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Aston Villa v Arsenal: the Unai Emery Factor Aston Villa v Arsenal: how to tackle without conceding free kicks – the Villa way Aston Villa were promoted to the Premier League via the play offs in 2018/19. It wasn’t until their third season in the Premier League that they were able to take …
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Aston Villa v Arsenal: the Unai Emery Factor By Bulldog Drummond In an attempt to stop the remorseless flow of free kicks and yellow cards against Arsenal, the club has continued under Mikel Arteta to reduce the number of tackles that the players put in, in each game, although as the …
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The real battle in football behind Super League vs Uefa is about to start Why Fifa, Uefa and media hate Super League II and what is likely to happen. By Bulldog Drummond So off we go again, trying to see what will happen in the game, a day before it happens. Our review …
Why Fifa, Uefa and media hate Super League II and what is likely to happen. By Tony Attwood At the heart of everything in this story is Nasser Al-Khelaifi. Wherever one goes, his name pops up. To give a quick summary he is chairman of beIN Media Group (60 channels in 43 countries), chairman …
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PGMO “errors” could lose PL billions in revenue as Europe turns away in disgust By Tony Attwood Last time Arsenal won the league, the club did it with no defeats. The time before that Arsenal had three league defeats, but went on a run from 23 December to the end of the season in …
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By Bulldog Drummond Videos of past victories and the dip in away form Arsenal v Manchester City: tackles, fouls and cards Arsenal v Manchester City: the bias and the referee Arsenal v Manchester City: the surprising home and away form As usual we finish our previews of a game with the team as …
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Arsenal v Manchester City: the form Arsenal v Manchester City: takles, fouls and cards Arsenal v Manchester City: the bias of the referee Arsenal v Man City: the surprising home & away form vs other top clubs By Bulldog Drummond Mikel Arteta has spoken out on the two points that were stolen …
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By Bulldog Drummond Arsenal v Manchester City: the bias of the referee Arsenal v Man City: the surprising home & away form vs other top clubs In terms of yellow cards away from home, Manchester City have had 11 cards – fewer than any other team. Indeed they have picked up under a …
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Arsenal v Manchester City: the surprising home and away form By Bulldog Drummond The referee for the game on Wednesday night is Anthony Taylor. Taylor was the referee for Arsenal’s matches against Crystal Palace, Tottenham Hots, Brighton and Hove Albion and Manchester United. If you are a long-term reader of Untold Arsenal you …
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PGMO “errors” could lose PL billions in revenue as Europe turns away in disgust By Bulldog Drummond In terms of the last six Premier League games the league table has a somewhat unfamiliar look to it. Although with Tottenham 10th, Liverpool 13th and Chelsea 15th, this is pretty much what we would expect …
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The eternal excuse: human error. How the media sets the agenda, and helps those in authority avoid the big issues By Tony Attwood One thing is certain – whatever the enquiry into the shocking VAR error that cost Arsenal two points at the weekend says, it won’t result in any overall criticism of PGMO …
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The corruption of English football How the media sets the agenda, and helps those in authority avoid the big issues By Tony Attwood Every sunday, on the German channel Sport 1, there is a very popular talkshow which includes a referee from the Saturday games talking live about a contentious or misunderstood referee …
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The media pile into Manchester City, but where have they been all this time? Manchester City accused of over 100 breaches of Premier League financial rules As you will know, at least as you will if you are regular on this site, the English media is scoffing and sneering at the launch of the …
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Uefa increasingly look weak as European clubs propose completely new approach by Tony Attwood In the Telegraph today Matt Law, Football News Correspondent of the newspaper, who had been sitting in one of the privileged journalist seats at what is ludicrously called “The London Stadium” writes, “There comes a point when football supporters …
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Arsenal v Brentford at 3pm Arsenal v Brentford: the way history changes Arsenal have the ref who doesn’t like home teams. So what else is new? Arsenal v Brentford: Brentford get the same referee for the 16th time Arsenal v Brentford: the psychological challenge By Bulldog Drummond For the last match Arsenal’s line …
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Arsenal v Brentford Arsenal get the ref that doesn’t like home teams Arsenal v Brentford: Brentford get the same referee for the 16th time The psychological challenge Arsenal have the ref who doesn’t like home teams. So what else is new? This century Arsenal have played Brentford just four times, and one …
Arsenal v Brentford analysed Arsenal v Brentford: Brentford get the same referee for the 16th time Arsenal v Brentford: the psychological challenge By Bulldog Drummond This time we take a look at the tackles, fouls and yellow cards for Arsenal and Brentford, and then by way of comparison add in two other teams: Leeds …
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Arsenal v Brentford: the psychological challenge Some refs give home wins, some don’t. Referee: Peter Bankes Assistant referees: Edward Smart and Nick Greenhalgh Fourth official: Simon Hooper Video assistant referee: Lee Mason Additional video assistant referee: Adrian Holmes If you are a regular reader you will know our constant demand for PGMO to employ more staff, …
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Arsenal v Brentford: the home/away predictions UEFA increasingly looking weak as European clubs propose a completely new approach The Premier League action against Man City brings Super League ever closer By Bulldog Drummond “It may not have been their first loss of the season, but Arsenal’s misstep at Everton presents them with an unfamiliar …
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The final defeat of Uefa The Premier League action against Man City brings Super League ever closer What Europe knows about Man C but the English press haven’t told you By Tony Attwood Although it is not what the English media is saying, the fact is that if ever there was a business …
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By Tony Attwood We now have on the table the Premier League’s case against Manchester City. and bubbling below that, another little issue: Super League. The media recently got very excited about the fact that a judge ruled that Uefa in claiming the right to run trans-national competitions is not against competition laws. But what …
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How Man City’s problems began to arise…. nine years ago The media pile into Manchester City, but where have they been all this time? Manchester City accused of over 100 breaches of Premier League financial rules By Tony Attwood For years and years the media has stayed silent (at least in comparison with the …
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by Andrew Crawshaw After the disappointment of Sunday evening’s draw against West Ham in the WSL there is no time to lick our wounds as we are back in action Wednesday evening at Meadow Park against Man City in the semi-final of the Continental Tyres (League) Cup. Kickoff is 19:15 and the match is being …
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The media pile into Manchester City, but where have they been all this time? Manchester City accused of over 100 breaches of Premier League financial rules By Sir Hardly Anyone It was on 12 May 2014 – yes almost nine years ago – that Untold ran the headline Man City decides to take on …
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Manchester City: what took the media so long? By Tony Attwood It is perhaps ironic and/or possibly amusing that Manchester City have been hit with 100+ accusations of false accounting and by and large cheating their way to a series of league titles, just after Untold ran the series The real facts about football that …
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