Does Chelsea shake when the USA uses the language of the AAA?

By Tony Attwood Does Chelsea shake when the USA uses the language of the AAA? Or come to that does Liverpool worry that no statement from the club will ever be believed again after the admitted lying over Suarez’ contract?  Do Rangers fans worry that their club has to pay 30% p.a. interest on a …

Injuries and league position is there a link? – Part 2

By Walter Broeckx This article is part of the series about looking at the injuries teams get and the impact it has on the league table.  Here’s the first part in case you missed it. Injuries and league position is there a link? – Part 1 When we look at the season 2011/2012 we see …

Liverpool owner admits he lied about Suarez’ buy out clause

by Tony Attwood The story of Arsenal’s apparent bid for Luis Suárez last summer is one that was used extensively by anti-Arsenal commentators as an example of how ineptly the transfer process is handled at Arsenal. It was back in November 2012 that the Daily Mirror ran the headline, “Red alert! Buy-out clause means Suarez …

Injuries and league position is there a link? – Part 1

By Walter Broeckx Funny how things sometimes go. You start with one article about the injury record we have this season and then you see the link with the ref reviews and then you can show that being kicked unpunished a lot results in more injuries. This is what I have shown in those articles. …

FFP: let the leagalities begin

By Tony Attwood It has been a long time coming, but now we are there.  The question is to be asked: are the Financial Fair Play rules that exist European and Football League competitions, legal? First out of the blocks were the Football League clubs – Leicester City, QPR, Blackburn Rovers  and Wolverhampton Wanderers are …

Home referee as predicted, bad day at the office not as predicted

By Walter Broeckx What do you get when the a football team plays a not that footballing team? You usually get a dire match of football. And that is what happened in the first half hour to say the least. In a way it was as if Arsenal had prepared too much for the battle …

WHY PERMITTING SERIOUS FOULING IS THE SIGN OF A COWARD

By Don McMahon   I recently read Walter’s excellent post about player injuries and the link to officials’ failure to apply the Laws properly. The gist of this message is very clear, even to the AAA 3 blind mice squad members:   1)Allowing serious foul play from one team to go unpunished while punishing their …