Arsenal: PL Report 25/26
I worked on a team report alongside that Garner report.
Since this has taken a lot out of me, my brain needs a reset. I can't be touching anything data related for a while (except for my job🙁)
PDF here in case you prefer it:
https://t.co/FT2RQ5JwSO
Mikel Arteta was not meant to coach yet.
He finished his playing career quietly.
No farewell tour.
No coaching offers waiting.
Then Pep Guardiola called.
Manchester City.
Learning as an assistant coach.
Arteta arrived early every day.
Set up rondos.
Moved cones.
Adjusted spacing.
He stayed after sessions.
Studied build up patterns.
Defensive shapes.
Pressing triggers.
For three years, he learned beside Guardiola.
Listened more than he spoke.
Absorbed everything.
Arsenal took the risk.
First head coaching job.
One of the biggest clubs in England.
The squad was fractured.
Late arrivals.
Poor fitness.
Low standards.
Arteta wrote rules immediately.
Exact training times.
Dress standards.
Behavior expectations.
When players ignored them, he acted.
Removed captains.
Moved on senior names.
Results did not come fast.
Losses stacked up.
Fans turned.
He kept the plan.
Clear roles.
Clear principles.
Young players became leaders.
Saka.
Martinelli.
Saliba.
He rebuilt trust season by season.
Training intensity rose.
Consistency followed.
An FA Cup came first.
Then Champions League football returned.
Then title challenges.
From assistant with cones
To leader with conviction.
Not because he rushed the process.
But because he stayed firm.
Arteta's story shows:
success only follows high standards.
BUKAYO SAKA 🧵 THE GRAVITY OF THIS TEAM.
Gue tergelitik untuk menulis ini ketika lihat berita: Saka baru assist lagi di PL setelah 365 hari enggak. Banyak banget yang angkat. Kayaknya semua media deh
Tone dari berita-berita tersebut bisa dibilang nggak begitu positif ke Saka, karena kesannya pemain yang di-hype kok ternyata overrated dan assist-nya jarang-jarang? Ada sentimen ke arah sana.
Kalau itu datang dari media dan fans non-Arsenal, ya… Yaudah. Tapi sayang aja kalau kita jadi kebawa sentimen itu dan jadi bias sama peran Saka selama ini, padahal kita yang nonton dia tiap 3 hari.
Kalau di mata gue...
Gue ngeliatnya: Satu kata buat menggambarkan impact Saka di Arsenal: “Gravity.”
In my own definition: Gravity berarti bagaimana keberadaannya di lapangan membawa dampak positif bagi tim dan membawa challenge yang sangat berat bagi lawan.
Belum tentu selalu jadi gol dan assist, tapi yang pasti Saka akan bikin lawan terus-terusan mikir: “Jir nih orang bahaya banget”
Gravity ini nggak ada stats-nya kayak gol & assist, tapi gue mau coba ada-adain dan hitung, hehe.
📈 Arsenal this season:
🔝 Top of the Premier League by 6 points
🔝 Top of the Champions League by 3 points
✅ Least goals conceded in the Premier League (6)
✅ Least goals conceded in the Champions League (1)
✅ Qualified for the Carabao Cup quarter-final
Is it finally Arsenal's year to win the biggest trophies? 🤔