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By Walter Broeckx There is something strange going on in football land. We had a transfer market in which nothing much happened. All the big teams have kept their pockets closed. Chelsea didn’t buy anyone, MU bought Smalling from Fulham but he will stay at Fulham till the end of the season. We got Sol…

TODAY’S SPONSOR… Gooner Gifts is a one-stop shop for all things Arsenal related, from replica kits and retro shirts through to Emirates Stadium tours, memorabilia and novelty items. ————————– There were 15 Arsenal players on loan by the end of the season.  Here’s an analysis of them – the percentage figure at the end comes…

—————————- Untold Ref Reviews is a series that runs throughout the season, through which our referee’s panel reviews different games, based on the same agreed approach across all our reviewers.  You can find details of all our past reviews at http://blog.emiratesstadium.info/referees —————————– Today’s referee is Mike Dean – What can we say about him after…

By Tony Attwood There is in the football media a hierarchy.  It is not a natural hierarchy, but is one that the media itself creates and re-creates for its own benefit – with each element of the media anxious to keep its own position, endlessly looking over the corporate shoulder at who is coming up…

By Walter Broeckx When I saw Mourinho win against Barcelona and Bayern Munich with his very defensive tactics I feared the worst for football. I feared that we were in for a lot of teams trying to stick to his tactics. Park the bus in front of goal and hope for a counter attack and…

By Tony Attwood The BBC and a lot of other commentators and news sources said,  “Chelsea Football Club has said it is now “virtually debt-free”.” You’ll remember it well.   30 December last year Now it turns out not to be true.  Not at all.  Not one jot.  Of course I can’t say what was in…