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The Champions League squad 2023/4 and how different it is from last season The new FFP rules are with us but the PL is still in financial crisis By Tony Attwood Opta is currently sending out email news items relating to its supercomputer’s predictions for the forthcoming season. As ever, I have written …
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The new FFP rules are with us but the PL is still in financial crisis Arsenal don’t buy players; Arsenal change players – and the media need to realise this By Bulldog Drummond The naming of the 25 man squad for the Champions League is of particular interest because it comes after the …
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Arsenal don’t buy players; Arsenal change players – and the media need to realise this Blunder, mistake, cock-up, error, problem: how the media see Arsenal’s start to the season By Tony Attwood The new Financial Fair Play regulations are now with us: overdue payments will be checked four times a year, clubs can …
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Arsenal Football Club is one of the most eminent names in the football world. It was established in 1886 and now this club can be named as a global football powerhouse. Its history is filled with various challenges and triumphs. In the 2003-2004 season they held a win-win of 49 matches. So Arsenal FC’s way …
Blunder, mistake, cock-up, error, problem: how the media see Arsenal’s start to the season Only two of the Saudi Arabian teams had a higher net spend than Arsenal By Bulldog Drummond One of the great problems facing Arsenal, and I suspect other football clubs, (but I’ll stay with Arsenal for the moment), is …
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Only two of the Saudi Arabian teams had a higher net spend than Arsenal When will the punishment for Financial Fair Play breaches start to kick in? By Tony Attwood “Arsenal news: Mikel Arteta dealt injury blow as £100m transfer mistake emerges.” Yep that is the headline in the Mirror. To which some …
When will the punishment for Financial Fair Play breaches start to kick in? Fifa’s carbon neutral world cup was a sham and a con trick by Tony Attwood It has been difficult to get hold of reliable figures as to just how much the Saudi Arabian teams have spent on players this …
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What would a new official Football Regulator mean? What could he/she investigate? What would happen if an independent body could show referees the red card? By Tony Attwood It was one of the big boasts of Fifa that it was putting on a carbon-neutral world cup in Qatar. At the time many of …
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What would happen if an independent body could show referees the red card? How football is starting to regret becoming dependent on Saudi Arabia If you enjoy our daily reviews of football from an Arsenal perspective please do show your appreciation by becoming an associate member of AISA – Arsenal Independent Supporters’ …
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How football is starting to regret becoming dependent on Saudi Arabia If the big clubs start to slip on transfer stage payments, what happens then? By Tony Attwood There have been all sorts of explanations and excuses about why VAR got it wrong in the game between Manchester City and Fulham. Talk of “two …
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Behind the window: what happens now with Arsenal? Abuse has an effect on players but not on officials. Why is that? If you enjoy our daily reviews of football from an Arsenal perspective please do show your appreciation by becoming an associate member of AISA – Arsenal Independent Supporters’ Association. It’s completely free, …
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Behind the window: what happens now with Arsenal? Abuse has an effect on players but not on officials. Why is that? By Tony Attwood In terms of football, the Spanish newspapers are full of one story. And it isn’t the financial collapse of Real Madrid and Barcelona. Rather it is the fact …
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Abuse has an effect on players but not on officials. Why is that? Women’s Champions League 2023/24 – Swedish Preview With the transfer window over the main source of invented news for a number of journalists is now over. So what news is left? First off we have the tale that Arsenal …
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Women’s Champions League 2023/24 – Swedish Preview Does Arsenal really have the best youth recruitment policy of any European club? By Tony Attwood Abuse is not good, I am not saying it is, but it is interesting that no matter how much the errors of referees and linespeople is debated or shouted …
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Does Arsenal really have the best youth recruitment policy of any European club? Arsenal do NOT need to calm down: we need more and more of this passion If you enjoy our coverage of the women’s game do show your appreciation by becoming an associate member of AISA – Arsenal Independent Supporters’ Association. …
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Arsenal do NOT need to calm down: we need more and more of this passion Arsenal v Manchester United. The team, and the worries By Tony Attwood One of the really good feelings I get watching Arsenal is the sense that among the players on the pitch are some who have come …
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Arsenal v Manchester United: 10 videos from the history of the fixture… Arsenal v Man U. More tackles, fewer fouls, more possession. Arsenal on the up. Carragher loses touch with reality “Arsenal and their fans must calm down if they want to win the title.” So pronounced the all-knowing Jamie Carragher who …
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Arsenal v Manchester United home and away, past and present Arsenal v Manchester United: 10 videos from the history of the fixture… Arsenal v Man Utd. How the ref has behaved so far, and the teams fouled the most Arsenal v Man U. More tackles, fewer fouls, more possession. Arsenal on …
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Arsenal v Manchester United: 10 videos from the history of the fixture… Arsenal v Man Utd. How the ref has behaved so far, and the teams fouled the most Arsenal v Man U. More tackles, fewer fouls, more possession. Arsenal on the up. Arsenal v Manchester United, and the wild ways of referees and …
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Arsenal v Man U. More tackles, fewer fouls, more possession. Arsenal on the up. Arsenal v Manchester United, and the wild ways of referees and yellow cards These videos below are provided by the Arsenal History Society, which is part of the Arsenal Independent Supporters Association. The Society provides a daily …
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Arsenal v Manchester United, and the wild ways of referees and yellow cards It’s not Arsenal that needs to calm down, it’s everyone else By Bulldog Drummond Here is a table that we have not used before, with figures dervied from those provided in a slightly different form by Who Scored …
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It’s not Arsenal that needs to calm down, it’s everyone else Kai Havertz is the Dennis Bergkamp, Thierry Henry and Mikel Arteta of 2023/4 By Bulldog Drummond One bit of transfer news to start: Nuno Tavares will play the season at Nottingham Forest on loan is the only transfer news for Arsenal …
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Kai Havertz is the Dennis Bergkamp, Thierry Henry and Mikel Arteta of 2023/4 Do Arsenal really let great players slip through their fingers to shine elsewhere? Please join our supporters’ association: it’s free! If you enjoy Untold Arsenal please do show your appreciation by becoming an associate member of AISA – Arsenal Independent Supporters’ …
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