Why football’s economic model is doomed to failure

      Does Fifa have the authority to override national laws? It says it does Where does Arteta rank among Arsenal’s great managers? Wenger falsely accused of violent behaviour towards 4th official. Arsenal anniversaries 19 August By Tony Attwood The transfer window is of course still open and things can change, but as they …

Does Fifa have the authority to override national laws? It says it does

    Where does Arteta rank among Arsenal’s great managers? What does a club need to be successful? There is one magic ingredient By Tony Attwood Fifa’s aim, it says, it is “to protect the integrity of football and prevent abuses” and it started on a grand project under this headline in 2020.    This is …

Where does Arteta rank among Arsenal’s great managers?

      What does a club need to be successful? There is one magic ingredient In football, one day very soon, the dam is going to burst Supporters, obviously, support.   Changing the club one supports is not an option, no matter how badly your side is doing.  One might stop going to some of …

What does a club need to be successful? There is one magic ingredient

    In football, one day very soon, the dam is going to burst Newspaper attacks refs and PGMO, but still refuse to see the main problems Today’s Arsenal anniversaries (and happy birthday Thierry) By Tony Attwood What does a club need to become successful?  Of course to an extent that depends on what one …

In football, one day very soon, the dam is going to burst

    Newspaper attacks refs and PGMO, but still refuse to see the main problems Fifa’s new regulations (including its own bank) ruled as illegal in German court By Tony Attwood Last summer Premier League clubs spent £1.91 billion on transfers.  That was a third up on the previous transfer window record.   Add in the …

Newspaper attacks refs and PGMO, but still refuse to see the main problems

  Fifa’s new regulations (including its own bank) ruled as illegal in German court The new reguations coming in that aim to make football more competitive By Sir Hardly Anyone “The time has come for Howard Webb to put blundering referees out to pasture” “The game needs a clear out of blundering referees and those …

Fifa’s new regulations (including its own bank) ruled as illegal in German court

      The new regulations coming in that aim to make football more competitive Why Arsenal are planning to vary the team from game to game FIFA’s new Football Agent Regulations, which include within them the rule that all transfers should go through Fifa’s own bank, has been ruled illegal, as reported in the …

The new reguations coming in that aim to make football more competitive

    Why Arsenal are planning to vary the team from game to game By Tony Attwood It is self-evident that clubs are paying ever more for the top players they perceive they need, as in the Premier League there is a feeling among at least nine clubs that a top seven finish, and hence …

Why Arsenal are planning to vary the team from game to game

Barcelona is in serious financial difficulty, and that could spread across football Arsenal v Forest: watch the whole game again for free Last season Arsenal had a starting lineup for the first game of the season of Aaron Ramsdale Gabriel William Saliba Ben White Granit Xhaka Olexsandr Zinchenko Bukayo Saka Martin Odegaard Thomas Partey Gabriel …

Barcelona is in serious financial difficulty, and that could spread across football

      Arsenal v Forest: watch the whole game again for free Arsenal maintain shooting record; ref ups the ante. By Tony Attwood As the Spanish season got underway at the weekend Barcelona’s preparedness didn’t look too bad despite the fact that they have quite clearly not only run out of money but also …

Arsenal v Forest: watch the whole game again for free

      Arsenal maintain shooting record; ref ups the ante. Arsenal v Forest Arsenal v Nottingham Forest: the danger of the referee and the Arsenal line up By Sir Hardly Anyone As you may recall the appalling Andy Gray was banned from Sky TV  in 2011 for making ludicrous and offensive remarks about women …

Arsenal maintain shooting record; ref ups the ante. Arsenal v Forest

    Time added on: how Guardiola and Smith conspired to be quite wrong Why this season will be better than last for Arsenal Arsenal maintained last season’s average and had 15 attempts at goal in that game and dominated the match.  So we might have expected more goals, but at least it was a …

Arsenal v Nottingham Forest: the danger of the referee and the Arsenal line up

      Arsenal injury news ahead of the visit from the Forest Which supporters are the most optimistic for the coming season? Arsenal v Forest: the last six games and unfair ticket allocations Arsenal v Forest: tackles, fouls and yellow cards Arsenal v Nottingham Forest: Can we actually get into the ground? By Bulldog …

Arsenal injury news ahead of the opening game

    Which supporters are the most optimistic for the coming season? Arsenal v Forest: the last six games and unfair ticket allocations Arsenal v Forest: tackles, fouls and yellow cards Arsenal v Nottingham Forest: Can we actually get into the ground? By Bulldog Drummond Here is the team that played the last game of …

Which supporters are the most optimistic for the coming season?

