Arsenal and Southampton injuries; the strange case of the keeper and Southampton’s record

By Bulldog Drummond Southampton v Arsenal: how the refs treat each team, how the managers have done Arsenal’s salvation: After 30 games we always improve The continuing strange tale of how PL referees punish tackles There has been some commentary concerning the injury list and how we are being decimated by injuries.  We are in …

Southampton v Arsenal: how the refs treat each team, how the managers have done

By Bulldog Drummond As we saw yesterday there are huge variations in the ways that referees treat different teams in the Premier League when it comes to tackles, fouls and yellow cards.  Now it is time to focus just on this weekend’s opponents, Southampton, and their differences from Arsenal. Those differences are modest but are …

Arsenal’s salvation: After 30 games we always improve

By Bulldog Drummond The continuing strange tale of how PL referees punish tackles Why do rich men want to buy football clubs? It has taken us four years of mucking about with managers to get us back to the position where we were in 2017 – the penultimate season of the Wenger years.  30 games …