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
By Bulldog Drummond There is a great reason to defeat West Bromwich Albion today, and that is that it would send them down. Not that I have anything against West Brom at all – and I am sorry they will get hurt by this, but really, that man Allerdyce is not the right sort of …
Read More “Arsenal v WBA: the team according to the various pundits”
by Bulldog Drummond Arsenal v WBA is a game we normally win without too much bother. We’ve beaten them 73 times and they’ve got the better of us 38 times. There have been 31 draws. Reducing the games to this century only we have only been done down by them four times – all four …
Read More “Arsenal v WBA – the history and the Arsenal/WBA video show”
By Bulldog Drummond Recently… Arsenal avoid part of the punishment for joining Super League; Barca on the edge of collapse Can “Chaotic Arsenal” manage a win against West Brom? ———- Now I know (because Untold has been running the story in the face of denials on all fronts and endlessly checking the stats) that the …
Read More “Arsenal v WBA. “It’s Arsenal so it must be a yellow” – the statistical proof.”
By Tony Attwood It is being reported that the Premier League clubs which were part of the Super League have now agreed to a Uefa declaration that they will behave in future and not be naughty again. Or in Uefa speak, have signed a ‘club commitment declaration.’ Should they break the declaration they will be …
By Bulldog Drummond In trouble from top to bottom: chaotic Arsenal are failing in all areas screams the headline in the guardian by Nick Ames. Nick Ames in case you don’t know about him is what we call a Super Spreader – he takes a particular vision of football and plasters the written media with …
Read More “Can “Chaotic Arsenal” manage a win against West Brom?”
By Tony Attwood In my last piece Football is not a level playing field, and that should be Arsenal’s starting point I tried to raise the point that solving Arsenal’s problems is not one of simply bringing in a new manager, and maybe half a dozen new players. No, I think that we are going …
Read More “The simple solution to resolving Arsenal’s current difficulties.”
By Tony Attwood According to journalists, broadcasters and bloggers, everything has to be simple in football. We need a new defence (actually we don’t). Nothing is wrong with refereeing (there is now huge evidence to the contrary). Changing the manager helps (mostly it doesn’t – the average tenure of a PL manager is 2 …
Read More “Football is not a level playing field, and that should be Arsenal’s starting point.”
by Bulldog Drummond According to ESPN, UEFA have not given up the notion of action against clubs that agreed to be part of Super League and which have not yet begged forgiveness. The punishment is said to be a two year ban from European competitions. Seven clubs are said to have bowed down to the …
By Bulldog Drummond We are often asked why, when we are so much against what the media does, we keep giving the media coverage and thus publicity on Untold. Two reasons for this. The big one is that so many people still seem to take what the media says seriously, even though most, when challenged …
Read More “The Arsenal story about today’s game that is so bonkers it had us all laughing”
By Bulldog Drummond Arsenal against Villareal: videos from the matches through history Arsenal’s form at home this season has been worse than the team’s performance away as the comparative table below shows… Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts 9 Arsenal at home 17 6 4 7 19 20 -1 22 7 …
Read More “Arsenal at home to Villareal: and the home form is worrying”
By Bulldog Drummond The problem with writing a preview of a European semi-final second leg is that not much has happened since the first leg. Arsenal had a fine win over a Newcastle team who spent the match looking over their shoulders, while Villareal beat Getafe 1-0. And AST have been making a noise. Meanwhile …
Read More “Arsenal 99% in Europe next season; but a fan on the board is meaningless”
By Tony Attwood So, the good guys are talking to Mr Ek (to whose business I pay a monthly fee – just wanted you to know that Mr Ek when it comes to seats for fans on the board). Which is undoubtedly helping the value of Arsenal to continue rising, as it has been …
Read More “What do you want for Arsenal? What do you believe in?”
