Bayern v Arsenal match preview: should Özil play?

By Tony Attwood, still upside down in the land of Oz… The issue that seems to be circulating is whether Mesut Özil should play given his apparent loss of form (so I am told). What the papers are currently saying is summed up in this comment, “Lose, and the season will end at the very …

The breakthrough moment: we could be on the edge of getting rid of the FA and Fifa in one go.

  by Tony Attwood There is an advert in the Daily Express for jobs in the Department of Media Culture and Sport.  That is the government department that controls the Football Association.  The department’s position in supporting moderation and equality is somewhat undermined as it appears alongside the headline “MIGRATION WARNING: 50 million Muslims are …

When do referee decisions influence a match?

By Walter Broeckx On the Arsenal.com website we could find this from the post match press conference and I must say Arsène Wenger hit the nail on the head there: on the first goal seeming to be a handball… Honestly, I don’t know. I’m responsible for many things, but not for the referee’s decisions. I …