By Tony Attwood Chelsea v Arsenal in the league cup. Who is best prepared? Chelsea v Arsenal: why Arsenal need to be very careful in front of this referee So after all the huffing and puffing and multiple rumours, we end up with the news at the end of the transfer window that Arsenal have …
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By Tony Attwood Team P W D L F A GD Pts 1 Arsenal 24 16 5 3 46 17 29 53 2 Manchester City 24 14 5 5 49 23 26 47 3 Aston Villa 24 14 4 6 35 26 9 46 4 Manchester United 24 11 8 5 44 36 …
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How Arsenal so dramatically turned the tide on Chelsea across the years By Tony Attwood A quick look at Chelsea’s upcoming fixtures reveals instantly why in the Chelsea camp there is not particular worry about the upcoming League Cup semi-final, for without any fear of injuries keeping players out of subsequent games, their …
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Tottenham do Arsenal a gigantic favour right at the end What a wonderful transformation: Arsenal respond 100% And the latest from the History of Arsenal: 100 seasons in the top division. The rebirth of Arsenal 1967-68 By Tony Attwood Yes indeed, as correspondents reported yesterday, Arsenal are the first ever FIFA Women’s Champions …
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transformation: Arsenal respond 100% Arsenal: the team… and whose fault will it be if Arsenal don’t win? By Tony Attwood Tottenham are in a bit of a quandary. For billions of pounds they have built themselves a new stadium with all sorts of whizzo effects and arrangements, which for the life of me …
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Slowly, very slowly, Uefa is making football slightly more balanced and equal And how we got a prediction right: Leeds v Arsenal – and for once it is not on TV, but it could be goals a plenty By Tony Attwood “Arsenal get back on track” says the Guardian. A modest response, …
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Emotionally and physically Arsenal need to beat Leeds United Arsenal injuries, and how the club compares with the rest of the league. And from the Arsenal History Society 100 seasons in the top division. The rebirth of Arsenal 1967-68 By Tony Attwood When we think back to the Unbeaten Season – one of …
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Arsenal injuries, and how the club compares with the rest of the league. Leeds v Arsenal, the referee is Stuart Attwell and the case of home advantage By Tony Attwood A quick check of the records shows that Arsenal have lost one match in the last 14, but of course data can …
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Leeds v Arsenal and the referee is Stuart Attwell and the case of home advantage Leeds v Arsenal – and for once it is not on TV, but it could be goals a plenty By Tony Attwood Arsenal are currently sitting on three injuries, Dowman, Saliba and Timber, and those last …
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By Tony Attwood Elsewhere: 100 years in the top division. The end of Swindin; the awful tenure of Wright And on Untold Arsenal… Leeds v Arsenal – and for once it is not on TV, but it could be goals a plenty Slowly, very slowly, Uefa is making football slightly more balanced and …
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Slowly, very slowly, Uefa is making football slightly more balanced and equal In football, the world has turned in England’s favour, as Arsenal top the Champions League By Tony Attwood I know it all sounds a bit weird in these days of multiple games being played at once and all shown on TV …
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By Tony Attwood In football, the world has turned in England’s favour, as Arsenal top the Champions League Arsenal’s return to the Champions League, with finishing top of the league the aim So the excitement has died down a bit, we’ve slightly caught up on sleep, and upon awakening we find that yes, …
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Why are Tottenham struggling so much How Arsenal is being undermined from without By Tony Attwood Last season, in the eight matches played in the mini-legue from within the Champions League, Arsenal came third with six wins, one draw and one defeat. At the top was Liverpool with seven wins and a defeat. …
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By Tony Attwood Arsenal v Kairat Almaty: anything but a win would be an almighty shock Arsenal’s return to the Champions League, with finishing top of the league the aim Kairat are from the city of Almaty in south-eastern Kazakhstan, around 200 miles from the Chinese border and more than 3,400 miles from London. …
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By Tony Attwood Arsenal’s return to the Champions League, with finishing top of the league the aim How Arsenal is being undermined from without It is difficult to imagine a much greater contrast than we can see between Arsenal’s last three games and the match today. Arsenal beat Internationale 1-3 away in the Champions …
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By Tony Attwood Why are Tottenham struggling so much How Arsenal is being undermined from without Last season, as we have noticed, our opponents in the final Champions League round of matches, won their domestic league. The are Kairat and we can speak of them winning their domestic league last season because it …
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How Arsenal is being undermined from without How West Ham’s stadium is costing all Londoners quite a lot of cash By Tony Attwood In my last article, I raised the point that there appears to be a serious effort being made to undermine Arsenal’s confidence. And it appears that no wins in the …
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How West Ham’s stadium is costing all Londoners quite a lot of cash Despite yesterday, there are still reasons for this Arsenal supporter to smile. By Tony Attwood Undermining confidence is a common psychological trick. It is used in personal relationships, in politics, in business, in the classroom, in politics, in family life …
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Despite yesterday, there are still reasons for this Arsenal supporter to smile. Looking in detail at Man U away games, and the team for this afternoon By Tony Attwood The story about West Ham’s move from Upton Park to the so-called London Stadium has been covered step by step on this site, …
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The referee is Craig Pawson and the issue of referee variance By Tony Attwood 12 games without a defeat, and then we lose one. Yes, if someone had said we might be in that situation, and top of the league, across the end of 2025 and start of 2026, I’d have said it …
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All one can say is that today’s referee’s figures are utterly ridiculous The referee today is Craig Pawson and the issue of referee variance By Tony Attwood In the table below, which I have introduced here for the first time (since I only just thought of it), I have taken today’s opposition’s last …
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The referee today is Craig Pawson and the issue of referee variance How Arsenal use the team game to baffle everyone else By Tony Attwood This morning’s football headlines from the Guardian website have two leads that particularly caught my attention Slot says Liverpool ‘ran out of energy’ in defeat at Bournemouth and Thomas …
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By Tony Attwood The way in which different PL referees give out yellow cards at different rates is one of the craziest aspects of modern-day refereeing under the “guidance” (I use the word lightly) of PGMOL. The table below shows the incredible variety in the number of yellow cards handed out per …
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By Tony Attwood Arsenal are top because they are bucking the trend 10 ways to harm a football club: a lesson from down the Lane Arsenal, as you may know, are undefeated in the last dozen games. Ten have been victories, and two were draws. In their last dozen games, Manchester United …
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10 way to harm a football club: a lesson from down the Lane There are signs that football is about to go into financial decline By Tony Attwood With Arsenal top of the league and the media’s favourites languishing a bit behind, it is not surprising that we have seen suggestions in the media …
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