Arsenal head coach Jonas Eidevall admits Arsenal have had “a really inconsistent season, however says it is vital to remain constructive and consider with a view to change that.
The Gunners are third within the WSL desk, with six video games left to play, and exited the FA Cup and the Champions League at earlier this season on the fifth spherical and the primary qualifying spherical respectively.
Eidevall’s aspect do have the Conti Cup ultimate in opposition to Chelsea to look ahead to on March 31, however their title hopes took a major blow final Friday evening, after they have been crushed 3-1 by the Blues in entrance of a crowd of 33,000 at Stamford Bridge.
“It’s a very human thing for the mind to drift because you’re naturally very disappointed about what is happening and in something you’re investing a lot of your emotions into,” stated the Swede, talking in his press convention forward of Arsenal’s journey to Aston Villa on Sunday evening, which is dwell on Sky Sports activities Premier League.
“Then you’ve gotten, I would not say downside, however a state of affairs the place you’ve gotten a very long time between the video games, which may permit your thoughts to float for an extended time than normal earlier than that you must put together for the subsequent opponent.
“Our season to this point has been a really inconsistent one. The place you may see progress has been in particular person video games and particular person durations of the season, the place we now have proven we’re a really succesful soccer workforce enjoying some actually good soccer and having the ability to compete and beat all of our rivals.
“However what we have not been capable of present is that we’re a workforce doing that constantly and are capable of carry out at that customary constantly – and that is disappointing. That is actually the place I hope we may get with this workforce.
“Other reasons for why we are not there? Of course there are some reasons to it. We’re in a season where we are changing a lot with players coming in and building new relationships on the team.”
Eidevall alluded to the actual fact the teaching workers on the north London membership are all the time engaged on methods to enhance – with an unorthodox analogy to explain that.
“It’s important to try and stay as constructive as possible – and now I’m just talking from my side – and to always be very mindful,” he added.
“What can we control in this? Am I putting my focus on where I can control these things? What things do we need to do short-term? And what things do we need to do long-term?
“That analysis course of in altering issues long-term, I do not consider you simply put your head within the sand and proceed to work through the season after which you’ve gotten this large assessment course of after the season.
“I would compare it to a plane crash sometimes.
“What normally results in the aircraft crashing could be a really, very tiny element, however that you must undergo all of the processes and all the small print to search out there was an oil leakage, for instance, and the way we repair that for subsequent time.
“Usually, the things you need to oversee and fix does not necessarily need to be the biggest one. It might be one detail, but the effect that detail has is a big one. That’s the responsibility for me and the organisation to find that.
“That is a component the place we have to enhance and do this higher, however I am not ready till the top of the season to attempt to discover the the explanation why we now have been inconsistent. That is an ongoing course of and we have to work with that.”
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