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A win today takes Arsenal to second, as Arsenal get to the 13 point marker Arsenal injuries, and the referee who never oversees a home win!!! Arsenal v Ipswich Town. There have been times when Ipswich has consistenly outplayed Arsenal. Has Saka been overplayed or is he just indispensible like other world class …
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Arsenal injuries, and the referee who never oversees a home win!!! Arsenal v Ipswich Town. There have been times when Ipswich has consistently outplayed Arsenal. Has Saka been overplayed or is he just indispensible like other world-class players? How the last six games really show which clubs are up and which are sinking …
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Arsenal v Ipswich Town. There have been times when Ipswich has consistenly outplayed Arsenal. Has Saka been overplayed or is he just indispensible like other world class players? By Bulldog Drummond Referee data for this article comes from WhoScored. Arsenal’s injury list is not looking that good. Ben White, Bukayo Saka, Raheem Sterling, …
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By Bulldog Drummond Look at the current league table and the difference between Arsenal and Ipswich before the game to be played on 27th Deember is quite stark… Team P W D L F A GD Pts 3 Arsenal 17 9 6 2 34 16 18 33 19 Ipswich Town 17 2 …
How the last six games really show which clubs are up and which are sinking What lies behind Man City’s Premier League Capitulation? By Nitram Even before Arteta announced that Saka would be out for ‘many weeks’ with his hamstring injury, I saw one headline from Goal.com claiming that Arsenal had FAILED …
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What lies behind Man City’s Premier League Capitulation? Arsenal has the best defence in the league – and an attack that is sparkling too By Tony Attwood The media tend to make very little (if anything at all) of the Last Six Games table, instead just occasionally quoting an individual club’s recent rise …
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Arsenal has the best defence in the league – and an attack that is sparkling too Looking back at chants from years gone by By Nitram There’s a big article in football365 today exploring the reasons why Manchester City have suddenly had this massive downturn in form. The reasons range from the FFP …
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Looking back at chants from years gone by Arsenal’s sudden return to form really could mean it is still all to play for By Tony Attwood It is not too often noted but Arsenal have the best defence in the league – and that despite the injuries that the club has faced this …
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Arsenal’s sudden return to form really could mean it is still all to play for By Tony Attwood If you are a regular reader you’ll know we have had a host of technical foul-ups of late. I won’t bore you with the details but to try and resolve this I’ve had to delete lots …
By Tony Attwood Technical notes: Well, we have managed to get the site back up and running, but at the cost of losing a number of posts. But let’s see if we can keep this one up and dated in the right way! There was a run of Arsenal matches last season which most …
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After 16 games shouldn’t Arsenal be doing better than this? Crystal Palace v Arsenal: the referee and how he is likely to behave The team news from Arsenal appears to be positive, in that it seems that the minor injury that took Declan Rice off the pitch was indeed minor and he is …
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Crystal Palace v Arsenal: the referee and how he is likely to behave How Arsenal have got the best players but get the worst media coverage By Tony Attwood An article in the Telegraph says “Five years of Mikel Arteta have transformed Arsenal – but he must now win Premier League “Manager has turned team …
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How Arsenal have got the best players but get the worst media coverage 70 percent possession, 100 percent of the goals. Arsenal saunter through By Bulldog Dummond The Referee for Saturday’s game is Simon Hooper. His assistants are Adrian Holmes, and Simon Long is the Fourth official: Oli Langford. VAR is being run …
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70 percent possession, 100 percent of the goals. Arsenal saunter through By Tony Attwood There was a comment recently on this site from Nittram that I thought was so very apposite, and I’d like to re-use it here: Writing of the media and I guess bloggers too he said “Winning ‘trophies’ is all …
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Fifa warns the FA: Shut up or be thrown out of the world cup In football, a lack of information doesn’t stop confident decisions and opinions By Tony Attwood The curious fact that Arsenal are playing Crystal Palace twice in four days takes the very, very much older supporters back to the days …
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Fifa warns the FA: Shut up or be thrown out of the world cup In football, a lack of information doesn’t stop confident decisions and opinions Just published in the 100 Years of Chapman series: 100 years of Chapman, part 12: what made him such an amazing manager By Tony Attwood Of course …
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Just published: 100 years since Chapman joined Arsenal. Part 12: What made him such an amazing manager In football, a lack of information doesn’t stop confident decisions and opinions Arsenal v Monaco: being gruntled rather than disgruntled By Sir Hardly Anyone I’ve just come across an article which claims that after the drawn …
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In football, a lack of information doesn’t stop confident decisions and opinions Arsenal v Monaco: being gruntled rather than disgruntled Fifa, that most appalling of football organisations has warned the FA that if it raises any complaints about Saudi Arabia hosting the 2034 World Cup it is likely to be thrown out of the …
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Arsenal v Lyon: being gruntled rather than disgruntled, and Lyon A disappointment, but there could be good news to come. Not knowing and not having the data that can help us know, is no deterrent when it comes to telling other people what to do and how to do it. That would …
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By Sir Hardly Anyone As you may have noticed, Untold went down yet again. Whether it is a deliberate attack by someone we’ve insulted or some technical fault that is really hard to trace, I don’t know. But as ever we’ve continued to publish our words of wisdom on the Arsenal History website …
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As you may have seen Untold went down again this morning. We are trying to deal with this situation and I can only apologise. In keeping with our arrangements, this morning’s article was published on www.blog.woolwicharsenal.co.uk and this will always happen when we have these incidents, until we find a way of defending …
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Arsenal see off Man U with a greater understanding of how the game works Football in England is policed by football clubs and a secret cabal. by Tony Attwood Between 2007 and 2014, an average of 32 direct free-kicks were turned into goals each season, “but in 2023/24 only 11 direct free-kicks found …
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Apologies for the delay with the site being down. Here’s the article that was due for release at around 8am. I really am sorry for the number of times this site has gone down this year, and we are trying to fix this, but please do note if the site is down for more …
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Arsenal v Man U: the team that loves playing at home v the team that does not like travelling “GABRIEL hinted he WILL be fit to face Manchester United on Wednesday — despite an injury concern.” So says The Sun,. always ready to use a capital letter where it is not needed. …
Football in England is policed by football clubs and a secret cabal. Is that such a bad thing? Is the gap to Liverpool too big to overtake? History suggests no, it isn’t. By Bulldog Drummond So we play ManU tomorrow, and then again in the FA Cup third round. Elsewhere given their …
