Arsenal 2011-2012 Top Ten: 8 – Rosickayoun
As Arsenal struggled in January, many supporters started calling for certain players to be given a chance and no players received a stronger call than Arsenal’s two oldest players: Yossi Benayoun and Tomas Rosicky. Arsene started the season with Aaron Ramsey in the role vacated by Cesc Fabregas but it soon became apparent to everyone...
2011-2012 Top Ten: 9 – Fullbacks
Here’s something you probably don’t know: Bacary Sagna was ranked 32nd in Europe’s top five leagues with 2.7 aerial duels won per game. That’s more aerial duels won per game than Marouane Fellaini, Kevin Cyrill Davies, and Martin Squirtle. Why? There are two things here, the first is that teams deliberately target Arsenal’s fullbacks with...
QPR win the Champions League
Could QPR have won the Champions League? I doubt it, especially since they will probably never finish fourth, but by some people’s measurement QPR played Man City at least as well as Chelsea played against Bayern. I’m not saying that the games were equivalent – clearly Chelsea are a more talented team than QPR –...
Arsenal 2011-2012 Top Ten: 10 – Alex Song
Every season needs a top ten list, 2011-2012 was a season, therefore you get a top ten list. Tautologies are nice. This season’s top ten isn’t just moments or players it’s kind of a hodgepodge of everything: I have some moments that I want to relive, I have some players that I want to highlight,...
Arsenal survived relegation by one point
There’s not just one League in England anymore, there are two leagues. Symbiotic leagues which feed off each other, enrich each other, and ultimately enrich the billionaires and millionaires who own, operate, and play in those leagues. In The League you have 20 teams who play each other home and away, are awarded points for...
In the land of the blind the Hawk-Eyed man is king
Richard Scudamore today announced that the Premier League could, maybe will, might not, introduce Hawk-Eye technology into English football some time in the middle of next season. If FIFA approves. For those who don’t know, “Hawk-Eye” is a system that will predict the trajectory of a ball and relay goal/no goal information to the referee...
Surprising Stats from 2011-2012
- There were just 13 players who played in all 38 games and there were two of those players who played for Arsenal (RvP, Szczesny) - Mikel Arteta led the league in passes per game with 76.9 but did you know that the lowest average passes per game for a midfielder — most people who...
Surprising Stats from 2011-2012
- There were just 13 players who played in all 38 games and there were two of those players who played for Arsenal (RvP, Szczesny) - Mikel Arteta led the league in passes per game with 76.9 but did you know that the lowest average passes per game for a midfielder — most people who...
Arsenal finish third: a class to themselves
It was the day after Blackburn beat Arsenal 4-3 and I kept going deeper and deeper into history. Clicking on year after year then scrolling down to the first 5 games of the season, “nope”. Year after year went by and I started to wonder if Arsenal had ever had this poor of a start...
Arsenal finish third: a class to themselves
It was the day after Blackburn beat Arsenal 4-3 and I kept going deeper and deeper into history. Clicking on year after year then scrolling down to the first 5 games of the season, “nope”. Year after year went by and I started to wonder if Arsenal had ever had this poor of a start...
Arsene Wenger hugs Pat Rice: 2011-2012 in a single photo
Sometimes a single photo can tell an entire story. This is one of those times.
Happy St. Totteringham’s Day everyone!
WBA v. Arsenal: kick the summer off in style
Take all the records, the data points, the talking points, projections, and stats, and throw them out the window. They won’t do you any good in trying to understand tomorrow’s game. But that’s what we love about sports isn’t it? The records don’t matter because they only reflect an arbitrary mark on a piece of...
