Untold Arsenal: Supporting the club, the manager and the team
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Criticism of referees is growing, but still nothing is done about it. By Tony Attwood Read most newspaper comments, or listen to most radio or TV commentaries, and you will see or hear a disproportionate level of negativity in those reports (unless they are reports written about the media’s favourite clubs – and …
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By Tony Attwood Another week, another reason for Arsenal to collapse and vanish from the title, FA Cup and Champions League competitions, if not without a trace, then at least without any thought of Arsenal ever being serious competitors. The latest approach is summarised in the article The ghost of April’s past: …
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How did Arsenal collapse so quickly after the first double of 1971 100 seasons in the top division: 1971/2 and 1972/3 By Tony Attwood ‘“A Tottenham fan is not just supporting a club, he is entering a long-term relationship with hope deprivation, public humiliation and the occasional burst of beauty designed purely to …
By Tony Attwood Just because football journalists are ignorant that doesn’t mean Arsenal supporters are stupid As expected, the media revelled in Arsenal’s defeat yesterday, ignoring the fact that, by and large, we have three more trophies still to play for. Manchester City were better than we have seen them for a very long …
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Arsenal’s injuries ahead of the league cup final Arsenal v Manchester City and a referee with an “interesting” view of fouls and cards By Tony Attwood There is a general view in the media that Arsenal need to win the League Cup because Arteta has only won one trophy with Arsenal – …
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Arsenal v Manchester City and a referee with an “interesting” view of fouls and cards Arsenal v Manchester City: how the two clubs have been doing of late By Tony Attwood It is interesting that a number of fairly important statistics relating to Premier League football are either never looked at by the …
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By Tony Attwood Arsenal v Manchester City: how the two clubs have been doing of late Just because football journalists are ignorant that doesn’t mean Arsenal The referee for this game is Peter Bankes. This referee is at or very near the top of the refereeing charts for seeing fouls, handing out penalties and …
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Just because football journalists are ignorant that doesn’t mean Arsenal supporters are stupid How far is the war in the middle east affecting Machester City? By Tony Attwood Before each match, we tend to publish a league table showing the position of one team in terms of home games and the other in terms …
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How far is the war in the middle east affecting Machester City? It seems that the media is largely in favour of Manchester C to win the Cup By Tony Attwood There is something particular about Arsenal that some football supporters really don’t like at the moment. While most clubs have adopted a …
It seems that the media is largely in favour of Manchester C to win the Cup Playing ManC this weekend makes us think of money. And the four year old legal case Manchester City and their problem with “dips” With football we are being misled: but by whom, and why? By Tony Attwood This …
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Playing ManC this weekend makes us think of money. And the four year old legal case Manchester City and their problem with “dips” By Tony Attwood There can be little doubt that the bulk of the media and the majority of fans of teams other than the two at Wembley on Sudnay, want …
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Manchester City and their problem with “dips” With football, we are being misled: but by whom, and why? By Tony Attwood As you will know if you have been paying attention, Manchester City face 115 charges against them, brought, in effect, by their fellow clubs in the Prem,ier League. Nothing has happened in …
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With football we are being misled: but by whom, and why? Arsenal: the magic of turning draws into victories By Tony Attwood Go back to the early days of this decade, and you would be excused for saying that, unlike other clubs, Manchester City didn’t have “dips.” Now, if you are a regular …
Arsenal: the magic of turning draws into victories Sometimes tArsenal journalists have only as much idea as I do. By Tony Attwood There is a fascinating headline in the Guardian which, when combined with the opening to the following paragraph, really made me think that someone at the Guardian is getting the hang of …
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By Tony Attwood Why we should encourage talk that Arsenal cheated their way to the top For many years, as long as I can remember, in fact, it has seemed that football journalists take their position to be one in which they are able to point out the mistakes football managers and their …
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Downman negatives and positives, and our man’s time at Leverkusen The issue with the growth of club groups that owners dare not mention By Tony Attwood “The suffocating tension at Arsenal” was recently pronounced by a number of websites, but I have to say most of my pals and I are not suffering but …
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The issue with the growth of club groups that owners dare not mention Arsenal players’ goals per game figures By Tony Attwood It is difficult to get much Arsenal news today aside from tales of Max Dowman (any minute now we expect a detailed interview with a publican who reports that underage Max …
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Arsenal players’ goals per game figures Arsenal v Leverkusen, tuesday at 8pm. How the opposition are doing By Tony Attwood Football is always engaged in some sort of new adventure, ranging from someone who knows nothing about football buying a club to get a bit of local popularity, through someone having the bright idea …
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Arsenal v Leverkusen, tuesday at 8pm. How the opposition are doing Why we should encourage the talk that Arsenal have cheated their way to the top By Tony Attwood Arsenal have played Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League on three occasions – twice in 2002 and once just recently on 11 March. The first …
Why we should encourage the talk that Arsenal have cheated their way to the top Max on the rise as the neighbours sink down and down By Tony Attwood And so the football moves along much as expected. Arsenal are now nine points clear of ManC who have a game in hand. Arsenal also …
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Max on the rise as the neighbours sink down and down By Tony Attwood Since 2020, Tottenham have had nine head coaches, and as a result, they are one point above relegation. I am quiite getting to like Igor Tudor, the latest interim Tottenham man. For it seems he has told his players …
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Are English clubs really exhausted before they take on Europe? By Tony Attwood There was a comment from Walter yesterday that, to me summed everything up, along the lines of, “What will they have to moan about now?” And yes for football journalists and their ultra negative editors, that must be the problem. …
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By Tony Attwood Arsenal v Everton: the referee, fouls and the king of the yellow cards Arsenal v Everton. Saturday at 5.30. Everton’s problems explored. So now, for all the talk of Arsenal coming off the rails, it has been five wins and two draws in the last seven league games for Arsenal, …
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by Tony Attwood Arsenal v Everton: the referee, fouls and the king of the yellow cards Arsenal v Everton. Saturday at 5.30. Everton’s problems explored. The constant criticism of Arsenal seems to have run a bit off course. We had all that talk about “their apparent dependency on set-pieces, earning them the nickname …
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Arsenal v Everton. Saturday at 5.30. Everton’s problems explored. Are English clubs really exhausted before they take on Europe? By Tony Attwood The referee for this game is Andy Madley. Here are his details for this season in comparison with other referees and linespeople. Referee GamES Fouls pg Fouls/Tackles Pen pg Yel …
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