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By Bulldog Drummond Is the notion there is something wrong with refereeing, a conspiracy theory? Uefa goes its own way, but the route is still the same: more money for the big clubs So we approach the last away game of the season at Newcastle, and as ever can compare their home form with our …
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By Tony Attwood Uefa goes its own way, but the route is still the same: more money for the big clubs “Any manager is permitted to say that they believe a decision to be wrong. It is when they stray into the conspiracy theories of stitch-up and bias that ears prick up in the Football …
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By Tony Attwood Is it possible to save English football from the corruption and incompetence of those in control? It seems that Uefa has decided to join Fifa in the battle of expansion, for as Fifa has been pitching for a world cup every two years, and has taken over the running of the Confederation …
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By Tony Attwood Arteta highlights appalling referee decisions and control of PGMO over the media I believe the argument can be made that football needs to be saved from the powers that currently control football. And this quite simply is because Fifa, probably the most corrupt organisation of them all, has a rule that says …
By Tony Attwood Arteta shows he is with us, and knows exactly what is going on The Guardian, looking forward says “Tottenham Hotspur host Burnley in Sunday’s midday kick-off, a match of of (sic) massive importance for both sides. Burnley fans who cannot afford to (sic) an overnight stay in London but wish to travel …
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“A beautiful game was destroyed. I cannot give my opinion. I will be suspended. I think you can read my body language very clearly.” In speaking of the referee’s performance yesterday Mr Arteta showed once again how fully and completely he understands what Arsenal are up against. We first got an insight into how differently …
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Tottenham v Arsenal: the actual team – and the game Tottenham H v Arsenal: the oddities and the team On the anniversary of Arsenal winning the FA Cup; Tottenham V Arsenal Tottenham v Arsenal: how the league ends and recent games between the clubs Tottenham v Arsenal: injuries, managers and number of trophies Tottenham v …
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By Bulldog Drummond On the anniversary of Arsenal winning the FA Cup; Tottenham V Arsenal Tottenham v Arsenal: how the league ends and recent games between the clubs Tottenham v Arsenal: injuries, managers and number of trophies Tottenham v Arsenal: the last ten years and who has won what Tottenham v Arsenal how the season …
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Thus far… Tottenham v Arsenal: how the league ends and recent games between the clubs Tottenham v Arsenal: injuries, managers and number of trophies Tottenham v Arsenal: the last ten years and who has won what Tottenham v Arsenal how the season has panned out home and away. By Bulldog Drummond Of course it was …
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By Bulldog Drummond So here we are: four points between the clubs, nine points to play for. Chelsea will end up with between 70 and 76 points, Arsenal will end up between could get 75, Tottenham could get 71. But of course Arsenal and Tottenham can’t both get their maximum number of points because of tonight. …
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By Bulldog Drummond As things stand Arsenal have three first team players listed as injured ahead of the derby game on Thursday, and Tottenham have four. Interestingly the three clubs with the worst situation in terms of injuries are Leeds, Norwich and Watford, all three residing down in the basement. You’ll know our three injuries …
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Tottenham v Arsenal how the season has panned out home and away As we saw in the last article Tottenham have progressed this season to the extent that in the last 24 games they have equalled us on points and overtaken us in terms of goal difference. But, of course, local derbies don’t fit into …
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Arsenal v Tottenham: the free video collection: see below There is a piece in the Telegraph about Harry Kane who is featured in a Museum of London exhibition. In the press release for this event Kane expresses his “delight” that his “trophies, shirts, golden boots and some personal pieces which haven’t been seen publicly before” …
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By Sir Hardly Anyone The biggest name being shunted around remains Raheem Sterling whose contract is entering its final year. The media suggest Manchester City don’t let players run down their contracts, but I am not sure that is quite accurate. Feeding this notion is the fact that Arteta worked with Sterling during his three …
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By Tony Attwood Albert Stuivenberg and “North London Forever”: two events from the weekend How many points does it usually take to win the league: or come fourth? Of late I have been taking a look match by match at Arsenal’s position after a set number of games, just to see how the club is …
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By Tony Attwood Last weekend two totally unrelated events struck me as important beyond the game that we went to see. The game of course always takes over; it is the whole point of travelling a fair old distance, but there is always other stuff at the edges and sometimes the other stuff stays in …
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By Tony Attwood The figures that reveal how referee bias is achieved in the Premier League Arsenal v Leeds: why did the referee not send Ayling off at once? A question was raised in the office: is the Premier League getting harder to win? And the, is it getting harder to get into the top …
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By Tony Attwood You might recall that in a recent post we revealed just how different the way teams are treated by different referees in the Premier League. In case you missed it, you can flip back to the whole article here, or just glimpse at the table below or see the data used again …
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By Tony Attwood Over two thirds of Arsenal games this season handled by just seven referees As you will have seen on TV or in person if you were there, ex-Arsenal player Luke Ayling committed a monumentally horrific tackle on Martinelli to have himself sent off in yesterday’s game. If you have not seen the …
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Arsenal are back in Europe: but who else is on the up this season? Arsenal v Leeds; Leeds new manager, recent history, levels of fouling. Arsenal v Leeds (who have had 27 managers so far this century) By Bulldog Drummond As we have seen in recent posts, everything is pointing in Arsenal’s direction for this …
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By Bulldog Drummond Arsenal v Leeds; Leeds new manager, recent history, levels of fouling. Arsenal v Leeds (who have had 27 managers so far this century) Arsenal v Leeds: two teams travelling in utterly different directions The simple trick that will take Arsenal racing up the league next season Although Tottenham can overtake Arsenal if …
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By Bulldog Drummond Arsenal against Leeds in history is a bit like Arsenal this season – runs of wins, then runs of defeats. Consider this extraordinary run of games… Between 19 March 1958 and 10 December 1977 Arsenal played Leeds United 35 times; 33 in the League, one in the FA Cup and one in …
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By Bulldog Drummond Arsenal v Leeds: two teams travelling in utterly different directions The simple trick that will take Arsenal racing up the league next season Arsenal have the third-best home record in the league this season – here are the top clubs for home matches only. Manchester United have the same number of home …
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By Bulldog Drummond The simple trick that will take Arsenal racing up the league next season Liverpool v Tottenham, 7 May: An Arsenal preview There is an interesting article in the Telegraph today headlined “Why Arsenal have backed Mikel Arteta with new contract without top four secured” There is much talk along the lines of …
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By Bulldog Drummond Liverpool v Tottenham, 7 May: An Arsenal preview Just how much are Premier League referees biased in favour of home teams? This season Arsenal have the third highest number of wins of any club in the league. Only Manchester City and Liverpool have won more games, which says an awful lot about …
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