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Child abuse in football Why is the FA still in control? “The Unsavoury Face of Youth Transfers” by Tony Attwood The last child abuse scandal relating to football clubs in England started in November 2016. Players came forward to tell how they were abused as children, and there were allegations of a cover-up …
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By Tony Attwood Trajectories are not that popular in football journalism because they take a little bit of working out and involve some numbers, but they do actually tell us much more about where a club is going than most reports in the media do. But Arsenal’s progress under Arteta is truly sensational. On …
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By Bulldog Drummond Manchester City v Arsenal: how the mighty have utterly collapsed Manchester City v Arsenal and the question of blips and extremes Manchester City v Arsenal: the home v away scores Manchester City against Arsenal: the home team ref v Arsenal The BBC have done their normal match preview and come …
Manchester City, Arsenal and historical perspectives Manchester City v Arsenal and the question of blips and extremes Manchester City v Arsenal: the home v away scores Manchester City against Arsenal: the home team ref v Arsenal How different it has all turned out to be. Not for Manchester City of course, because everyone …
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Manchester City v Arsenal: the home v away scores Manchester City against Arsenal: the home team ref v Arsenal By Bulldog Drummond Among the media which go in for ruminations about the highways and byways of English football there is a feeling that this is a chaotic season. Certainly in one measurable …
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Manchester City against Arsenal: the home team ref v Arsenal By Bulldog Drummond Manchester City are the best home team in the country, and Arsenal are the best away team in the country, but even without taking into account recent results Manchester City are out-doing Arsenal this season when these two statistics …
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Manchester City v Arsenal Why do football journalists always get it so totally wrong part 1? Why journalists’ predictions on football are always so wrong part 2 By Bulldog Drummond Referee: Michael Oliver Assistants: Stuart Burt & Ian Hussin Fourth Official: Craig Pawson VAR: David Coote Assistant VAR: Eddie Smart Michael Oliver is …
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By Tony Attwood This article continues from yesterday’s final piece Why do football journalists always get it so totally wrong? In that earlier piece we noted that Untold Arsenal – a tiny organisation in the general context of things – can uncover a story such as what was actually going on at Leicester tactically, …
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Is it really true that Arsenal are too emotional to win the league? The one huge weakness in the Premier League which one day will unravel By Tony Attwood I have often mentioned that after last season I predicted Arsenal to come third this season, based on the fact that for …
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The development of Arsenal FC The one huge weakness in the Premier League which one day will unravel Taking a positive out of the draw with Southampton By Tony Attwood As the Telegraph recently reminded us Gary Neville last month proclaimed that Arsenal were “too emotional” as a team. They justify bringing this commentary …
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Football: the danger of not talking Taking a positive out of the draw with Southampton According to a report from Italy, and reported across much of Europe, in the Italian Serie A “dark-skinned players are punished more than others.” The study comes from researchers from North American universities. Part of the cause …
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Arsenal v Southampton: the aftermath By Tony Attwood We normally put a couple of links at the top of each article relating back to earlier pieces on a similar theme – or simply just to the last two articles, and yet nothing really comes to mind as appropriate. After such a brilliant run of …
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Arsenal v Southampton: how it might all pan out Arsenal v Southampton: Simon Hooper is the ref, which means… Arsenal v Southampton. Prognostications and a lack of chickens This has just appeared in the Guardian: “EXCLUSIVE: Julian Nagelsmann has now withdrawn from the race to become the new Chelsea head coach — …
Arsenal v Southampton: expected results Arsenal v Southampton: Simon Hooper is the ref, which means… Arsenal v Southampton. Prognostications and a lack of chickens On the Arsenal history site today: 21 April 2001: Starting the longest sequence of scoring in home games By Bulldog Drummond Of course what we should have for this game …
Strange Premier League referee behaviour Arsenal v Southampton. Prognostications and a lack of chickens Are clubs continuing to mis-treat young players? By Bulldog Drummond Simon Hooper, the referee for Arsenal v Southampton, is one of 14 referees who have overseen 13 or more Premier League matches this season. Only one referee in this elite …
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Arsenal v Southampton: prognostications Are clubs continuing to mis-treat young players? Which teams have improved the most and which have got worse this season? By Bulldog Drummond Southampton as we know are not just bottom of the league, but bottom with little hope of not going down. They are four points behind Everton in …
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Which teams have improved the most and which have got worse this season? Comparing Arsenal today with the Arsenal of the unbeaten season By Tony Attwood If you are a long term reader of Untold Arsenal you will know that for many a long year we have been complaining about the way …
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How football clubs change over time Whatever happened to Samir Nasri Comparing Arsenal today with the Arsenal of the unbeaten season The last time we had 74+ points from 31 games was…. By Tony Attwood Of course the headline today is a bit of a tricky question, and before it is answered …
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Comparing Arsenal today with the Arsenal of the unbeaten season The last time we had 74+ points from 31 games was…. Nasri played 166 times for Marseille scoring 12 goals before moving to Arsenal in 2008. He left the club at the start of the 2011/12 having played 125 games and scored 27 …
The last time we had 74+ points from 31 games was…. And a word of thanks to our guest comedians: Tottenham Hotspur, their fans and players By Tony Attwood As we have noted before, the last time Arsenal had 74 or more points from 31 games was the unbeaten season, and of course …
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Arsenal disappoint against WHU but… Did the January transfer window make any difference to the league table? Can we tell the winner of the Premier League after 30 games? By Tony Attwood Speaking about the missed penalty Mikel Arteta said, “If you are prepared to take responsibility for penalties, you have to …
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West Ham vs Arsenal West Ham at home, Arsenal away, referee bias. How the figures compare West Ham v Arsenal: Why do West Ham get so few yellow cards? West Ham v Arsenal: 2pm sunday. Fewer goals v More goals. Life can be difficult at the fringes. Take Tottenham (and indeed as many north …
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By Bulldog Drummond West Ham United v Arsenal Why do West Ham get so few yellow cards? West Ham v Arsenal: 2pm sunday. Fewer goals v More goals. Team P W D L F A GD Pts 13 West Ham United home 15 6 3 6 19 19 0 21 1 Arsenal away …
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WHU v Arsenal: the statistics West Ham v Arsenal: 2pm Sunday. Fewer goals v More goals. By Bulldog Drummond Arsenal under Arteta have been, as we have traced since the moment he arrived, built on the Manchester City model – part of which is the removal of tackling from the game. Of course …
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West Ham v Arsenal 16 April Did the January transfer window make any difference to the league table? Can we tell the winner of the Premier League after 30 games? By Bulldog Drummond A quick look at the league table statistics tells us a lot about West Ham. Arsenal have won 23 games …
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