After seven games in the League, are Arsenal advancing or declining?

  Sympathy for ManC (!) and the Arsenal team Some transfers rules break EU legislation on freedom of movement, court decides   By Tony Attwood Last summer there was a widespread clamour for Arsenal to sign a new centre forward which of course they did not.  And as a result Arsenal have continued to play …

Sympathy for ManC (!) and the Arsenal team

  Arsenal v Southampton, More Ethan? Arsenal v Southampton: shocking revelations about referees, tackles and cards Arsenal v Southampton: where the two teams have been of late By Bulldog Drummond Sympathy for ManC?   Well, yes in regard to their appeal for a delay to the PL start in 2025 with their players (and come to …

Arsenal v Southampton, More Ethan?

  Arsenal v Southampton: shocking revelations about referees, tackles and cards Arsenal v Southampton: where the two teams have been of late By Bulldog Drummond So I guess the big question is, will we see Ethan Nwaneri again against Southampton, and if so, for how long?   Is Arteta protecting the player by not exposing him …

Some transfers rules break EU legislation on freedom of movement, court decides

    By Tony Attwood The top court in the European Union has decided that as they stand, the rules on transfers that affect a player or club within the EU are contrary to EU rules in relation to issues concerning competition and freedom of movement. This is the conclusion of the Lassana Diarra case in …

Arsenal v Southampton: shocking revelations about referees, tackles and cards

  Arsenal v Southampton: where the two teams have been of late Where has all this abuse against Arsenal come from? By Sir Hardly Anyone The referee for this game is Tony Harrington, a man who according to WhoScored (which invariably knows all about these things) just saw 10 Premier League games last season..  His …

Arsenal v Southampton: where the two teams have been of late

      This is what we are up against; or is football turning upside down? Where has all this abuse against Arsenal come from? By Bulldog Drummond Looking at the Arsenal home games and Southampton away games this season we see a huge difference for Southampton are having real problems away from home so …

This is what we are up against; or is football turning upside down?

    Where has all this abuse against Arsenal come from? “Arsenal behind Chelsea and Tottenham” How a once decent publication slipped into the gutter By Tony Attwood “This is what we’re up against” is a regular bleat from the Guardian in articles in which they bemoan the state of Britain, censorship, legal action, and …

Where has all this abuse against Arsenal come from?

      Arsenal ignore PSG, and are in the top eight – and it is getting weird By Nitram Following on from Tony’s recent article: Arsenal behind Chelsea and Tottenham: How a once decent publication slipped into the gutter, regarding the Athletic’s nonsensical statement that:  “Arsenal are one of seven top-flight London clubs in …

Arsenal ignore PSG, and are in the top eight – and it is getting weird

      Football is now effectively run and controlled by gambling companies The legal case against Uefa will be decided this week, and football will explode By Tony Attwood This, quite frankly, is getting weird.  Arsenal dominated this match and were completely in control…. with 38% possession (!) while getting just one corner in …

Arsenal v PSG, the team, Arteta at PSG and who was best last season

    Arsenal v PSG: the problem of simply buying more and more superstars Arsenal in the Champions League: there is always something going on at PSG By Bulldog Drummond The BBC tells us that Luis Enrique, the manager of PSG considers Mikel Arteta to be “one of the best coaches on the market at …

Arsenal v PSG: the problem of simply buying more and more superstars

    Football is now effectively run and controlled by gambling companies Arsenal in the Champions League: there is always something going on at PSG The Guardian has an interesting piece on Arteta’s time at PSG and how that period of his life developed his approach to football.   Concerning PSG, Arteta is quoted as saying …

Football is now effectively run and controlled by gambling companies

  The legal case against Uefa will be decided this week, and football will explode An article in Sports Media notes that, “Gambling messages during live broadcasts of six Premier League matches hit 23,690 – a 240% increase year on year”.  They also counted, “More than 10,000 gambling messages detected during match play” and threw …

Arsenal in the Champions League: there is always something going on at PSG

    The legal case against Uefa will be decided this week, and football will explode Arsenal v Leicester. Arsenal caught out again by the “other” By Tony Attwood Arsenal’s record against PSG, whom we play on Tuesday in the Champions League, is not good, but it is certainly better than you might expect unless …