By Tony Attwood Arsenal are probably going to finish about half way down the league, quite possibly the worst finish since 1982/3 – the worst for 38 years… Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts 5 West Ham United 34 17 7 10 55 44 11 58 6 Tottenham Hotspur 34 16 …
by Tony Attwood Arsenal, as you will know if you are old enough to remember or if you have read the club’s history, were docked two points in 1990 for the behaviour of their players on the pitch during a bit of argy-bargy in a game at Old Trafford, the so-called Theatre of Dreams. It …
Read More “It takes a lot for club owners to lose the media, but that’s what Man U have done”
By Tony Attwood It has been my view, since my student days, that commercial organisations, the media and politicians should all be responsible for the consequences of their actions. Of course commercial organisations, the media and politicians deny this, so they can carry on saying and doing what they like, and then shaking their heads …
Read More “It is from this moment that football’s future will be decided”
By Bulldog Drummond The main issue is, how many of the team for next Thursday will be held back today. Sportsmole think several as they offer us a team with a number of obvious choices missing. Of course it is not surprising if Aubameyang gets a start to help him back into form, while Lacazette …
Read More “Newcastle v Arsenal, a range of opinions on the team – plus the free videos”
By Tony Attwood The Daily Mirror has decided to return to the old, old theme of dirty Arsenal – suggesting that somehow Arsenal are the nastiest club in the League when it comes to ill-discipline. In doing this they are playing their old game of selecting the statistics that suit their view, while adopting the …
Read More “Proof that the media is inventing statistics to show there’s no ref bias.”
by Bulldog Drummond Our injury list has shrunk once again… Player Reason Further Detail Potential Return Condition Status Kieran Tierney Knee Injury Apr 28: “He’s been working like a beast every single day. I don’t know if he’s going to make it tomorrow but he certainly wants to be as close as possible.” 02/05/2021 Late …
Read More “Newcastle v Arsenal: the injuries, recent games and the video collection”
by Bulldog Drummond It’s been a bit of a grotty run of late in the League and Europa competitions across the last ten matches. We’ve won three, of which one was against Tottenham of course, and one was that fantastic win in Prague, but we’ve lost four and drawn three, not the most exciting of …
By Tony Attwood These are exciting moments for Arsenal’s Women’s team as just one win in two games is needed to secure a place in Europe next season. Here’s the league table – with the top three qualifying # Team P W D L F A GD Pts 1 Chelsea 20 16 3 1 …
Read More “Arsenal Women: exciting times as the Champions League starts in August.”
By Tony Attwood It was interesting that after we published our little piece at noon yesterday Emery v Arteta; how they compare several drainpipes (sorry, “outlets”) picked up on the fact that ahead of the game Messrs Emery and Arteta, had managed virtually the same number of games at Arsenal Stranger still these “outlets” even …
Read More “What has happened to two of last season’s goalscorers?”
By Bulldog Drummond The videos of the highlights of all four previous matches between Arsenal and Villareal are now available on the Arsenal History Society website. Arsenal against Villarreal. Videos from all the past matches Meanwhile as we approach the match against our previous manager we can ask, how do our managers compare? The way …
Read More “Villareal v Arsenal; Emery v Arteta. How do they compare. Plus the teams”
By Bulldog Drummond Of course Arsenal are going to play a game of football today, so it is time for the media to wheel out all the negativity they can find. Including of course “Arsenal board ‘unhappy with Mikel Arteta’ and put Paulo Fonseca on replacement shortlist” from the ever wild and whacky Express. Fonseca …
Read More “Villareal v Arsenal. Astonishing team news and the referee’s preference”
By Bulldog Drummond Arsenal have played Villareal – now of course managed by Unai Emery – four times and we remain unbeaten. All four matches were during Mr Wenger’s tenure and within the Champions League. Date Match Result Score Competition 19 Apr 2006 Arsenal v Villarreal W 1-0 Champions League 25 Apr 2006 Villarreal v …
Read More “Villareal v Arsenal. Europa League semi-final. How the teams compare”
By Tony Attwood It is (for me at least even if no one else) fascinating to see how the argument against the Kroenke ownership of Arsenal has been conducted through the notion that Arsenal is the club of tradition – the club upholding the great values of football against the incomers who don’t understand what …
Read More “How Arsenal, the club of revolutions, became the club of “be like everyone else””
