Chelsea v Arsenal: the Arsenal team

By Bulldog Drummond Have Arsenal improved or declined in relation to last season? Chelsea v Arsenal: Tackles, fouls and yellow cards Chelsea v Arsenal: a ray of hope in the recent home and away figures We know that Chelsea have a few injury problems, with Mateo Kovacic, Callum Hudson-Odoi and Ben Chilwell all out. Alexandre …

Have Arsenal improved or declined in relation to last season?

By Bulldog Drummond As we approach tonight’s game against Chelsea there are many correspondents talking as if the whole of Arsenal is a disaster, and suggesting that the management should be changed along with most of the players. It is interesting that this is primarily the result of three games – which is exactly what …

Chelsea v Arsenal: Tackles, fouls and yellow cards

By Bulldog Drummond We had quite a debate recently after a reader tried to convince us all that the analysis of tackles, fouls and yellow cards was pointless when “everybody knows cards are a product of quality and not quantity of fouls.” Actually, not everyone knew this, simply because it is completely untrue, as the …

Chelsea v Arsenal: a ray of hope in the recent home and away figures

By Bulldog Drummond The home and away figures of Arsenal and Chelsea return us to a sense of reality after the wild assertions that Refs give yellow cards because of the quality of the fouls committed which according to our correspondent “everyone knows” but which the figures show is completely untrue. Pos Team P W …