Untold Arsenal: Supporting the club, the manager and the team
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Tackles, fouls, yellow cards. How refs treat Arsenal, Burnley, Tottenham, Man C. Arsenal v Burnley: Who will tackle, who will cheat, what will the referee do? Arsenal v Burnley: Arsenal are doing better than last season – just don’t tell the journalists Football at 3pm Saturday. That’s weird! It’s Arsenal v Burnley. …
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Arsenal v Burnley: Who will tackle, who will cheat, what will the referee do? Arsenal v Burnley: Arsenal are doing better than last season – just don’t tell the journalists Football at 3pm Saturday. That’s weird! It’s Arsenal v Burnley. By Bulldog Drummond Moving on from the last article, let us now …
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Arsenal v Burnley: Arsenal are doing better than last season – just don’t tell the journalists Football at 3pm Saturday. That’s weird! It’s Arsenal v Burnley. By Bulldog Drummond Yellow card numbers have exploded this season in a metaphorical sense, and so although we have been running a table of yellow cards …
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Football at 3pm Saturday. That’s weird! It’s Arsenal v Burnley. Football is about to change if the King’s speech promises become law … or maybe not By Bulldog Drummond There are some statistics that tell us something (such as which club has the most yellow cards and which the least) and some …
Football is about to change if the King’s speech promises become law … or maybe not Transfers between linked teams, and the seeming impossibility of reforming PGMO By Bulldog Drummond Arsenal play Burnley at 3pm on Saturday. In terms of overall performance so far this season this is not exactly top against …
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Transfers between linked teams, and the seeming impossibility of reforming PGMO A good night’s football and now the report: PGMO dictates what the media say By Tony Attwood The King’s Speech (in which the UK monarch sets out his government’s plans for legislation in the coming session of Parliament), is in reality …
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By Tony Attwood A good night’s football and now the report: PGMO dictate what the media say Arsenal and fouls. What comes after the “doubling down on a position?” A report in the Liverpool Echo suggests that “Premier League clubs are reportedly set to vote on a potential ban on loan moves between …
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If you enjoy our approach to Arsenal and football you might like to become an associate member of AISA – Arsenal Independent Supporters’ Association. It’s completely free, but being a member does make a statement that you value our work not just in recording Arsenal’s history but also in engaging with the club …
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Arsenal v Sevilla: relentless media pressure plus team news Arsenal v Sevilla: past meetings and home / away comparisons Arsenal v Sevilla: recent form and squad values By Tony Attwood That question in our headline is at the head of an article in the Guardian: “Mikel Arteta goes all in as rage over …
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Arsenal v Sevilla: recent form and squad values Past meetings and home / away comparisons By Bulldog Drummond My apologies for the technical glitch today. We lost control of Untold Arsenal at this end, and the fault was beyond the technical capabilities of me, which is not surprising since I have none. …
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Arsenal v Sevilla: recent form and squad values After the yellow card fest of Tottenham / Chelsea some are still attacking Arsenal! By Bulldog Drummond This is the fourth consecutive year that Sevilla has been in the Champions League. Last season the club won one, drew two and lost three of its …
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After the yellow card fest of Tottenham / Chelsea some are still attacking Arsenal! Just how well are Arsenal doing when it comes to tackles, fouls and yellow cards? By Bulldog Drummond According to the Guardian “Spurs were guilty of having too much fun” in their recent game in which they had …
Just how well are Arsenal doing when it comes to tackles, fouls and yellow cards? Mirror and Guardian attack on Arteta takes war against Arsenal to new unedifying level By Tony Attwood If you enjoy our approach to Arsenal and football you might like to become an associate member of AISA – Arsenal …
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Mirror and Guardian attack on Arteta takes war against Arsenal to new unedifying level How different referees respond. Who wins is as much a case of who is the ref, as anything else Arsenal’s protest over VAR shows club have had enough, and the disgraceful bias of much of the media By Tony Attwood …
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How different referees respond. Who wins is as much a case of who is the ref, as anything else Arsenal’s protest over VAR shows club have had enough, and the disgraceful bias of much of the media By Tony Attwood Although for the most part I am focussing on a wild and whaky …
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Arsenal’s protest over VAR shows club have had enough, and the disgraceful bias of much of the media The universal description of Arteta’s speech as a “rant” raises serious questions By Sir Hardly Anyone The raging has died down in some quarters – no mention of Arteta and referees on the Guardian’s football …
The universal description of Arteta’s speech as a “rant” raises serious questions Newcastle v Arsenal. 1-0 to the referee. By Tony Attwood Arsenal have finally taken a public stand against PGMO in no uncertain terms with a statement saying that “Arsenal Football Club wholeheartedly supports Mikel Arteta’s post-match comments after yet more unacceptable …
Newcastle v Arsenal. 1-0 to the referee. By Tony Attwood Football has a problem. A very simple problem, and like all very simple problems there is a simple solution – if only those in authority didn’t actually prefer the problem. The issue here is the reporting of Mikel Arteta’s response to the …
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How referee bias works: the details and the statistics Why do Liverpool get so few yellow cards for tackling and why can’t other clubs try the same approach? By Tony Attwood While of course it won’t make a blind bit of difference to PGMO because they are in their own world, it was …
By Bulldog Drummond Super computer gibberish returns for Newcastle v Arsenal Newcastle v Arsenal: the injuries, Newcastle burn out, Arsenal’s 18 out of 22. Stuart Attwell as referee: his home/away records for tackles, fouls and cards Newcastle v Arsenal. Arsenal’s astonishing tactical progress clear for all to see Having gone through most …
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Newcastle v Arsenal: the injuries, Newcastle burn out, Arsenal’s 18 out of 22. Stuart Attwell as referee: his home/away records for tackles, fouls and cards Newcastle v Arsenal. Arsenal’s astonishing tactical progress clear for all to see By Bulldog Drummond It appears we are into the “yer havin a larf” season as …
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Stuart Attwell as referee: his home/away records for tackles, fouls and cards Newcastle v Arsenal. Arsenal’s astonishing tactical progress clear for all to see By Bulldog Drummond By this time of the season all clubs have injuries, and beyond doubt those injuries can affect the team. In fact a simple way to …
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Newcastle v Arsenal. Arsenal’s astonishing tactical progress clear for all to see Use more players, get fewer cards: the tactic that separates two clubs from the rest How referee bias works: the details and the statistics We first looked at the work of Stuart Attwell on the pitch way back in 2012, …
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Use more players, get fewer cards: the tactic that separates two clubs from the rest How referee bias works: the details and the statistics Arsenal play away at Newcastle on Saturday evening (UK time) so we will take our regular look at the defensive figures. We’ve now got the yellow card numbers …
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How referee bias works: the details and the statistics We now know the top 4 for the end of the season: or do we? by Bulldog Drummond In 2003/4 Arsenal were knocked out of the League Cup by Middlesbrough. It was significant because Middlesbrough went on to win the League Cup that season. …
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