How referees change season by season and how it affects clubs

  By Tony Attwood From Man C onto Bournemouth. What next for Arsenal? Arsenal are not having a wobble, but here’s an interesting twist for tonight Chris Kavanagh has been appointed referee for Bournemouth vs. Arsenal on Saturday evening. He is one of just three referees who have been given 15 games in the Premier League …

From Man C onto Bournemouth. What next for Arsenal?

  Arsenal are not having a wobble, but here’s an interesting twist for tonight Pep Guardiola criticises Sky Sports over distorted reporting By Tony Attwood So, following a 4-1 home win against the fancied Villa at home, Arsenal move to the very unfancied Bournemouth away with a feeling of positivity. Which is in contrast to …

Arsenal are not having a wobble, but here’s an interesting twist for tonight

    Why do they keep picking on Arsenal? Pep Guardiola criticises Sky Sports over distorted reporting By Tony Attwood Let’s try to get this clear. “A blip. A wobble. A mini-crisis. Call it what you want, Arsenal went into Tuesday night’s top-of-the-table battle with Aston Villa after a shaky few weeks.” That comes from the …

Why do they keep picking on Arsenal?

  Pep Guardiola criticises Sky Sports over distorted reporting By Tony Attwood One of the interesting things that has emerged in the last month is a small number of articles on social media focusing on Arteta’s “illegal” tactics and referees’ errors that favour Arsenal.  One of them involved Arteta being about a foot outside his …

Pep Guardiola criticises Sky Sports over distorted reporting

Arsenal pull ahead at the top By Tony Attwood It is generally accepted that footballers and managers do not criticise the media because they (the clubs) use the media to put out false stories, acting as cover for their real activities – particularly in the transfer market.    But they can, on occasion, say the …

Arsenal pull ahead at the top

    Why is 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 Paul Merson said, “I think they win the Premier League quite easily after dismantling Aston Villa. It was a statement result, and …

Arsenal team v Villa tonight. The media is not sure about the team

  Previously Arsenal v Aston Villa: comparing the winning runs of each team Arsenal v Aston Villa and the insane range of referee decisions Arsenal v Villa at 8.15 Tuesday. Villa’s approach Why is one referee in line to see the same team 8 times this season? By Tony Attwood There is talk in the …

Arsenal v Aston Villa: comparing the winning runs of each team

    Arsenal v Aston Villa and the insane range of referee decisions Arsenal v Villa at 8.15 Tuesday. Villa’s approach By Tony Attwood So we know that Aston Villa have won each of their last nine games by just one goal – which is, I suspect, an all-time record: I can’t find details of …

Arsenal v Aston Villa and the insane range of referee decisions

  Arsenal v Villa at 8.15 Tuesday. Villa’s approach Why does one referee in line to see the same team 8 times this season? By Tony Attwood We have had some nice Arsenal comments in the media in recent times, such as, “Arsenal wonderkid Max Dowman beats one, beats two, pirouettes around another with a …

Arsenal v Villa at 8.15 Tuesday. Villa’s approach

      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, …

Why is one referee in line to see the same team 8 times this season?

  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 …

Four of the top five players in the Premier League play for Arsenal

  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 …

VAR Assignment Concentration Crisis: there is something very wrong here

    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 …

How Arsenal are changing the way in which they score goals

    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 …

Arsenal result according to Sun fantasists. In reality, here are some line ups.

    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 …

Arsenal v Brighton and the ref who has been sent for re-training

  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 …

Arsenal v Brighton tomorrow at 3pm, fitness, fouls and cards

  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 …

What Arsenal players did at Great Ormond Street hospital

  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 …

When they forget Arsenal are top of TWO leagues

    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 …

Arsenal v Palace – the team and thoughts on the game

    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 …

Which club has the most yellows the season, and which the least. Arsenal v Palace

  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 …

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   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 …

Arsenal v Palace: injury latest and Palace’s performance

  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 …

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 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 …

Poor Tottenham: posh stadium, but not the results to go with it

    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. …