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By Tony Attwood Are Arsenal getting too many injuries, or should we be watching the tactics? Club Brugge against Arsenal: how are the opposition doing of late? There is something wonderful about the history of Jan Breydel, who lived in the late 13th and early 14th century and whose name is given to …
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By Tony Attwood Now available: Untold Referees Club Brugge against Arsenal: how are the opposition doing of late? Why do Arsenal get so many more negative stories than other clubs? We have a game tomorrow so it must be an occasion for Arsenal to be “sweating on injuries” as the media like to …
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By Tony Attwood Within the context of Belgian football, Club Brugge are pretty much one of the top teams – although when they come to compete in Europe, that is no longer the case. So they have the highest number of consecutive participations in the Europa League of any Belgian club, with 20, …
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Does one defeat mean it’s all over for Arsenal? By Tony Attwood There is an article in the Telegraph today which runs with the headline “Liverpool capitulate again before Mohamed Salah outburst,” and it struck me that this is a perfect example of how football is reported. Because football journalism is all about …
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100 years in the top division. 1949/50 – a trophy is demanded What is really wrong with PL refereeing? We decidedto find out By Tony Attwood The agreement seems to be general. Arsenal have a pretty amazing squad this season, but if you take out Gabriel Magalhães and William Saliba at the same …
Peter Banke is the referee who loves home wins What is really wrong with Premier League refereeing? We decided to find out By Tony Attwood Most games won, fewest games lost, second most goals scored, best defence, equal best goals difference, and most points. If you’d been offered that for the 15-game marker, you …
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Previously Peter Banke is the referee who loves home wins; but Arsenal are the team with goalscorers Aston Villa v Arsenal, the referee, and the collusion of journalists Aston Villa v Arsenal: there’s something very odd about this fixture list And on the Arsenal History Society site 100 years in the top …
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Aston Villa v Arsenal, the referee, and the collusion of journalists Aston Villa v Arsenal: there’s something very odd about this fixture list By Tony Attwood Here’s a bit of logic. If every referee worked to the same set of rules, and was given matches spread across all the clubs in a division, …
Arsenal v Aston Villa: there’s something very odd about this fixture list What is really wrong with Premier League refereeing? We decided to find out Latest from the Arsenal History Society: 100 years in the top division. 1949/50 – a trophy is demanded By Tony Attwood There is a lot more about referees on …
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What is really wrong with Premier League refereeing? We decided to find out Arsenal win, goals conceded cut in half, ManC vulnerability, and defence is not enough By Tony Attwood The current league table shows Arsenal top, of course, and our next opponents Aston Villa, in third, six points behind, scoring seven fewer and …
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By Tony Attwood, working with Christophe Jost and Untold Referees The arguments about something being very seriously wrong with refereeing in the Premier League have been going on virtually since the league started, with fans of many PL clubs putting forward the point that some referees are at best incompetent, or at worst, biased …
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Why is there home advantage and why does it only apply under some referees? Arsenal learn the lesson about African players By Tony Attwood Of course, you know where Arsenal are in the league, but I thought we might take a peek this morning at the locations of the other clubs that like to …
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By Tony Attwood So we have done our usual run around, looking at the referee and the teams. If you missed anything here are the articles Arsenal v Brentford: history, present form, and a comparison with Tottenham Why is there a home advantage, and why does it only apply for some referees? Arsenal …
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By Tony Attwood Most recent articles Why is there home advantage, and why does it only apply for some referees? Arsenal v Brentford. Do Arsenal need a recharge or is it already full speed ahead? And on the Arsenal History website, 100 seasons in the top league: winning the title in 1948 And …
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Arsenal v Brentford. Do Arsenal need a recharge or is it already full speed ahead? Brentford are slipping although Tottenham are trying to rebuild By Tony Attwood The notion of home advantage in football is extremely well established, and year after year, we note that there are more home wins than away wins in …
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By Tony Attwood Brentford are slipping, although Tottenham are trying to rebuild Arsenal’s success after 13 and why we must change the rule about yellow cards There are two views of Arsenal at the moment. One is that as a club, they are very happy to be top of the league with Tottenham Ho …
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Arsenal’s success after 13 and why we must change the rule about yellow cards While media complain about ref Arsenal learn the lesson about African players By Tony Attwood So it is Brentford at home tomorrow at 7.30pm – it is also (in the UK) on Sky Sports. The two clubs are 11 points …
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While the media complain about ref, Arsenal learn the lesson about African players By Tony Attwood It may not be what we want to know, but Arsenal’s performance this season in being top of the league after 13 games is not exceptional. Over the past six seasons, after 13 games, the top team …
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How the football media is conning us day after day In terms of squads, English clubs have a much tougher time than those in Germany and France By Tony Attwood We have regularly noted the difficulties caused by the African Cup of Nation,s which is played every odd-numbered year (the only exception being …
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By Tony Attwood Chelsea v Arsenal – the past games, selling part of the club, avoiding the rules Chelsea v Arsenal: how some refs are handing out twice as many cards as others. So it is first against third… as portrayed in the last article. And of course we often focus on not …
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Chelsea v Arsenal – the past games, selling part of the club, avoiding the rules Chelsea v Arsenal: how some refs are handing out twice as many cards as others. By Tony Attwood Two goals in the first six minutes against Tottenham at WHL – what a super way to start the weekend! …
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By Tony Attwood Chelsea v Arsenal: how some refs are handing out twice as many cards as others. All that money and nowhere to go: the Chelsea ground and games v Arsenal The Arsenal results against Chelsea really are quite extraordinary. Not just the fact that Arsenal have beaten Chelsea 20 more times than …
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All that money and nowhere to go: the Chelsea ground and games v Arsenal How the football media is conning most of us, day after day after day By Tony Attwood Looking at Anthony Taylor’s record this season through his ten games as a PL referee in terms of the home and away team, …
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By Tony Attwood How the football media is conning most of us, day after day after day In terms of squads, English clubs have a much tougher time than those in Germany or France Poor Chelsea. Hammersmith and Fulham, the local council, has said that they don’t want a football ground at Earls Court, …
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In terms of squads, English clubs have a much tougher time than those in Germany or France In football the old order has changed, and Arsenal are benefitting enormously By Tony Attwood Quite often, when football journalists want a negative story to balance against their normal positivity about their favoured clubs and financiers, they …
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