Untold Arsenal: Supporting the club, the manager and the team
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The problem with referees is not the refs: it is PGMOL At last the proof: it is Arsenal that is constantly hit by bad VAR decisions By Tony Attwood Yesterday we opened with the headline “PGMOL is bleeding money”. And we went on to point out that the referees’ association now has massive debts …
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At last the proof: it is Arsenal that is constantly hit by bad VAR decisions What changes are needed for Arsenal in the future? By Tony Attwood “PGMOL is bleeding money”. That is the official story of Professional Game Match Officials Ltd and it is dutifully reproduced in the Daily Telegraph today. …
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What changes are needed for Arsenal in the future? You know something’s wrong when pundit quotes pundit. By Tony Attwood There are times when the statements of players and managers – (or is it the alleged statements of players and managers?) are so blindingly obvious that one can’t actually believe they have …
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A bland banner: Arsenal’s PR reaches a new low Why are Tottenham so much better at home than away? By Tony Attwood We are told that Mikel Arteta was frustrated and angry. Pretty much at one with the crowd then, although he called it “a bad feeling in the tummy”. Although …
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by Tony Attwood You know something’s wrong when pundit quotes pundit. AFC v Bournemouth Arsenal v Bournemouth: the utterly shocking reality of refereeing in the PL this season Arsenal v Bournemouth: the old Arsenal problem – where will the goals come from? Arsenal v Bournemouth: commands from the people who say they know …
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Arsenal v Bournemouth: the utterly shocking reality of refereeing in the PL this season Arsenal v Bournemouth: the old Arsenal problem – where will the goals come from? Arsenal v Bournemouth: commands from the people who say they know By Tony Attwood I’m not even going to start quoting a pundit quoting a …
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Arsenal v Bournemouth: the old Arsenal problem – where will the goals come from? Arsenal v Bournemouth: commands from the people who say they know By Tony Attwood This article contains a shocking fact. It is in the final paragraph. But I know you might find my style of writing tedious and/or …
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By Tony Attwood Arsenal v Bournemouth: commands from the people who say they know A bland banner erected because of time shortage… Arsenal’s PR reaches a new low So Arsenal v Bournemouth comes at a time when Bournemouth are in a bad run. What’s more they are also not so good away …
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A bland banner erected because of time shortage… Arsenal’s PR reaches a new low Why are Tottenham so much better at home than away? By Tony Attwood For years, for decades even, football journalists have told managers how to do their job. By and large the managers have put up with such nonsense, …
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Why are Tottenham so much better at home than away? Arsenal’s defeat, the calls for new players and the PSR rules By Tony Attwood Football is no longer about playing and winning matches. Now it seems it is about the club telling the fans how they should support and what sort of banner …
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Arsenal’s defeat, the calls for new players and the PSR rules Revealed: how PSG are funding their attempt to buy the Champions League By Tony Attwood Before the Copa del Rey final between Real Madrid and Barcelona the referee and the assistant referees sat in front of the media, just as club managers …
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100 years since the arrival of Chapman: Chapman’s first season at Arsenal: the changes he made What steps can Arsenal take to win the League next season? By Tony Attwood Arsenal last night had four players missing from the team that beat PSG earlier in the season. These were Riccardo Calafiori, Gabriel, Thomas Partey and …
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Arsenal v PSG – a club built on money, money, money and then… money Revealed: how PSG are funding their attempt to buy the Champions League By Tony Attwood Of course, it can be argued that football is an industry that is all about debt, and that is true, but it has …
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Revealed: how PSG are funding their attempt to buy the Champions League What steps can Arsenal take to win the League next season? By Tony Attwood The total market value of PSG players according to TransferMarkt is €923.50m. The club second in the French top division at the moment has a squad valued by …
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What steps can Arsenal take to win the League next season? The Premier League is wallowing in incompetence and illegality By Tony Attwood What is the link between PSG and Arsenal? Easy: they both have “Visit Rwanda” on their shirt sleeves. Otherwise, well, we know that there is something dodgy about …
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By Jack Beam When Declan Rice traded West Ham for pastures new at Arsenal, it certainly raised a few eyebrows. Despite the academy graduate’s stellar performances for the Hammers in their first UEFA Europa Conference League title win, his July 2023 move to Arsenal was deemed a gamble by some. Fast forward to today, …
The Premier League is wallowing in incompetence and illegality PSG are starting to show their nerves – which could help Arsenal By Tony Attwood To answer the question in the headline I’m going to ask another. Just how good – or bad – have Arsenal been in the second half of this season? …
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PSG are starting to show their nerves – which could help Arsenal How Jamie Carragher made fools of everyone with his gibberish statistics By Tony Attwood In a weekend when the media are falling over themselves to praise Liverpool it is perhaps not surprising that little has been made of the fact …
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What Arsenal are lacking and what Tottenham are lacking. How Jamie Carragher made fools of everyone with his gibberish statistics Sorry for the late arrival of this post – we had a technical hitch, now hopefully resolved. By Tony Attwood While we are used to football clubs tracing their origins from the 19th …
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With football, history don’t mean a thing. Until we point out the lunacies Football’s insanity: sacking managers over and over again By Tony Attwood Yesterday in Football 365 there was a piece that included the comment, “From where I’m sitting, Arsenal need three forwards (upgrades on Saka, Jesus, and Martinelli) and two midfielders …
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How Jamie Carragher made fools of everyone with his gibberish statistics With football, history don’t mean a thing. Until we point out the lunacies By Tony Attwood Nicolas Jover was appointed as set-piece coach for Arsenal in the summer of 2021. Since then Arsenal have scored more goals from corners (55) and set-pieces …
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Football’s insanity: sacking managers over and over again Secrecy still dominates why and how yellow cards are given out By Tony Attwood Liverpool will win the league this season, that is for sure. What is less sure is how many people realise just how modest Liverpool have been in the 21st century (which you …
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Secrecy still dominates why and how yellow cards are given out For Arsenal a draw was predicted, but even so it was disappointing by Tony Attwood The Football Observatory recently published a piece on the lifespan of a club coach . In essence, how long the average coach or manager of a football …
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For Arsenal a draw was predicted, but even so it was disappointing Visit Tottenham. It’s safer than Rwanda (which backs the war in DR Congo) By Tony Attwood In terms of yellow cards awarded against the teams this season, Arsenal are in 16th position with 60 cards. Only four clubs have got …
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By Tony Attwood Arsenal v Palace: could this referee be looking for a draw? As we said in the preview to last night’s match, “the biggest problem for Arsenal with this referee is that he prefers away wins to home wins. 45.5% of his matches have been home wins but 54.5% of …
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