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By Sir Hardly Anyone How the top 3 clubs are using different approaches to maintain their position Does the referee each team get make any difference? Yes, and there could be an explosion coming! For this weekend’s game between Chelsea and Arsenal, we have Referee: Chris Kavanagh. Assistants: Richard West, Matthew Wilkes. Fourth official: James Linington. VAR: Jarred Gillett. Assistant …
Does the referee each team get make any difference? Yes, and there could be an explosion coming! Is Man U about to have a financial revolution, and if so how? By Tony Attwood Diverting the discussion away from Arsenal successes is a common feature of the chitchat that goes on in the …
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Is Man U about to have a financial revolution, and if so how? Which club has spent the most money on players since Arteta arrived at Arsenal By Tony Attwood It’s our question and at last someone else is asking it – and it is the Liverpool Echo who have joined us with …
Which club has spent the most money on players since Arteta arrived at Arsenal The Arteta revolution. How Arsenal moved from 15th to 2nd in the PL By Sir Hardly Anyone Football.London has an article on line which tells us that the challenge for Arsenal to win the league has just got a …
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Arsenal top of the league after the next round of games! Football: The game of 1000 complaints, but not always the right ones By Tony Attwood It has long been our assertion that Mikel Arteta did not come to Arsenal as simply a man who better understood how the existing squad could …
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Football: The game of 1000 complaints, but not always the right ones Booing players: how can journalists and officials so utterly fail to understand why? By Bulldog Drummond By way of an aside from all the heavy stuff of late about the corruption of the PGMO – absolutely vital to comment on …
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Booing players: how can journalists and officials so utterly fail to understand why? 2024/24 WSL Week 3 – Arsenal v Aston Villa By Tony Attwood It is a fairly commonplace and indeed easy observation to make: football is full of complaints. At the moment the media is full of annoyance that the FA …
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2024/24 WSL Week 3 – Arsenal v Aston Villa Who will be in the top five at the end of this season? By Tony Attwood One of the great problems with football is the complete and absolute disconnect between the people running the game and the people who actually pay for the game: …
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The clearest exposition yet that there is something very wrong with PGMOL There is something very strange going on with yellow cards this season By Tony Attwood Citing a video blogger we repeated the question that he asked, namely, “In an era when two of the Premier League’s most pre-eminent clubs are …
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Where will each of the top clubs be after another six games? Here’s the answer. Farewell hooligans, farewell facts, hello anger. Why the football debate is now so unhealthy. By Tony Attwood I am not sure that I have ever previously handed over an article on Untold to an outside youtube blogger, …
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Farewell hooligans, farewell facts, hello anger. Why the football debate is now so unhealthy. Why the media were united over the issue of Man C players not being sent off By Tony Attwood Occasionally we get accused of playing with numbers when it comes to our football coverage. But in our defence I’d argue …
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Why the media were united over the issue of Man C players not being sent off Arsenal: not the youngest team in the PL but certainly the team with the most potential There is an interview with comedian Andy Hamilton in the Telegraph in which he seeks to explain how he came to …
Arsenal: not the youngest team in the PL but certainly the team with the most potential There is something very strange going on with yellow cards this season There has been a lot of reaction to the issue of yellow cards in the Arsenal v Manchester City game – I am sure …
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There is something very strange going on with yellow cards this season Who would Arsenal drop from the “25” if anyone is to be signed in January? By Tony Attwood Research from Football Observatory has revealed that Arsenal have not, contrary to some reports, put out on average the youngest team in the …
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Who would Arsenal drop from the “25” if anyone is to be signed in January? Should Manchester City have had fewer than 11 men on the pitch by the end? By Tony Attwood The level of yellow cards this season is more varied than I can ever recall. In the table below we …
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The forgotten issue of the power exerted by club owners on referees Eight games in, how are Arsenal doing compared to last year and the unbeaten season? By Sir Hardly Anyone It is not that often that there is a whole series of events in which the referee disagrees with most of the …
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Eight games in, how are Arsenal doing compared to last year and the unbeaten season? Everyone knows that referees have clubs that they support. That’s not a secret: PGMO referees have to declare who they support to their employer. They are then not given any games involving that club, or their local …
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Arsenal 1 Man City 0. Is it time to stop celebrating yet? Well… Arsenal v Manchester City: the progress, the possibility, the team By Tony Attwood So here we are after eight games played, with Tottenham and Arsenal equal at the top and Tottenham ahead courtesy of having scored two more goals. Arsenal …
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Arsenal and Man City injuries, and how injuries are linked to yellow cards For yellow cards Man City and Arsenal remain calm, Tottenham lead the way. By Bulldog Drummond In the league table after the match on 28 August 2021, there were five clubs (all obviously above Arsenal since Arsenal were bottom of …
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For yellow cards Man City and Arsenal remain calm, Tottenham lead the way. Arsenal v Manchester City and the issue of yellow cards By Bulldog Drummond As we saw the other day, in spite of the wild ravings of some members of the press, both Arsenal and Manchester City are keeping their injury …
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Totally malicious and misleading headline reveals newspaper contempt for Arsenal The refereeing problem in the Premier League. What the Tottenham issue misses Ensure that your voice is heard within Arsenal If you enjoy our daily review of Arsenal’s comings and goings please do show your appreciation by becoming an associate member of AISA …
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Totally malicious and misleading headline reveals newspaper contempt for Arsenal The refereeing problem in the Premier League. What the Tottenham issue misses By Tony Attwood There is something very odd going on with yellow cards this season. I’ve mentioned it before, but on that occasion, I must admit I had hoped that there …
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The refereeing problem in the Premier League. What the Tottenham issue misses Referee bias and referee errors. Why is no one asking the real questions about why it happens? Why are the number of Arsenal injuries so regularly misquoted in the media? By Sir Hardly Anyone Ex-Arsenal star hunted by police after …
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