Tottenham run into a little local difficulty over Kane: an Arsenal viewpoint

      Shocking revelations about Manchester United fouling against Arsenal in “friendly” Just how much better is Arteta than Emery? You might be surprised One of the interesting issues with the transfer window is how clubs conduct themselves and the reputation they get as a result, and it could be argued that few clubs …

Shocking revelations about Manchester United fouling against Arsenal in “friendly”

    Just how much better is Arteta than Emery? You might be surprised What do Arsenal’s pre-season games tell us? Unfortunately quite a lot. By Tony Attwood “Arsenal will be hunted this season – being roughed up by Manchester United proved it”    That rather frightening headline appeared in the Athletic this week, and …

Just how much better is Arteta than Emery? You might be surprised

      What do Arsenal’s pre-season games tell us? Unfortunately quite a lot. A case study: what’s wrong with this Arsenal rumour? By Tony Attwood In May 2018 Unai Emery arrived at Arsenal as the club’s new manager.  He had been manager at Sevilla between 2013 and 2016 and Paris Saint Germain from 2016 …

What do Arsenal’s pre-season games tell us? Unfortunately quite a lot.

    Arsenal’s pre-season friendlies A case study: what’s wrong with this Arsenal rumour How Arsenal and Manchester City have followed the same path (but others have not) By Tony Attwood There seems to be no regular pattern these days to Arsenal’s pre-season these days except that America is featuring in such matches more and …

Arsenal v Manchester United in the USA: the preview part 2 and the match…

      A case study: what’s wrong with this Arsenal rumour Arsenal v Manchester United. Saturday 22nd at 10pm. The preview We have a statement on the starting XI for tonight’s match, kick off 10pm BST…   Ramsdale Timber     Gabriel   Saliba  Tomiyasu Rice   Havertz   Odegaard (c) Saka  Nketiah   Martinelli Substitutes Hein, Rúnarsson,  Tierney,  White, …

A case study: what’s wrong with this Arsenal rumour

        Arsenal v Manchester United. Saturday 22nd at 10pm. The preview part 1 How Arsenal and Manchester City have followed the same path (but others have not) By Tony Attwood Charlie Gordon is a “Brand Writer” at Express Sport.   And to be quite clear, he is not a copywriter, he is a …

Arsenal v Manchester United. Saturday 22nd at 10pm. The preview part 1

    Arsenal v Man U preview How Arsenal and Manchester City have followed the same path (but others have not) Arsenal transfers: a perfect example of how make-believe rumours work By Bulldog Drummond Manchester United have so far played two pre-season friendlies – beating Lyon 1-0 and Leeds United 2-0, having ended last season …

How Arsenal and Manchester City have followed the same path (but others have not)

    Arsenal / Man City = the secret Arsenal transfers: a perfect example of how make-believe rumours work The Women’s World Cup – 15 Arsenal Players Involved Arsenal anniversaries 21 July. The birthday of Tom Whittaker By Tony Attwood and data from Who Scored The team that had the lowest number of shots against …

Arsenal transfers: a perfect example of how make-believe rumours work

      by Sir Hardly Anyone The Women’s World Cup – 15 Arsenal Players Involved Arsenal vs Wayne’s World. Wow, wow and wow, that was good. We have often noted that each summer around 97% to 98% of the stories running in the media about players Arsenal are buying, result in no purchase.  No …

The Women’s World Cup – 15 Arsenal Players Involved

      Arsenal vs Wayne’s World. Wow, wow and wow, that was good. Arsenal v MLS all stars team news and a bit of a worry about Kane from the Lane by Andrew Crawshaw The FIFA Women’s World Cup gets underway in Australia and New Zealand today (20 July) and closes a month later …

Arsenal vs Wayne’s World. Wow, wow and wow, that was good.

    Arsenal v MLS all stars team news and a bit of a worry about Kane from the Lane Arsenal’s 25 man squad for next season: how is it shaping up? Today’s anniversary: Adebayor from £3m to £25m to £0 is six years By Tony Attwood In case you were, like me, too old …

Arsenal v MLS all stars team news and a bit of a worry about Kane from the Lane

      Arsenal’s 25 man squad for next season: how is it shaping up? Does it matter if European clubs are getting upset with the English By Sir Hardly Anyone Tomorrow morning (at least tomorrow in the UK) at 0130 BST Arsenal are again in action against the MLS All Stars.  We are told …

Arsenal’s 25 man squad for next season: how is it shaping up?

