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PGMO “errors” could lose PL billions in revenue as Europe turns away in disgust By Bulldog Drummond In terms of the last six Premier League games the league table has a somewhat unfamiliar look to it. Although with Tottenham 10th, Liverpool 13th and Chelsea 15th, this is pretty much what we would expect …
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The eternal excuse: human error. How the media sets the agenda, and helps those in authority avoid the big issues By Tony Attwood One thing is certain – whatever the enquiry into the shocking VAR error that cost Arsenal two points at the weekend says, it won’t result in any overall criticism of PGMO …
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The corruption of English football How the media sets the agenda, and helps those in authority avoid the big issues By Tony Attwood Every sunday, on the German channel Sport 1, there is a very popular talkshow which includes a referee from the Saturday games talking live about a contentious or misunderstood referee …
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The media pile into Manchester City, but where have they been all this time? Manchester City accused of over 100 breaches of Premier League financial rules As you will know, at least as you will if you are regular on this site, the English media is scoffing and sneering at the launch of the …
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Uefa increasingly look weak as European clubs propose completely new approach by Tony Attwood In the Telegraph today Matt Law, Football News Correspondent of the newspaper, who had been sitting in one of the privileged journalist seats at what is ludicrously called “The London Stadium” writes, “There comes a point when football supporters …
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Arsenal v Brentford at 3pm Arsenal v Brentford: the way history changes Arsenal have the ref who doesn’t like home teams. So what else is new? Arsenal v Brentford: Brentford get the same referee for the 16th time Arsenal v Brentford: the psychological challenge By Bulldog Drummond For the last match Arsenal’s line …
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Arsenal v Brentford Arsenal get the ref that doesn’t like home teams Arsenal v Brentford: Brentford get the same referee for the 16th time The psychological challenge Arsenal have the ref who doesn’t like home teams. So what else is new? This century Arsenal have played Brentford just four times, and one …
Arsenal v Brentford analysed Arsenal v Brentford: Brentford get the same referee for the 16th time Arsenal v Brentford: the psychological challenge By Bulldog Drummond This time we take a look at the tackles, fouls and yellow cards for Arsenal and Brentford, and then by way of comparison add in two other teams: Leeds …
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Arsenal v Brentford: the psychological challenge Some refs give home wins, some don’t. Referee: Peter Bankes Assistant referees: Edward Smart and Nick Greenhalgh Fourth official: Simon Hooper Video assistant referee: Lee Mason Additional video assistant referee: Adrian Holmes If you are a regular reader you will know our constant demand for PGMO to employ more staff, …
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Arsenal v Brentford: the home/away predictions UEFA increasingly looking weak as European clubs propose a completely new approach The Premier League action against Man City brings Super League ever closer By Bulldog Drummond “It may not have been their first loss of the season, but Arsenal’s misstep at Everton presents them with an unfamiliar …
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The final defeat of Uefa The Premier League action against Man City brings Super League ever closer What Europe knows about Man C but the English press haven’t told you By Tony Attwood Although it is not what the English media is saying, the fact is that if ever there was a business …
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By Tony Attwood We now have on the table the Premier League’s case against Manchester City. and bubbling below that, another little issue: Super League. The media recently got very excited about the fact that a judge ruled that Uefa in claiming the right to run trans-national competitions is not against competition laws. But what …
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How Man City’s problems began to arise…. nine years ago The media pile into Manchester City, but where have they been all this time? Manchester City accused of over 100 breaches of Premier League financial rules By Tony Attwood For years and years the media has stayed silent (at least in comparison with the …
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The media pile into Manchester City, but where have they been all this time? Manchester City accused of over 100 breaches of Premier League financial rules By Sir Hardly Anyone It was on 12 May 2014 – yes almost nine years ago – that Untold ran the headline Man City decides to take on …
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Manchester City: what took the media so long? By Tony Attwood It is perhaps ironic and/or possibly amusing that Manchester City have been hit with 100+ accusations of false accounting and by and large cheating their way to a series of league titles, just after Untold ran the series The real facts about football that …
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Manchester City accused of breaching financial rules By Tony Attwood La Liga complains to Uefa alleging Manchester City and PSG breach FFP As our article (linked above) from June last year shows, complaints about the behaviour of Manchester City have been flying around for a while. But now, just as we are all …
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Why do some teams always get so few yellow cards? Guardiola’s excuse for losing to Tottenham reveals the quality of Arsenal By Tony Attwood Apparently, the loss to Everton is very bad news indeed for Arsenal as it wasn’t only a defeat, but it was a defeat that allowed all the rest of the …
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In football distance makes no difference So it wasn’t so bad after all. Arsenal still five points clear with a game in hand By Tony Attwood Pep Guardiola said after his side lost to Tottenham, “Coming from Manchester to London, it’s like going to northern Europe. It’s four hours, 20 minutes to get to …
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Looking back at today’s results WSL Round Up – West Ham v Arsenal Sunday 18:45 By Tony Attwood So here we are watching West Ham v Arsenal women’s game on Sky, knowing that the league table is still as it was. Arsenal are five points ahead of Manchester City, eight above Manchester United and …
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Budiling Arsenal sustainability – at the top Yet another example of the way the media tries to put down Arsenal When Arsenal lose they sneer, and when they win they sneer even more By Tony Attwood After Arsenal’s game finished and before the rest of the weekend’s fixtures have been completed the …
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Everton v Arsenal Everton v Arsenal: Points needed for fourth, Arsenal first to 100 Everton v Arsenal this saturday lunchtime: just what are Everton playing at? Everton v Arsenal and the oddity of referee behaviour Everton v Arsenal: how this referee treats the home and away team Everton v Arsenal: extraordinary figures from the …
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Arsenal and Everton compared By Bulldog Drummond Everton v Arsenal: how this referee treats the home and away team Everton v Arsenal and the oddity of referee behaviour Everton v Arsenal this saturday lunchtime: just what are Everton playing at? Everton v Arsenal – extraordinary figures seen in the last six games table As …
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By Bulldog Drummond Everton v Arsenal: how this referee treats the home and away team Everton v Arsenal and the oddity of referee behaviour Everton v Arsenal this saturday lunchtime: just what are Everton playing at? We’ve done a lot of crowing at how we managed to predict Arsenal’s return to the higher reaches …
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Arsenal are lucky in the choice of referee Previously… Everton v Arsenal and the oddity of referee behaviour Everton v Arsenal this saturday lunchtime: just what are Everton playing at? The referee is David Coote; he is overseeing Arsenal for the second time this season. We’ve always argued that two should be the maximum …
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Arsenal commit 21% more fouls than Man City, but get 84% more yellow cards! Everton v Arsenal this saturday lunchtime: just what are Everton playing at? By Bulldog Drummond The more a club tackles, the fewer fouls per 10 tackles are awarded against it. That is the week-by-week oddity of Premier League refereeing and …
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