Tim Stillman

First and foremost it tells you that Mikel Arteta felt that the forward line required an injection of quality.

Interim Arsenal Women boss Renee Slegers says her and her team have a sense of stability despite being in a holding pattern while Arsenal seek to appoint a long-term successor to Jonas Eidevall, who resigned last month. Slegers is still coy about whether she wants the job herself, insisting that between her current role, the fact that they are one coach and one analyst down in terms of staff and her three-year-old son at home, she hasn’t had time to consider whether she would like the role permanently.

On Friday afternoon, Lia Walti sat down with a small number of journalists ahead of Saturday’s North London derby away at Spurs. Arseblog News starts proceedings by asking Walti about the difficulty of Tuesday night’s 4-0 win over Juventus despite the scoreline.

Mariona returns to the starting line-up for Arsenal in their WSL match away at Spurs this lunchtime in the only change to the line-up from Tuesday’s 4-0 win over Juventus. Beth Mead drops to the bench. So Daphne van Domselaar starts in goal with Emily Fox, Leah Williamson, Steph Catley and Katie McCabe at the […]

Arsenal were 3-0 winners away at Spurs in the North London derby on Saturday lunchtime thanks to goals from Alessia Russo, Frida Maanum and Stina Blackstenius. Renee Slegers spoke to the press post-match, the first two questions are from Arseblog News. On Catley at centre-half allowing McCabe to become another attacker… Good spot! I don’t […]

On Friday, Arseblog News asked Renee Slegers about some of the defensive reasons for Steph Catley playing at left centre-half. During the North London derby we were really struck by some of the attacking opportunities her selection in that position has created. Slegers was coy when we asked her about that after the game. ‘I […]

Arsenal Women Interim Manager Renee Slegers has praised Leah Williamson for her recent return to form. Shortly after the October international break, when England put in a pair of shaky defensive performances against Germany and South Africa, Slegers was questioned about Williamson’s form. Slegers’ response at the time was to cite a Dutch expression, ‘the […]

In the football sense, maybe a player like Ronaldinho best encapsulates this adage. Between the ages of 22 and 26, his totally unrefined style of

Arsenal qualified for the UWCL quarter-finals with a 1-0 win over Juventus at Emirates Stadium on Thursday night thanks to an 89th minute Lina Hurtig winner. Renee Slegers spoke to the press post-match, the first two questions are from Arseblog News. On whether Juventus’ conservative approach was a surprise… It was one of the scenarios […]

Thierry Henry, a big bag of cans and a very special date in South Wales...