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By Tony Attwood 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? In all the fuss about the Tottenham match against Liverpool and the officiating therein, it has rather been forgotten that …
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Why are the number of Arsenal injuries so regularly misquoted in the media? Arsenal offered a replay after a goal was scored in error: why won’t Tottenham? By Sir Hardly Anyone After the farrago of the recent VAR mess, a Premier League spokesperson said, “Having reviewed all relevant footage of the disallowed Luis …
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The home/away difference: despite media protestations, it is not just Arsenal Defeat in the Champions League: not as bad a portent as one might think By Tony Attwood This is all rather embarrassing for the media but slowly they are being forced to admit it. There was a time when a mistake was …
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Defeat in the Champions League: not as bad a portent as one might think The huge danger that lies ahead following the Liverpool VAR cock-up By Tony Attwood There is a rather curious piece in the Athletic which contains the lines, “Arsenal have been majestic on the road – but sloppiness at Emirates must …
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Lens v Arsenal: a town smaller than Highbury stadium; a style based on PSG If it’s Arsenal it must be chaos. Lens v Arsenal preview By Bulldog Drummond Basically the history between the two clubs don’t tell us much and we probably knew that anyway… Date Match Res Score Competition …
After seven games how are Arsenal doing? It’s our best defence in over 10 years Mirror Mirror on the Wall who is the dirtiest team of all? By Tony Attwood You will have read and probably seen the reports about the nonsense that occurred in the Tottenham / Liverpool game in which …
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Bournemouth v Arsenal and Tottenham’s yellow card bonanza Bournemouth v Arsenal injury update and the record between the clubs By Bulldog Drummond One of the key things to remember concerning this game is that it is not just Arsenal that has the injury worries. As the BBC website tells us, “Bournemouth will …
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Bournemouth v Arsenal and Tottenham’s yellow card bonanza The great injury conundrum: how can Arsenal cope, and how are other clubs suffering? By Bulldog Drummond AFC Bournemouth’s overall record against Arsenal is their second-worst in terms of Premier League games. The two sides have met 12 times overall and Bournemouth have won one, …
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By Bulldog Drummond The great injury conundrum: how can Arsenal cope, and how are other clubs suffering? Arsenal Women – the Season Preview – part 1 Introduction and Hopes For The Season If you were with us for the last post you’ll know we have been contemplating yellow cards in terms of the …
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The great injury conundrum: how can Arsenal cope, and how are other clubs suffering? Arsenal Women – the Season Preview – part 1 Introduction and Hopes For The Season By Bulldog Drummond Another Untold venture into the, well, untold, as we try and look at fouls in more detail to find the answer …
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Arsenal Women – the Season Preview – part 1 Introduction and Hopes For The Season Why the media’s new statistical analyses of football is just a trick to stop you noticing what’s going on By Bulldog Drummond Ahead of the Bournemouth match Arsenal are said to be in a total injury crisis of …
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Yesterday’s game: how Arsenal won, and where the journalists got things wrong French authorities issue arrest warrant over awarding of World Cup to Qatar By Tony Attwood It is a rather curious thing but of late more and more football commentaries have appeared in newspapers and on the internet with statistics in them. …
by Tony Attwood French authorities issue arrest warrant over awarding of World Cup to Qatar Why 18 Premier League clubs are starting to rebel: and why they really mean it So in the end the side that played for Arsenal in the league cup was not particularly unexpected except that we ended up with …
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Brentford v Arsenal: the history and the build up, with some extraordinary odds Brentford v Arsenal: tackles, fouls, yellow cards and the home v away record By Tony Attwood The financial newspaper Barrons has run the story that “A magistrate in Paris has issued an international arrest warrant for former Asian football chief …
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Brentford v Arsenal: tackles, fouls, yellow cards and the home v away record Brentford v Arsenal: Arsenal take on the club linked to gambling but without an under 21 side by Bulldog Drummond Brentford and Arsenal have played each other in competitive matches 17 times across the centuries, starting with an FA Cup …
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Brentford v Arsenal: Arsenal take on the club linked to gambling but without an under 21 side Arsenal anniversaries 26 Sept: The day we discovered that much of Arsenal’s history was bunk By Bulldog Drummond Brentford had ok start to the season with one win (and a good one at that, 3-0 …
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Brentford v Arsenal: Arsenal take on the club linked to gambling but without an under 21 side Arsenal has let in one more goal than at this stage last season, and that’s a disaster By Tony Attwood According to an article in the Independent there is growing pressure on the Department of …
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Arsenal continue to make more progress than the rest of the big seven By Tony Attwood At present, after six games, Arsenal have conceded one goal fewer than the club did last season after six games, and that (at least according to some commentators) proves that the defence is in a mess. Although this …
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We are running out of referees, and the reason is the PGMO. Arsenal v Tottenham: the key fact the media won’t to tell you – and why they won’t Arsenal v Tottenham: different clubs, different managers, different successes Arsenal v Tottenham with clubs now getting more cards than they put in …
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Arsenal v Tottenham: the key fact the media won’t to tell you – and why they won’t Arsenal v Tottenham: different clubs, different managers, different successes Arsenal v Tottenham with clubs now getting more cards than they put in tackles! By Tony Attwood According to ESPN, last month, ‘UEFA head of referees Roberto …
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Arsenal v Tottenham: different clubs, different managers, different successes Arsenal v Tottenham with clubs now getting more cards than they put in tackles! By Bulldog Drummond There is quite a bit of nattering going on the media, as you might expect, about the Arsenal v Tottenham game on Sunday. There are odd …
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Arsenal v Tottenham with clubs now getting more cards than they put in tackles! The Women’s Champions League – the most confusing football tournament in the world? By Bulldog Drummond One of the many problems with changing managers regularly is that it can be hard for clubs to adopt a consistent policy …
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The Women’s Champions League – the most confusing football tournament in the world? Who the phrase of not being able to run a **** up in a brewery is really about By Bulldog Drummond The referee for the Arsenal v Tottenham game is Rob Jones. Assistants are Lee Betts and Wade Smith, …
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Constant revolution: Arsenal become the first Trotskyist team Arsenal v PSV: that really was a night to remember for a very long time By Bulldog Drummond If you are a regular reader here you will know that we consider the Football Association both a dangerous outfit that long ago sold its soul to …
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