Arsenal look certain to sign one player before end of the month.

by Sir Hardly Anyone It has taken a little bit longer than we expected, probably because everyone was still drinking in the Toppled Bollard but we now have the first reports of Martinelli leaving.  These will reoccur with extra force in every single transfer window from now on, with occasional comments on the fact that …

Why you can’t believe all you read in the football press

by Tony Attwood Untold Updates videos We’re back with our videos: do take a peek at Untold GoonerNews   One of the great problems with football reporting is that it is invariably a single-dimensional affair.  The view of the journalist, the view of the player, the view of the fans…  Just one is taken – …

No agreement on transfer regulations as Britain leaves the EU heralds league chaos

By Tony Attwood   Untold Updates videos We’re back with our videos: do take a peek at Untold GoonerNews   There are still no signs of an agreement as to which footballers will be allowed to play in the UK in the aftermath of Britain leaving the European Union. The initial worry – that the …

All the players Arsenal are going to sign this window

By Sir Hardly Anyone. Just Arsenal have an interesting take on Arsenal’s future with the headline “The Arsenal board are close to sabotaging Mikel Arteta”.   The headline leads to a statement that the Arsenal board needs to back Mikel Arteta, but that they are not.  The point is made that “Arteta is having to deal …

Arsenal have only 2 players in double figures, plus fouls per yellow card stats

  By Tony Attwood Now if you have been lurking around here for some time you will recognise the phrase above – “Arsenal have only two players who have scored in double figures.” For a phrase very similar to this was used by Amy Lawrence as a way of putting Arsenal down a few years …

Is anyone ever going to be held to account over financial fair play rules?

By Tony Attwood The bodies that run football are by and large self-contained, virtually unanswerable to anybody.  Uefa, Fifa, the FA, the Premier League… they all carry on doing their own thing.   Yes, they are subject to the law, but even then only up to a point, as they regularly claim that by its very …

Martinelli: the new Cristiano Ronaldo. This is going to be amazing.

By Tony Attwood Last night Gabriel Teodoro Martinelli Silva aged 18, scored his 10th goal of the season.  He is the first teenager to get to 10 goals in a season at Arsenal in 21 years. It is a staggering achievement given that he has not just changed clubs but also continents, and achieved this …

Chelsea v Arsenal: team news and the transfer is agreed! Oh….

by Bulldog Drummond First, guess which website published this Arsenal news and transfers live: ‘Deal agreed’ for Arteta’s first signing, You probably got it for it has all the hallmarks of but one outlet.   But if you have not got it, when I tell you that the article doesn’t actually tell us who the deal …

Chelsea v Arsenal injuries, banned, and the frightening league table

By Bulldog Drummond Here are the injury details as usual ahead of the Chelsea game… Player Reason Further Detail Potential Return Status Calum Chambers Knee Injury Ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament of his left knee.” 29/08/2020 Ruled Out Kieran Tierney Shoulder Injury “Dislocated shoulder at West Ham. Kieran will undergo surgery next week and will …

Latest transfers: the 32 players tipped as coming to Arsenal this month

Untold Updates videos We’re back with our videos: do take a peek at Untold GoonerNews The transfer fiasco: an Untold exclusive Transfers for the big spenders are not working, so why does the media want more of them? Arsenal could win the league, if only the club would listen to its critics Why does high …

Why you won’t read or hear the real Arsenal news in the media today

Untold Updates videos We’re back with our videos: do take a peek at Untold GoonerNews The transfer fiasco: an Untold exclusive Transfers for the big spenders are not working, so why does the media want more of them? Arsenal could win the league, if only the club would listen to its critics Why does high …

How “The Athletic” touches on issues without realising what they are

by Tony Attwood It is interesting to see The Athletic in a current article taking an interest in AFTV, and recognising (perhaps a little late in the day) that not everyone who claims to be an Arsenal supporter actually likes AFTV.   But I do find it a little frustrating that articles like this are presented …

This is the worst Arsenal season in 25 years. But can we do what we did back then?

