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 As we approach the game against WHAM it appears they have been a bit lackadaisical with the old data stuff by revealing personal details of lots of season ticket-holders. It seems that in writing to supporters of WHAM (for such people do exist I’m told) email addresses of all the other recipients …
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By Sir Hardly Anyone The honeymoon is over. In the world of copycat headlines and 40 posts a day all written by computer, it had to come sooner or later and it came sooner. It came sooner. After two games in fact. Arsenal news: Ray Parlour reveals who he wants to replace Unai Emery It …
Big 6 Match Referees- Cutting Through the Moss By Jerry Did you get a sense of déjà vu when seeing Martin Atkinson appointed as referee for Week 2’s Chelsea – Arsenal match? My reaction was “again?” or “what the heck?” if you change heck with a much stronger word. Walter pointed out in the comments …
By Tony Attwood Oh what mixed times we live in. Just after it seemed that Alex Iwobi could stand out as the one player not being attacked, so the first articles appear on the issue of the club’s “biggest mistake” in the summer. It appears it was not buying a winger, because Iwobi is not …
Read More “A return to the dark days when an explanation is needed more than an apology or arrest”
By Tony Attwood Behold the league table… Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts 17 Arsenal 2 0 0 2 2 5 -3 0 18 Fulham 2 0 0 2 1 5 -4 0 19 West Ham United 2 0 0 2 1 6 -5 0 20 Huddersfield Town 2 0 0 …
Read More “What happens if Arsenal lose to West Ham on Saturday?”
By Tony Attwood It is not a topic I have seen debated at all – which seems to imply that everything on the transfer front will continue as now when the UK leaves the EU. Except there have been a few players where the story of late has been that a work permit has been …
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By Tony Attwood With just two matches gone it seems that every single Arsenal first team player who has played (except two) has been seriously attacked by pundits and self-styled experts. The only two who have escaped the mauling thus far are Iwobi and Monreal – and of course those players who have not played. …
Read More “Arsenal suffer co-ordinated attack from pundits aimed at bringing down the club”
by Tony Attwood The perennial question: how can we make refereeing more accurate? And of course there is a whole range of answers available – at the heart of which is the obvious fact that in all human endeavours there are always mistakes. I mean, although it may seem hard to believe, Untold Arsenal itself …
Read More “These referee actions (which they openly admit) clearly help one team over another”
by Tony Attwood I have often railed against the FA for getting things wrong. For example throughout last season when Arsenal were the holders of the FA Cup, the FA’s official site refused to accept this, having a picture of Liverpool on its front page and a list of winners that was completely out of …
Read More “The FA gets itself into a muddle. What are the chances of that?”
by Tony Attwood I don’t think too many people predicted what would happen this season once there was no Arsene Wenger. What we were used to was a daily assault on the manager which had the benefit to a certain degree of reducing attacks on the players. Of course some players were heavily criticised but …
Mariana Trench, the newly appointed head of Better Football, Sky TV, gives us her views on how football commentary and in-depth analysis is being enhanced by the broadcaster. Reinventivisational momentum. Is there such a thing? Well I can tell you that yes, no there certainly is. And the point is that as every journalist …
Read More “Football reporting gathers around enhanced reinventivisational momentum”
By Tony Attwood In the old days it was easy – if Arsenal lost some fans and a lot of the media knew what to do – knock the manager. Indeed I noticed one of the old timer blogs that the Daily Mail still seems to like, continuing to do that, putting the boot in …
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Untold Arsenal will be unavailable on Monday because of technical upgrades. Details are on the home page. If the work takes longer than expected we’ll publish on our Facebook page instead. By Tony Attwood I see that Manchester City have brought out an electronic gizmo worn on the wrist which gives their supporters “everything …
Read More “Football is teetering on the edge and it is too disgusting for words”
By Tony Attwood Please note that Untold Arsenal will be unavailable for a while on Monday as we upgrade the site. If the delay continues for beyond the expected time we’ll do updates on our Facebook page. Please see www.untold-arsenal.com for more information. My general view after games is that with Walter’s coverage of …
Read More “The media turn on the fans; an interesting twist after two defeats”
Please note that on Monday, Untold Arsenal will be unavailable for a while as we upgrade the site and move to a new server. If the down time is more than for a short while we’ll publish articles and news on our Facebook page. Please see the home page, www.untold-arsenal.com, for more details. By …
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Untold Arsenal will probably be down for some time on Monday. There are details on our home page at www.untold-arsenal.com We’ll keep up the chit chat on our Facebook page. by Bulldog Drummond And so the news keeps on rolling in. The latest is that England youth international Stephy Mavididi has now departed these …
Read More “Chelsea v Arsenal, the injuries and another player leaves, and the ed to ed.”
By Bulldog Drummond It’s only Friday and we have some news. In an interview Mr Emery has said he will continue to play out from the back and develop his new style, adding, “We didn’t lose because of our personality, our idea, our style. We lost on other things. We can improve on other things, …
Read More “Chelsea v Arsenal: the keeper and left back and how many Chelsea men went on loan”
Please note that on Monday this site may be unavailable for a while. Full details are on our home page. If you do find us gone you can follow us on Facebook. Matchweek 2 – The Match Officials and news of Bobby Madley By Andrew Crawshaw and Tony Attwood Overnight we have heard that Premier …
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By Andrew Crawshaw Our Women completed their pre-season preparations by taking part in the Toulouse International Ladies Cup last weekend against three of the top teams in Europe – Montpellier and PSG from France with Bayern Munich being the fourth team involved. Like the Emirates Cup each team played two matches, we were …
Read More “The Arsenal Women – a Season Preview ahead of the game against West Ham”
By Tony Attwood There are basically five models of finance in English football at the moment. 1: The self-sustaining club The club which through commercial sponsorship, attendances at matches, TV revenue and advertising revenue makes enough money to keep going without the need of an outside investor. This is the model of Manchester United. Through …
Read More “Arsenal’s models of finance and the difficult road we’re travelling”
by Tony Attwood Even the most dislocated and indeed dissolute newspaper football columnist will have recognised four factors about this season: a) Arsenal have a new manager. b) The new manager is working to instil a different style and approach in the players from that which has gone before. c) Five new players have been …
Read More “What will happen if Arsenal lose to Chelsea this weekend?”
By Sir Hardly Anyone Welcome to the round up. The out door is still open, so who is on the move? Actually no one really seems to have much idea, or if they do, they are not telling. 1: Bielik According to the Sports Mole which has apparently been digging around “Arsenal to send Krystian …
Read More “The 10 big Arsenal transfer updates and next weekend’s team”
By Tony Attwood Jeremy Wilson, deputy football correspondent of the Daily Telegraph newspaper and website has written a piece in which he says, “Unai Emery is facing significant restrictions with Arsenal’s wage bill during the next transfer window in January following a series of deals that have been agreed over the past year.” Immediately upon reading …
Read More “Why will Arsenal suffer a freeze on increasing its wage bill, as the media suggests?”
On Monday 20 August Untold may disappear for a while. For details please see the home page. by Tony Attwood In March this year, the Sky Sports website opened an article on refereeing with the comment by Keith Hackett that players and pundits criticising referees in the Premier League is “a little bit like …
Read More “How we can tell there is still something seriously wrong with Premier League refereeing.”
By Sir Hardly Anyone, our man in the Toppled Bollard; watering hole of the football journalist. I don’t know if you have ever seen a tiger or wildebeest or tyrannosaurus rex or something along those lines, raising itself up to its full height in preparation of rushing at several thousand mph across the fauna and …
Read More “What do journalists do when the window is cracked? Sir Hardly Anyone finds out.”