The legal case against Uefa will be decided this week, and football will explode

    By Tony Attwood Arsenal v Leicester. Arsenal caught out again by the “other” By and large the football media tend to support the status quo.   And they do this to keep things simple – Fifa and Uefa in charge and doing their own thing without any annoying debate as to whether what they …

Arsenal v Leicester. Arsenal caught out again by the “other”

    By Tony Attwood Are Arsenal turning into a dirty team, or is it the media that’s getting nasty? Hermansen made 13 saves in the game against Leicester, – the most in a Premier League game since David de Gea for Manchester United against Arsenal in 2017. But at least the referee gave Arsenal …

Arsenal v Leicester: the team, the injuries and recent form

      Arsenal v Leicester and the very curious case of Leicester’s yellow cards Are Arsenal turning into a dirty team, or is it the media that’s getting nasty? By Bulldog Drummond Arsenal only won two of their first 12 games against Leicester in the League.  But then after a couple of years of …

Which referee each club gets directly affects the result. Arsenal v Leicester

      Why Arsenal are ready to accept a massive increase in yellow cards this season Arsenal v Leicester and the very curious case of Leicester’s yellow cards By Bulldog Drummond Although only five games have gone and only four referees have overseen four or five games each, we can still see enormous differences …

Why Arsenal are ready to accept a massive increase in yellow cards this season

    By Tony Attwood Arsenal v Leicester and the very curious case of Leicester’s yellow cards Yellow cards are on the rise.  But beyond that the figures that we have seen so far this season for tackles, fouls and yellow cards are curious.   And as I hope to show by the end of this …

Arsenal v Leicester and the very curious case of Leicester’s yellow cards

    Are Arsenal turning into a dirty team, or is it the media that’s getting nasty? Highlights: Arsenal – nothing to worry about. Football – everything to worry about. Referee data in this article comes as always from WhoScored. By Tony Attwood Now here’s a novel idea – playing a Premier League match at …

Are Arsenal turning into a dirty team, or is it the media that’s getting nasty?

  Highlights: Arsenal – nothing to worry about. Football – everything to worry about. Everyone’s injured and Arsenal using the dark arts. By Tony Attwood There has been a huge amount of chat about the “dark arts” involved in the Manchester City v Arsenal game, although not much about other teams who perhaps foul just …

Highlights: Arsenal – nothing to worry about. Football – everything to worry about.

  Everyone’s injured and Arsenal using the dark arts.  Arsenal v Bolton: football (but not as we know it), referees and Nic Anelka By Tony Attwood Of course, moving through a round of the League Cup with ease is nothing to be remembered – at least not normally.  No more than the fact that the …

Everyone’s injured and Arsenal using the dark arts. The team for tonight

  Arsenal v Bolton: football (but not as we know it), referees and Nic Anelka Sexist Uefa loses its accreditation and Bolton struggle in defence By Bulldog Drummond “Arteta rejects talk of Arsenal dark arts” is a rather grand statement in the Guardian; grand in the sense that no one really ever defines what the …

Arsenal v Bolton: football (but not as we know it), referees and Nic Anelka

    PGMOL are not incompetent, so stop saying they are By Bulldog Drummond As noted in the last article the referee for this game is Josh Smith.  He is a referee who is tentatively being given a chance to move from the rough and tumble of the Championship into the Premier League. Now as …

Sexist Uefa loses its accreditation and Bolton struggle in defence

    PGMOL are not incompetent, so stop saying they are How Premier League refereeing descended into total chaos By Bulldog Drummond Until 2011/12 we used to write about Bolton a lot (often calling them Notlob to signify their backward view of reality).  They were in those days (although you might not remember) a Premier …

PGMOL are not incompetent, so stop saying they are

    How Premier League refereeing descended into total chaos How football is following the lead of Mohamed Al-Fayed   by Nekuhan Tony, and other authors on Untold, will you please stop calling the PGMOb ‘incompetent’, ‘biased’, ‘partisan’, ‘partial’, etc., because they are most certainly NOT! They are only a corrupt, criminal organisation, with no …