How one very particular tactic on the pitch determines how well clubs perform

    How Arsenal outsmarted all the media in one clever move Could Arsenal really be about to sign this attacker? By Tony Attwood Putting pressure on the opponents is very obviously an important part of playing football.  And indeed it has become ever more important since PGMO referees decided that for most clubs over …

How Arsenal outsmarted all the media in one clever move

    Could Arsenal really be about to sign this attacker? 5 months ago Tottenham were top. What went wrong? By Tony Attwood I have often noted that neither transfers nor change of management are guaranteed to improve a club’s performance.  Both can help enormously, but more often than not they don’t, despite the media …

Could Arsenal really be about to sign this attacker?

  By Tony Attwood 5 months ago Tottenham were top. What went wrong? How much do the regular PL referees’ vary over how they handle games? Go and look at the stories about Arsenal in the media and one thing comes up over and over again… Arsenal are seriously about to sign lots of new …

5 months ago Tottenham were top. What went wrong?

    How much do the regular PL referees’ vary over how they handle games? Does buying and selling players bring league success? By Tony Attwood On 11 October 2023 Tottenham Hotspur were top of the Premier League.  The Guardian then published a piece by Ben McAleer which had been written for WhoScored which raved …

How much do the regular PL referees’ vary over how they handle games?

    Does buying and selling players bring league success? Who next in the Champs: Its Kane and they’re not top By Tony Attwood In this article, we only look at referees who have overseen 10 or more games in the Premier League this season in order to see the level of variation in their …

Does buying and selling players bring league success?

  Who next in the Champs: It’s Kane and they’re not top How Arsenal are already managing the rest of the season Today on the Arsenal History Society site: When Arsenal abandoned its policy of appointing ex-Arsenal players as managers, and the disaster that followed. By Tony Attwood In the short answer: “Not really,” and …

Who next in the Champs: Its Kane and they’re not top

  How Arsenal are already managing the rest of the season What does the failure of a new football financial deal mean to PL clubs? By Bulldog Drummond We are all so used to Bayern Munich sauntering away with the German league that it seems strange that they are not at the top.  Still that’s …

How Arsenal are already managing the rest of the season

  What does the failure of a new football financial deal mean to PL clubs? Why Arsenal score more goals than anyone expects and why facts outdo speculation Today on the Arsenal History Society site: When Arsenal lost a cup final to Swindon Town. By Tony Attwood The most obvious answer to that headline question …

What does the failure of a new football financial deal mean to PL clubs?

    The link between us fans and Ødegaard is worth 20 points a season Why Arsenal score more goals than anyone expects and why facts outdo speculation By Tony Attwood While we’ve naturally been looking at the Champions League, the Premier League and the Football League have been making some attempts to come to …

The link between us fans and Ødegaard is worth 20 points a season

  By Tony Attwood Why Arsenal score more goals than anyone expects and why facts outdo speculation Football but not as we know it as Arsenal win the second battle with Porto Today on the Arsenal History website: When Arsenal fans set fire to the Forest stand, and the media thought it was good fun. …

Why Arsenal score more goals than anyone expects and why facts outdo speculation

    Football but not as we know it as Arsenal win the second battle with Porto After 25 games Arsenal and Porto were equal. But now… As you will know Arsenal have scored more goals this season in the Premier League than anyone else despite Brighton, Aston Villa, Tottenham, Liverpool and Manchester City all …

Football but not as we know it as Arsenal win the second battle with Porto

    An index to our recent reports in thematic order can be found on the home page. After 25 games Arsenal and Porto were equal. But now… Arsenal v Porto: no one comments on the ref, so we can only hope… By Tony Attwood I can’t imagine how the players felt, but I was …

After 25 games Arsenal and Porto were equal. But now…

      Arsenal v Porto: no one comments on the ref, so we can only hope… How the new Arsenal system has made Arsenal top of the league. Arsenal are top, and we prepare for Porto By Bulldog Drummond This season, more than any other, has shown that all is not well within football.  …

