Arsenal are now back to within a point of where we were last season after 19 games, although still a considerable way off where the club was two seasons ago at the 19 game point. But then we haven’t ...

Is Brentford’s tiny stadium a benefit to them? Probably yes when we have, as we do on this occasion, a home-biased referee who has seen 80% of his matches end as home wins. As a result Arenal are ...

So on to the facts. Brentford are the ultimate Jeykll and Hyde club, as we can see from their home and away results with Arsenal’s away form shown in contrast.

But rather curiously he is a bit of a penalty giver, having awarded four penalties in ten games. But when it comes to giving out yellow cards he is mid-range with four yellow cards per game and just ...

To be fair to Forest they have won five league games in a row scoring ten and conceding just three. But on the other hand the clubs they have beaten are Manchester United, Aston Villa, Brentford, ...

OK if you have stayed with me this far you are possibly thinking, “Tony’s really lost it this time – he’s posted a political commentary on the wrong blog.” But now, if you think of the points raised ...

To psychologists, this phenomenon of drawing conclusions from limited information is well-known and widespread but this fact seems to be persistently ignored by football journalists, who often have ...

Ipswich town  Well, it has to be said it actually wasn’t the most convincing display we have ever seen, but was it really that bad?  In the first half we had an astonishing 84% of the possession, but ...

We all know that life on the pitch for Arsenal is going to be more difficult without Saka, but do Arsenal have enough to get through this time without him and yet still win matches? Watching the match ...

This clearly suggests that the fouling system and approach of Ipswich generates many, many more yellow cards than Arsenal, not because they persistently foul but because when they do, the result of ...

A win to take us second is an obvious fact – the ten point marker is just a game a few of us play in watching how far ahead of Tottenham Hots, Arseal can get. Today Arsenal are 10 points above ...