Untold Arsenal: Supporting the club, the manager and the team
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How Arsenal is being undermined from without How West Ham’s stadium is costing all Londoners quite a lot of cash By Tony Attwood In my last article, I raised the point that there appears to be a serious effort being made to undermine Arsenal’s confidence. And it appears that no wins in the …
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How West Ham’s stadium is costing all Londoners quite a lot of cash Despite yesterday, there are still reasons for this Arsenal supporter to smile. By Tony Attwood Undermining confidence is a common psychological trick. It is used in personal relationships, in politics, in business, in the classroom, in politics, in family life …
Despite yesterday, there are still reasons for this Arsenal supporter to smile. Looking in detail at Man U away games, and the team for this afternoon By Tony Attwood The story about West Ham’s move from Upton Park to the so-called London Stadium has been covered step by step on this site, …
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The referee is Craig Pawson and the issue of referee variance By Tony Attwood 12 games without a defeat, and then we lose one. Yes, if someone had said we might be in that situation, and top of the league, across the end of 2025 and start of 2026, I’d have said it …
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All one can say is that today’s referee’s figures are utterly ridiculous The referee today is Craig Pawson and the issue of referee variance By Tony Attwood In the table below, which I have introduced here for the first time (since I only just thought of it), I have taken today’s opposition’s last …
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The referee today is Craig Pawson and the issue of referee variance How Arsenal use the team game to baffle everyone else By Tony Attwood This morning’s football headlines from the Guardian website have two leads that particularly caught my attention Slot says Liverpool ‘ran out of energy’ in defeat at Bournemouth and Thomas …
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By Tony Attwood The way in which different PL referees give out yellow cards at different rates is one of the craziest aspects of modern-day refereeing under the “guidance” (I use the word lightly) of PGMOL. The table below shows the incredible variety in the number of yellow cards handed out per …
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By Tony Attwood Arsenal are top because they are bucking the trend 10 ways to harm a football club: a lesson from down the Lane Arsenal, as you may know, are undefeated in the last dozen games. Ten have been victories, and two were draws. In their last dozen games, Manchester United …
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10 way to harm a football club: a lesson from down the Lane There are signs that football is about to go into financial decline By Tony Attwood With Arsenal top of the league and the media’s favourites languishing a bit behind, it is not surprising that we have seen suggestions in the media …
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There are signs that football is about to go into financial decline Would Arsenal Be The Worst Team To Ever Win The Premier League By Tony Attwood If you wanted to harm a professional football club in terms of its results what would you do? I know it is a bit of an …
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Would Arsenal Be The Worst Team To Ever Win The Premier League Six English clubs in Europe’s top 11, six English players in Arsenal’s squad By Tony Attwood As we know, the Premier League has evolved a reputation for being highly competitive, and so callis itself the “best in the world” Which is nice …
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By Nitram On my travails around the internet and across the blogsphere I have come across the notion that the only reason Arsenal might win the PL is that the League and its teams are weak. Now such a view undermines Arsenal as they are also deemed to be boring to watch …
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It appears that if you are an Arsenal fan you are not enjoying this season How Arsenal’s rise is based in part on the success of the Academy By Tony Attwood Obviously, all clubs have the team they are playing as an opponent – that’s a given. But in the case of Arsenal, quite often …
How Arsenal’s rise is based in part on the success of the Academy Which football stadium is the biggest self-inflicted disaster of all time? By Tony Attwood A n article in the Daily Telegraph yesterday contained this sentence “Arsenal are the best team in the country, but their pursuit of a first …
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Inter v Arsenal: how the teams have been doing of late Putting aside the goalless affair, what about Inter? By Tony Attwood Curiously for two such gigantic sides, Arsenal and Inter have only played each other three times – each of these in the Champions League. And while Inter have beaten Arsenal twice, …
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By Tony Attwood Another weekend goes by. Another example of why penalties can be so crucial. Putting aside the goalless affair, what about Inter? So…we should probably start with a reminder of the fact that this is going to be the toughest game of the season so far. Here are the comparative domestic …
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How Arsenal’s rise is based in part on the success of the Academy Which football stadium is the biggest self-inflicted disaster of all time? By Nitram This is a follow-up to my article on the 7th of January: The last three and a half years and the very remarkable statistic, which delved into, amongst …
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By Tony Attwood Which football stadium is the biggest self-inflicted disaster of all time? Putting aside the goalless affair, what about Inter? And so as we approach the next Champions League match, we do so with the knowledge that Per Mertesacker is to leave the Arsenal academy at the end of the season. …
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Putting aside the goalless affair, what about Inter? By Tony Attwood We recently commented upon the dissatisfaction of West Ham fans with their Olympic Stadium, given to them by the UK state and which many WHAM fans hate. We have also noticed the oddities in that financial deal. Now moving on we …
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How Arsenal benefit from realising this is a team game By Tony Attwood It was deeply disappointing yesterday only to get a draw and not yet another win – but of course the memory will fade, and indeed even in the unbeaten season we had some draws that it is best to forget. …
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by Tony Attwood Raya, White, Saliba, Gabriel, Timber, Odegaard, Zubimendi, Rice, Madueke, Gyokeres, Martinelli. On the bench…. Arrizabalaga, Mosquera, Saka, Gabriel Jesus, Eze, Trossard, Merino, Havertz, Lewis-Skelly. So that talk about protecting Bukayo Saka what with him playing every England game and Arsenal games, Mikel Arteta is as good as his …
Arsenal sign new throw in coach as improvements continue to flow Forest v Arsenal: how the referee will affect the game By Tony Attwood One of the things I have come to dislike about Unai Emery is his desire to cover his own tracks by complaining about everyone around him. Of late Arsenal …
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Forest v Arsenal: how the referee will affect the game Forest against Arsenal: the best of times v the worst of times By Tony Attwood Arsenal have lost two matches this season – and both have been away from home – at Liverpool on the last day of August 1-0, and at Aston Villa …
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Forest against Arsenal: the best of times v the worst of times How Arsenal benefit from realising this is a team game By Tony Attwood The Referee on saturday is Michael Oliver. And if you have been here before for a match preview, you will know that our argument is simple: which referee the …
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How Arsenal benefit from realising this is a team game How to deflect from reality: refereeing figures for the league cup are bonkers By Tony Attwood There are good times and bad times, and for Nottingham Forest, we can certainly say these are not the best of times. Their recent form in …
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