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Why does one referee in line to see the same team 8 times this season? Four of the top five players in the Premier League play for Arsenal By Tony Attwood There are two tables that give us an insight into the match against Villa tomorrow – the home and away comparison, …
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By Tony Attwood, with thanks to Untold-Referee.com OK, let’s start with the fact. No Premier League referee has actually overseen the same team eight times this season. But on 1 January, Chris Kavanagh has been assigned to Liverpool for a fourth time in the season, and as Liverpool play their game, and that will …
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How Arsenal are changing the way in which they score goals What Arsenal players did at Great Ormond Street hospital By Tony Attwood There’s a game that goes around at this time of year in which people nominate their best team, in terms of individual players who have done well this season. I’ve …
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This article uses data from Untold Referees which applies rigorous analyses of which referees are handling which matches Untold Arsenal, and our companions at https://www.untold-referee.com/ have noted a real problem with VAR assignments leading up to Matchweek 18. A problem that is not hard to spot, but which is totally ignored by other …
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What Arsenal players did at Great Ormond Street hospital When they forget Arsenal are top of TWO leagues By Tony Attwood It is generally interseting, but rarely done, to compare league positions and attainments between now and this moment last season. Here is the current position of four teams we often find ourselves …
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Arsenal v Brighton and the ref who has been sent for re-training Arsenal v Brighton tomorrow at 3pm, fitness, fouls and cards By Tony Attwood The Sun is up to its old tricks telling us that a supercomputer has predicted Arsenal will win the league and Wolverhampton will go down with the lowest …
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Arsenal v Brighton tomorrow at 3pm, fitness, fouls and cards What Arsenal players did at Great Ormond Street hospital When they forget Arsenal are top of TWO leagues By Tony Attwood So here’s the lineup for today’s game at 3pm (wat an odd time) with nothing being shown on TV….. Referee: John Brooks Assistants: Simon Bennett …
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Arsenal v Brighton tomorrow at 3pm, fitness, fouls and cards What Arsenal players did at Great Ormond Street hospital By Tony Attwood Kai Havertz is said to be ready to return to Arsenal’s first team in “days” rather than “weeks”, Mikel Arteta has said. So if not against Brighton and Hove then against either …
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The opening of the website of Great Ormond Street Hospital states that it “is one of the world’s leading children’s hospitals.” It continues, “Since 1852 we’ve had the privilege of working to discover better, kinder treatments for the rarest and most complex illnesses to help children reach their full potential. You can read about …
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Posh stadium but not the results to go with it By Tony Attwood Yes indeed, Arsenal are top of two leagues – the Premier League table and the Champions League table. Not that anyone following the match yesterday on the media would have known, because such details are a bit too much for …
By Tony Attwood Which club has the most yellows the season, and which the least. Arsenal v Palace Arsenal advance…. but it is never likely to be enough Arsenal v Palace: injury latest and Palace’s performance Arsenal v Crystal Palace – It’s the League Cup on tuesday Everything says this is a game …
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Arsenal v Palace – the team and thoughts on the game Arsenal advance…. but it is never likely to be enough Arsenal v Palace: injury latest and Palace’s performance Arsenal v Palace – the team and thoughts on the game By Tony Attwood There is a bit of a fuss being made about the …
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Arsenal v Palace: injury latest and Palace’s performance Arsenal v Crystal Palace – It’s the League Cup on Tuesday By Tony Attwood The media seem to have gone quiet about Arsenal, with barely a mention of January transfers and nothing about tomorrow’s game. It is as if the club doesn’t exist, although of …
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Arsenal v Crystal Palace – It’s the League Cup on Tuesday Poor Tottenham: posh stadium, but not the results to go with it Most wins, fewest defeats, lowest goals against, top of the league… By Tony Attwood Definitely missing for the Palace league cup match to be played tomorrow are Cristhian Mosquera Ibarguen, Ben …
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Poor Tottenham: posh stadium, but not the results to go with it Most wins, fewest defeats, lowest goals against, top of the league… by Tony Attwood What makes the media so negative about Arsenal when we have a league table for Christmas that shows Arsenal top? Actually, there is no particular reason except that …
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Most wins, fewest defeats, lowest goals against, top of the league… Arsenal, the team, and some rather strange team predictions By Tony Attwood “Spurs might not have the trophies, but they do have the nicest stadium in the country” That was on the “Unbelievable Jeff” Facebook page. And it is an interesting thought. …
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by Tony Attwood How top clubs have at least 6+ of the top players in the world in their squads So yes, we made it. Top of the League at Christmas. Of course, we still have a game against Palace before Xmas in the League Cup, but as far as the league itself …
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By Tony Attwood Everton v Arsenal this evening: clubs almost equal in recent performances How top clubs have at least 6+ of the top players in the world in their squads Below is the top four of the league table as of lunchtime on 20th December. You might wonder why I am publishing it …
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How top clubs have at least 6+ of the top players in the world in their squads Arsenal one of the sensible six, so we can watch our full squad By Tony Attwood The Arsenal problem, in the eyes of the media, is well defined today as the Guardian runs the statement, “Mikel Arteta …
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by Tony Attwood Sam Barrott will referee tomorrow’s game, with Tim Wood and Wade Smith assisting him. Oliver Langford will be the fourth official, with Michael Salisbury on VAR and Peter Wright as the assistant VAR. So let us compare Sam Barrott, who has overseen ten games this season in the PL, with …
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Arsenal v Everton this weekend: early thoughts and a concern How top clubs have at least 6+ of the top players in the world in their squads By Tony Attwood Arsenal games against Everton are usually jolly nice affairs since, at least for us, Arsenal win them. There have been 225 competitive games across …
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Arsenal one of the sensible six, so we can watch our full squad Journalists turn on Arsenal as a way of avoiding considering the neighbours By Tony Attwood On Saturday at 8pm, Arsenal play Everton. I’ll do the usual Untold preview of the game of course, but I thought it was worth also reflect …
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Arsenal one of the sensible six, so we can watch our full squad Journalists turn on Arsenal as a way of avoiding considering the neighbours By Tony Attwood The Guardian is running a series of articles on “The best 100 male footballers in the world.” Each day they release another group, and so far …
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Journalists turn on Arsenal as a way of avoiding considering the neighbours How Fifa is wrecking club squads and forcing clubs to buy more players By Tony Attwood Every two years, clubs lose players, not because they are transferred or injured or out of form, nor indeed because the player is overtaken in the …
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How FIFA is wrecking club squads and forcing clubs to buy more players Reffymandering.net: at last we can see where refereeing is going wrong 100 years in the top division: Arsenal 1951/2; losing the cup final By Tony Attwood As you may have noticed, Arsenal’s record since the last game in November …
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