Arsenal v Chelsea what the media are saying ahead of the game

By Bulldog Drummond According to the Telegraph, this game v Chelsea “is arguably the biggest game of the season so far. If Arsenal lose, they will be nine points behind the top four, while they can also be overtaken by sixth-placed Manchester United.” But then in a different article the same newspaper says, “Having inflicted …

Arsenal v Chelsea; the home and away form.

By Bulldog Drummond The Physioroom league table of injuries shows Arsenal in the lower reaches of the table, along with Chelsea.  Top of the tree and out there on their own is West Ham on nine players injured.  After that comes Newcastle on seven, Liverpool and Cardiff on six, Tottenham and Southampton on five, Bournemouth …

How football journalists are using the tactics of extremists to manipulate readers

by Tony Attwood I’ve been dwelling on the perfidious nature of newspaper and blog commentaries on Arsenal for a while, because although on their own mostly they are fairly trivial and pointless, combined they can add up to a feeling of doom, gloom, desperation and incompetence; which it appears is their main purpose. Take this …