This daily blog was started in January 2008, and as the name is intended to suggest we try to cover issues that do not get fulsome coverage in other blogs or publications, and where we are covering the same ground as others, try to do so from a different perspective.

3 days ago · Untold Arsenal: Supporting the club, the manager and the team "I believe the target of anything in life should be to do it so well that it becomes an art."

Nov 12, 2024 · Now only two of those opening games last season away from home could be considered against the bigger sides, as opposed to this season. And interestingly the two away games against the bigger sides last season at the start gave exactly the same results as this season – an away draw with Chelsea and an away defeat to Newcastle.

Dec 21, 2024 · Arsenal are currently four points better off than in 2021, but six points worse off than 2023 and a whopping 13 points worse off than 2022. The reasons are simple: a far worse set of injuries this season than in either of the last two seasons, and a very difficult set of away fixtures in the first half of this season, which didn’t happen in the last two seasons.

Nov 16, 2024 · But just how many injuries do different clubs get and how long are players out for? We often cite the Premier Injuries table which currently shows Arsenal with six men out: White, Tomiyasu, Calafiori, Tierney, Rice and Saka. The only clubs with more players unable to play are Brentford (8), Everton (8), Brighton (9), Crystal Palace (9), and Manchester City (10).

Nov 21, 2024 · How international injuries have decimated the Premier League; Is the Premier League about to split in two? By Tony Attwood. It is the New York Times that has the research in detail on this question of injuries and team changes, with a table concerning the number of injuries clubs have suffered this season.. Obviously you can go looking there for the full figures but here are a few headlines.

Nov 4, 2024 · Indeed the range of days lost to injury is enormous in the league. At the moment the EPL injuries table shows, in terms of the number of players out at this moment, a range from one for Aston Villa, through to eight for Crystal Palace and Manchester United. Arsenal have been right at the top end for part of this season but have now dropped back to four: Tomiyasu, Calafiori, Tierney and Odegaard.

Jan 16, 2025 · And perhaps we might be permitted to say “poised indeed.” Meanwhile in the Guardian there is the article, “ What’s the reality of this Tottenham team, supremely unlucky or unforgivably naive?” and one might be tempted to replace the phrase “this Tottenham team” with “the words “these journalists”. How can they get it so wrong so often?

Oct 28, 2024 · That seems a reasonable point from the Guardian, which makes one wonder why they feel the need to lead with the headline “‘They were on the floor so many times’: Arne Slot accuses Arsenal of time-wasting” The Telegraph is perhaps a little more on message with “Mohamed Salah the man for big moments as Liverpool striker haunts Arsenal yet again”

Jan 8, 2024 · The first obvious factor is that Jesus and Nketiah are being yellow carded far more than last season. Up from 0.26 and 0.17 cards per game they are now on 0.33 and 0.31 per game.