      Arsenal v Forest: the last six games and unfair ticket allocations Arsenal v Forest: tackles, fouls and yellow cards Arsenal v Nottingham Forest: Can we actually get into the ground? By Bulldog Drummond The media is of course at this moment full of journalists telling us what is going to happen in …

Arsenal v Forest: the last six games and unfair ticket allocations

      Arsenal v Forest: tackles, fouls and yellow cards Arsenal v Nottingham Forest: Can we actually get into the ground? The last six games of last season were not a particularly happy time, and that can be emphasised by the fact that measured by the last six games alone, Nottingham Forest were actually …

Arsenal v Forest: tackles, fouls and yellow cards

    Arsenal v Nottingham Forest: Can we actually get into the ground? Time added on: how Guardiola and Smith conspired to be quite wrong By Bulldog Drummond Sometimes with statistics one has to go exploring to find out if there is a relationship between x and y.  Sometimes yes there is, but other times …

Arsenal v Nottingham Forest: Can we actually get into the ground?

      Arsenal’s new entry system Time added on: how Guardiola and Smith conspired to be quite wrong Why this season will be better than last for Arsenal By Tony Attwood Arsenal have introduced a new system of entry into the stadium this season.   Although we all still have our season ticket / membership …

Time added on: how Guardiola and Smith conspired to be quite wrong

      Why this season will be better than last for Arsenal When it comes to Arabia Arsenal haven’t lost anyone By Nitram The Mirror’s headline read, “Pep Guardiola proven right in Mikel Arteta dispute over Premier League rule changes,” while the article below it continued, “Guardiola was naturally furious at the final whistle …

Why this season will be better than last for Arsenal

    When it comes to Arabia Arsenal haven’t lost anyone In football there’s going to be a very big crash, very soon. by Tony Attwood That question of what happens next is one that fascinates most of us who look at historical context.  We have been showing of late that contrary to the belief …

When it comes to Arabia Arsenal haven’t lost anyone

    In football there’s going to be a very big crash, very soon. According to the media we’re going back to the early days of the century By Tony Attwood With all the talk of Saudi Arabia I was wondering just which clubs had “lost” players to the middle east megagorgon.  I think this …

In football there’s going to be a very big crash, very soon.

    According to the media we’re going back to the early days of the century The 56 players tipped to join Arsenal, and the 24 leaving. By Tony Attwood “It may be hard to believe,” announces the Athletic “but this time a year ago there were still uncertainties about Arsenal.”   Actually, that is not …

According to the media we’re going back to the early days of the century

    The 56 players tipped to join Arsenal, and the 24 leaving. The complete transfer roundup Community Shield: Arsenal and Man City moving in completely different directions By Tony Attwood At little while back we published a chart showing just how much the top of the Premier League changes from one season to another.  …

The 56 players tipped to join Arsenal, and the 24 leaving. The complete transfer roundup

  By Sir Hardly Anyone The 56 players tipped to be joining Arsenal this summer.   No Player Position From  Sources No of reports 1 Ilias Akhomach Forward Barcelona Football Express 1 2 Julian Alvarez Forward Man City FFC  The Top Flight 2 NEW Sofyan Amrabat Midfield Fiorentina. FFC 1 4 Marco Asensio Right wing Real …

Community Shield: Arsenal and Man City moving in completely different directions

      Manchester City go fouling Where can I buy a bottle of shampoo before the match? (Plus the team and its value)) Yesterday we stood on the terraces of Arsenal’s first stadium By Tony Attwood I am not sure it made many headlines elsewhere, but the fouling figures from yesterday’s game were rather …