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The huge problem Arsenal have to face next season. 10 more goals than in the Unbeaten Season. Arsenal still going strong By Tony Attwood Just Arsenal raised an interesting issue recently concerning injuries in women’s football in which the point was made that “43% of the Arsenal Women first-team squad [are] unavailable. For …
This article updated 9 May to correct the Manchester City transfer figures. 10 more goals than in the Unbeaten Season. Arsenal still going strong By Tony Attwood I have been pondering the question of which clubs have really made great progress this season, and then in relation to that, how much it has …
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One more win secures runners’ up place: Newcastle v Arsenal Newcastle v Arsenal: tackles, fouls, yellows and the impact on league position Newcastle v Arsenal the injuries and the form By Bulldog Drummond Newcastle really have built up a head of steam of late, as in the last three games they have beaten …
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Newcastle v Arsenal: tackles, fouls, yellows and the impact on league position Newcastle v Arsenal the injuries and the form By Bulldog Drummond We know that winning the league will be extremely difficult because we have to overtake Manchester City but it is good to know that Arsenal are certain of a …
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Newcastle v Arsenal the injuries and the form By Bulldog Drummond There is a real contrast between Newcastle and Arsenal on the pitch this season. According to Opta Analyst, “Newcastle United fans deserve a lot of credit. Not only do their fans have to endure the lowest amount of ball-in-play time per …
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After the child sex scandals maybe things have got worse The legal investigation begins into the way transfers are manipulated by Bulldog Drummond As ever we take a look at how to protagonists in the forthcoming game are doing in relation to where this game is to be played. But on this occasion, …
In 2021 I ran a series of articles as outlined below… The biggest scandal to hit the English game is ongoing, and no one will speak The biggest scandal in football: who is checking on how clubs behave? Part two. The biggest scandal in football: no one is checking what is going on: …
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Criminal proceedings against Infantino What makes some clubs successful and others not? What makes a club successful in the Premier League part 2 What makes Arsenal successful 3: the club has stepped beyond the media According to the Swiss newspaper Le Matin the public prosecutor of Fribourg has opened criminal proceedings against Gianni …
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By Tony Attwood What makes some clubs successful and others not? What makes a club successful in the Premier League part 2 In part one of this little series of articles What makes some clubs successful and others not? I outlined seven factors that seemed to me to be important in the success …
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The success of Arsenal What makes some clubs successful and others not? In our previous piece on this topic we looked at some of the facts of life in football, such as how much money the club has and the ability of the club to engage in long term planning. And as we …
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When the referee makes a mistake, and admits it on live TV…. By Tony Attwood Football is full of mythology created by journalists, clubs, supporters and individuals. Trying to get beneath it can be difficult – but not because the subject itself is difficult to grasp, but because so many people writing and talking …
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Why, with football, it is important to ask what is not being reported The real live facts that the media won’t ever touch (part 2) What the media won’t tell you about football, part 3 – referee home bias What the media won’t tell you about football, part 4 – referee variations The problem …
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Two clubs in recent decline: but why? Arsenal v Chelsea: the behaviour of the referee Arsenal v Chelsea. Chelsea tackle more, foul more, get more yellows Arsenal v Chelsea; home v away; does spending big work? Have a guess. By Bulldog Drummond The injury news ahead of the game has no surprises. …
Arsenal v Chelsea: the behaviour of the referee Arsenal v Chelsea. Chelsea tackle more, foul more, get more yellows Arsenal v Chelsea; home v away; does spending big work? Have a guess. By Bulldog Drummond Through this season we have, before most matches, had a look at the league table based on the …
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Arsenal v Chelsea; home v away; does spending big work? By Bulldog Drummond There is a comment in the Telegraph today from Frank Lampard in which he says, “Chelsea were so used to winning for long periods of time, maybe a short period of non-success brings a real kick-back,” he said. “Maybe with Arsenal, …
The forthcoming games Arsenal v Wolfsburg at a sold out Emirates – today! Arsenal v Chelsea; home v away; does spending big work? Have a guess. By Bulldog Drummond Ahead of this game against Chelsea, Arsenal have played 33 games, Chelsea 32. Chelsea have consistently put in more tackles than Arsenal, committed more …
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Arsenal Women v Wolfsburg Arsenal v Chelsea; home v away; does spending big work? By Andrew Crawshaw Arsenal Women play Wolfsburg on Monday evening in the second leg of the Champions League semi-final today. Barcelona await the winners in the final in Eindhoven on 3 June after they beat Chelsea on Friday. Can …
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So why did all the predictions of this season go so wrong? Where it all went wrong for football journalists – conclusion By Bulldog Drummond Arsenal may have been through their one and only dip of the season, with three draws and a defeat in the last four games, but by comparison Chelsea’s …
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Unrest down Hotspur Avenue. The trajectories of the top four clubs How Arsenal finally benefitted from the attitude of the football media (part 2) How Arteta has out manoeuvred Tottenham. Arsenal and Tottenham part 3 So why did all the predictions for this season go so wrong? (Part 4) Looking back at …
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How Arteta has out manoeuvred Tottenham. Arsenal and Tottenham part 3 How Arsenal finally benefitted from the attitude of the football media Unrest down Hotspur Avenue. The trajectories of the top four clubs By Tony Attwood In recent articles (listed above) I’ve been trying to show that the way the media looks …
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Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur: the difference How Arsenal finally benefitted from the attitude of the football media Unrest down Hotspur Avenue. The trajectories of the top four clubs By Tony Attwood In the articles noted above I have been arguing that Tottenham Hotspur have of late taken a number of false turns …
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By Tony Attwood Unrest down Hotspur Avenue. The tragectories of the top four clubs Obviously, I occasionally write about Tottenham Hotspur because they are Arsenal’s local rivals, and of course when as a child I lived near Highbury, I also obviously lived near White Hart Lane and so always had an interest in …
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The trajectories of the top four Abuse of young people at football clubs: has anything changed? Disappointing result of course, but look at the two clubs’ trajectories By Tony Attwood No matter what the final outcome of this season, the trajectories of Tottenham and Arsenal have been rather different. Last season Tottenham finished in …
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Child abuse in football Why is the FA still in control? “The Unsavoury Face of Youth Transfers” by Tony Attwood The last child abuse scandal relating to football clubs in England started in November 2016. Players came forward to tell how they were abused as children, and there were allegations of a cover-up …
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By Tony Attwood Trajectories are not that popular in football journalism because they take a little bit of working out and involve some numbers, but they do actually tell us much more about where a club is going than most reports in the media do. But Arsenal’s progress under Arteta is truly sensational. On …
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