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Secrecy still dominates why and how yellow cards are given out For Arsenal a draw was predicted, but even so it was disappointing by Tony Attwood The Football Observatory recently published a piece on the lifespan of a club coach . In essence, how long the average coach or manager of a football …
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For Arsenal a draw was predicted, but even so it was disappointing Visit Tottenham. It’s safer than Rwanda (which backs the war in DR Congo) By Tony Attwood In terms of yellow cards awarded against the teams this season, Arsenal are in 16th position with 60 cards. Only four clubs have got …
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By Tony Attwood Arsenal v Palace: could this referee be looking for a draw? As we said in the preview to last night’s match, “the biggest problem for Arsenal with this referee is that he prefers away wins to home wins. 45.5% of his matches have been home wins but 54.5% of …
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Arsenal v Palace: could this referee be looking for a draw? It’s Wilshire vs Ramsey on Saturday at 12.30, and a review of Arsenal’s transfer spend By Tony Attwood The Arsenal team tonight is predicted by the Standard as being Raya; Timber, Saliba, Kiwior, Lewis-Skelly; Odegaard, Partey, Rice; Nwaneri, Merino, Trossard Football …
It’s Wilshire vs Ramsey on Saturday at 12.30, and a review of Arsenal’s transfer spend Visit Tottenham. It’s safer than Rwanda (which backs the war in DR Congo) by Tony Attwood With Arsenal having played 16 games at home and Palace 16 away, the comparison between the two clubs is easy, and stark…. …
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Visit Tottenham. It’s safer than Rwanda (which backs the war in DR Congo) With the way football is going, is it time to laugh or cry? Which club has the best record over the last 100 Premier League games? By Tony Attwood Through a strange twisting of events Jack Wilshire and Aaron Ramsey will be …
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By Tony Attwood With the way football is going, is it time to laugh or cry? Refereeing in England is under constant attack. But why, and how can this be changed? It is now a couple of months since the foreign minister of the UK, along with similar representatives of six other countries ranging …
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Referreeing in England is utter constant attack. But why, and how can this be changed? Which club has the best record over the last 100 Premier League games? By Tony Attwood Football is England is run on the basis of inevitability – as in, “this is the obvious way it has to …
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Promotion to and relegation from the Premier League has changed beyond recognition At last a recognition of the effect of injuries, and Arsenal’s brilliant response By Tony Attwood An Article in the Telegraph tells us, if we didn’t know already, just how bad it is to be a referee at all levels …
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Promotion to and relegation from the Premier League has changed beyond recognition A recognition of the effect of injuries and Arsenal’s brilliant response By Tony Attwood The headline is typical: Leandro Trossard double secures victory for Arsenal at 10-man Ipswich It makes it sound as if the fact that Ipswich were playing …
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By Tony Attwood Ipswich v Arsenal, injuries and the need for more of a gap Ipswich v Arsenal and more thoroughly shocking referee figures Ipswich v Arsenal: the preview and the days of scoring five (or more) Let’s start with a bit of old-boy news. Aaron Ramsey has got the job of being …
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Ipswich v Arsenal and more thoroughly shocking referee figures Ipswich v Arsenal: the preview and the days of scoring five (or more) By Tony Attwood Ipswich go into this game with both injuries and history (not to mention the league table) against them. They have seven players unavailable and one rated at 50/50 for …
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Ipswich v Arsenal: the preview and the days of scoring five (or more) Prmotion to and relegation from the Premier League has changed beyond recognition By Tony Attwood Chris Kavanagh is the referee for the Ipswich game. As usual we can have a look at a few of the referees active in …
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Prmotion to and relegation from the Premier League has changed beyond recognition At last a recognition of the effect of injuries, and Arsenal’s brilliant response by Tony Attwood Ipswich and Arsenal have played each other 60 times and Arsenal have won just over half of these, losing 18 and drawing 11. In …
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At last a recognition of the effect of injuries, and Arsenal’s brilliant response Is it really getting harder and harder to win the Prem ier League. By Tony Attwood Swiss Ramble has recently produced an incredibly detailed analysis of the finances of the Championship which has been posted to subscribers, and which includes something …
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Is it really getting harder and harder to win the Prem ier League. How to make Arsenal invincible: the media finally do Arsenal a good turn By Tony Attwood Throughout most of this season we have had people bleating on and on about the need for Arsenal to sign a striker. Arsenal didn’t, and …
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How to make Arsenal invincible: the media finally do Arsenal a good turn The situation of the abuse of young players: League and FA take no action By Tony Attwood What we all know, of course, is that Arsenal are having a tougher time of it in the Premier League this season, than …
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The situation of the abuse of young players: League and FA take no action No need to think: the tricks football clubs pull to beat the financial rules By Tony Attwood It started of course with the first leg; that 3-0 win over Real Madrid. The opposition tried to suggest that “things would …
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Real Mad looking to score their first ever goal against Arsenal. Real Mad v Arsenal: tensions in Spain, solidarity in Arsenal Arsenal and Real Madrid – two different ways of building up to the next game By Tony Attwood As Sports Mole tell us, “It has been 19 years since …
Real Mad v Arsenal: tensions in Spain, solidarity in Arsenal Arsenal and Real Madrid – two different ways of building up to the next game Real Madrid face negativity but get a positive result. Arsenal get accolades and bore us stupid. By Tony Attwood It is something no one seems to want …
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Arsenal and Real Madrid – two different ways of building up to the next game Real Madrid face negativity but get a positive result. Arsenal get accolades and bore us stupid. By Tony Attwood What one really wants to hear ahead of a big match is that the opposition are arguing …
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Arsenal and Real Madrid – two different ways of building up to the next game No need to think: the tricks football clubs pull to beat the financial rules By Tony Attwood If you’ve been a long-term reader of Untold you may recall that we have often covered the issue of the lack …
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Just published: 100 years since Chapman joined the Arsenal – part 22, success did not come at once. By Tony Attwood And so we approach the next match which is against…. Real Madrid on Wednesday at 8pm. It’s on TNT. What is interesting is of course what the two clubs have done in …
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Real Madrid face negativity but get a positive result. Arsenal get accolades and bore us stupid. Is it possible to tell a real Arsenal commentator from a computer? By Tony Attwood The fact that Arsenal’s top scorer remains Kai Havertz with nine goals, while the likely winner of the trophy for top scorers …
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The lesson in Arsenal’s wonderful victory over RM that not everyone sees By Tony Attwood I can’t blame Arteta or the players for yesterday’s draw against whoever it was we were playing, but it was actually really dull, and now a day later I can’t remember much about it, and in fact nor do …
