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3 players for every position; 3 positions for every player, and they all want to be at Arsenal Football is teetering on the edge of a financial disaster: here’s why and how By Sir Hardly Anyone There are of course two ways of writing up football transfer rumours, which make up the vast …
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How Arsenal are evolving a new set of tactics to overtake Man City What will the first three matches of the new season tell us about Arsenal? By Tony Attwood There are, of course, 20 Premier League managers. The oldest is David Moyes born in 1963. The youngest is Vincent Kimpany born in …
Why Nurnberg, and what did we learn? Football Finances By Bulldog Drummond We are used to clubs having debts. For example in their 2020 annual meeting, Real Madrid revealed that they had aggregated a debt of €901 million. Not to be outdone Barcelona’s vice-president, revealed that the club’s provisional adjusted debt now stands at over €1bn …
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Football Finances How Manchester City manage their defence in a way others can’t. Arsenal anniversaries 15 July. Wenger joins Legion d’Honneur; Martinelli’s debut By Sir Hardly Anyone It was completely clear from start to end that the match against Nurnberg was very much the first tryout of the season. And clear that a lot …
What will the first three matches of the new season tell us about Arsenal? 155 transfer reports; 44 players incoming; 22 leaving and 1 spotted at the airport By Tony Attwood As we have noted many times, most football clubs are in debt – often huge amounts of debt. That debt is …
By Tony Attwood How Arsenal are evolving a new set of tactics to overtake Man City What will the first three matches of the new season tell us about Arsenal? Arsenal’s History: Arsenal’s first ever away match excursion Last season Manchester City and Newcastle United each conceded 33 goals, which is ten goals …
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By Sir Hardly Anyone How Arsenal are evolving a new set of tactics to overtake Man City What will the first three matches of the new season tell us about Arsenal? The game will kick off at 6pm UK time, (or to put it another way 1800 BST) and all 90 minutes …
What will the first three matches of the new season tell us about Arsenal? 155 transfer reports; 44 players incoming; 22 leaving and 1 spotted at the airport Arsenal anniversaries 12 July: Caesar, Graham, Kennedy and winning the world cup By Tony Attwood In the past ten years Manchester City have …
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155 transfer reports; 44 players incoming; 22 leaving and 1 spotted at the airport Where Arsenal players sit in terms of the most valuable players in the world Arsenal anniversaries: Edu arrives, but has problems with his passport. By Tony Attwood Although it is quite possible that by the time you read …
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By Sir Hardly Anyone. Yes it has been a long old time since any scribbler dropped into the depths of spotting a player at an airport (often an unnamed airport) and from that decided that he wasn’t nipping off to meet his girlfriend’s mother, but was actually coming to Arsenal, or …
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Arsenal’s opening fixtures moved for TV and the problems Arsenal are left with Football’s fundamental problem: the lack of proper checks and balances By Tony Attwood According to Football Observatory the most valuable player in the world is Erling Haaland who is currently valued by that research site at €245.1m. But …
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Football’s fundamental problem: the lack of proper checks and balances For Arsenal moving forward it is not a case of belief: it is clearly worked out system For Arsenal it is not belief but a scientifically worked out system. Part 2 And from the anniversary files – remembering Bob McNab By Tony …
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For Arsenal moving forward it is not a case of belief: it is clearly worked out system For Arsenal it is not belief but a scientifically worked out system. Part 2 By Tony Attwood Anyone who studies any aspect of being a citizen in one of the western democratic countries learns about …
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The great Chelsea fire sale and how clubs are now manipulating FFP Arsenal to unveil Wenger statue, completing the fans’ proposal of 13 years ago By Tony Attwood I ended part one of this article with the notion that what has been going on at Arsenal is “analysis, analysis and analysis. That …
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Arsenal’s tactics: 2023/4 The great Chelsea fire sale and how clubs are now manipulating FFP Clubs begin to split from Uefa; corruption allegations against Fifa mount Arsenal to unveil Wenger statue, completing the fans’ proposal of 13 years ago By Tony Attwood A really interesting article has appeared in Just Arsenal which contains …
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Arsenal, Brazil, money Clubs begin to split from Uefa; corruption allegations against Fifa mount How did clubs benefit from the costly purchases made in January? Arsenal to unveil Wenger statue, completing the fans’ proposal of 13 years ago By Tony Attwood According to reports Chelsea, are engaged in a fairly desperate attempt to …
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How did clubs benefit from the costly purchases made in January? Why Arsenal get fouled so often and how Rice can put a stop to it Arsenal to unveil Wenger statue, completing the fans’ proposal of 13 years ago By Tony Attwood The Telegraph has awoken to the issue of the …
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Why Arsenal get fouled so often and how Rice can put a stop to it Arsenal to unveil Wenger statue, completing the fans’ proposal of 13 years ago Arsenal Anniversaries 7 July: the release of George and Merson, the signing of Koscielny According to an article in the Athletic William Saliba has signed …
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Arsenal to unveil Wenger statue, completing the fans proposal of 13 years ago How Arsenal are preparing to win the league this coming season By Tony Attwood Today seems to be the day that Rice finally signs for Arsenal (if not tomorrow, or maybe the day after or…) and so it’s a moment …
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Why are some teams consistently fouled so much more than other clubs? Arsenal ready to start buying and selling, plus Balogun and the egg timer. By Tony Attwood On December 9, 2011 Arsenal Football Club honoured a trio of Club legends by unveiling three statues outside Emirates Stadium as part of …
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Why are some teams presistently fouled so much more than other clubs? Arsenal ready to start buying and selling, plus Balogun and the egg timer. By Sir Hardly Anyone Although such tales have to be taken with a pinch of salt, it is being said virtually everywhere that Rice is about to sign for …
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Arsenal ready to start buying and selling, plus Balogun and the egg timer What is delaying the announcement of Arsenal’s signing of Rice? By Tony Attwood There is no doubt that consistency in a team can help – consistency in winning obviously means ultimately the club wins the league. Indeed if you were to …
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What is delaying the announcement of Arsenal’s signing of Rice? How Arsenal are coping with being tackled all the time Arsenal exploits home grown loophole to give flexibility over 25 player list By Sir Hardly Anyone According to the reports doing the rounds, Arsenal have only signed one player so far and that …
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How Arsenal are coping with being tackled all the time Arsenal exploits home grown loophole to give flexibility over 25 player list By Tony Attwood Breaking the record for the amount of money paid for a player may seem a bit foolish – although it can also be a work of genius, …
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Arsenal exploits home grown loophole to give flexibility over 25 player list Which clubs got away with tackling last season, and which were penalised? By Tony Attwood Back in 2014 Untold Arsenal ran a series of articles on injuries by Walter Broeckx. It was a major piece of research across 13 articles and …
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