Tackles, fouls and yellow cards: Chelsea three times dirtier than Man City

    Chelsea v Arsenal, Sunday at noon. Two teams evenly matched. By Bulldog Drummond And so moving on to comparing the tackles, fouls and yellow cards of Arsenal and Chelsea, and comparing these with Manchester City who tend to tackle and foul less than anyone (according to referees) and Leeds United who tend to …

Michael Oliver is the ref for Chelsea v Arsenal – so who does he favour?

      The 8 serious refereeing failings that are corrupting the Premier League by Bulldog Drummond Of course we should be clear, there is no reason why any referee should favour either team.  And we have no direct evidence that any referee is biased. But we do see some very curious figures when we …

Chelsea v Arsenal, Sunday at noon. Two teams evenly matched.

    Creating Arsenal’s most famous back four By Bulldog Drummond. This is where yer amateur writer says “the games are coming thick and fast for Arsenal” but of course we would not indulge in anything so simplistic.   No indeed!  We will in fact perhaps say that there seem to be an awful lot of …