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Brighton v Arsenal now, then, meandering thoughts and the team… Brighton v Arsenal and how Brighton have evolved from the third to the first. Previously in this series… Premier League club finances – it really can’t go on like this By Tony Attwood In an earlier article (linked above), I looked at the finances …
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Brighton v Arsenal: the referee. A detailed analysis Brighton v Arsenal, saturday at 3pm (what an odd time to play!) By Tony Attwood Brighton’s best season over the years was in 2022/3 in which they came sixth in the league scoring 72 league goals along the way. Seeing that, we can immediately acknowledge …
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Brighton v Arsenal, saturday at 3pm (what an odd time to play!) Premier League club finances – it really can’t go on like this By Tony Attwood These clubs have played each other 22 times, with Arsenal winning 11 to Brighton’s six which leaves five draws. The goals are 34 to Arsenal and …
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Premier League club finances – it really can’t go on like this Pro Ref is introduced, so is this pure bias or just incompetence? By Tony Attwood One of the fun jobs (although it can also be a job of desperation) in football journalism with the mass media is the making up of …
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Pro Ref is introduced; so is this pure bias or just incompetence? Arsenal power forward and do NOT need to follow the rules of old By Tony Attwood I imagine that a lot of very rich people have the idea that running a Premier League club is fun (what with hobnobbing with the …
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By Tony Attwood Who independently scrutinises the people responsible for policing the accuracy of referees in Premier League matches? By Tony Attwood Referees are monitored and I think employed by Professional Game Match Officials Ltd of which organisation they are all members. And if PGMOL needs monitoring well… err. it’s no …
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And so Arsenal march forth on all fronts, and there is the compete draw of the League Cup, so can not only see who we play, but also who we might place if we go through after which there will of course be just eight left. Fleetwood Town v Arsenal Manchester or Norwich City …
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The world of the future and the world of the past The simple statistical proof that one referee is not the slightest bit like the next By Tony Attwood Dodgy dictators last for all sorts of reasons. Sometimes because they terrorise the rest of the population, sometimes because there is no obvious other candidate, …
By Tony Attwood The simple statistical proof that one referee is not the slightest bit like the next The one thing Arsenal have not yet managed to find. Max Dowman doubles up for Arsenal’s back-ups to beat Ipswich in Carabao Cup Szoboszlai screamer seals Liverpool’s progress as De Zerbi’s Spurs woes grow Yep, …
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Ipswich v Arsenal League Cup; 8pm 15 September, and where the money comes from Ipswich v Arsenal: with the referee it is going to be very tough for Arsenal By Tony Attwood Ipswich Town joined the Third Division South in 1938 and almost immediately the UK went to war with Germany. I am not …
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The simple statistical proof that one referee is not the slightest bit like the next The one thing Arsenal have not yet managed to find. Tony Attwood On 7 April 2021, Ipswich Town announced that US investment group Gamechanger 20 Limited had purchased a majority stake in the club. The consortium was made up of …
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By Tony Attwood The simple statistical proof that one referee is not the slightest bit like the next The one thing Arsenal have not yet managed to find. So today it is the round of 32 in the League Cup. Not the most important date in the year for Arsenal FC but still, …
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The one thing Arsenal have not yet managed to find. Why has it taken so long for the League to tell us the ManC case can’t be By Tony Attwood Football has become an area of discussion where it is possible to say anything, without evidence, and sometimes have it believed. Referees are biased …
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Why has it taken so long for the League to tell us the ManC case can’t be reslolved? A football club that is far too big to fail, but is on the very edge of collapse. By Tony Attwood In the end it seems it doesn’t matter how much you spend on players, and …
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Refereeing reaches new depths: does PGMOL really think we are so stupid we wouldn’t notice? Sunderland v Arsenal: what Pires once said, and a result prediction By Tony Attwood We have discussed the ManC case so often you are probably getting bored with it, and that means there is only one question left. …
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Refereeing reaches new depths: does PGMOL really think we are so stupid we wouldn’t notice? Sunderland v Arsenal: what Pires once said, and a result prediction By Tony Attwood An opening word of warning. This is a long piece, and it is nor about Arsenal, but is about what can go wrong when a …
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Sunderland v Arsenal: what Pires once said, and a result prediction Sunderland v Arsenal. The ref is John Brooks, and stats suggest that’s going to be a problem. By Tony Attwood One of the benefits of the refereeing in the Premier League is that it can always rely on the media to cover its …
“Wow, this football is not for me.” That was allegedly said by Robert Pires, sat on the bench at the Stadium of Light, waiting to make his debut for Arsenal in August 2000. And yes, sometimes football at Sunderland is not for everyone, as Mikel Arteta’s side sort of found out in this …
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Sunderland v Arsenal: the problems the Arsenal team cause the opposition as players are moved around Sunderland v Arsenal: the background and recent past games. By Tony Attwoode John Brooks will referee Arsenal’s Premier League trip to Sunderland on Saturday night and the Read Arsenal website has some information on that topic. Which is …
By Tony Attwood Sunderland v Arsenal: the background and recent past games. City have ‘got away with b****y murder’? No it is far worse than that As I think we saw yesterday, victories over Sunderland are moderately common for Arsenal so the combination of past results and recent form all point in our favour. Which …
By Tony Attwood So here we are back to the league, and much as we left it, Arsenal are in second place by virtue of having scored one goal fewer than the Mancs. Tottenham Hots as you might note, are not doing well enough even to get into this chart, which takes …
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Why do we not hear much criticism of referees any more? The issue that makes us think, what is going on with the referees? By Tony Attwood According to the Daily Mail, Former Tottenham chairman Lord Alan Sugar has “explosively” claimed Manchester City have ‘got away with b****y murder’ due to their 115-charge case remaining …
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The issue that makes us think, what is going on with the referees? Why does the media so rarely criticise a referee? By Tony Attwood We were having a debate about what the key issues are in football at the moment and one of my most valued colleagues forwarded the thought: “as they …
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By Tony Attwood The issue that makes us think, what is going on with the referees? Why does the media so rarely criticise a referee? I’ve never conducted an actual survey on the topic but I rather suspect that if I did so, I would find that a majority of the people who regularly …
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Another game another victory – just how long is this Arsenal run going to last? The 115 charges seem to have failed. But there is still a way out for football. By Tony Attwood One of the prime issues that it can be easy to forget when thinking about football, is that there are …
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