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By Tony Attwood A few days ago we ran a little piece about players that are transferred to clubs but then don’t deliver in the way that the clubs and their supporters might have anticipated. This was based on the notion that although buying players is one way of developing a team, and the way …
By Tony Attwood A recent article in the Guardian had brief reports from the writing of various blogettas about how they felt regarding their club’s involved in the transfer window. I had hoped they might invite Sir Hardly Anyone to comment on Arsenal but no, they went where they knew they would get complaint. Actually …
by Tim Charlesworth And breathe….. So phase 1 of the season is over, and the reviled interlull is upon us. The first four premiership games are played and the transfer window is closed. This was perhaps the least important ‘phase 1’ for years. There were several reasons for this. Firstly, we had no major squad …
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By Sir Hardly Anyone. Well, my little ducklings, Well! Have you ever wondered what all the little blogettas do outside the so-called transfer “window”. (OK I know it is not really “so-called” and there is no need to put “window” in “inverted commas” but it is the sort of the thing the blogettas do because …
Read More “SHOCK NEWS: Arsenal player REMOVED from squad. (Warning, blogetta on the horizon).”
By Tony Attwood If there is one thing that has really influenced – indeed taken over – football in the past five years it is what New Scientist magazine recently called “Trial by Repetition”. The observable fact that if you say something often enough it becomes perceived to be true, irrespective of whether there is …
Read More “Understanding football through endless repetition: how to get things totally wrong”
. By Tony Attwood . This transfer window seems to have been chewed over more than any before, and even now we haven’t quite got through every detail of it – although I notice that the first “rumours” (ie made up tales) about the January transfer window have now started. . But more on that …
Read More “The loan system changes after this season, but how far should the changes go”
By Usama and Walter NEWCASTLE UNITED vs. ARSENAL COMPETITION: English Premier League MATCH NO. 4 DATE: 29th August 2015 VENUE: St. James’ Park (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England) MATCH OFFICIALS: REFEREE: Andre Marriner 1st LINESMAN: Darren Cann 2nd LINESMAN: Marc Perry 4th OFFICIAL: Anthony Taylor First Half Fouls, Advantages, Cards, and Penalties Time Foul by Foul For Description …
. . By Tony Attwood . In the article Why big name transfer window signings are more likely to flop than succeed we showed that the statement, made by a few people within the commentaries on this blog, “why has Arsenal not strengthened the squad with top players, all the others have?” was actually the wrong question. …
Read More “The transfer window is closed but we might still have a surprise in store”
By Tony Attwood We’ve been through the rules about the Premier League’s “25” and the European equivalent so many times I am not going to recite the rules again. Instead here is the list of the 25s and the extras, and then just in case you have nothing better to do, a little commentary on …
Read More “Arsenal’s “25” in the Premier League and Champions League, and a few local difficulties.”
By Walter Broeckx I must say that I read the article by Tim published earlier with great interest. I admit that he touched on some very interesting points. And I find it welcome that someone who has a different view on our referee work has the chance to give his thoughts on this subject. When …
Read More “What’s going on with English Refereeing? Here’s an answer”
By Tony Attwood The BBC picked up the story early on with “Bayern Munich to set up refugees training camp” for refugees coming into Germany while donating 1m euros for refugee projects. They plan to provide food, German lessons and football equipment for children. Karl-Heinz Rummenigge is quoted as saying “Bayern sees it as its social …
Read More “Not much in the media about it but some fans show they are part of humanity”
ONWARDS AND UPWARDS by Fishpie Right. That’s over then. The Transfer Window of 2015. The outcome? A much welcomed, better, top-drawer goalkeeper and a less welcomed achievement: apparently we were the only club in top-flight European football not to buy an outfield player. That’s not what I was expecting. Or what I was hoping …
By Walter Broeckx That’s it the season is over and finished. City has spent most money, was top before the transfer window slammed shut so no point to add anything to this: City is champion of the season 2015-2016. That is at least the impression you get when you see some people (lucky only a …
What’s going on with English Refereeing? Tim Charlesworth I love all things ‘Untold’, with one exception. I find myself constantly disagreeing with the analysis of refereeing. Unlike many readers of this site, I don’t see any evidence of a systematic refereeing bias against Arsenal. I certainly see a lot of mistakes, and I have some …
THE MECHANICS OF ARSENAL TRANSFERS…..Don McMahon Like most of my Gooner compatriots, I have been following the transfer shenanigans and misadventures of EPL and European Clubs with what one can best describe as educated disinterest combined with bemused incredulity. That said, I also was negatively impressed with the barrage of whining and angst far too …
By Walter Broeckx Transfer Deadline Day (as it is called) on the social media is a bit of a strange happening. As I had stayed away from twitter for almost the whole transfer period I thought it would be interesting to have a look at how things stand. Now I must admit that I do …
Read More “Transfer Deadline day on social media: stupid and disgusting as can be”
By Billy “the Dog” McGraw One of the big problems with analysing the emergence of playing squads is that the media has fixed the agenda so that only the transfer window is important. It can have a place in developing a squad, but there are other mechanisms. Since the media refuse to acknowledge them, I …
Read More “Why big name transfer window signings are more likely to flop than succeed”
So all these players that we were going to buy according to the rumour mongers; we didn’t. And don’t you just love it when the journalists fly into desperation mode, talking about an Arsenal panic, just as in 2011 when we lost 8-2 to Man U, and last season when we panicked again and brought …
By Walter Broeckx The league is 4 matches far. And some say it is all over already. That all is a bit quick if you ask me. But that happens when you only look at one result and then predict the future. Or even looking at 3 results and hen telling that this is the …
Read More “What does the league table tell us about how the season will pan out?”
By Tony Attwood If you are a regular reader you may know that we have already run quite a long article about the way the new West Ham stadium is being financed with the club paying little towards the transformation of the ground into a football stadium, and the state financing the building costs, and …
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By Sir Hardly Anyone I think to explain this situation in full, and before I give you the list of ten signings, I should do a bit of background in relation to my journalistic journey this morning. What set me off on the trail of this event was one particular headline… Wenger Confirms EXCEPTIONAL Signing …
Read More “The ten headlines that confirm the big signing is about to happen”
By Tony Attwood 1: Arsenal need a striker Arsenal had a terrific run in second half of last season with the squad we have now. In the entire season, Arsenal scored two goals fewer than the champions Chelsea. So, we don’t NEED a new striker, unless are saying that Chelsea need a new striker too. …
Read More “The 10 stupidest things that the media have told us this summer.”
By Tony Attwood (fresh back from the wilds of Norfolk where there is no mobile connection, but Jools Holland played a rather fine outdoor concert). Now, we have learned a lot this week. We learned for example that after three games, Arsenal were out of the race for the title, because only 10% of …
Read More “Only four teams left in the race for the Premier League title”
FOOTNOTE TO START WITH As some events turned out differently in my schedule I suddenly was able to see the match and write the match report. But after this report I have to go out again and so we will be out of office from now on. By Walter Broeckx A few changes compared to …
