Why the Tiny Totts are so called, and why Arsenal can’t win anything with youngsters.

By Tony Attwood We know all the stories.  Arsenal don’t spend money in the transfer window.  Arsene Wenger insists on using youngsters all the time.  Other clubs never do this, it is only Arsenal.  If we had a different manager who brought in proper players we’d be ok.  New managers always work.  So do transfers. …

The Premier League is under threat, more people take an interest, and a new man i/c PGMO. What now?

By Tony Attwood The big threat facing Premier League football today is not so much from the failure of referees to follow the rules of  the game, or from the activities of the ultra-secretive PGMO, but from the persistence of immature football journalism that fails to examine these topics properly. I thought on this today …

Shock news: We do better without Santi Cazorla than when he plays. But why???

. By Tony Attwood Data from OuLaLa and from Statto Saqnti Cazorla has not played since mid-October after injuring an Achilles in Arsenal’s 6-0 Champions League win over Ludogorets on 19 October. Immediately the news of just how serious the injury was, the press got very excited.  “Santi Cazorla injury will derail Arsenal’s season – unless …