Untold Arsenal: Supporting the club, the manager and the team
"I believe the target of anything in life should be to do it so well that it becomes an art." A Wenger
By Bulldog Drummond. Arsenal have only played Slavia Praha twice in the entire history of history. We won the last time around 7-0 and then relaxed somewhat by playing out a goalless draw at their place. This was way back in the days of Mr Wenger in the Champions League – the first match being …
Read More “Arsenal v Slavia Prague – beating them 7-0 last time around: watch the video”
By Bulldog Drummond While Arsenal have had a fairly easy ride through to the quarter finals of the Europa League it was not quite so easy for SK Slavia Praha whom we play tomorrow. For while we won every single game in the group stages, as you may recall if you were paying close …
Read More “Arsenal v Chinese Slavia Praha. Playing against the bank.”
By Tony Attwood I recently posted the article Someone is trying to fake football stats – and doing it rather well, in which I commented on a piece published by New Scientist which stated that the lack of fans in stadia this season in the Premier League had had no effect on the percentage of games …
Read More “The proof that all is not well with football refereeing”
By Tony Attwood The media are certain: Arsenal need players, players, players and more players. Loads of players need to be shipped out too, although it is interesting that since we revealed that Xhaka is the player in the squad with the best playing statistics, demands for him to leave at once have been somewhat …
Read More “What changes can Arsenal make now to salvage our season?”
By Tony Attwood The decline of Arsenal over recent years has not, as some like to suggest, been a smooth slip into mid-table, but rather a very bumpy ride. For at this stage in the season in 2018 we were fourth in the league with a league record very similar indeed to 2015, the last …
Read More “The fall of Arsenal: How far behind are we, and what is the solution?”
By Tony Attwood I don’t normally have cause to mention the magazine “New Scientist” on these pages; I subscribe to it because quite a bit of my education and work is science based and I like to keep up with developments. But it is not the place one might expect to find too many stories …
Read More “Someone is trying to fake football stats – and doing it rather well.”
By Tony Attwood After the match Mr Arteta said, “We need to apologise to our fans – the standard was nowhere near what we want. I am fully responsible. We were extremely poor. When you don’t do the basics, you don’t have a chance to compete. We looked tired but it was more of a mental …
Read More ““Arsenal need more of the same,” according to some pundits. Really?”
By Bulldog Drummond Arsenal had 11 players picked to be part of squads playing in world cup matches during the the run up to today’s match, although thankfully a modicum of sense was shown and the South American games were called off because of travel restrictions. Not everyone played of course because of selection options …
Read More “Eight Arsenal players up for sale; so who is left to play this evening?”
By Bulldog Drummond Football commentators love themes – when a new one emerges almost all the journalists jump in and accept it as the central point of their commentary for a few days. This gives readers, watchers and listeners a feeling that the approach must be true because everyone is talking about it. Take for …
Read More “Arsenal v Liverpool trends and stats, and maybe one that is wrong”
By Bulldog Drummond Arsenal this season have committed fewer fouls than any other team in the Premier League. You won’t read about that in the media because the media doesn’t do positive stories about Arsenal, but it is a fact. And it is interesting, given that it is 85 fouls fewer than Manchester United. Again …
Read More “What the stats tell us about Liverpool’s style and the refs’ reactions”
By Bullldog Drummond Having remained resolutely outside of any discussion about the fixtures different clubs have for the rest of the season Football London has suddenly jumped into the topic with an interesting if somewhat confusing chart. In this they take the average league position clubs’ opponents. I think this means the average league position …
Read More “Arsenal v Liverpool, and Liverpool’s bizarre home/away record this season”
By Tony Attwood Joe Montemurro, manager of Arsenal Women’s team, has announced that he will leave Arsenal at the end of this season. He called it the “hardest professional decision” of his life, adding, “I absolutely love this job and this club, the club I have supported all my life. I’m hugely grateful to the …
