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Young players, misleading media, best defences, and problems out east The clubs with the best academies: Arsenal second best in England By Christophe Jost I know nothing about how football clubs are run, but I do notice one thing: there is a team on the field/on the bench and there is a team …
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By Tony Attwood Clubs with the best academies When something goes wrong with a football club, it might just be the owner’s fault The Guardian’s preview of Arsenal for this weekend is primarily about a 15 year old – which is interesting, given just where the club are in the league at the …
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By Tony Attwood Arsenal are currently one point behind where they were after eight games in 2023 and two points behind the 2022 position. Which suggests that although we can be delighted with Arsenal’s league position, we should not start thinking this is the greatest Arsenal team in years. But nevertheless, there is something …
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Why PL managers are sacked so often – and why it usually doesn’t help An amazing win: can there be more to come? It seems to look as if there can. By Tony Attwood Moving on from my last piece about managers being sacked, I found an article in the Guardian which looked at …
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An amazing win: can there be more to come? It seems to look as if there can. By Tony Attwood Find a club that is failing to reach the highest levels of football that its supporters might wish for, and you will find pressure on the manager. Much of that pressure emanates in the …
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You can never rely on Liverpool but today they did Arsenal proud By Tony Attwood ‘Crazy Gang’ blow Atletico away to put Arsenal in Champions League dreamland” shouts the Telegraph, but that is not true, for this is no crazy gang. This is Arsenal, who are top of the Premier League, three clear …
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By Tony Attwood Arsenal v Atletico Madrid and the need to win every game Arsenal prepare for the Champions League: is the club improving? Arsenal in the Champions League tomorrow: so far it is looking rather fine Since Arsenal are playing a Spanish club tonight, I thought I might mention that over the …
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By Tony Attwood Arsenal prepare for the Champions League: is the club improving? Arsenal in the Champions League tomorrow: so far it is looking rather fine Last season after eight games, Liverpool, who you might recall won the league in that campaign, had conceded three goals and scored 15. This season after the …
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Arsenal in the Champions League tomorrow: so far it is looking rather fine As for the injured, all we need to do is keep winning without them By Tony Attwood Looking yet again at the media, it is interesting today to see talk of the challenges Liverpool are facing (compared with last season …
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You can never rely on Liverpool but today they did Arsenal proud As for the injured – all we need to do is keep winning without them By Tony Attwood So we now have a situation in which across the last eight games in all competitions Arsenal have won seven and drawn one. 13 …
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As for the injured – all we need to do is keep winning without them By Tony Attwood Well, yes, I have to admit it, sad munchkin that I am, I expected Liverpool to come back with a win, and leave Arsenal just one point ahead of them. But I wonder, did …
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Fulham v Arsenal: “Once you are first, you can just focus on your performance” By Tony Attwood I see that the ex-Tottenham manager and winner of the Europa League with them, a Mr Posttecoglou, has been sacked by Nottingham Forest. The Guardian is suggesting he is the “least effective Premier League manager ever.” And …
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By Tony Attwood Fulham v Arsenal: back to the era of thick and fast Fulham v Arsenal, the referee’s form and his favoured results Fulham v Arsenal: what has happened in the past Fulham v Arsenal: at last we can have a league match again That quote in the headline above comes, as …
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Fulham v Arsenal, the referee’s form and his favoured results Fulham v Arsenal: what has happened in the past Fulham v Arsenal: at last we can have a league match again By Tony Attwood We are now back into an era where journalists will regularly use the phrase “thick and fast” not because …
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Fulham v Arsenal: what has happened in the past Fulham v Arsenal: at last we can have a league match again By Tony Attwood So far, just six five referees have refereed six Premier League games this season, and one of these is our referee for this weekend’s game: Anthony Taylor. He …
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By Tony Attwood Fulham v Arsenal: at last we can have a league match again How are children protected from bullying in football clubs? Only one win for Fulham in the last 13 games between them and Arsenal, although because of their traditional raging negativity concerning Arsenal, the media are all pointing out …
No FFP problems, no shortage of cash. Financially, Arsenal are looking ok New Super League announced; Uefa caught flat-footed By Tony Attwood It seems like forever interrupted – a game or two, then internationals, then the wait to see who had been crippled by a careless international manager playing a player when he …
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Trump threatens the Olympics; Jack joins Luton, a result in the ManC case? No FFP problems, no shortage of cash. Financially Arsenal are looking ok By Tony Attwood Football in England, in fact, has two over-riding regulators. One was appointed by the current government, and the other is longer established and called the …
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Just published on the Arsenal History site: 100 seasons in the top divison: a key turning point 1933/4 By Tony Attwood If you are a regular reader of my ramblings, you will probably have realised that although the media have lost interest, the Premier League’s charges against Manchester City have remained on the …
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Just published on the Arsenal History Society site: a new episdoe of 100 years in the top division No FFP problems, no shortage of cash. Financially, Arsenal are looking ok New super league announced; Uefa caught flat footed By Tony Attwood Of all the organisations that might stand up to Donald Trump, Fifa is …
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Arsenal with the lowest number of foreigners in the team, set to be fined The dangers that arise from the mutli-club ownership model By Tony Attwood We have often attempted to peer into the murky waters of Financial Fair Play, the Financial Sustainability Rules (applicable to European competitions) and Profit and Sustainability Rules …
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Arsenal with the lowest number of foreigners in the team, set to be fined The dangers that arise from the mutli-club ownership model By Tony Attowood It is difficult to know how likely it is for change to happen, but a new cross-European super league beyond the control of Uefa and Fifa has …
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The dangers that arise from the multi-club ownership model Is football just a catalogue of failure? By Tony Attwood As you have probably seen reported, Arsenal are about to be fined for not selling 1000 upper-tier tickets to Manchester United supporters for the FA Cup match last January. The reason was that it is …
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Is football just a catalogue of failure? Using Arteta as an excuse, it had to come sooner or later By Tony Attwood As a supporter, what do you do if you don’t like the way your club is being run? Obviously not a question for most Arsenal supporters at the moment (I would …
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Why Tuchel as a foreigner, has no right to criticise the behaviour of the England crowd Using Arteta as an excuse; it had to come sooner or later By Tony Attwood A recent reader’s comment on Untold read, “Your obsession with the media must be like whack-a-mole!” In case you are not familiar …
