Football has just got incredibly weird – from the Arsenal game to the rest of the world

    Havertz signing is genius but how could Arsenal be so utterly stupid? Who is going to get done by the Profit and Sustainabilty Rules? Here’s our first nomination By Tony Attwood I am not sure that there has been much talk about the activities of  Yerson Mosquera in Arsenal’s opening match of the …

Havertz signing is genius but how could Arsenal be so utterly stupid?

  Who is going to get done by the Profit and Sustainabilty Rules? Here’s our first nomination Here’s the first nomination. Day 1 Aftermath: what have we learned so far? By Tony Attwood I know I was lucky – but I will always point out there was some work involved.  I have a front row …

Who is going to get done by the Profit and Sustainabilty Rules? Here’s our first nomination Here’s the first nomination.

    Day 1 Aftermath: what have we learned so far? When life gives problems, Arsenal can be a solution by Tony Attwood There is a school of thought that says that Arsenal’s number 1 David Raya was only signed on loan last season because Arsenal were not confident about his ability and so didn’t …

Day 1 Aftermath: what have we learned so far?

    By Tony Attwood Arsenal v Wolverhampton Wands: the Arsenal team and a prediction When life gives problems, Arsenal can be a solution I am not sure too many people will bother with a league table this morning, but being Untold, we’ll include one for the six clubs that have won so far in …

Arsenal v Wolverhampton Wands: the Arsenal team and a prediction

    Arsenal v Wolverhampton: A referee who utterly favours the away team Arsenal v Wolverhampton: the last five seasons for each side, and current injuries Arsenal v Wolverhampton: how the financial issues of last season will affect this campaign By Bulldog Drummond The Express take a paragraph to tell us that Raya is going …

When life gives problems, Arsenal can be a solution

    Arsenal v Wolverhampton: A referee who utterly favours the away team Arsenal v Wolverhampton: the last five seasons for each side, and current injuries Arsenal v Wolverhampton: how the financial issues of last season will affect this campaign By Tony Attwood There is a major problem with expectation: expect too much and one …

Arsenal v Wolverhampton: A referee who utterly favours the away team

  Arsenal v Wolverhampton: the last five seasons for each side, and current injuries Arsenal v Wolverhampton: how the financial issues of last season will affect this campaign The headline in the Guardian reads: “Not fair to criticise VAR just because you don’t like final decision, says Howard Webb”.  Below is the sub-heading saying “Referees …

Arsenal v Wolverhampton: the last five seasons for each side, and current injuries

    Arsenal v Wolverhampton: how the financial issues of last season will affect this campaign At last a club speaks out against a member of PGMO. Now we might have a conversation By Bulldog Drummond For the new season Wolverhampton have so far brought in … Rodrigo Gomes from SC Braga for €15.00m  Pedro …

At last a club speaks out against a member of PGMO. Now we might have a conversation

  Why has the transfer market not quite taken off this summer? The Season Ahead: will it end on the pitch or in the courtroom? By Tony Attwood Last May Nottingham Forest accused the VAR official Stuart Attwell of being a Luton fan after Forest were defeated at Everton.  It didn’t make much of the …

Why has the transfer market not quite taken off this summer?

The Season Ahead: will it end on the pitch or in the courtroom? As the League v Man C cases begin, one question overrides everything else By Tony Attwood “Strong signings and smart strategy: Ange Postecoglou’s Tottenham project steps up a gear.”  That’s the headline in the “behind closed doors” Telegraph (you need to pay …

The Season Ahead: will it end on the pitch or in the courtroom?

  As the League v Man C cases begin, one question overrides everything else Arsenal v Wolverhampton: how the financial issues of last season will affect this campaign By Tony Attwood We all know the journey Arsenal have been on over the last five years but it bears repeating by looking at Arteta’s four complete …

As the League v Man C cases begin, one question overrides everything else

  Arsenal v Wolverhampton: how the financial issues of last season will affect this campaign It’s not who each clubs buys, it is who leaves and for how much By Tony Attwood There is something about the way that the media reports and often doesn’t report the Manchester City court cases that makes me very …

Arsenal v Wolverhampton: how the financial issues of last season will affect this campaign

