Is there an Arsenal crisis or is it just a media crisis?

    Chelsea v Arsenal: just how many times do we have to have Michael Oliver Untold hacks into Sun’s super computer and predicts battery failure Chelsea v Arsenal on Sunday: how the form books predict it By Tony Attwood There is a story in the world of newspapers in which the Sports Editor walks …

Chelsea v Arsenal: just how many times do we have to have Michael Oliver

    Does the referee affect the result? Untold hacks into Sun’s super computer and predicts battery failure Chelsea v Arsenal on Sunday: how the form books predict it By Bulldog Drummond I thought it might be interesting to see how many times Michael Oliver has overseen an Arsenal match in this year.  And the …

Untold hacks into Sun’s super computer and predicts battery failure

  Chelsea v Arsenal on Sunday: how the form books predict it Football has been utterly ruined, and it is time to fight back By Tony Attwood As you may know, the identity and location of the Sun’s oft quoted supercomputer is totally secret.  Week after week, month after month, and indeed year after year, …

Chelsea v Arsenal on Sunday: how the form books predict it

    Maybe there is something that clubs can do to change football for the better Football has been utterly ruined, and it is time to fight back By Bulldog Drummond It’s Chelsea away on Sunday at 4.30 pm., and the home and away comparison for the two teams this season makes them appear quite …

Maybe there is something that clubs can do to change football for the better

    Prelim: Summer 2025 will be the 100th anniversary of the arrival of Herbert Chapman at Arsenal, and to commemorate this we are publishing a series on Chpaman, and how the most unlikely transfer of a manager ever, actually happened.   You can follow it on the Arsenal History Society website, with the latest article …

Exploring Different Strategies for Predicting Arsenal Matches

    Arsenal are one of the most storied and successful clubs in the world, boasting a rich history and heritage. What’s more, the Gunners also have a giant fanbase around the world with supporters tracking the fortunes of the club each matchday. While thousands pack into the Emirates Stadium, millions more tune into live …

Football has been utterly ruined, and it is time to fight back

    Arsenal’s end of the current downturn is there for them to grasp Ødegaard’s return certainly will help, but we seem to have too many players… By Tony Attwood with the help of a passing high horse. Read the blogs, read the news websites, listen to the football on stations like Radio 5 or …

Arsenal’s end of the current downturn is there for them to grasp

    Ødegaard’s return certainly will help, but we seem to have too many players… That double edged sword heads Arsenal’s way; By Tony Attwood Looking at the way Arsenal’s results have gone over the years, I have, in past commentaries, noted that Arsenal are constantly subjected to the Wave Effect.  In essence, this sees …

Ødegaard’s return certainly will help, but we seem to have too many players…

      On the Arsenal History Society website:Chapman Part 7: Success at Huddersfleld, concern at Arsenal On Untold Arsenal: That double edged sword heads Arsenal’s way; pompous balderdash on the loose once more Edu to Forest, just as we were noting their figures were misleading By Tony Attwood What is Arsenal’s problem?  Bad tactics?  …

That double edged sword heads Arsenal’s way; pompous balderdash on the loose once more

    By Tony Attwood Inter v Arsenal tonight: the team Inter Milan v Arsenal: the Champions League mess, rising fast, and past results Journalists write negatively about most clubs.  Their prime aim is to fulfil their contractual obligations by writing about football , even when there is nothing to write about that they are …

Inter v Arsenal tonight: the team

    Inter Milan v Arsenal: the Champions League mess, rising fast, and past results Inter v Arsenal: 8pm, 6 November. This looks tough.       90 Min offer us a team of Raya White Saliba Gabriel Timeber Partey Rice Havertz Saka Jesus Martinelli Which means Odegaard might be on the bench, or might …

Inter Milan v Arsenal: the Champions League mess, rising fast, and past results

  By Tony Attwood Inter v Arsenal: 8pm, 6 November. This looks tough. Edu to Forest, just as we were noting their figures were misleading One of the issues that frustrates me occasionally with being an Arsenal supporter is that although many fans, – and indeed perhaps most fans – know about many of the …

Inter v Arsenal: 8pm, 6 November. This looks tough.

