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
Is the Premier League about to split in two? Does form tell us anything? Yes but probably not what you thought… The injury level is in the Premier League following the wholly ludicrous round of internationals is itself ludicrous. Arsenal have seven players listed as injured, but are by no means at the …
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While it’s a good sign for a healthy Premier League club that Arsenal fans are keener to look forward than relive the team’s past glories, it is interesting to look back at the club’s modern history both for nostalgia and to enable reflection on where the team is today. Back 20 years ago, we …
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Does form tell us anything? Yes but probably not what you thought… By Tony Attwood It has long been a point of view expressed on Untold that the argument between Manchester City and other clubs in the League over finances could well lead to the league fracturing, with the majority of clubs walking …
While Arsenal have had the tough away games, who’s been getting it easy? Copa America legal cases maybe just could change world football By Tony Attwood Look at the current league table and you’ll see Arsenal placed in fourth, and Bournemouth in 12th. But think back to the recent game between the two …
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What do internationals bring us? Injuries and nationalism Why are there so many injuries at Arsenal this season? Some time ago a bit of an argument broke out over the question of whether Tottenham was on the one hand hugely in debt or on the other hand the most debt-free club in the league. …
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Surely it must be time to stop this injury insanity. By Tony Attwood 100 Years since Herbert Chapman came to Arsenal Copa America legal cases maybe just could change world football It wasn’t a surprise that God Save the King was booed and the song ‘Lizzie’s in a box’ was sung in the build-up to …
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Why are there so many injuries at Arsenal this season? Man City once again takes on the PL. We look at where this might end You might also like to note that we have published a new episode in the series marking 100 years since Herbert Chapman joined the Arsenal: 9: Arsenal wait for …
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Man City once again takes on the PL. We look at where this might end How Arsenal’s progress has been screwed by the rest of the league. By Tony Attwood There is no doubt that Real Madrid is if not the most successful team on the planet then pretty close to it although …
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How Arsenal’s progress has been screwed by the rest of the league. Why watching football from England is a major disadvantage By Tony Attwood The suggestion that “Manchester City ramp up civil war with Premier League” in today’s headlines is surely something that strays a little from reality, since how can the “civil …
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By Tony Attwood Lower points that last season? In fact Arsenal are actually doing quite well In that article noted above we showed that Arsenal have been given just about the worst possible sequence of fixtures in the first 30% (that is the first 11 games) of this season that is imaginable, playing most …
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Why watching football from England is a major disadvantage Why do the owners of PGMOL actually want the organisation to be ultra-secretive? “Harry Kane: England captain expresses disappointment after nine withdrawals from Nations League squad.” So says Sky Sports. Their headline reads: England captain Harry Kane on squad withdrawals: “It’s a shame this …
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Why do the owners of PGMOL actually want the organisation to be ultra-secretive? Martin Ødegaard does the right thing, and what the media absolutely won’t tell you about Arsenal By Tony Attwood The commentaries on football in the English media concentrate of course on English football. That’s obvious… except that if you regularly read …
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Martin Ødegaard does the right thing, and what the media absolutely won’t tell you about Arsenal Lower points than last season? In fact Arsenal are actually doing just as well By Tony Attwood According to the Guardian, “PGMOL has lobbied hard for greater prominence in the process finding a platform to display in more …
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How the biggest effect on Arsenal’s performance is which ref they get Want to be a football journalist? Lesson 1: Learn to rant It’s not been a surprise to see that most commentators are taking the view that as Vavel website says, “The outlook is bleak, with Arsenal sat in a modest lowly place …
Top Predictions and Best Bets for the Champions League With several huge events attracting much interest from bookmakers, the UEFA Champions League is getting hot. People are debating one game, Bayern Munich vs Benfica. Bayern has a good defence; hence, a common estimate for this game is that under 3.5 goals will be scored. …
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How the biggest effect on Arsenal’s performance is which ref they get Want to be a football journalist? Lesson 1: Learn to rant By Tony Attwood Arsenal are, as we all know, not doing as well as we had hoped at the start of the season. And we know this because the media tell us …
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Want to be a football journalist? Lesson 1: Learn to rant Were Arsenal wrong not to have a successor to Edu already lined up? by Tony Attwood John Brooks has only refereed one Arsenal match this season and for that we should give thanks, because in his one match (that being on …
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Were Arsenal wrong not to have a successor to Edu already lined up? Is there an Arsenal crisis or is it just a media crisis? By Tony Attwood I really don’t know what to make of all this. Referee David Coote has been suspended over an apparent video of a foul-mouthed Kloppian “rant”. …
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Why is the media ignoring Arsenal’s dramatic tactical change? Are Arsenal turning into a dirty team, or is it the media that’s getting nasty? Where is Edu’s successor? By Tony Attwood I’m occasionally asked why I write so much about what the media says concerning football, such as in those two articles highlighted above. …
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For some reason this article did not get posted on time. But here it is in case you have half an hour before the match. The actual team includes Odegaard Is there an Arsenal crisis or is it just a media crisis? Chelsea v Arsenal: just how many times do we have to …
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Is there an Arsenal crisis or is it just a media crisis? Chelsea v Arsenal: just how many times do we have to have Michael Oliver By Bulldog Drummond Of course Manchester City losing four games in a row was unexpected, but it had to happen sooner or later because even with all …
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Chelsea v Arsenal: just how many times do we have to have Michael Oliver Untold hacks into Sun’s super computer and predicts battery failure Chelsea v Arsenal on Sunday: how the form books predict it By Tony Attwood There is a story in the world of newspapers in which the Sports Editor walks …
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Does the referee affect the result? Untold hacks into Sun’s super computer and predicts battery failure Chelsea v Arsenal on Sunday: how the form books predict it By Bulldog Drummond I thought it might be interesting to see how many times Michael Oliver has overseen an Arsenal match in this year. And the …
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Chelsea v Arsenal on Sunday: how the form books predict it Football has been utterly ruined, and it is time to fight back By Tony Attwood As you may know, the identity and location of the Sun’s oft quoted supercomputer is totally secret. Week after week, month after month, and indeed year after year, …
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Maybe there is something that clubs can do to change football for the better Football has been utterly ruined, and it is time to fight back By Bulldog Drummond It’s Chelsea away on Sunday at 4.30 pm., and the home and away comparison for the two teams this season makes them appear quite …
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