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How referee bias works: the details and the statistics We now know the top 4 for the end of the season: or do we? by Bulldog Drummond In 2003/4 Arsenal were knocked out of the League Cup by Middlesbrough. It was significant because Middlesbrough went on to win the League Cup that season. …
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We now know the top 4 for the end of the season: or do we? Moving on from the WHAM game and thinking positively about Newcastle away By Tony Attwood Suggesting that referees overseeing Premier League matches exhibit bias is not the same as suggesting they are corrupt, and to be completely …
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Moving on from the WHAM game and thinking positively about Newcastle away By Tony Attwood In a piece in The Athletic there is a rather interesting sentence: “Since the inaugural 20-team Premier League season in 1995-96, the vast majority of teams (38 percent) have shifted by just one place — or stayed …
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Why do Liverpool get so few yellow cards for tackling, and why can’t other clubs try the same approach? Is VAR favouring certain clubs? Do players need more of a rest between seasons? By Tony Attwood Arsenal last won the League Cup in 1993 – the season in which the club won the …
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West Ham v Arsenal. The biggest danger for Arsenal in this game is the referee The team without Rice against the club with Rice: WHAM v Arsenal West Ham v Arsenal in the league cup. Preliminary data etc by Bulldog Drummond West Ham United is one of the clubs that Arsenal generally …
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The team without Rice against the club with Rice: WHAM v Arsenal West Ham v Arsenal in the league cup. Preliminary data etc By Bulldog Drummond Simon Hooper is the referee for today’s League Cup fourth-round game between West Ham and Arsenal. He is in the top ten in terms of Premier League …
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Arsenal fans are still scratching their heads after the recent clash against Chelsea. While we had a strong start defensively, Chelsea pushed into the box, and a controversial VAR decision led to a 2-2 draw at full time. While, at first glance, the result seems rather incongruous – Arsenal have been playing …
West Ham v Arsenal in the league cup. Preliminary data etc Why do Liverpool get so few yellow cards for tackling, and why can’t other clubs try the same approach? By Bulldog Drummond Last season was West Ham’s 11th in the Premier League since their last promotion from the Championship, and since then …
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Why do Liverpool get so few yellow cards for tackling, and why can’t other clubs try the same approach? Is VAR favouring certain clubs? Do players need more of a rest between seasons? By Bulldog Drummond The BBC has a rambling article about the game but in the end it comes down …
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Is VAR favouring certain clubs? Do players need more of a rest between seasons? How yellow cards are earned, and which clubs avoid them, and which ones don’t By Tony Attwood In this article we are looking at three clubs: Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool and comparing the three over a range of …
How yellow cards are earned, and which clubs avoid them, and which ones don’t Chelsea get double the yellows for fouls that Man City get. But only commit 27% more fouls. By Tony Attwood ESPN has done an analysis by club, of decisions overturned by VAR, And to be clear, as they say, …
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What’s wrong with football, and what solutions could resolve the issues? There are some days out with Arsenal that stay in the memory, and that was one By Tony Attwood Continuing from the last article (Chelsea get double the yellows for fouls that Man City get. But only commit 27% more fouls) we …
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What’s wrong with football, and what solutions could resolve the issues? There are some days out with Arsenal that stay in the memory, and that was one By Tony Attwood In previous seasons we regularly ran an analysis of how clubs varied in terms of the tackles, fouls and yellow cards they got, …
There are some days out with Arsenal that stay in the memory, and that was one By Tony Attwood It is a fundamental view of this site (as you might have realised if you are a regular reader) that there is something seriously wrong with football in England, and that the wrongness that …
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Is this the biggest refereeing bias scandal yet found in the Premier League? Local Liverpool paper attacks referee decision making: are we getting somewhere at last? SuperLeague is back on the agenda: Why is the media so against it? By Tony Attwood “Arteta says more to come from ‘top-level’ Nketiah after Arsenal …
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Is this the biggest referee bias yet found in the Premier League Official tackles and yellow card stats shown to have major flaw. Arsenal v Sheffield U Arsenal v Sheffield United. 3pm saturday – what a weird time! How did we get here? By Bulldog Drummond The referee for today’s Arsenal game is …
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Official tackles and yellow card stats shown to have major flaw. Arsenal v Sheffield U Arsenal v Sheffield United. 3pm saturday – what a weird time! How did we get here? Local Liverpool paper attacks referee decision making: are we getting somewhere at last? By Bulldog Drummond In the past we have looked …
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Arsenal v Sheffield United. 3pm saturday – what a weird time! How did we get here? Local Liverpool paper attacks referee decision making: are we getting somewhere at last? By Bulldog Drummond In the past we have gathered a lot of information by analysing tackles, fouls and yellow card figures from key …
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Local Liverpool paper attacks referee decision making: are we getting somewhere at last? SuperLeague is back on the agenda: Why is the media so against it? By Bulldog Drummond Mind you, we do get a few 3pm saturday fixtures still; it is just that we don’t get many of them (which is what …
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SuperLeague is back on the agenda: Why is the media so against it? Premier League: the hidden statistics and what they tell us By Tony Attwood A Liverpool newspaper recently made the comment: Liverpool would be top of the Premier League table if VAR wasn’t in place. To back this up they cited …
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Premier League: the hidden statistics and what they tell us Why now more than ever refereeing in the Premier League should be a matter of debate By Tony Attwood Although it may feel like it, the issue of SuperLeague is not quite dead, as there is one final hearing left as Real …
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Why now more than ever refereeing in the Premier League should be a matter of debate Watch the Arsenal goal again, and again; plus some weird and odd statistics Figures from the Untold Team. Article by Tony Attwood When starting to do serious academic research one is taught that one should always have …
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Watch the Arsenal goal again, and again; plus some weird and odd statistics Sevilla v Arsenal: the team and a headlong rush into media negativity Arsenal take on the Tottenham Hotspur of Spain tonight By Tony Attwood Let’s put this another way: Why is football journalism so averse to asking interesting …
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Sorry if this post is not showing properly on your machine. We are working on the problem and seeking to resolve it. By Tony Attwood In the Premier League this season Arsenal are fourth in the possession table on 60%. Manchester City are top with 63.3%, Chelsea second with 61%, Tottenham third with 60.1%. …
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Arsenal take on the Tottenham Hotspur of Spain tonight To attack Arsenal or appreciate Arsenal? The media can’t decide. Sevilla v Arsenal, comparing the clubs and their last six games. It’s not looking too tough Sevilla v Arsenal. Video of a recent game plus the prospects By Bulldog Drummond In our final …
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