Comparative stats for Sheff U, Arsenal and industrial scale rotational fouling

by Tony Attwood Last season we started studying the number of tackles, fouls and yellow cards each club received. And we found some extraordinary figures – figures which marked Leicester City out as the real outsiders in this regard, tackling far more than any other club, and yet getting very few yellow cards.   And yet …

Arsenal v Sheff U. This is not anti-Arsenal bias in the media, this goes way beyond that.

By Tony Attwood Allow me, if I may, to give an example of what I mean by bias.  This comes from Nick Ames speaking of Sheffield United against whom Arsenal play this weekend. “Against Arsenal they will probably be required to go with what they have got, but the same goes for their opponents given …