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Arsenal v Palace coming up: the League Cup future looks bright Child abuse in football isn’t being dealt with in the new football regulator bill By Tony Attwood That there is something seriously wrong with professional football refereeing is a point agreed by many fans, but utterly and totally ignored by the media. …
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Child abuse in football isn’t being dealt with in the new football regulator bill The bias against Arsenal is not pre-meditated. It’s far worse than that By Tony Attwood So the draw for the quarter-finals of the League Cup is known and not too bad for Arsenal… Arsenal v Crystal Palace Newcastle United …
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By Tony Attwood Arsenal young players who will be in the team tonight in the far north west Preston North End v Arsenal lots of goals and tickets from touts Preston v Arsenal; the injury recoveries, the young players, and 2 unbeaten teams The team Setford, Timber, Saliba, Kiwior, Zinchenko, Jorginho, Merino, …
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By Tony Attwood Arsenal young players who will be in the team tonight in the far north west Preston North End v Arsenal lots of goals and tickets from touts Preston v Arsenal; the injury recoveries, the young players, and 2 unbeaten teams As a writer on topics related to professional football, in …
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Preston North End v Arsenal lots of goals and tickets from touts Preston v Arsenal; the injury recoveries, the young players, and 2 unbeaten teams By Bulldog Drummond It is league cup day and so attention of course turns to the ever increasingly exciting Arsenal youth programme driven by Per Mertesacker with lots of …
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Explore why Arsenal’s upcoming Premier League fixtures are crucial for their title hopes, squad depth, and maintaining consistency in a competitive season. The Importance of Arsenal’s Next Run of Fixtures in the League Arsenal’s season is at a tipping point. The next few fixtures are not just another set of games – they …
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By Bulldog Drummond Preston v Arsenal; the injury recoveries, the young players, and 2 unbeaten teams The bias against Arsenal is not pre-meditated. It’s far worse than that According to the official Preston site, Arsenal tickets are sold out for this match. According to the “Live Football Tickets” they can be bought – …
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The bias against Arsenal is not pre-meditated. It’s far worse than that Arsenal: the decline is exaggerated and the title challenge is far from over By Bulldog Drummond Tomorrow Arsenal start a series of four consecutive away fixtures with the game against Preston North End and an ever-growing injury list that must mean …
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By Tony Attwood Arsenal: the decline is exaggerated and the title challenge is far from over A poster on X recently wrote… Time per Liverpool corner: – 22 seconds – 34 seconds – 18 seconds Time for Raya yellow card for time wasting: – 19 seconds The writer who noted those times …
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Just because a journalist says AFC has a poor disciplinary record, that doesn’t make it true The danger that lies ahead of Odegaard, Saka and Martinelli By Tony Attwood “A brilliant strike from Bukayo Saka had sent Mikel Arteta’s side racing into a lead that was cancelled out by Virgil van Dijk’s header, …
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Just because a journalist says AFC has a poor disciplinary record, that doesn’t make it true How Arsenal’s much more positive tactics are resulting in more fouls Arsenal and Liverpool: how do they compare? By Bulldog Drummond One of the big things that is missed by the media is one of the most obvious: …
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When he signed for Chelsea from Bayer Leverkusen for £72 million in 2020, Kai Havertz caused a lot of fanfare at Stamford Bridge. The German had been lighting up the Bundesliga for a couple of seasons and was considered a hot commodity in European football. However, despite scoring the winning goals in the Champions League …
“If Mikel Arteta needs solace regarding his team’s poor disciplinary record this season…” The Guardian Thus the “poor disciplinary record” is taken as a given. yet as we have seen Arsenal have 18 yellow cards … which is exactly the same as Liverpool this season, and no one is talking about their disciplinary record. OK …
Arsenal and Liverpool: how do they compare? The danger that lies ahead of Odegaard, Saka and Martinelli By Bulldog Drummond We have for many years been comparing tackles, fouls and the number of yellow cards that come from fouls per game, both for Arsenal and other top teams. This is a particularly pertinent …
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The danger that lies ahead of Odegaard, Saka and Martinelli Why referees love to make instant decisions and hate VAR By Bulldog Drummond Liverpool are one of a handful of teams that have beaten Arsenal more than we have beaten them with 95 wins to Liverpool and 83 to Arsenal. In the last 20 …
Why referees love to make instant decisions and hate VAR What no one tells you about why are Arsenal getting so many cards this season By Sir Hardly Anyone In February this year we ran a piece with the headline “Did Arsenal want Mudryk and Caicedo, and was it just luck that they didn’t sign …
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What no one tells you about why are Arsenal getting so many cards this season 10 issues that show there is something seriously wrong with refereeing in the PL By Tony Attwood Have you ever thought about how referees make decisions? Probably not, because we are constantly assured by the media that they watch …
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Arsenal vs. Liverpool: Premier League Preview & Predictions Arsenal hosts Liverpool at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday in a significant confrontation in the Premier League title chase. The game arrives at an inopportune moment for the Gunners, who are missing sidelined captain Martin Odegaard. They now face the suspension of William Saliba and will likely …
10 issues that show there is something seriously wrong with refereeing in the PL Arsenal v Uefa: the most ludicrous league table you’ll ever see By Tony Attwood The Sun doesnt really go in for statistics much but when it does you can be sure they are negative. Take for example, “It was …
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*** On the Arsenal History Society website we are getting ready to celebrate 100 years since Herbert Chapman arrived at Arsenal and transformed the club from relegation candidates to league winners. There’s a new episode published today as well as links to the series so far: 100 years since Chapman arrived at Arsenal: Knighton …
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This is the worst Arsenal start to a season since…. here comes Europe. Do Arsenal have a discipline problem, or is something else going on? Arsenal have played Shakhtar Donetsk four times in total, all four games coming in the Champions League – and all four games have been won by the home …
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Do Arsenal have a discipline problem, or is something else going on? Why there is nothing particularly wrong with this Arsenal team By Tony Attwood Well, completing that headline, we can all be pretty sure it is the worst for a very long time because the media keep telling us how awful it is …
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Why there is nothing particularly wrong with this Arsenal team Are Arsenal falling apart or really were they never any good? Important note: we have had a number of issues with this site of late. If it goes down again we will republish this article on www.blog.woolwicharsenal.co.uk – the Arsenal History site – and …
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Are Arsenal falling apart or really were they never any good? Untold Arsenal, and Arsenal both have problems! There is something singularly depressing about a headline (in this case from the Observer) along the lines “Analysis Arsenal’s sloppiness calls into question whether they are serious contenders” For the premise is that one can judge …
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Arsenal: most shots at home, fewest shots away. What’s going on? Please do make a note: if you can’t get through to www.untold-arsenal.com because of our ongoing technical problems, do then try www.blog.woolwicharsena;.co.uk. Please do make a note of that address if you don’t already have it on your computer. Meanwhile… As we …
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