Arsenal v Porto: no one comments on the ref, so we can only hope…

    How the new Arsenal system has made Arsenal top of the league. Arsenal are top, and we prepare for Porto Today is the anniversary of Arsenal’s biggest-ever win in the league A list of recent posts organised by areas of interest appears on the home page. By Bulldog Drummond The first leg of …

Love or Hate: The Reasons People Have Such Strong Feelings for Arsenal

    Arsenal sparks powerful emotions among its spectators—and the team’s polarising nature seems ingrained in the club’s DNA. The Gunners have been around for generations, beginning their long legacy in 1888, years before the English Football League even existed. As one of the biggest names in English football today, Arsenal has the sixth-largest stadium …

How the new Arsenal system has made Arsenal top of the league.

    Arsenal are top, and we prepare for Porto Will Arsenal win the league this season? Here are the facts and figures By Tony Attwood There was a time – quite a long time in fact – when the English footballing media was pretty much united.  Not in favour of Arsenal of course, but …

Arsenal are top, and we prepare for Porto

    Will Arsenal win the league this season? Here are the facts and figures How one team has attempted to manipulate the spending rules this season There’s an index to many of our recent posts on the home page.  By Tony Attwood Of course I’m going to start with the table – and go …

Will Arsenal win the league this season? Here are the facts and figures

    How one team has attempted to manipulate the spending rules this season Since Manchester City’s first title win under Pep Guardiola in 2017-18, the various Premier League winners have knocked in a total number of points between 100 and 86. And since Arsenal now stand on 64 points at the top of the …

How one team has attempted to manipulate the spending rules this season

  The Great Refereeing Scandal Excellent newspaper article proves ref bias and points to media complicity in hiding it The shocking statistics on how referees have affected Arsenal’s league position Leicester’s strange tackle / foul / yellow figures change as they slip down the league From today in Arsenal’s History: The League meeting proving Arsenal’s …

Arsenal v Brentford. The referee’s preference, and Arsenal’s team

      A club on the up vs a club in decline Arsenal v Brentford: a club on the up vs a club in decline Answer to the last night’s quiz, and the form ahead of the Brentford game Arsenal v Brentford. How Arteta’s first transformation set Arsenal on this path The figures that …

Arsenal v Brentford. The figures that prove PGMO are not up to the job

      Answer to the last night’s quiz, and the form ahead of the Brentford game A club on the up vs a club in decline Arsenal v Brentford. How Arteta’s first transformation set Arsenal on this path By Bulldog Drummond So now we come onto our regular feature looking at the number of …

Arsenal v Brentford. How Arteta’s first transformation set Arsenal on this path

    Answer to the last night’s quiz, and the form ahead of the Brentford game A club on the up vs a club in decline By Bulldog Drummond When Mikel Arteta came to Arsenal on 20 December 2019 he inherited a club that was running on fouling.  As a result of this at the …

Arsenal v Brentford: a club on the up vs a club in decline

    By Bulldog Drummond Answer to the last night’s quiz, and the form ahead of the Brentford game Exactly how Arsenal beat Liverpool in the League after losing in the FA Cup? So the results of recent matches, however they are analysed, suggest that Arsenal should not have too many problems in overcoming Brentford …

Answer to the last night’s quiz, and the form ahead of the Brentford game

      Exactly how did Arsenal beat Liverpool in the League after losing in the FA Cup? How an ex-Arsenal player is scoring more goals now, and why it doesn’t matter And on the Arsenal history society site:  The 1970s: Arsenal’s sixth consecutive defeat, only 19,000 in the ground. By Tony Attwood The question last …

An end of the day Arsenal quiz: there’s just one question

    Exactly how Arsenal beat Liverpool in the League after losing in the FA Cup? How an ex-Arsenal player is scoring more goals now, and why it doesn’t matter By Tony Attwood Being of a certain age – and indeed being older than a certain age – I like to make sure I knock …