{"id":5437,"date":"2026-05-07T15:26:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T15:26:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=5437"},"modified":"2026-05-07T15:26:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T15:26:52","slug":"lewis-skelly-playing-football-the-arsenal-way-feature-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=5437","title":{"rendered":"Lewis-Skelly: Playing football the Arsenal way | Feature | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p style=\"font-family:Northbank Forward Slanted\" class=\"\"><span class=\"Theme-ForegroundColorCustom-IPjRwc\">How do you feel when you see the next generation of players coming through?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family:Chapman\" class=\"\">It\u2019s always nice to see, how in due time everyone comes. It\u2019s like a flow of water. It\u2019s good to see players coming through now that have a lot of ability. That\u2019s how it starts. A player has ability to get noticed, and then it\u2019s how you grow as a person, how you grow as a leader, as a team-mate, as a person, so it\u2019s good to see the first steps.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family:Northbank Forward Slanted\" class=\"\"><span class=\"Theme-ForegroundColorCustom-IPjRwc\">Do the players who come through now ask you for advice?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family:Chapman\" class=\"\">Yeah, if they have any queries or questions, I\u2019m always here, and players have come to me asking questions about how to navigate certain things. I\u2019m always there to help.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family:Northbank Forward Slanted\" class=\"\"><span class=\"Theme-ForegroundColorCustom-IPjRwc\">How close are you with what\u2019s going on in the Age groups at Hale End now?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family:Chapman\" class=\"\">I love to keep tabs on who\u2019s coming through, because I love to watch football, and youth football\u2019s a big part of the next generation. So I try my best to keep tabs on them. Ethan\u2019s brother Emerson is coming through. He\u2019s a very intelligent player.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family:Northbank Forward Slanted\" class=\"\"><span class=\"Theme-ForegroundColorCustom-IPjRwc\">Finally, Myles, how are you feeling going into this crucial part of the season?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family:Chapman\" class=\"\">I think this is the calmest we\u2019ve been as a team, collectively. We really understand the importance of unity and togetherness. We have each other to rely on, with the fans as well obviously, but we feel so connected as a team and we just take every day as it comes. We want to make the most of every day so we can bring joy to the fans, what they deserve.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family:Northbank Forward Slanted\" class=\"\"><span class=\"Theme-ForegroundColorCustom-IPjRwc\">It\u2019s only big games now, isn\u2019t it? Is that what inspires you? Is that what you like?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family:Chapman\" class=\"\">Since I was a child, for me personally, I lived for these moments. If at the start of the season we had the opportunity to lift a title, and the opportunities that we\u2019re in now, we would take it. So we have to thrive in these moments. We have the team, the coaching staff \u2013 it\u2019s all in our hands.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family:Northbank Forward Slanted\" class=\"\"><span class=\"Theme-ForegroundColorCustom-IPjRwc\">How would you sum up the mood in the dressing room at the moment? <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">I\u2019d say readiness. I feel like we\u2019re ready. The time is now. It\u2019s here. There\u2019s nothing really more to say.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do you feel when you see the next generation of players coming through? 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