrr86]

United can't even claim a "moral" victory lol