    How football has become a house of cards that is very likely to fall at any moment Arsenal v MLS All Stars: early team news Every year from about mid-July I start trying to whittle down the number of players that Arsenal have got on their books in order to get to the …

Does it matter if European clubs are getting upset with the English

    How football has become a house of cards that is very likely to fall at any moment Arsenal v MLS All Stars: early team news Arsenal anniversaries 19 July: A youngster called Bellerin appears for the first time Attendance data in this article comes from Footballwebpages By Tony Attwood We are now, as …

How football has become a house of cards that is very likely to fall at any moment

      Arsenal v MLS All Stars: early team news Football is bust: enjoy it while you can, because it is not going to last in this form. By Tony Attwood Arsenal’s current approach of building a young versatile squad by promoting their own youth players and buying in others at high expense, with …

Arsenal v MLS All Stars: early team news

    Football is bust: enjoy it while you can, because it is not going to last in this form. Football is teetering on the edge of a financial disaster: here’s why and how By Tony Attwood Arsenal have announced the squad for the forthcoming games in America and the first thing that we might …

Football is bust: enjoy it while you can, because it is not going to last in this form.

  44 players coming to Arsenal; 22 players leaving: the full list 3 players for every position; 3 positions for every player, and they all want to be at Arsenal By Tony Attwood “Football is unsustainable — since the start of the Premier League in 1992, there have been 64 incidents of clubs in the …

44 players coming to Arsenal; 22 players leaving: the full list

    3 players for every position; 3 positions for every player, and they all want to be at Arsenal Football is teetering on the edge of a financial disaster: here’s why and how By Sir Hardly Anyone There are of course two ways of writing up football transfer rumours, which make up the vast …

3 players for every position; 3 positions for every player, and they all want to be at Arsenal

    How Arsenal are evolving a new set of tactics to overtake Man City What will the first three matches of the new season tell us about Arsenal? By Tony Attwood There are, of course, 20 Premier League managers.  The oldest is David Moyes born in 1963.  The youngest is Vincent Kimpany born in …

Football is teetering on the edge of a financial disaster: here’s why and how

  Why Nurnberg, and what did we learn? Football Finances By Bulldog Drummond We are used to clubs having debts.  For example in their 2020 annual meeting, Real Madrid revealed that they had aggregated a debt of €901 million.  Not to be outdone Barcelona’s vice-president, revealed that the club’s provisional adjusted debt now stands at over €1bn …

Why Nurnberg, and what did we learn?

  Football Finances How Manchester City manage their defence in a way others can’t. Arsenal anniversaries 15 July. Wenger joins Legion d’Honneur; Martinelli’s debut By Sir Hardly Anyone It was completely clear from start to end that the match against Nurnberg was very much the first tryout of the season.   And clear that a lot …

Football Finances: it is just like a casino

      What will the first three matches of the new season tell us about Arsenal? 155 transfer reports; 44 players incoming; 22 leaving and 1 spotted at the airport By Tony Attwood As we have noted many times, most football clubs are in debt – often huge amounts of debt.  That debt is …

How Manchester City manage their defence in a way others can’t.

    By Tony Attwood How Arsenal are evolving a new set of tactics to overtake Man City What will the first three matches of the new season tell us about Arsenal? Arsenal’s History: Arsenal’s first ever away match excursion Last season Manchester City and Newcastle United each conceded 33 goals, which is ten goals …

It’s Nurnberg v Arsenal, on Arsenal TV tonight

      By Sir Hardly Anyone How Arsenal are evolving a new set of tactics to overtake Man City What will the first three matches of the new season tell us about Arsenal? The game will kick off at 6pm UK time, (or to put it another way 1800 BST) and all 90 minutes …

How Arsenal are evolving a new set of tactics to overtake Man City

        What will the first three matches of the new season tell us about Arsenal? 155 transfer reports; 44 players incoming; 22 leaving and 1 spotted at the airport Arsenal anniversaries 12 July: Caesar, Graham, Kennedy and winning the world cup By Tony Attwood In the past ten years Manchester City have …