Untold Arsenal: Supporting the club, the manager and the team
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Luton Town: Grim football, fewest goals, lowest possession rate Knocking and praising Arsenal at the same time: the new journo psychodrama By Bulldog Drummond Moving on from our review of Luton Town (Grim Football, Fewest goals, Lowest possession rate) we can take a look at how Luton compares to Arsenal in the …
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Knocking and praising Arsenal at the same time: the new journo psychodrama The media centric world which just doesn’t understand what it’s like to be a fan By Bulldog Drummond There are three football grounds that are hosting Premier League matches which you might want to visit if you really don’t like …
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The media centric world which just doesn’t understand what it’s like to be a fan Will Haaland and Man City be penalised By Tony Attwood The media is playing a double game when it comes to football. On the one hand they are suggesting that “Arsenal set Mikel Arteta sacking deadline as former …
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Will Haaland and Man City be penalised? A quick look at the league table in case you missed it. There is an article in the Athletic, the essence of which is making fun of fans that leave early, or fans that get up to go to the toilet during a match. It is a …
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A quick look at the league table in case you missed it. Where are they now? The team in game 14, three years ago. By Tony Attwood In 2005 it was agreed that a player or manager verbally abusing a match official when challenging a decision, will be sent off. And that is …
Where are they now? The team in game 14, three years ago. By Tony Attwood As you may know I’m a season ticket holder at Arsenal, but live in the Midlands, so each home game is about a 175 miles round trip, so in later life the temptation to go to away games …
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Where there is power, money and greed there is corruption Why do Tottenham players get fouled more than those of any other club? By Tony Attwood There’s a “mea culpa” article on Football London which starts “Remember the days when calls for Mikel Arteta to lose his job reached their peak after the …
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Arsenal v Wolverhampton: the club that gets cards at over twice the rate of Arsenal Arsenal v Wolverhampton Wanderers: where will each team finish? By Bulldog Drummond Figures throughout are per game Club Tackles Fouls Yellows from fouls Arsenal 15.7 9.5 1.0 Wolverhampton 19.2 13.8 1.62 These figures are particularly interesting …
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Arsenal v Wolverhampton Wanderers: where will each team finish? By Bulldog Drummond The referee is Peter Bankes. He has overseen seven games so far… . Referee Games Fouls pg Fouls/Tackles Yel pg Yel Peter Bankes total 7 22.57 0.68 5.43 38 Peter Bankes home 7 10.00 0.68 2.29 16 Peter Bankes away 7 12.57 …
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Why do Tottenham players get fouled more than those of any other club? The media, the League and PGMO. An insidious agreement rears its ugly head By Bulldog Drummond So we are into another “games coming thick and fast” event, as the journalists like to say, and we are also back to a …
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Where there is power, money and greed there is corruption Why do Tottenham players get fouled more than those of any other club? By Tony Attwood Leaving the ground was like walking an air. My pal and I walk back to Finsbury Park railway station to get the train heading north. The …
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Arsenal v Lens: they had a poor start but are now flying By Tony Attwood Lens have only won the French league once (in 1998) but in 2022/23 they came second in the league for the fifth time finishing just one point behind the eternal winners Paris Saint-Germain. Lens were 11 points ahead …
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Where there is power, money and greed there is corruption Why do Tottenham players get fouled more than those of any other club? By Tony Attwood There is a lovely quote from Mikel Arteta about the change in the way Arsenal play this season, which is to be found in the Telegraph: “It …
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By Tony Attwood Why do Tottenham players get fouled more than those of any other club? The media, the League and PGMO. An insidious agreement rears its ugly head “Where there is power, money and greed… there is corruption.” That is what one banner said at Everton, and I would agree. In football …
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The media, the League and PGMO. An insidious agreement rears its ugly head A clue for journalists: we can tell you exactly what Arsenal are doing By Tony Attwood We know this is the season of change; one only has to look at the yellow cards table to see that more cards are …
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A clue for journalists: we can tell you exactly what Arsenal are doing How Arsenal have avoided the yellow card revolution while others are getting hammered by refs By Sir Hardly Anyone Not surprisingly Everton fans are up in arms about their club’s ten-point deduction for financial misdealings. Obviously, I don’t have any proof …
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How Arsenal have avoided the yellow card revolution while others are getting hammered by refs The gap between the top and bottom teams is growing, and what this means for Arsenal By Tony Attwood Of course, with Arsenal being top of the Premier League it gets a little harder for journalists to find …
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The gap between the top and bottom teams is growing, and what this means for Arsenal We are top of the league (and bottom when it comes to cards) By Tony Attwood Last season the number of yellow cards per club ranged from 44 to 84. This season after just 13 games the …
We are top of the league (and bottom when it comes to cards) How the Premier League table will look by the end of the season By Tony Attwood Only one team in the Premier League is unbeaten in the last six games (Liverpool), although six clubs have only had one defeat between them …
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How the Premier League table will look by the end of the season Refereeing in the League is out of control, and things are getting worse By Tony Attwood Of course you knew we were top of the league and don’t need me to tell you, but even so I think the league table …
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Brentford v Arsenal: the problem at the ground and the London derby run Brentford v Arsenal and Arteta’s record as manager Brentford v Arsenal: the referee and his influence on the game Brentford v Arsenal: home/away form, plus tackles, fouls and cards By Bulldog Drummond Team P W D L F A GD …
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Brentford v Arsenal and Arteta’s record as manager Brentford v Arsenal: the referee and his influence on the game Brentford v Arsenal: home/away form, plus tackles, fouls and cards By Bulldog Drummond As we saw in the last article, from the historical perspective, Brentford, having been Arsenal’s bogey team of the 1930s, are …
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Brentford v Arsenal: the referee and his influence on the game Brentford v Arsenal: home/away form, plus tackles, fouls and cards The Athletic tells us that “This will be Mikel Arteta’s 200th match in charge of Arsenal in all competitions (W115 D34 L50).” Whatever the result, he’s won more games in his first 200 …
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Brentford v Arsenal: home/away form, plus tackles, fouls and cards How the Premier League table will look by the end of the season There is something a trifle odd about Tim Robinson’s approach to refereeing this season. He gives more fouls against the home teams he sees, largely because he gives more fouls per …
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How the Premier League table will look by the end of the season Refereeing in the League is out of control, and things are getting worse By Sir Hardly Anyone In the league so far this season Arsenal have managed to pick up one more point away from home than Brentford have gained at …
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