New fouls and yellow card data suggest refs are reacting to club ploys.

By Tony Attwood It looks a little as if the publicity we have given to our regular chart which compares tackles, fouls, yellow cards and penalties might be having an impact. This table (a new edition is at the end of this article) is unique – no one else has ever looked at such things …

It’s not just Arsenal who buy players that flop, but it’s always Arsenal’s fault

By Tony Attwood We’ve been discussing from time to time how Arsenal let young players slip through their fingers and go elsewhere.  The implication in the media is that it is always Arsenal’s fault, and no other club makes the same cockups as Arsenal. And indeed it is interesting that one player we held on …