      It’s not who each clubs buys, it is who leaves and for how much The curious tale of H Kane, Totts, Bayern and a lack of trophies By Tony Attwood This summer Wolverhampton lost 1-3 at home to West Ham, lost 3-1 away to Crystal Palace, beat RB Leipzig 3-0 away, and …

It’s not who each clubs buys, it is who leaves and for how much

      A Revolution at Arsenal? Certainly, but at what cost? Arsenal’s squad and the two clubs with the most valuable players in the Premier League By Tony Attwood Financial fair play rules have two important points that are affecting almost all clubs. One is that clubs can only spend 90% of their revenue …

The curious tale of H Kane, Totts, Bayern and a lack of trophies

    A Revolution at Arsenal? Certainly, but at what cost? Arsenal’s squad and the two clubs with the most valuable players in the Premier League By Tony Attwood Football headline writers are curious people, playing with the language and turning it inside out to meet the demands of their editors to show a positive …

A Revolution at Arsenal? Certainly, but at what cost?

      Arsenal’s squad and the two clubs with the most valuable players in the Premier League Arsenal enter the 4th Revolution as we see what makes Arteta so different By Nitram Following on from Tony’s excellent article ‘Arsenal enter the 4th Revolution as we see what makes Arteta so different’, which examines the …

Arsenal’s squad and the two clubs with the most valuable players in the Premier League

    Arsenal enter the 4th Revolution as we see what makes Arteta so different Players released, sold and signed – how the top 8 clubs compare this summer By Tony Attwood With just on 20 days until the transfer window closes 11v11 is showing Arsenal as having a first-team squad of 41 players – …

Arsenal enter the 4th Revolution as we see what makes Arteta so different

      Players released, sold and signed – how the top 8 clubs compare this summer Just in case you missed it, here’s the Levekusen match in full By Tony Attwood So the question that comes from my headline is “what makes Arteta so different?” and the answer comes from the detail of what …

Players released, sold and signed – how the top 8 clubs compare this summer

    Just in case you missed it, here’s the Levekusen match in full German champs give a lesson in how not to arrange pre-season; Arsenal saunter through. By Tony Attwood Arsenal have been having quite a time releasing players this summer – a total of 20 have gone, mostly from the academy. Mohamed Elneny …

Just in case you missed it, here’s the Levekusen match in full

      German champs give a lesson in how not to arrange pre-season; Arsenal saunter through. VAR officials arrested, while Arsenal not thiniking straight The full Arsenal match against Bayer Levekusen is available (in the UK at least and I’m sorry I  can’t vouch for other countries) here https://www.arsenal.com/news/watch-every-kick-our-bayer-leverkusen-friendly Of course you may have …

German champs give a lesson in how not to arrange pre-season; Arsenal saunter through.

      VAR officials arrested, while Arsenal not thiniking straight How an Arsenal start that gives the same results as last season will be a disaster Two years ago Leverkusen came sixth in the German league 21 points and 35 goals behind the winners, Bayer Munich.  Last season they came top 15 points and …

VAR officials arrested, while Arsenal not thiniking straight

  How an Arsenal start that gives the same results as last season will be a disaster At last the media catch up: football is in more than a crisis By Tony Attwood There are news stories and there are news stories.  Some expected, some not, some make me smile, some make me groan, some …

How an Arsenal start that gives the same results as last season will be a disaster

    At last, the media catch up: football is in more than a crisis Arsenal v Bayer Leverkusen – early signs and possible team   By Tony Attwood So let’s have a look at the first five for this coming season and see what sort of results we might expect. 17 August: Arsenal v …

At last the media catch up: football is in more than a crisis

    Arsenal v Bayer Leverkusen – early signs and possible team The link between club injuries and days lost, fouls, and league position By Tony Attwood Football has been in crisis for so long, that football in crisis is not a story any more.   After all, there has been the question raised each summer …

4 Players Set for a Make-or-Break Year at Arsenal This Season

As the new Premier League season dawns, Arsenal fans are brimming with optimism. Mikel Arteta has gradually been shaping his squad since taking charge in 2021, and he has made the Gunners a genuine contender once again for the first time in decades. In each of the last two seasons, the North London outfit has …