Hitting the Bar – Chamakh Attack Flak, Arteta and Jack

Why All the Flak on Chamakh’s Attack?

With the close of the transfer window and people writing a host of season predictions, you can’t take three clicks without seeing someone damn Marouane Chamakh as currently useless and unable to participate in the Arsenal team as he once did.  One pundit said he was weak due to fasting [...]

Arsenal injuries: two years of hell

The Question

The perception among Arsenal supporters is that Arsenal tend to suffer more injuries than other teams. This perception is heightened by the recent injury reports for Jack Wilshere, Thomas Vermaelen, and Theo Walcott. Even those reports aside, for many it does seem like Arsenal start every season with one or two key players injured for large [...]

Injuries and the unbearable paucity of data

YOU WANT SOME DATA ON OUR NEW SIGNINGS?

Sorry, but it just doesn’t exist.

Well, some stuff exists. For example, I can tell you something useless, like Mikel Arteta scored all of Everton’s goal* this season. That’s right, Arteta scored 100% of Everton’s goal this year. Strike force? Who needs a strike force when we’ve got a goal [...]