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The development of Arsenal FC The one huge weakness in the Premier League which one day will unravel Taking a positive out of the draw with Southampton By Tony Attwood As the Telegraph recently reminded us Gary Neville last month proclaimed that Arsenal were “too emotional” as a team. They justify bringing this commentary …
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Football: the danger of not talking Taking a positive out of the draw with Southampton According to a report from Italy, and reported across much of Europe, in the Italian Serie A “dark-skinned players are punished more than others.” The study comes from researchers from North American universities. Part of the cause …
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Arsenal v Southampton: the aftermath By Tony Attwood We normally put a couple of links at the top of each article relating back to earlier pieces on a similar theme – or simply just to the last two articles, and yet nothing really comes to mind as appropriate. After such a brilliant run of …
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Arsenal v Southampton: how it might all pan out Arsenal v Southampton: Simon Hooper is the ref, which means… Arsenal v Southampton. Prognostications and a lack of chickens This has just appeared in the Guardian: “EXCLUSIVE: Julian Nagelsmann has now withdrawn from the race to become the new Chelsea head coach — …
Arsenal v Southampton: expected results Arsenal v Southampton: Simon Hooper is the ref, which means… Arsenal v Southampton. Prognostications and a lack of chickens On the Arsenal history site today: 21 April 2001: Starting the longest sequence of scoring in home games By Bulldog Drummond Of course what we should have for this game …
Strange Premier League referee behaviour Arsenal v Southampton. Prognostications and a lack of chickens Are clubs continuing to mis-treat young players? By Bulldog Drummond Simon Hooper, the referee for Arsenal v Southampton, is one of 14 referees who have overseen 13 or more Premier League matches this season. Only one referee in this elite …
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Arsenal v Southampton: prognostications Are clubs continuing to mis-treat young players? Which teams have improved the most and which have got worse this season? By Bulldog Drummond Southampton as we know are not just bottom of the league, but bottom with little hope of not going down. They are four points behind Everton in …
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Which teams have improved the most and which have got worse this season? Comparing Arsenal today with the Arsenal of the unbeaten season By Tony Attwood If you are a long term reader of Untold Arsenal you will know that for many a long year we have been complaining about the way …
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How football clubs change over time Whatever happened to Samir Nasri Comparing Arsenal today with the Arsenal of the unbeaten season The last time we had 74+ points from 31 games was…. By Tony Attwood Of course the headline today is a bit of a tricky question, and before it is answered …
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Comparing Arsenal today with the Arsenal of the unbeaten season The last time we had 74+ points from 31 games was…. Nasri played 166 times for Marseille scoring 12 goals before moving to Arsenal in 2008. He left the club at the start of the 2011/12 having played 125 games and scored 27 …
The last time we had 74+ points from 31 games was…. And a word of thanks to our guest comedians: Tottenham Hotspur, their fans and players By Tony Attwood As we have noted before, the last time Arsenal had 74 or more points from 31 games was the unbeaten season, and of course …
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Arsenal disappoint against WHU but… Did the January transfer window make any difference to the league table? Can we tell the winner of the Premier League after 30 games? By Tony Attwood Speaking about the missed penalty Mikel Arteta said, “If you are prepared to take responsibility for penalties, you have to …
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West Ham vs Arsenal West Ham at home, Arsenal away, referee bias. How the figures compare West Ham v Arsenal: Why do West Ham get so few yellow cards? West Ham v Arsenal: 2pm sunday. Fewer goals v More goals. Life can be difficult at the fringes. Take Tottenham (and indeed as many north …
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By Bulldog Drummond West Ham United v Arsenal Why do West Ham get so few yellow cards? West Ham v Arsenal: 2pm sunday. Fewer goals v More goals. Team P W D L F A GD Pts 13 West Ham United home 15 6 3 6 19 19 0 21 1 Arsenal away …
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WHU v Arsenal: the statistics West Ham v Arsenal: 2pm Sunday. Fewer goals v More goals. By Bulldog Drummond Arsenal under Arteta have been, as we have traced since the moment he arrived, built on the Manchester City model – part of which is the removal of tackling from the game. Of course …
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West Ham v Arsenal 16 April Did the January transfer window make any difference to the league table? Can we tell the winner of the Premier League after 30 games? By Bulldog Drummond A quick look at the league table statistics tells us a lot about West Ham. Arsenal have won 23 games …
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By Tony Attwood Since the transfer window closed clubs in the Premier League have played between eight and 11 games. Fulham for example have played eight, Arsenal and Leeds United have played 11. So I thought it might be interesting to see how clubs have been doing since the transfer window closed – with access …
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What will happen if Manchester City are found guilty of false accounting? Newcastle poach top Arsenal coach… or perhaps not Who will win the league? By Sir Hardly Anyone According to the mainstream media when faced with the question “Can we be sure who will win the league this season?” the answer is …
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Newcastle poach top Arsenal coach… or perhaps not What the form shows: who will win the league and what if Man C are found guilty? By Tony Attwood City AM which is a financial journal relating to the City of London, not a fanzine of Manchester City, has stated in a headline that …
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Arsenal lose key man What the form shows: who will win the league and what if Man C are found guilty? As we get to the close of the season, result patterns are changing By Tony Attwood When there is nothing else much going on in football (and after all Real Madrid beating …
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Who will win the league? As we get to the close of the season, result patterns are changing The refereeing crisis is here: but not as the media portray it By Tony Attwood When commentators look forward to future fixtures there rarely seems to be much coherence in their explanations, with many predictions …
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End of season portents The refereeing crisis is here: but not as the media portray it Why did Liverpool player Robertson feel entitled to harangue the assistant referee? By Tony Attwood No team in the Premier League has remained undefeated in the last eight games. Arsenal and Manchester City have both lost one …
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Why did Liverpool player Robertson feel entitled to harangue the assistant referee? One year of spending in the PL clearly does not guarantee success. What we now have with refereeing is a crisis: but not exactly the crisis being described by the media. For many years allegations have been made about the …
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Football out of control Saka is being kicked to bits, and the refs are doing nothing about it What the media won’t tell you about football, referee home bias By Tony Attwood There are commentaries still appearing on the subject of the assistant referee Constantine Hatzidakis pushing away Andy Robertson in the …
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Which clubs are going forward, which going back? According to ManUtdNews “Ten Premier League clubs are lobbying to block takeovers closely linked to nation-states” following a bid by Islamic Bank for the club. Indeed it is increasingly felt in many quarters that the takeover of Newcastle United was in fact “The Newcastle …
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