We can we learn after the first 14 games? A comparison with past years.

By Tony Attwood This season there appears to have been a bit of an upsurge in goal scoring with the top six having knocked in 173 goals so far.  The difference between the top club and the sixth club is 13 points. P W D L F A GD Pts 1 Chelsea 14 11 1 …

The psychology index: how the way players feel influences how they play

By Tony Attwood In my little piece on the 36 passes that led to the second Arsenal goal on Tuesday I tentatively mentioned the psychological factors involved in making a good team become great, and then greater still. “Tentatively mentioned” because psychological factors are the exact antithesis of the “evidence of my own eyes” approach, …

Arsenal to lose Özil and Alexis this summer as journalists ordered back on the job

By Sir Hardly Anyone It must be difficult for sports editors when Arsenal win games, and doubly so when they start knocking in lots and lots of goals.  Six against Ludogorets, five against West Ham, four against Basel, Sunderland and Hull… What makes it even tougher to take is when a few of these editors’ …