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By Tony Attwood Attacks on referees increase; but who is to blame? Arsenal’s big problem is a lack of players – allegedly. We are going to face total burnout soon because we have such a small squad, we are told. Typical among these reports is Arsenal have growing problem they may need …
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Experts warn of risks to referees amid epidemic of abuse So proclaims the Guardian in a piece that reports on “Calls for tougher sanctions against those who abuse or attack match officials as the number of incidents continues to rise.” And some of the reporting is appalling and shocking, with players assaulting referees because …
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Why are Fifa, Uefa, the FA and other bodies that run football not held to account? by Tony Attwood The Supreme Committee of the World Cup is clearly getting a bit worried about the number of fans that the TV cameras might show watching, or perhaps that should be not watching, the matches in …
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2022-23 has begun in spectacular fashion for Arsenal, who are now considered to be genuine contenders to win the Premier League title. But come the end of November, the domestic football calendar will come to an abrupt stop, as all eyes turn to the international game, once the 2022 FIFA World Cup begins in …
By Tony Attwood The Saints can put in 56% more tackles than Arsenal before getting a card The Southampton v Arsenal game was interesting from the point of view that we have been exploring that some referees are very much home team refs, while others are much more balanced in their approach. This table below …
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Matchweek 13 Referee appointments: why do Liverpool keep getting the same refs? By Bulldog Drummond In the 104 Arsenal v Southampton games across the centuries Arsenal have won 53, Southampton 23 and 28 have been drawn. Which means we have won just over half – and naturally we hope to keep that fraction rising …
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Arsenal play Southampton as League attack Arsenal with discipline charge and brawls become commonplace By Bulldog Drummond The Southampton manager Ralph Hasenhüttl joined the club in 2018/19 taking over from Mark Hughes of whom it has often been said. In his three full seasons since then, the club has come 11th, 15th …
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The scandal of the lack of medical records in football. An Untold exclusive By Bulldog Drummond Arsenal have been charged by the FA “with a breach of FA Rule E20.1 following their Premier League fixture against Leeds United FC on Sunday 16 October 2022. And of course this being Arsenal, the media tell us not …
Arsenal Women – Champions League last 16 draw – We get the toughest opponents by Andrew Crawshaw For most teams this will be their fourth game in the WSL, there are deferred games to be fitted in to the schedule later in the season. How did I do with my predictions …
How some escape yellow cards but others are penalised for tackles by Andrew Crawshaw Who is on duty this coming weekend Matchweek 13 – Saturday/Sunday/Monday Match Referee Assistant Referees 4th Official VAR referee Assistant VAR Referee Saturday 12:30 Notts Forest v Liverpool Paul Tierney Constantine Hatzidakis Timothy Wood Graham Scott Mike Dean …
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The scandal of the lack of medical records in football. An Untold exclusive By Tony Attwood Javier Tebas the president of La Liga is back in the news. He is reportedly threatening to suspend Spain’s first and second divisions if the Spanish government does not take steps to ban the Super League. …
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By Tony Attwood You may recall, if you are regular reader that we have taken quite a lot of interest in issues such as The sexual exploitation of young footballers in which we tried to show that there are really deep and serious problems throughout England in this regard. Indeed there were several …
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By Bulldog Drummond A staggering Arsenal victory, and media proclaim Tottenham to be “miserable” These are indeed strange times, for no longer are all of Arsenal’s top players about the leave the club because our directors and managers and the cleaning company are all too slow, and who would ever want to be …
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How the crowd at Arsenal is now quite different from elsewhere By Tony Attwood If ever Arsenal needed a boost before a game the result of the women’s match last night should surely provide that, with a staggering 1-5 away win at Lyon. Indeed we can be reminded of just how staggering …
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by Andrew Crawshaw Before I talk about the game I wish to add Untold’s congratulations to Beth Mead who was the runner up in the Balon D’Or poll on Monday, she lost out by a single vote to Barcelona’s Alexia Putellas who retained the award. Tonight Arsenal start their Women’s Champions League group stage matches …
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Tackles fouls and yellow cards for the big seven: the different way each club is treated – By Bulldog Drummond So the top two in Group A of the Europa League play each other on Thursday in order to bring them up to speed with the rest of the group on four …
Read More “Arsenal v PSV – how PSV are doing and some strange ravings about transfers”
By Sir Hardly Anyone, our man with a pint at the Toppled Bollard Football Talk has a piece which claims that In an interview with Wettfreunde, “reliable journalist Gianluca Di Marzio has said that Manchester United and Arsenal could be possible contenders to sign PSV Eindhoven star Cody Gakpo in January.” He’s a forward. But …
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by Tony Attwood How the crowd at Arsenal is now quite different from elsewhere As I have written 83 trillion times (or so it seems) the media in England will absolutely not criticise PGMO or its referees. No matter what they do or how often they do it. No matter how much the number of …
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After the first 10 games, Arsenal are doing better than the unbeaten season Day by Day the videos – An Arsenal video for (almost) every day of the year in order. By Tony Attwood In 2017/18 Liverpool lost no games at Anfield. In 2018/19 it was the same – no home defeats. …
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After the first 10 games, Arsenal are doing better than the unbeaten season By Tony Attwood On the HITC website there is a most interesting post by Amir Mir concerning Arsenal’s future. It reads… PROOF IN THE PUDDING [Actually I think the phrase is “The proof of the pudding” but never mind. Let’s continue…] “Arsenal …
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By Tony Attwood Leeds v Arsenal. Leeds can foul with far fewer consequences than Arsenal. According to the referees of the Premier League, Leeds are committing twice as many fouls as Manchester City. And this makes a certain type of sense because Manchester City undertake only half the number of …
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Day by Day the videos – An Arsenal video for (almost) every day of the year in order. by Tony Attwood Over a quarter of the season has now gone, and from what I can see in the history books this is the first time ever Arsenal have won nine of the …
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By Bulldog Drummond Leeds v Arsenal: For Leeds the start of this season is the same as the end of last season Leeds v Arsenal. After 9 games Arsenal are doing better than in the unbeaten season Leeds v Arsenal. Leeds can foul with far fewer consequences than Arsenal. Apologies are nice. Apologies are good. …
On this day in Arsenal’s history: 15 October: George Male’s first appearance at right back and why that’s so important By Bulldog Drummond Of course, when we think of 2003/4 we think of Arsenal’s most glorious season, probably forgetting the fact that it was a momentous season for Leeds United too, although …
An Arsenal video for (almost) every day of the year in order. By Bulldog Drummond As we recently saw, 24 points is the best we have had at this stage of a season for at least 10 years. Indeed only once in the past decade has any team had more than 24 …
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