      By Bulldog Drummond Edu to Forest, just as we were noting their figures were misleading Arsenal, injuries, and the curious rise of the Forest As things stand Arsenal are outside the magical top eight in the extended Champions League chart – but only just and indeed only because one game was drawn.  …

Edu to Forest, just as we were noting their figures were misleading

  Next season is the 100th anniversary of the arrival of Herbert Chapman at Arsenal and we are running a series of articles looking at how Arsenal managed to secure him and what he achieved at the club.  You can follow the series here. Arsenal, injuries, and the curious rise of the Forest By Tony …

Arsenal, injuries, and the curious rise of the Forest

    The latest episdoe in our series commemorating 100 years since Herbert Chapman arrived at Arsenal is now published: Chapman: success at Huddersfield, and concern at Arsenal You can read the whole series from the start with  Taking over from failure —————- Meanwhile on Untold Arsenal Arsenal in decline… or is this not just …

Arsenal in decline… or is this not just a re-run of recent seasons?

  It’s time to force the mainstream football media into retreat By Tony Attwood In the worst case scenario when Aston Villa and Chelsea have played their games in hand Arsenal could sink down to sixth.   Villa are away to Tottenham and Chelsea are away to Manchester United with a new load of razzamatazz at …

Newcastle v Arsenal: who wins the game depends on the referee

    By Tony Attwood Newcastle v Arsenal: team predictions, insulting comments, yellow cards and all that stuff Newcastle v Arsenal: the injuries, who returns; top and bottom of the league All the data in this article comes from Who Scored There is a huge variation between referees over the number of fouls each “sees” …

Newcastle v Arsenal: team predictions, insulting comments, yellow cards and all that stuff

    Newcastle v Arsenal on Untold Newcastle v Arsenal: the injuries, who returns; top and bottom of the league Newcastle v Arsenal: Arsenal’s tactics working well; Chelsea go yellow bonkers Newcastle United v Arsenal: and again its the issue of the officials By Bulldog Drummond According  to the Guardian Arteta was cleared of making insulting …

Newcastle v Arsenal: the injuries, who returns; top and bottom of the league

      By Bulldog Drummond Newcastle v Arsenal: Arsenal’s tactics working well; Chelsea go yellow bonkers Newcastle United v Arsenal: and again its the issue of the officials In terms of injuries noted on Premier League Injuries Arsenal are now sitting on six… Tomiyasu, Tierney and Calafiri are all seemingly completely ruled out while …

Newcastle v Arsenal: Arsenal’s tactics working well; Chelsea go yellow bonkers

    Newcastle United v Arsenal: and again its the issue of the officials It is time to force the mainstream football media into retreat By Bulldog Drummond You may have come across some chatter by ever-excitable journalists and their allies in the blogs about how dirty a team Arsenal are, and how they are …

Newcastle United v Arsenal: and again its the issue of the officials

      It is time to force the mainstream football media into retreat Arsenal v Palace coming up: the League Cup future looks bright By Bulldog Drummond I was in fact going to lead with the referee for this weekend’s match, but I see that Nitram got there before me quite rightly saying “As …

It is time to force the mainstream football media into retreat

    Arsenal v Palace coming up: the League Cup future looks bright Child abuse in football isn’t being dealt with in the new football regulator bill By Tony Attwood That there is something seriously wrong with professional football refereeing is a point agreed by many fans, but utterly and totally ignored by the media.  …

Arsenal v Palace coming up: the League Cup future looks bright

    Child abuse in football isn’t being dealt with in the new football regulator bill The bias against Arsenal is not pre-meditated. It’s far worse than that By Tony Attwood So the draw for the quarter-finals of the League Cup is known and not too bad for Arsenal… Arsenal v Crystal Palace Newcastle United …

Arsenal team for tonight’s game against Preston North End

    By Tony Attwood Arsenal young players who will be in the team tonight in the far north west Preston North End v Arsenal lots of goals and tickets from touts Preston v Arsenal; the injury recoveries, the young players, and 2 unbeaten teams The team   Setford, Timber, Saliba, Kiwior, Zinchenko,  Jorginho, Merino, …

Child abuse in football isn’t being dealt with in the new football regulator bill

    By Tony Attwood Arsenal young players who will be in the team tonight in the far north west Preston North End v Arsenal lots of goals and tickets from touts Preston v Arsenal; the injury recoveries, the young players, and 2 unbeaten teams As a writer on topics related to professional football, in …