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By Tony Attwood The appalling side of football neither clubs nor media will ever admit to The three worlds of English football – and why you don’t hear about them When Arsenal players play for their countries, all one can do is hold one’s breath and hope they come out of the experience …
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The three worlds of English football – and why you don’t hear about them Football, the soap opera, the myths, and Arsenal’s remarkable progress By Tony Attwood In a recent piece, I wrote about the three worlds of football, and how the third of these is centred on the issue of bullying, which …
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Football, the soap opera, the myths, and Arsenal’s remarkable progress How are our transfers doing? A first look at the 7 new boys By Tony Attwood There are indeed three separate worlds of football, which exist in England. The same three worlds might also exist in other countries, although I’m sticking with …
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How are our transfers doing? A first look at the 7 new boys Mikel Arteta and the benefit of having a complete clear out By Tony Attwood If you are kind enough to read Untold on a regular basis, or indeed if alternatively you often read the national media’s football pages, you may …
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In our history of 100 seasons in the top division on the Arsenal History Society site today we’ve published a new article: 1930-1933 the trophies start to arrive. By Tony Attwood It doesn’t matter who scores the goals, but which are not in the top 4 is interesting Mikel Arteta and the …
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Mikel Arteta and the benefit of having a complete clear out Liverpool show signs of the “dip” syndrome, which Arsenal have overcome By Tony Attwood As I have often pointed out before, the media are never happier than when they are moaning, and despite Arsenal being top of the league, negatives are found, …
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By Tony Attwood The injuries mount for Arsenal but the outlook still looks good Liverpool show signs of the “dip” syndrome, which Arsenal have overcome One of the most common aspects of football reporting involves taking one set of results and ignoring another set of results. We saw this particularly with Arsenal and …
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Liverpool show signs of the “dip” syndrome, which Arsenal have overcome Arsenal v West Ham: the aftermath By Tony Attwood The good news is that Martin Ødegaard has come out of Norway’s team that will play Israel and New Zealand (and we might pause at this moment to think, Norway v New Zealand – …
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Arsenal v West Ham: the aftermath And now, after yet another victory, it’s time to celebrate…. By Tony Attwood This morning I took a look at the “last six game table”, which, if you are a regular reader, you’ll know is one of my favourite guides to club form. And I looked today, …
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And now after yet another victory, it’s time to celebrate…. By Tony Attwood “Anything can happen in the next half hour” was, I recall, part of the introductory segment of the puppet series Stingray (although that is stretching my memory a bit.) Although stretching the time period, I do feel that anything can …
So much for Arsenal to celebrate, but where to begin? By Tony Attwood It is rare that I get the chance to write a post straight after a match has finished, but I have managed it today simply because I wanted to point out a few factors relating to the league table… …
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The past was horrible the future looks delectable: AFC v WHam Arsenal v West Ham. The reason we have got this ref looks truly shocking Arsenal v West Ham, Saturday 3pm. Are Arsenal on the edge of another dip? By Tony Attwood When things are going well, it is easy to forget how the …
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Arsenal v West Ham. The reason we have got this ref looks truly shocking Arsenal v West Ham, Saturday 3pm. Are Arsenal on the edge of another dip? By Tony Attwood A lot of football is fixed, including how of course, the order of the fixtures. Just consider our opening this season! But at …
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On the Arsenal history website: Celebrating the record of 100 seasons in the top division: On Untold Arsenal Arsenal v West Ham, Saturday 3pm. Are Arsenal on the edge of another dip? It is interesting to see that various websites are now taking up the cry that some referees make far too many …
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So much for Arsenal to celebrate, but where to begin? And will the media apologise about their prognostications? Of course not By Tony Attwod It seems a very strange time to have a football match, but 3pm on Saturday it is. So let’s start with the injury news Arsenal have five men …
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And will the media apologise about their prognostications? Of course not How PSR is continuing to affect clubs in the Premier League by Tony Attwood It is not just winning. It is not just winning without conceding a goal. It is not just having the best defence in the league – …
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How PSR is continuing to affect clubs in the Premier League Why do clubs keep falling foul of the Profit and Sustainability Rules? By Tony Attwood The aim of this part of the Champions League is to finish in the top reaches so we avoid the play-offs and go straight into the knockout round. …
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Arsenal v Olympiacos F.C. Champions League and an unexpected stat How PSR is continuing to affect clubs in the Premier League By Tony Attwood So far, just three teams have won their opening two games in the Champions League table: Bayern Munich, Inter Milan and Real Madrid. Of the teams who have …
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How PSR is continuing to affect clubs in the Premier League How Arsenal are changing: new team, new directors, new belief By Tony Attwood Greece is a country whose football is dominated by three clubs: Olympiakos, AEK Athens, and PAOK Today Olympiakos inevitably stands top of the league in Greece, of course, having …
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By Tony Attwood Why do clubs keep falling foul of the Profit and Sustainability Rules? How Arsenal are changing: new team, new directors, new belief I took a look yesterday at why clubs trip over the PSR Rules. And it is interesting how the media keep trying to push us away from that story …
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How Arsenal are changing: new team, new directors, new belief What five games tells us about who is going to win the league this season By Tony Attwood Prelude: Untold also publsihes the Arsenal History website where we are currently tracking the fact that Arsenal has become the first ever club to play …
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By Tony Attwood Sun newspaper vanishes into wild weird fantasy land of a curse The victory yesterday was of course, a triumph. It made it three straight undefeated games in the Premier League, including beating two of the expected top seven this season. It made it six goals scored and two conceded. And in …
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By Tony Attwood Here it is. I knew this was what was needed, but wondered if we could do it. Oh me of little faith!!!! We are second in the league, have scored the second most goals in the league (equal with the eternally feted Liverpool), have the best defence in the …
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Arsenal get more yellows, have more shots and have more possession than Newcastle What five games tells us about who is going to win the league this season By Tony Attwood “Confusing,” as the Guardian this morning were telling us by now seem to have modified themselves, in the Sunday football blog, “As ever, …
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By Tony Attwood What five games tells us about who is going to win the league this season Sun newspaper vanishes into wild weird fantasy land of a curse You know that things are going ok when the newspaper previews focus entirely on the opposition – in the case of the Guardian, talking solely …
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