By Tony Attwood And so the noisy fans with their little banners and rather small protest marches have had their way.  Two managers out and millions upon millions upon millions spent on players – just as they demanded.  And for what? Well, in order to get us seven points above relegation Team P W D …

Arsenal Injuries and the team for today’s game

By Bulldog Drummond Untold Updates videos We’re back with our videos: do take a peek at Untold GoonerNews For advertising enquiries contact Snack Media at 0207 272 7582 or email Tom@Snack-media.com For all other issues please contact Untold Arsenal at Tony@schools.co.uk   So we’ve now lost our club doctor to Liverpool – or so the media tells us.  What does …

Arsenal v Sheffield United: everything points to a draw

Untold Updates videos We’re back with our videos: do take a peek at Untold GoonerNews Why does high spending on transfers send a club down the table For advertising enquiries contact Snack Media at 0207 272 7582 or email Tom@Snack-media.com For all other issues please contact Untold Arsenal at Tony@schools.co.uk   By Bulldog Drummond As we have said so many …

Man who gave Arsenal all its injuries to be bought by Liverpool!

By Sir Hardly Anyone   Untold Updates videos We’re back with our videos: do take a peek at Untold GoonerNews For advertising enquiries contact Snack Media at 0207 272 7582 or email Tom@Snack-media.com For all other issues please contact Untold Arsenal at Tony@schools.co.uk   So which players have the journalists made up in the last couple of days as heading …

The English footballers’ trade union called to account

By Tony Attwood   Untold Updates videos We’re back with our videos: do take a peek at Untold GoonerNews For advertising enquiries contact Snack Media at 0207 272 7582 or email Tom@Snack-media.com For all other issues please contact Untold Arsenal at Tony@schools.co.uk   The Charity Commission – the UK organisation which regulates charities and makes sure that they abide by …

Referee oddities: no proof but an increasing amount of unexpected data

Untold Updates videos We’re back with our videos: do take a peek at Untold GoonerNews Football corruption and scandals. Why is it all so under reported? Part 1 Football corruption and scandals. A few stories that did get reported. Part 2 Football corruption and scandals.  How we tipped off Fifa and other unlikely tales.  Part 3 …

Why does high spending on transfers send a club down the table

Untold Updates videos We’re back with our videos: do take a peek at Untold GoonerNews Football corruption and scandals. Why is it all so under reported? Part 1 Football corruption and scandals. A few stories that did get reported. Part 2 Football corruption and scandals.  How we tipped off Fifa and other unlikely tales.  Part 3 …

Tottenham supporters seek to help Arsenal, although they might not know it

We’re back with our videos: do take a peek at Untold GoonerNews   By Tony Attwood The fact that spending money on transfers generally reduces rather than enhances the club’s league position was published here.   Here is the updated list showing how much was spent, the current league position and last season’s league position… Manchester United …

Transfer table update: the 23 players Arsenal are tipped to be buying

By Sir Hardly Anyone I am not sure there has ever been a transfer window like this with such a paucity of transfer news as we have in this one.  Normally by now we’d expect to have 40 to 50 men coming to Arsenal, but this January, its very poor.   Very, very poor.  Just 23, …

Arsenal could win the league, if only the club would listen to its critics

by Sir Hardly Anyone I have been arguing for a long time that football journalists, far from being the experts they claim to be, actually have no more idea what is going on than anyone else, and are thus completely redundant.  Except for the fact that they run the football agenda by controlling what goes …

Quid pro quo: how the laws of football are arranged to enable game manipulation

Untold Updates videos We’re back with our videos: do take a peek at Untold GoonerNews Football corruption and scandals. Why is it all so under reported? Part 1 Football corruption and scandals. A few stories that did get reported. Part 2 Football corruption and scandals.  How we tipped off Fifa and other unlikely tales.  Part …

Transfers for the big spenders are not working, so why does the media want more of them?

Untold Updates and solving the mobile problem: We’re back with our videos: do take a peek at Untold GoonerNews Football corruption and scandals. Why is it all so under reported? Part 1 Football corruption and scandals. A few stories that did get reported. Part 2 Football corruption and scandals.  How we tipped off Fifa and …

Football corruption part 3: how we tipped off Fifa, and other unlikely tales

  Untold Updates We’re back with our videos: do take a peek at Untold GoonerNews Football corruption and scandals. Why is it all so under reported? Part 1 Football corruption and scandals. A few stories that did get reported. Part 2 Moving on from the issues of corruption and scandal that we have looked at …