What’s going on with English Refereeing?

What’s going on with English Refereeing? Tim Charlesworth I love all things ‘Untold’, with one exception.  I find myself constantly disagreeing with the analysis of refereeing.  Unlike many readers of this site, I don’t see any evidence of a systematic refereeing bias against Arsenal. I certainly see a lot of mistakes, and I have some …

THE MECHANICS OF ARSENAL TRANSFERS

THE MECHANICS OF ARSENAL TRANSFERS…..Don McMahon Like most of my Gooner compatriots, I have been following the transfer shenanigans and misadventures of EPL and European Clubs with what one can best describe as educated disinterest combined with bemused incredulity. That said, I also was negatively impressed with the barrage of whining and angst far too …

Transfer Deadline day on social media: stupid and disgusting as can be

By Walter Broeckx Transfer Deadline Day (as it is called) on the social media is a bit of a strange happening. As I had stayed away from twitter for almost the whole transfer period I thought it would be interesting to have a look at how things stand. Now I must admit that I do …

Why big name transfer window signings are more likely to flop than succeed

By Billy “the Dog” McGraw One of the big problems with analysing the emergence of playing squads is that the media has fixed the agenda so that only the transfer window is important.  It can have a place in developing a squad, but there are other mechanisms.  Since the media refuse to acknowledge them, I …

Transfers: once again we made a laughing stock of the journalists, but they won’t ever admit it.

So all these players that we were going to buy according to the rumour mongers; we didn’t. And don’t you just love it when the journalists fly into desperation mode, talking about an Arsenal panic, just as in 2011 when we lost 8-2 to Man U, and last season when we panicked again and brought …

What does the league table tell us about how the season will pan out?

By Walter Broeckx The league is 4 matches far. And some say it is all over already. That all is a bit quick if you ask me. But that happens when you only look at one result and then predict the future. Or even looking at 3 results and hen telling that this is the …