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Why do Liverpool get so few yellow cards for tackling, and why can’t other clubs try the same approach? Is VAR favouring certain clubs? Do players need more of a rest between seasons? By Bulldog Drummond The BBC has a rambling article about the game but in the end it comes down …
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Is VAR favouring certain clubs? Do players need more of a rest between seasons? How yellow cards are earned, and which clubs avoid them, and which ones don’t By Tony Attwood In this article we are looking at three clubs: Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool and comparing the three over a range of …
How yellow cards are earned, and which clubs avoid them, and which ones don’t Chelsea get double the yellows for fouls that Man City get. But only commit 27% more fouls. By Tony Attwood ESPN has done an analysis by club, of decisions overturned by VAR, And to be clear, as they say, …
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What’s wrong with football, and what solutions could resolve the issues? There are some days out with Arsenal that stay in the memory, and that was one By Tony Attwood Continuing from the last article (Chelsea get double the yellows for fouls that Man City get. But only commit 27% more fouls) we …
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What’s wrong with football, and what solutions could resolve the issues? There are some days out with Arsenal that stay in the memory, and that was one By Tony Attwood In previous seasons we regularly ran an analysis of how clubs varied in terms of the tackles, fouls and yellow cards they got, …
There are some days out with Arsenal that stay in the memory, and that was one By Tony Attwood It is a fundamental view of this site (as you might have realised if you are a regular reader) that there is something seriously wrong with football in England, and that the wrongness that …
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Is this the biggest refereeing bias scandal yet found in the Premier League? Local Liverpool paper attacks referee decision making: are we getting somewhere at last? SuperLeague is back on the agenda: Why is the media so against it? By Tony Attwood “Arteta says more to come from ‘top-level’ Nketiah after Arsenal …
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Is this the biggest referee bias yet found in the Premier League Official tackles and yellow card stats shown to have major flaw. Arsenal v Sheffield U Arsenal v Sheffield United. 3pm saturday – what a weird time! How did we get here? By Bulldog Drummond The referee for today’s Arsenal game is …
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Official tackles and yellow card stats shown to have major flaw. Arsenal v Sheffield U Arsenal v Sheffield United. 3pm saturday – what a weird time! How did we get here? Local Liverpool paper attacks referee decision making: are we getting somewhere at last? By Bulldog Drummond In the past we have looked …
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Arsenal v Sheffield United. 3pm saturday – what a weird time! How did we get here? Local Liverpool paper attacks referee decision making: are we getting somewhere at last? By Bulldog Drummond In the past we have gathered a lot of information by analysing tackles, fouls and yellow card figures from key …
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Local Liverpool paper attacks referee decision making: are we getting somewhere at last? SuperLeague is back on the agenda: Why is the media so against it? By Bulldog Drummond Mind you, we do get a few 3pm saturday fixtures still; it is just that we don’t get many of them (which is what …
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SuperLeague is back on the agenda: Why is the media so against it? Premier League: the hidden statistics and what they tell us By Tony Attwood A Liverpool newspaper recently made the comment: Liverpool would be top of the Premier League table if VAR wasn’t in place. To back this up they cited …
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Premier League: the hidden statistics and what they tell us Why now more than ever refereeing in the Premier League should be a matter of debate By Tony Attwood Although it may feel like it, the issue of SuperLeague is not quite dead, as there is one final hearing left as Real …
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Why now more than ever refereeing in the Premier League should be a matter of debate Watch the Arsenal goal again, and again; plus some weird and odd statistics Figures from the Untold Team. Article by Tony Attwood When starting to do serious academic research one is taught that one should always have …
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Watch the Arsenal goal again, and again; plus some weird and odd statistics Sevilla v Arsenal: the team and a headlong rush into media negativity Arsenal take on the Tottenham Hotspur of Spain tonight By Tony Attwood Let’s put this another way: Why is football journalism so averse to asking interesting …
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Sorry if this post is not showing properly on your machine. We are working on the problem and seeking to resolve it. By Tony Attwood In the Premier League this season Arsenal are fourth in the possession table on 60%. Manchester City are top with 63.3%, Chelsea second with 61%, Tottenham third with 60.1%. …
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Arsenal take on the Tottenham Hotspur of Spain tonight To attack Arsenal or appreciate Arsenal? The media can’t decide. Sevilla v Arsenal, comparing the clubs and their last six games. It’s not looking too tough Sevilla v Arsenal. Video of a recent game plus the prospects By Bulldog Drummond In our final …
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To attack Arsenal or appreciate Arsenal? The media can’t decide. Sevilla v Arsenal, comparing the clubs and their last six games. It’s not looking too tough Sevilla v Arsenal. Video of a recent game plus the prospects We have been noting how crazy the yellow card situation has been this season in the …
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Sevilla v Arsenal, comparing the clubs and their last six games. It’s not looking too tough Sevilla v Arsenal. Video of a recent game plus the prospects Sometimes journalists create the most amazing ways of evaluating what is going on in a team. Take those rather inventive souls at The Athletic (and I …
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. Sevilla v Arsenal. Video of a recent game plus the prospects Possession without a purpose? Arsenal’s approach demands more than simplistic analyses. By Bulldog Drummond Clubs in Europe are ranked in terms of their club co-efficient and these coefficient rankings take into account the results of each club in Uefa club competition and …
Possession without a purpose? Arsenal’s approach demands more than simplistic analyses. Arsenal didn’t win, but the fight back augers well for the future By Bulldog Drummond The moment most of us will remember about Sevilla, and the one which we really have to start with, was the Emirates Cup game against Sevilla, in …
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Arsenal didn’t win, but the fight back augers well for the future By Tony Attwood There is a headline in an email article posted by Canon Stats in relation to the Chelsea v Arsenal game that runs “Possession without a purpose”. It reminded me at once of the comments that I heard …
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. . The clearest exposition yet that there is something very wrong with PGMOL There is something very strange going on with yellow cards this season+ By Tony Attwood OK we hoped to win, but the fight back was terrific, and showed that even on a day when it just isn’t working we can …
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Chelsea v Arsenal. Who plays and who takes the penalty… Chelsea v Arsenal: The referee and the home/away difference Chelsea v Arsenal: the injuries and the transfer costs Arsenal / Chelsea Tackles, fouls, cards and why Chelsea are perhaps a little boring Chelsea v Arsenal: the augurs all look good …
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Chelsea v Arsenal: The referee and the home/away difference Chelsea v Arsenal: the injuries and the transfer costs Arsenal / Chelsea Tackles, fouls, cards and why Chelsea are perhaps a little boring Chelsea v Arsenal: the augurs all look good for Arsenal Chelsea v Arsenal: the referee, his team, and …
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