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2022/23 Women’s FA Cup – Arsenal Women v Leeds United. Match Preview By Tony Attwood This article, which I suspect will turn out to be the start of a series, is about the way football is reported, why the way it is reported in the UK is biased, and how this biased reporting …
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Does spending on transfers automatically bring success? Arsenal compared to the rest. No club is too big to fail, as lessons from Italy and Spain are starting to reveal By Tony Attwood Although we don’t know the financial data for 2021/22 yet, it looks like the 20 Premier League clubs will between them …
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Arsenal’s 25 man squad – is it already full? Arsenal Transfers: 329 reports covering 62 players all coming to AFC (allegedly) How spending a fortune on transfers is not always a good idea. By Tony Attwood So now we know. A largely reserve side including Matt Turner, Rob Holding, Takehiro Tomiyasu, Kieran …
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Manchester City v Arsenal – tonight’s game Arsenal, the referee and the FA Cup Arsenal – the monster Manchester City created – according to reports. Manchester City v Arsenal: The Big 7 Stats, and comparisons of the last 6 games Manchester City v Arsenal: surprising statistics and a result prediction Has Arsenal caught up …
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Arsenal – the “monster” Manchester City created (according to reports) Manchester City v Arsenal: The Big 7 Stats, and comparisons of the last 6 games Manchester City v Arsenal: surprising statistics and a result prediction Manchester City v Arsenal: the referee and the FA Cup by Nitram I think the answer to both …
Manchester City v Arsenal – the FA Cup Arsenal – the monster Manchester City created – according to reports. Manchester City v Arsenal: The Big 7 Stats, and comparisons of the last 6 games Manchester City v Arsenal: surprising statistics and a result prediction The referee for tonight’s game is Paul Tierney – …
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The Arsenal juggernaut rolls on Manchester City v Arsenal: The Big 7 Stats, and comparisons of the last 6 games Manchester City v Arsenal: surprising statistics and a result prediction Details of our recent series and latest articles can be found on the home page. By Bulldog Drummond The constant theme of the …
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Man City v Arsenal: against the other top clubs Manchester City v Arsenal: surprising statistics and a result prediction One of the ways to look forward to the Manchester City v Arsenal game is to consider the way the two clubs have played against other members of the Big Seven (the old big …
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Arsenal’s 25 man squad – is it already full? Yet another example of the way the media tries to put down Arsenal Arsenal and Man C compared this season By Bulldog Drummond The top team in the away games league table is Arsenal. The top team in the home games league table …
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Yet another example of the way the media tries to put down Arsenal The figures from Arsenal v Man U are utterly extraordinary, and misleading By Tony Attwood Has the media miscounted the 25 man squad? “Arteta facing Europa League squad problem to make room for new Arsenal signings” is a story that …
How the media is attacking Arsenal The Continental Tyres Cup 2022/23 quarter finals: Arsenal v Villa When Arsenal lose they sneer, and when they win they sneer even more By Tony Attwood There was an article in the Daily Mail recently in the build-up to the Manchester United home game, which included the …
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The media against Arsenal FC The media won’t apologise By Sir Hardly Anyone On 15 December 2021 Arsenal were 15th in the table. Now, a little over two years later, well, you know where they are. That rise of 14 places across a period of just over two years is extraordinary, and …
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WSL roundup following a chaotic weekend for Arsenal… and others Tottenham’s managing director of football banned, Man Utd losses out of control By Sir Hardly Anyone So far this season Arsenal have brought in… Player From Cost Gabriel Jesus Manchester City €52.20m Fábio Vieira FC Porto €35.00m Oleksandr Zinchenko Manchester City €35.00m Jakub …
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Why football needs an independent regulator now By Tony Attwood The Guardian is carrying the story that “Tottenham have concerns” that Fabio Paratici, their managing director of football, will be banned from football worldwide as his previous employer Juventus have had 15 points deducted from their current league total, leaving them languishing in 10th position. …
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The figures from Arsenal v Man U are utterly extraordinary, and misleading By Tony Attwood “Arsenal banish poisonous issue as Man Utd win underlines Mikel Arteta’s biggest achievement” That is a headline in the Mirror today. And one might well ask “What poisonous issue?” Is that the poisonous issue created by the Mirror who …
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Arsenal v Manchester United. So what did we learn? The media won’t apologise by Tony Attwood One of the most extraordinary things about football in England is that we are given a mountain of data and statistics about the game in general and each game in particular, but no one ever says why these …
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Arsenal v Manchester United; a game that is not just like old times Arsenal v Man U: the home/away form and an equal recent record Arsenal’s new signing and preparing for the Manchester United game. By Tony Attwood Obviously we learned that Manchester United are really not quite as good as the media …
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By Bulldog Drummond In the previous articles: Arsenal v Manchester United: the tackles, the fouls and the yellow cards Arsenal v Manchester United; a game that is not just like old times Arsenal v Man U: the home/away form and an equal recent record Arsenal’s new signing and preparing for the Manchester United …
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The Sunday games Arsenal v Manchester United; a game that is not just like old times Arsenal v Man U: the home/away form and an equal recent record Arsenal’s new signing and preparing for the Manchester United game. Brighton V Arsenal Women Sunday 22 January – The Match Preview When we look at …
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Arsenal v Man U: the home/away form and an equal recent record Arsenal’s new signing and preparing for the Manchester United game. By Bulldog Drummond One of the more curious things about today’s game between Arsenal and Manchester United is that in the predictions made by newspaper columnists last summer neither of these …
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By Bulldog Drummond Arsenal’s new signing and preparing for the Manchester United game. And so onto the usual home / away analysis for the Manchester United game – something still unique to Untold I think, although it proves to be a very good aid to forecasting Team P W D L F …
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By Tony Attwood It appears that we are signing Jakub Kiwior from Spezia, who is a 22-year-old, who joined the Serie A side in August 2021 and is now joining Arsenal for more than €20m including the inevitable add-ons. Jakub also plays for the Polish national team. It is an interesting transfer in that Spezia …
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The richest clubs are in the Premier League, and many have unimaginable debts By Nitram The thing is, and it is what I have been saying for years and years, winning the PL in particular and trophies in general, is all about medium and long-term spending. I don’t mean the occasional splurge, …
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Another day another Fifa corruption scandal (but don’t tell the English media) By Tony Attwood “Deloitte reveal more than half of world’s 20 richest clubs are in Premier League”. That is the headline in the Guardian. According to the article, more than half of the world’s 20 richest clubs are in the Premier …
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Why do some clubs have their players fouled so much more than others? By Tony Attwood In many ways it would appear that Tottenham Hotspur should be doing better than they are. Every major newspaper and virtually all the major online football sites predicted that Tottenham would finish in the top four this season …
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