Tag: difficulties

Mikel Arteta: Arsenal manager says he deliberately sabotaged his team’s travel plans to prepare for difficulties on the road | Football News
11 September 2026 Off

Mikel Arteta: Arsenal manager says he deliberately sabotaged his team’s travel plans to prepare for difficulties on the road | Football News

By Total Football News

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta says he deliberately sabotaged the club’s travel plans during pre-season – to get his players used to difficulties on the road.

Those sabotages include deliberately making his team late for matches by changing their route or meal times – as well as making the changing room hotter and reducing the number of massage beds.

The Premier League champions had travel concerns during their trip to face

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Mark Robins: Stoke City boss on difficulties he has faced since taking over
12 May 2025 Off

Mark Robins: Stoke City boss on difficulties he has faced since taking over

By Total Football News

Key to that will be changing a pattern of perennial underachievement for a club that has failed to muster a serious promotion bid since being relegated from the Premier League at the end of the 2017-18 season.

In fact, this past campaign has seen Stoke finish in their lowest league position (18th) with their worst points return (51) in the seven seasons since.

“We’re desperate to make this a success,”

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West Brom: Carlos Corberan hopes ‘difficulties’ could make them stronger
9 August 2024 Off

West Brom: Carlos Corberan hopes ‘difficulties’ could make them stronger

By Total Football News

West Bromwich Albion head coach Carlos Corberan hopes his side’s pre-season “difficulties” could end up making the Championship club stronger.

After doing well to navigate another challenging season in 2023-24 to finish in the play-offs, Albion ended up getting well beaten by Southampton in the semi-final second leg.

But, having come under new ownership in February, when American businessman Shilen Patel took over, Corberan had already been warned that

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