An informative spot of media support for Arsenal following Klopp v Arteta

By Tony Attwood I am very sorry to say that as usual I have not made myself clear to everyone in terms of my review of the Liverpool game relating to tackles, fouls and yellow cards – figures which if you are a regular reader you will know we have been tracking for over two …

Reasons to think that the Premier League is not in control of its own destiny

by Tony Attwood Gary Hoffman has left his job as chair of the Premier League after just 18 months in the job. The reason is that the 18 clubs other than Newcastle and Manchester City didn’t like the way they were not consulted over giving the Saudi sovereign wealth fund the ok to buy Newcastle.  …

Liverpool v Arsenal – the rather alarming implications

by Tony Attwood Liverpool’s decision in the game against Arsenal, dramatically to increase the level of fouling from its normal level is a statistical fact that can’t be denied. Before this weekend’s game they had committed 107 fouls, at a rate of 9.73 per game.  Now it is 122 at 10.17 a game.  15 fouls …