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Sunderland v Arsenal and the issue of seeing games in context Sunderland v Arsenal: ambition, injuries and form Sunderland v Arsenal and the curious behaviour of the referee Let us not fool ourselves – the next four games are tough By Tony Attwood I was surprised to see that the difference between the two …
Sunderland v Arsenal: ambition, injuries and form Sunderland v Arsenal and the curious behaviour of the referee By Tony Attwood Obviously, Premier League clubs don’t go around throwing games they could win, but the assumption that all clubs strive for a top four is probably a misunderstanding of current football economics. A good run …
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Recent posts Sunderland v Arsenal and the curious behaviour of the referee Let us not fool ourselves – the next four games are tough By Tony Attwood “Arteta has not yet completely ruled Martinelli or Gyokeres out of the game” according to Football London but of course, the injury level is still a …
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Let us not fool ourselves – the next four games are tough Arsenal’s difficult games ahead but can the record-breaking continue? By Tony Attwood Arsenal’s referee this weekend is Craig Pawson, and in the table below, we compare his figures with those of four other prominent referees in the Premier League this season: …
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Arsenal’s difficult games ahead but can the record breaking continue? How do Arsenal compare with Real Mad and Barcelona, and which is in trouble? By Tony Attwood And so off we go again with another set of fixtures that the media will expect to include something to trip Arsenal up. Not least becauase …
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How do Arsenal compare with Real Mad and Barcelona, and which is in trouble? Why the top of the league is more interesting than the bottom By Tony Attwood It is, I suppose, time to think of the record – the one time when Arsenal won more consecutive games than in the …
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Why the top of the league is more interesting than the bottom By Tony Attwood And so we were having a debate about how Arsenal compares with Barcelona and Real Madrid, and we drew up a little league table showing all three clubs in their current league positions. Arsenal, as you will see, have …
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Why defence isn’t everything but train drivers are rather necessary By Tony Attwood Liverpool win three games in nine and the headline is “Bradley shuts down Vinícius and shows Liverpool he can be right-back for the future”. To be fair, the Guardian, which runs the headline above, did get to Arsenal eventually, although …
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Salavia Prague v Arsenal. Why clubs now study the referee in advance of a game Salavia Prague recent results and Arsenal’s drive to be fouled less often By Tony Attwood So after the chit chat there is nothing much more to contemplate other than the possible team for the game this evening…. And Arsenal …
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Slavia Prague recent results and Arsenal’s drive to be fouled less often Slavia Prague v Arsenal, Tuesday night By Tony Attwood Just before getting onto tonight’s game, there was a little note I read this morning to the effect that Gary O’Neil has said that he doesn’t fancy going back to Wolverhampton W’s, as …
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By Tony Attwood Slavia Prague v Arsenal, tuesday night Why defence isn’t everything but train drivers are rather necessary The Slavia Prague vs. Arsenal match kicks off tomorrow at the rather curious time of 5.45pm, which is in fact 6.45pm in the Czech capital city of Prague (as you might expect from …
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Slavia Prague v Arsenal, tuesday night Why defence isn’t everything but train drivers are rather necessary By Tony Attwood Ludicrous though it seems, Arsenal, fourth in the Champions League, are playing Slavia Prague, 28th in the Champions League. Arsenal, having won all three games and conceded no goals, have obviously nine points …
By Tony Attwood Arsenal fixture list may push clubs into battle with countries Are Arsenal on track to reach the all-time record number of points? In 1998/9 Manchester United beat Arrsenal to the trophy by one point and a goal difference of one goal. But the way the two clubs got their goal difference …
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Are Arsenal on track to reach the all-time record number of points? What do you do when you invest half a billion pounds in players and it goes wrong If you would like to write for Untold Arsenal please either send an article or get in touch with an idea, to Tony@schools.co.uk …
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What do you do when you invest half a billion pounds in players and it goes wrong Why do Arsenal always do so badly away from home under this referee? By Tony Attwood It is so easy to get drawn into the notion of this being a record-breaking season, and from there, to …
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By Tony Attwood Why do Arsenal always do so badly away from home under this referee? Burnley v Arsenal. Cue talk about games coming thick and fast In 1976 Burnley were relegated from the Football League Division 1. Then, years later, they were in the fourth division. By 2015 they were back in …
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What do you do when you invest half a billion pounds in players and it goes wrong Why do Arsenal always do so badly away from home under this referee? By Tony Attwood Ahead of today’s game against Burnley, Crystal Palace have asked for their next match in the league cup, against …
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What do you do when you invest half a billion pounds in players and it goes wrong Why do Arsenal always do so badly away from home under this referee? By Tony Attwood This summer Arsenal spent £267m on transfers – at least that is according to Skysports. And yes, I do …
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Just published today in the “100 Seasons in the Top Division” series 1935/6: Arsenal have lost their manager but still come good And recently on Untold Arsenal Burnely v Arsenal (tomorrow at 3pm). Cue talk about games coming thick and fast By Tony Attwood The referee for our match this weekend is Chris …
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Why did Liverpool collapse? The lesson Arsenal learned but Liverpool have not. Arsenal’s owners’ cunning plan: doing better than the Unbeaten Season By Tony Attwood So we’ve just had a couple of games (including the one with the under 21s) and we are off again, and this time there’s a novelty – no …
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Arsenal’s owners’ cunning plan: doing better than the Unbeaten Seasonts) By Tony Attwood According to that magnificent source of dubious information, the Sun, “Liverpool on worse run than any other club in Europe’s top five leagues with Arne Slot now third favourite to be sacked.” That may or may not be true, but …
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Arsenal v the Yellow Card Kings in the League Cup: the team and the ref 8 men injured, but still top of the league. Can Arsenal cope with this? By Tony Attwood If there is a definition of a jolly evening, I suppose last night was it. The Arsenal win, of course, but …
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By Tony Attwood Arsenal v Brighton tonight: Brighton as favourites? Arsenal on TV again tonight in the League Cup The Carabao Cup is a now you see it now you don’t compeittion, at least when it comes to VAR – and tonight it seems it is now you don’t. No VAR tonight, and that …
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Arsenal on TV again tonight in the league cup Exeter City v Arsenal under 21. FL Trophy 7pm (Sky Sports) By Tony Attwood Sop first of all, apologies; I think I confused my palace with my Brighton. It is not Palace tonight who are playing Arsenal. It is Brighton. I have an …
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by Tony Attwood 8 men injured, but still top of the league. Can Arsenal cope with this? Arsenal live on TV again on Tuesday So, having had a match to watch last night on TV with the youngsters, we’ve now got another one with the old timers tonight. Arsenal v Brighton at 7.45pm. …
