Arsenal v Sevilla: relentless media pressure plus team news

      Arsenal v Sevilla: recent form and squad values Past meetings and home / away comparisons By Bulldog Drummond My apologies for the technical glitch today.  We lost control of Untold Arsenal at this end, and the fault was beyond the technical capabilities of me, which is not surprising since I have none. …

Arsenal v Sevilla: past meetings and home / away comparisons

      Arsenal v Sevilla: recent form and squad values After the yellow card fest of Tottenham / Chelsea some are still attacking Arsenal! By Bulldog Drummond This is the fourth consecutive year that Sevilla has been in the Champions League.  Last season the club won one, drew two and lost three of its …

Arsenal v Sevilla: recent form and squad values

      After the yellow card fest of Tottenham / Chelsea some are still attacking Arsenal! Just how well are Arsenal doing when it comes to tackles, fouls and yellow cards? By Bulldog Drummond According to the Guardian “Spurs were guilty of having too much fun” in their recent game in which they had …

After the yellow card fest of Tottenham / Chelsea some are still attacking Arsenal!

    Just how well are Arsenal doing when it comes to tackles, fouls and yellow cards? Mirror and Guardian attack on Arteta takes war against Arsenal to new unedifying level By Tony Attwood If you enjoy our approach to Arsenal and football you might like to become an associate member of AISA – Arsenal …

Just how well are Arsenal doing when it comes to tackles, fouls and yellow cards?

  Mirror and Guardian attack on Arteta takes war against Arsenal to new unedifying level How different referees respond. Who wins is as much a case of who is the ref, as anything else Arsenal’s protest over VAR shows club have had enough, and the disgraceful bias of much of the media By Tony Attwood …

Mirror and Guardian attack on Arteta takes war against Arsenal to new unedifying level

    How different referees respond. Who wins is as much a case of who is the ref, as anything else Arsenal’s protest over VAR shows club have had enough, and the disgraceful bias of much of the media By Tony Attwood Although for the most part I am focussing on a wild and whaky …

How different referees respond. Who wins is as much a case of who is the ref, as anything else

    Arsenal’s protest over VAR shows club have had enough, and the disgraceful bias of much of the media The universal description of Arteta’s speech as a “rant” raises serious questions By Sir Hardly Anyone The raging has died down in some quarters – no mention of Arteta and referees on the Guardian’s football …

Arsenal’s protest over VAR shows club have had enough, and the disgraceful bias of much of the media

    The universal description of Arteta’s speech as a “rant” raises serious questions Newcastle v Arsenal. 1-0 to the referee. By Tony Attwood Arsenal have finally taken a public stand against PGMO in no uncertain terms with a statement saying that “Arsenal Football Club wholeheartedly supports Mikel Arteta’s post-match comments after yet more unacceptable …

The universal description of Arteta’s speech as a “rant” raises serious questions

      Newcastle v Arsenal. 1-0 to the referee. By Tony Attwood Football has a problem.   A very simple problem, and like all very simple problems there is a simple solution – if only those in authority didn’t actually prefer the problem. The issue here is the reporting of Mikel Arteta’s response to the …

Newcastle v Arsenal. 1-0 to the referee.

    How referee bias works: the details and the statistics Why do Liverpool get so few yellow cards for tackling and why can’t other clubs try the same approach?  By Tony Attwood While of course it won’t make a blind bit of difference to PGMO because they are in their own world, it was …

Newcastle’s defence against Arsenal’s attack: the shots, the team, the result

      By Bulldog Drummond Super computer gibberish returns for Newcastle v Arsenal Newcastle v Arsenal: the injuries, Newcastle burn out, Arsenal’s 18 out of 22. Stuart Attwell as referee: his home/away records for tackles, fouls and cards Newcastle v Arsenal. Arsenal’s astonishing tactical progress clear for all to see Having gone through most …

Super computer gibberish returns for Newcastle v Arsenal

      Newcastle v Arsenal: the injuries, Newcastle burn out, Arsenal’s 18 out of 22. Stuart Attwell as referee: his home/away records for tackles, fouls and cards Newcastle v Arsenal. Arsenal’s astonishing tactical progress clear for all to see By Bulldog Drummond It appears we are into the “yer havin a larf” season as …

Newcastle v Arsenal: the injuries, Newcastle burn out, Arsenal’s 18 out of 22.

