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By Tony Attwood Inter v Arsenal: 8pm, 6 November. This looks tough. Edu to Forest, just as we were noting their figures were misleading One of the issues that frustrates me occasionally with being an Arsenal supporter is that although many fans, – and indeed perhaps most fans – know about many of the …
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By Bulldog Drummond Edu to Forest, just as we were noting their figures were misleading Arsenal, injuries, and the curious rise of the Forest As things stand Arsenal are outside the magical top eight in the extended Champions League chart – but only just and indeed only because one game was drawn. …
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Next season is the 100th anniversary of the arrival of Herbert Chapman at Arsenal and we are running a series of articles looking at how Arsenal managed to secure him and what he achieved at the club. You can follow the series here. Arsenal, injuries, and the curious rise of the Forest By Tony …
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The latest episdoe in our series commemorating 100 years since Herbert Chapman arrived at Arsenal is now published: Chapman: success at Huddersfield, and concern at Arsenal You can read the whole series from the start with Taking over from failure —————- Meanwhile on Untold Arsenal Arsenal in decline… or is this not just …
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It’s time to force the mainstream football media into retreat By Tony Attwood In the worst case scenario when Aston Villa and Chelsea have played their games in hand Arsenal could sink down to sixth. Villa are away to Tottenham and Chelsea are away to Manchester United with a new load of razzamatazz at …
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By Tony Attwood Newcastle v Arsenal: team predictions, insulting comments, yellow cards and all that stuff Newcastle v Arsenal: the injuries, who returns; top and bottom of the league All the data in this article comes from Who Scored There is a huge variation between referees over the number of fouls each “sees” …
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Newcastle v Arsenal on Untold Newcastle v Arsenal: the injuries, who returns; top and bottom of the league Newcastle v Arsenal: Arsenal’s tactics working well; Chelsea go yellow bonkers Newcastle United v Arsenal: and again its the issue of the officials By Bulldog Drummond According to the Guardian Arteta was cleared of making insulting …
By Bulldog Drummond Newcastle v Arsenal: Arsenal’s tactics working well; Chelsea go yellow bonkers Newcastle United v Arsenal: and again its the issue of the officials In terms of injuries noted on Premier League Injuries Arsenal are now sitting on six… Tomiyasu, Tierney and Calafiri are all seemingly completely ruled out while …
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Newcastle United v Arsenal: and again its the issue of the officials It is time to force the mainstream football media into retreat By Bulldog Drummond You may have come across some chatter by ever-excitable journalists and their allies in the blogs about how dirty a team Arsenal are, and how they are …
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It is time to force the mainstream football media into retreat Arsenal v Palace coming up: the League Cup future looks bright By Bulldog Drummond I was in fact going to lead with the referee for this weekend’s match, but I see that Nitram got there before me quite rightly saying “As …
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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 …
