“Arteta’s making unusual decisions”. How Keown was more right than he knew

By Tony Attwood What Arteta did last season at Arsenal was little short of a miracle.  He completely changed the style of playing of the defence resulting in the fact that Arsenal could tackle more before committing a foul, and foul more before getting a yellow card.  It was a complete reversal of what had …

Wenger and Arteta: two revolutionaries each under ceaseless attack

By Tony Attwood The differences between Mr Wenger and Mr Arteta seem so obvious:  Mr Wenger was a player of modest proportions who had had significant experience and success as a manager before coming to Arsenal. For Mr Arteta there was success as a player in Scotland and England.  But people forget, Arsene Wenger knew …