Injuries, Football, Dowd, and more

Raymond Verheijen

You would be excused if you haven’t heard of Mr. Verheijen or if maybe you know of him as “that guy who tweeted something about Gareth Bale.” I admit that I didn’t know who he was until yesterday when I was listening to the Guardian Football Weekly Extra Podcast with James Richardson.

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Arsenal Injuries Mount Up Part 2: Context, Context, Context

Prologue

I received a ton of criticism from readers, both here and on Twitter, over yesterday’s post. Most of the people concentrated on the word “context” saying that my numbers were either less important or completely meaningless because they “lacked context.” The other criticism I received was from people claiming that I just hate certain players and [...]

Arsenal injuries mount up (and I do mean mount): your 7amkickoff index

The sight of Bacary Sagna pulling Djourou’s arm out of socket on Saturday only added to the pain of losing to the old enemy. In all League games Arsenal have only allowed 4 goals when Djourou is on the pitch proving that Johan has been Arsenal’s most consistent Premier League defender.

Injuries to Arsenal are like peanut [...]