Now, what you might notice there is that not only are Arsenal just one goal behind Manchester City, (who are currently having a big luv-in with the football media), but also when we look at the top ...

The point is that the problem with the question, “Does what you know affect what you see?” is the word “know”. For much of the time, we “know” things are, when it comes down to it, just opinions. Over ...

This latest run has done a little to re-establish what had, before the 16-game run, been the natural order of things between the clubs. For the current overall total of results, now tells us that ...

Chelsea do seem to have been very clever in getting themselves off the newspapers totally, by having a financial structure so complex you virtually need a doctorate in company finance to follow it.

And we know that the number of away wins that PL referees have ranges from 52.6% to 18.2%.

Apparently, Declan Rice was asked if he found the game frustrating yesterday, and he replied, “Frustrating? Nah, we just got to a semi-final.   Positivity all the way, who cares what people think? ...

I know, Arsenal didn’t win the Champions League, but I seem to recall they only lost something like three games in 14 in that competition (I haven’t checked), which isn’t that bad. Plus, what is ...

In terms of the injuries, Arsenal are showing Merino as definitely out of course, and then with four players on 25%: Martin Odegaard, Riccardo Calafiori, Bukayo Saka and Jurrien Timber.

Which is dangerous because, as we have often seen (and Tottenham are a perfect example), changing the team around can cause more harm than good.   And making negative pronouncements about who should ...

As we all know of course, there are eight clubs left in the Champions League at the start of the quarter finals and ahead of yesterday’s games which saw Liverpool and Barcelona knocked out, I wondered ...

Arsenal v Sporting 8pm Wednesday, and the problem of accumulated minutes. Why is no one asking why in football, some things are; By Tony Attwood. One of the fascinating issues tha ...

But let’s start with Sporting. Since playing Arsenal they have had one game – away to Estrela Amadora, which they won 0-1. This leaves Sporting in second place, five points behind the leaders with a ...