Arsenal Football Club - The Steve Bould Effect

 

Steve Bould must be wondering what all the fuss is about with this management lark. After his first season in charge at Arsenal he has received many plaudits for the way in which he has once again made the Gunners hard to beat by tightening up their Gunners back line.

What do you mean he’s not the manager?...

Of course I’m joking but I merely seek to highlight

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Where has Arsenal's urgency gone?

On a night where there were Desmond 2-2’s aplenty, Arsenal came away with a credible draw away at Schalke which showed previous defensive deficiencies, as well as a lack of something which has usually been apparent in Wenger’s teams: urgency.

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What a lovely Per (Video)

Much has been made of Arsenals defensive resilience so far this season. Is it down to the arrival of Steve Bould to the 1st team staff? Most likely, but what else is different?

Arsenal have only conceded 3 goals in all competitions so far this term. Two goalkeeping errors and 1 penalty that was in actual fact a trip outside the box.

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Oli G needs some Va-Va-Voom

4 appearances - 0 goals. That is all the papers are focussing on. 

Not the fact that Arsenal as a team are streets ahead of where they were last season. This time last year, the Gunners had shipped 10 goals (8 of which occured at Old Trafford - a debut to forget for The Ox), seen their new signing red carded on his debut and barely squeeked past Swansea 1-0. Not to mention that they were heading for defeat at eventually relegated Blackburn the following weekend... 

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Steve Bould is Arsenal’s signing of the summer (Video)

Arsenal have started this season a lot differently to last. After three games last year, the Gunners had conceded 10 goals already, including an embarrassing 8-2 defeat at the hands of Manchester United.

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