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Downman’s Card: the final word Liverpool v Arsenal – how different clubs are treated in different ways By Alfred the Great You may already have noticed from newspaper reports that revel in such matters that Arsenal have not won a league match at Anfield since Boudica was queen of England which is …
Liverpool v Arsenal – how different clubs are treated in different ways Liverpool v Arsenal – what happened of late? By Nick The Gooner So once again we see a controversial red card Issue (And yes I am talking about Dowmans Card against Fleetwood Town on Tuesday Night – though it could well …
Comparing Liverpool and Arsenal across the last year Liverpool v Arsenal: how reputations dominate the pre-match commentary By Tony Attwood It is a rather strange fact, but football journalists find it hard to write much of a piece or get involved in much of a report without the word “dossier”. The idea …
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I thought you might find it helpful to have a copy of the league table ahead of the game…. Sky are predicting a Tottenham win… Club P W D L F a Gd Pts 1 Man City 9 7 0 2 20 10 10 21 2 Arsenal 8 7 0 1 13 5 …
Liverpool v Arsenal – what happened of late? Liverpool v Arsenal: how reputations dominate the pre-match commentary By Tony Attwood From 1990 onwards Liverpool have won the league twice. From the same point Arsenal have won the league in three times – including of course 1990 itself. But the general perception seems to …
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Beware: the story about Arsenal is quite likely not true. All the tricks that ManC might be preparing to pull – or might not By Tony Attwood Are there some clubs that use voodoo in order to get an advantage over the opposition? Or could it be that Liverpool have just been better …
Liverpool home v Arsenal away, and results the reverse of what you might expect Beware: the story about Arsenal is quite likely not true. By Tony Attwood The Liverpool reputation always lives on in the simple minds of journalists, and indeed it lives on, and on, no matter what the latest results. Personally, …
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Beware: the story about Arsenal is quite likely not true. All the tricks that ManC might be preparing to pull – or might not By Tony Attwood Now here is a funny thing. Liverpool are at home to Arsenal in the next match, and Liverpool’s results at home this season are, well, what shall …
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All the tricks that ManC might be preparing to pull – or might not How can Arsenal justify removing staff and putting up prices? By Tony Attwood One of the great problems with football used to be the lack of information that was made available, by which I mean that in olden times there …
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By Tony Attwood How can Arsenal justify removing staff and putting up prices? It really doesn’t matter if other clubs try to copy Arsenal’s approach I am told that Manchester City have gathered a fair old range of arguments they can use to argue against the 100+ cases brought against them by the …
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It really doesn’t matter if other clubs try to copy Arsenal’s approach How Arsenal evolved an approach to challenge ManC’s eternal stay at the top By Tony Attwood Arsenal, being a plc, is obliged by English law to produce detailed accounts each year, and very helpfully the excellent Swiss Ramble blog summarises the …
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How Arsenal evolved an approach to challenge ManC’s eternal stay at the top. Has football got a little too serious? Or are our players not focused enough? By Tony Attwood There really is something extraordinary about Arsenal’s production line of young players. Obviously it has something to do with the scouting department, but …
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Has football got a little too serious? Or are our players not focused enough? Today’s suggestion for the Arsenal team tonight By Tony Attwood It would seem as if my daily ravings on this site about Arsenal having developed a method of progression up the league, while spending only a fraction of the …
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What is wrong with the media coverage of ManU and what Arsenal are doing now Beware the quotes of what players said, they may well never have said them By Tony Attwood The headline shouts “Fantastic Fleetwood seal shootout success in Carabao Cup shock against Arsenal,” and of course the journos and supporters …
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Previous notes: Fleetwood v Arsenal: the line up and a choice of goalkeepers Arsenal win, statistics look promising and it looks like a league of two teams By Tony Attwood There’s no real late news before the game tonight that I can see, but I have seen another go at choosing a team …
Beware the quotes of what players said, they may well never have said them Fleetwood v Arsenal: the line up and a choice of goalkeepers By Tony Attwood Now here is a headline which up to a year or so ago I never thought I would read: “Manchester United can end doom spiral …
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Arsenal win, statistics look promising and it looks like a league of two teamsa How much would you pay Arsenal to train your teenage son or daughter? By Tony Attwood As a regular blogger on football part of my work in this regard involves reading other commentaries and reviews in newspapers, sometimes pointing out …
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By Tony Attwood In all walks of life there are people who love to say things like “the rules are the rules”. It seems to be a deep psychological need within these people – a need to be told what can and what can’t be done. A sort of opposite of creativity, in which …
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Arsenal win, statistics look promising and it looks like a league of two teams On the passing of Ken Friar By Tony Attwood The media have found a new stick to bash Arsenal with – and they are using it to have give Chelsea a bit of a bashing as well. Here’s the Telegraph’s …
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On the passing of Ken Friar By Tony Attwood There were some interesting statistics in yesterday’s game. Obviously Arsenal won, as we all expected them to do, but they did so not just by dominating possession (60% to Arsenal) but also by taking control of other events, such as goal attempts (20 to …
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By Tony Attwood “While questions have been asked of Arsenal’s attacking intent, there can be no complaints about their home form so far this season.” So says one of the Arsenal knocking papers as it launches its start of today’s game’s preview. But really that is a bit misleading, since after all Arsenal’s record …
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By Tony Attwood Arsenal have played Everton 227 times – which I think is more than anyone else but I’ve not gone back to check. Of these Arsenal have won 114, 48 have been drawn and 65 lost. So obviously we play them a lot and get the better of them a lot. …
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By Tony Attwood Everton managed to play just two games in October so far, a 0-2 defeat at home to Chelsea and a 2-2 away draw to Hull City. In fact they only won two games out of four in September, beating Ipswich and Wolverhampton, each at home, each by 1-0. The Wolverhampton game …
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Ken Friar, who was appointed president-for-life of the club in September 2020, passed away 10 days ago on Tuesday 13 October. Flowers and wreaths were laid in commemoration, and Richard Garlick and Lord Harris made a short speech about all that Ken Friar had done for the club. Players wore armbands for the …
What is to be done about Arsenal’s losses? How the rest of Europe will defeat Man City and finally push them aside. By Tony Attwood Few businesses can go on losing money year after year, quite simply because in the end you run out of money and the banks lose faith in your …