      Stuart Attwell as referee: his home/away records for tackles, fouls and cards Newcastle v Arsenal. Arsenal’s astonishing tactical progress clear for all to see By Bulldog Drummond By this time of the season all clubs have injuries, and beyond doubt those injuries can affect the team.  In fact a simple way to …

Stuart Attwell as referee: his home/away records for tackles, fouls and cards

      Newcastle v Arsenal. Arsenal’s astonishing tactical progress clear for all to see Use more players, get fewer cards: the tactic that separates two clubs from the rest How referee bias works: the details and the statistics We first looked at the work of Stuart Attwell on the pitch way back in 2012, …

Newcastle v Arsenal. Arsenal’s astonishing tactical progress clear for all to see

      Use more players, get fewer cards: the tactic that separates two clubs from the rest How referee bias works: the details and the statistics Arsenal play away at Newcastle on Saturday evening (UK time) so we will take our regular look at the defensive figures.   We’ve now got the yellow card numbers …

Use more players, get fewer cards: the tactic that separates two clubs from the rest

    How referee bias works: the details and the statistics We now know the top 4 for the end of the season: or do we? by Bulldog Drummond In 2003/4 Arsenal were knocked out of the League Cup by Middlesbrough.  It was significant because Middlesbrough went on to win the League Cup that season.  …

How referee bias works: the details and the statistics

      We now know the top 4 for the end of the season: or do we? Moving on from the WHAM game and thinking positively about Newcastle away By Tony Attwood Suggesting that referees overseeing Premier League matches exhibit bias is not the same as suggesting they are corrupt, and to be completely …

We now know the top 4 for the end of the season: or do we?

      Moving on from the WHAM game and thinking positively about Newcastle away By Tony Attwood In a piece in The Athletic there is a rather interesting sentence: “Since the inaugural 20-team Premier League season in 1995-96, the vast majority of teams (38 percent) have shifted by just one place — or stayed …

Moving on from the WHAM game and thinking positively about Newcastle away

    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 Tony Attwood Arsenal last won the League Cup in 1993 – the season in which the club won the …

West Ham v Arsenal: predicting the team, and the score.

      West Ham v Arsenal. The biggest danger for Arsenal in this game is the referee The team without Rice against the club with Rice: WHAM v Arsenal West Ham v Arsenal in the league cup. Preliminary data etc by Bulldog Drummond West Ham United is one of the clubs that Arsenal generally …

West Ham v Arsenal. The biggest danger for Arsenal in this game is the referee

    The team without Rice against the club with Rice: WHAM v Arsenal West Ham v Arsenal in the league cup. Preliminary data etc By Bulldog Drummond Simon Hooper is the referee for today’s League Cup fourth-round game between West Ham and Arsenal. He is in the top ten in terms of Premier League …

Could VAR Harm Arsenal’s EPL Campaign?

      Arsenal fans are still scratching their heads after the recent clash against Chelsea. While we had a strong start defensively, Chelsea pushed into the box, and a controversial VAR decision led to a 2-2 draw at full time. While, at first glance, the result seems rather incongruous – Arsenal have been playing …

The team without Rice against the club with Rice: WHAM v Arsenal

    West Ham v Arsenal in the league cup. Preliminary data etc Why do Liverpool get so few yellow cards for tackling, and why can’t other clubs try the same approach? By Bulldog Drummond Last season was West Ham’s 11th in the Premier League since their last promotion from the Championship, and since then …