Untold Arsenal: Supporting the club, the manager and the team
"I believe the target of anything in life should be to do it so well that it becomes an art." A Wenger
Ever since I first studied sociology (in about 2 million years BC) I have known that the media’s first need is to see to the continuation of itself by keeping up its audience. It does this by telling the audience “this is how it is” and then, having got the audience fixed on this version …
“You’re Fucked and you know you are….” By Simon Bailey. I think we are all caught in one of those moments where we are living an alternate reality. You sort of recognise what’s going on, but it all feels a bit surreal. A week ago everything was normal. Respective managers were briefing their respective teams …
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To the Football Association, from Simon Bailey Sir, I am writing to you as a concerned supporter of both England and of a Premier League football team. The history of football in England is rich and diverse, but at the root of it are the clubs that make up the leagues. Clubs that have existed …
Trying to stay in touch with the financial morass that is the EPL, is tough. In this article I am trying to pull together some of the latest facts, figures, and then conclusions. I am hopeful that if there are factual errors these can be pointed out and I will produce an update a bit …
By Walter Broeckx Much has been made of Shawcross being a nice man and therefore not to blame. And behind this has comes the argument that all the fuss is about nothing because what Shawcross did was a legitimate tackle. So let us clear this up for once and for all. At least until the …
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Untold Arsenal is published two or three times a day. There’s an list of recent articles on the right in date order, followed by a month by month drop down menu. At the end of the main piece there’s an abbreviated contents section (just in case we published something while you weren’t looking.) Stupidity Week …
The argument about Aaron Ramsey runs roughly like this… The media, with a mixture of traditional English dislike of success, plus a deep-rooted disgust at all things French, and a desperate need to create news out of nothing, constantly announce that the only way to beat Arsenal is to rough them up. The story is …
Many of us have been outraged beyond endurance by the assault on Ramsey on 27th February. 24 hours later I am still frustrated an annoyed in a way that is not a normal part of my nature. If I may speak for once for Walter (who is of course more than able to speak for …
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By Walter Broeckx Some have asked my point of view on the game and I must say it is with much pain in my heart that I will try to analyse the game. I will try to come to the Ramsey incident in the last part and hopefully by then I get my thoughts a …
It was as if Stoke City had studied the disgraceful tactics of Birmingham City and seen them as a blueprint rather than a dire warning. And in one way they were right. After all, if you can cut out a player totally for a year or maybe more, and just risk a 3 match ban …
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Article history: because of the difficulties explained below, bits of this article were added as time went by. Last update 1108 GMT, 27 Feb By Billy the Dog McGraw Tony telephoned me in an absolute panic (you know how he gets worked up so easily) saying that Phil had sent in his Stoke City preview …
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