José Mourinho vs Arsène Wenger. As far as the media is concerned the teams are irrelevant

by Tony Attwood According to José Mourinho, Arsène Wenger is afforded “more respect” than he (“M”) gets.  He doesn’t explain why this is so, nor does he give any evidence, but he says it. Personally I don’t think it is true, but I do think it should be true, if nothing else because of the fact …

Wenger v “M”. Tactical naivety, blaming the medics,

By Tony Attwood Even if you don’t know the exact numbers, you’ll probably recall from endless articles plus radio and TV broadcasts, that over a five year period from 2009 to 2014, Arsenal did rather poorly against other teams that ended up in the top four. Of course losing against a fellow-top-four team means zero …

Manchester United v Arsenal 19/11/2016 – The Match Officials

By Andrew Crawshaw Our Match Officials this Saturday are :- Referee – Andre Marriner age 45 from the West Midlands and FIFA Accredited Assistant 1 – Simon Beck – from Bedfordshire and FIFA Accredited Assistant 2 – Andy Garratt – from the West Midlands Fourth Official – Michael Oliver – 31 years old from Northumberland and …