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The real reasons why Arsenal have run into difficulty this season How Arsenal’s Playing Style Challenges Legacy Analytics By Tony Attwood There is no solid evidence that Arsenal, or indeed any other club, actually believes that referees are against them. And that is for two reasons. One is that clubs are not allowed …
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Apparently Arsenal didn’t actually get a draw in the last game after all By Tony Attwood In my earlier piece These football commentaries get ridiculous when key issues are always ignored I explored what is happening in terms of the way people write about football in the media. And that article leads, in my …
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By Jack Beam How Arsenal’s Playing Style Challenges Legacy Analytics Arsenal’s rise under Mikel Arteta has not only brought them back among the Premier League’s elite, but it has also created a new puzzle for traditional football analytics. As Arsenal continued to evolve tactically, especially during the 2024-2025 season, the limitations of legacy analytics …
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From the Arsenal History Society 100 years since Chapman joined Arsenal: the player changes he made when he arrived ByTony Attwood Here’s a little bit of fun: we should be hoping that Tottenham will win the Europa League. Now I know that sounds ludicrous, but just consider the dilemma it puts Tottenham in. If …
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Just published by the Arsenal History Society Chapman’s first season at Arsenal: Part 24: the player changes he made By Tony Attwood According to the Telegraph Arsenal took “advantage of Liverpool fans turning on Alexander-Arnold,” in their last match. The implication clearly is that mean and nasty Arsenal should have played fair and …
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By Tony Attwood Will Arsenal make the Champions League next season? The figures say yes. I see that it is sometimes being said that the Premier League this year is not like any other year … and that there has never been such a gap between first and second before. But although the gap …
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Liverpool v Arsenal: how one referee sees so many more penalties than another Just how many more injuries has Arsenal had than any other team this season? By Tony Attwood Apparently the booing of the multi-named Trent character was Arsenal’s fault, because, according to the media “Had Liverpool and Arsenal been playing for …
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Liverpool v Arsenal. Liverpool win 4-1 (on injuries); Arsenal overcome The Dip Liverpool v Arsenal: how one referee sees so many more penalties than another Just how many more injuries has Arsenal had than any other team this season? By Tony Attwood So here we go: League match 36. After this we have …
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Liverpool v Arsenal: how one referee sees so many more penalties than another Just how many more injuries has Arsenal had than any other team this season? Between 24 August 2015 (almost ten years ago indeed) and 27 October 2024 Arsenal played Liverpool no fewer than 25 times. Arsenal won not one …
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Just how many more injuries has Arsenal had than any other team this season? Super computer predicts end of football (and the end of the world) (Only seven teams that have won the Premier League – can you name them?) Anthony Taylor is the referee. He will referee Liverpool for the 66th time …
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Carragher needs a gap year as excuses are running out for endless anti-Arsenal rhetoric Where now for Arsenal: the problem won’t go away and Arsenal need to win despite it By Tony Attwood Have Arsenal seriously been hindered by injuries this season, when compared with other clubs? I have tried to get a …
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Carragher nees a gap year as excuses are running out for endless anti-Arsenal rhetoric Where now for Arsenal: the problem won’t go away and Arsenal need to win despite it By Tony Attwood It seems a supercomputer has predicted the results of some forthcoming football matches, and thus tells us which team ends up …
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Where now for Arsenal: the problem won’t go away and Arsenal need to win despite it by Tony Attwood . “Mikel Arteta must deliver next season or his Arsenal reign will end” proclaims Jamie Carragher, a man who has never in his life managed a football club. He continues, “time and excuses are …
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PGMOL is about to go bust. And whose fault is that? by Tony Attwood So now we know that Arsenal will not be winning anything this season – the fifth year running this has happened. This of course is not the first time we have had a lean spell in terms of trophies …
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By Tony Attwood PSG v Arsenal: the prime reason why it is not yet all over for Arsenal PSG v Arsenal: Reasons to be cheerful (part 1) As we have noted, the Arsenal that played in the last two-thirds of the PSG game was different from the Arsenal that played in the …
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By Tony Attwood PSG v Arsenal: Reasons to be cheerful (part 1) PGMOL is about to go bust. And whose fault is that? If there is one thing that can stop journalists moaning about Arsenal, it is fans moaning about Arsenal. It doesn’t always work of course, because sometimes the media tell Arsenal …
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PGMOL is about to go bust. And whose fault is that? At last the proof: it is Arsenal that is constantly hit by bad VAR decisions By Tony Attwood Of course there is negativity around: William Saliba is said to be off, Mikel Arteta is fighting for his job, and the season will …
The problem with referees is not the refs: it is PGMOL At last the proof: it is Arsenal that is constantly hit by bad VAR decisions By Tony Attwood Yesterday we opened with the headline “PGMOL is bleeding money”. And we went on to point out that the referees’ association now has massive debts …
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At last the proof: it is Arsenal that is constantly hit by bad VAR decisions What changes are needed for Arsenal in the future? By Tony Attwood “PGMOL is bleeding money”. That is the official story of Professional Game Match Officials Ltd and it is dutifully reproduced in the Daily Telegraph today. …
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What changes are needed for Arsenal in the future? You know something’s wrong when pundit quotes pundit. By Tony Attwood There are times when the statements of players and managers – (or is it the alleged statements of players and managers?) are so blindingly obvious that one can’t actually believe they have …
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A bland banner: Arsenal’s PR reaches a new low Why are Tottenham so much better at home than away? By Tony Attwood We are told that Mikel Arteta was frustrated and angry. Pretty much at one with the crowd then, although he called it “a bad feeling in the tummy”. Although …
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by Tony Attwood You know something’s wrong when pundit quotes pundit. AFC v Bournemouth Arsenal v Bournemouth: the utterly shocking reality of refereeing in the PL this season Arsenal v Bournemouth: the old Arsenal problem – where will the goals come from? Arsenal v Bournemouth: commands from the people who say they know …
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Arsenal v Bournemouth: the utterly shocking reality of refereeing in the PL this season Arsenal v Bournemouth: the old Arsenal problem – where will the goals come from? Arsenal v Bournemouth: commands from the people who say they know By Tony Attwood I’m not even going to start quoting a pundit quoting a …
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Arsenal v Bournemouth: the old Arsenal problem – where will the goals come from? Arsenal v Bournemouth: commands from the people who say they know By Tony Attwood This article contains a shocking fact. It is in the final paragraph. But I know you might find my style of writing tedious and/or …
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By Tony Attwood Arsenal v Bournemouth: commands from the people who say they know A bland banner erected because of time shortage… Arsenal’s PR reaches a new low So Arsenal v Bournemouth comes at a time when Bournemouth are in a bad run. What’s more they are also not so good away …
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