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 Tony Attwood, still upside down in the land of Oz… The issue that seems to be circulating is whether Mesut Özil should play given his apparent loss of form (so I am told). What the papers are currently saying is summed up in this comment, “Lose, and the season will end at the very …
Read More “Bayern v Arsenal match preview: should Özil play?”
by Tony Attwood There is an advert in the Daily Express for jobs in the Department of Media Culture and Sport. That is the government department that controls the Football Association. The department’s position in supporting moderation and equality is somewhat undermined as it appears alongside the headline “MIGRATION WARNING: 50 million Muslims are …
By Dr Billy “the dog” McGraw head of Certain Things, Arsenal FC I was recently able to lay my hands on the following confidential memo circulated to members of the board and senior executives at Arsenal. It reveals the difficulties the club are facing in finding a new manger. Introduction: Recent changes to the …
Read More “How Arsenal are being forced to advertise for a new manager”
by Tony Attwood (observing it all from Australia) For all the years of the Wenger regime the media have been pumping out their anti-Arsenal stories, from shadowy fake news references about the manager’s sordid past when he first came to England, through disparaging remarks about him not being English and so “not understanding” English football, …
Read More “We need some failure for a while in order to make the good times feel good.”
by Bulldog Drummond. Hull have a poor away record as this table shows: one win, one draw, and the rest defeats. Overall Away Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD 24 5 5 14 22 47 −25 20 1 1 9 6 26 −20 This is reminiscent of …
Read More “Arsenal v Hull – the home/away analysis and the teams”
By Bulldog Drummond As the pundits punder on and tell us what to think and what to do (ESPN I see are telling Arsenal supporters that they should rise up against the club and that they – the supporters – are weak for not doing so), so the world turns and those of us not …
Read More “Arsenal v Hull: the preview, and a comparison of Gabriel with Héctor Bellerín”
by Tony Attwood. At the start of the year Untold ran the story Could football learn a thing of two from the way games are refereed in rugby? It was a highly speculative piece which arose from discussions with some friends on the topic of just how football might be improved, and how we might …
Read More “Rule changes escalate as sin bins are to be discussed by international rule committee”
By Tony Attwood Being in Australia as I am now, and slowly feeling the benefits of being here (the jet lag is going, and what appeared on day one to be an 8 mile hike along the road to my breakfast bar of choice turns out in reality to be a pleasant 15 minute stroll) …
By Tony Attwood “The worst Cameroon team in living memory.” I suspect there are people somewhere who are talking about this being worst Arsenal team in living memory. I only mention Cameroon because they have just won the Africa Cup and I have seen them so called. Mohamed Elneny scored to put Egypt ahead in …
Read More “Exactly who could be brought in to end Arsenal’s misery?”
By Tony Attwood in Australia I have seen Arsenal on TV in all sorts of somewhat unusual places – including I recall watching the 1971 Cup Final in Algiers – but I don’t think I ever anticipated watching a live Arsenal game eight miles above ground level. But that is what happened with the Chelsea …
By Bulldog Drummond Chelsea, as we will all remember, were thumped by Arsenal 3-0 at the Ems, and although that was good news for us it was pretty bad news for the rest of football as they then went on a whirlwind of winning. Date Venue Opposition Score (h-t) Result 24/09/2016 A Arsenal 0:3 (0:3) …
Read More “Chelsea v Arsenal part 1: the build up and the preview.”
by Tony Attwood I seem of late to have annoyed more people than usual with my occasional ramblings on this site, so I guess there might be a little bit of pleasure dished into the lives of one or two people when I report that tomorrow (Friday) I am toddling off to foreign parts; to …
By Tony Attwood There is something delightful about watching the nation’s media writers making total idiots of themselves as they respond to an Arsenal defeat – and something inevitable about the way the anti-Wengerian camp followers will pick up on the theme. But the way in which they overtly seek to mislead the public is …
Read More “Senior member of Arsenal’s medical team subject to outrageous attack by journalist”
by Tony Attwood In terms of what we did in the transfer window the answer was not a lot although given the general hysteria of who we were going to sign, that might come as a surprise. But jut to check you didn’t miss anything here’s the list… In Cohen Bramall (Hednesford Town) – …
Read More “What the top teams did in the transfer window and how deep fake news has seeped.”
By Tony Attwood What to make of that? Well, block 110 front row had enough humour to keep us sane, and remove life-threatening situations from any cats that might be lurking at home. But maybe that was because a) none of us owns a cat and b) we had seen it before – just as …
By Bulldog Drummond One of the interesting facts in the referee summary published earlier today is the comment that The teams with most decisions in their favour are United (31) Spurs (25), Watford (23) and Leicester (21). While… Arsenal continue to be the team most affected by wrong decisions against with 31. Which means we are …
Read More “Arsenal v Watford: the team (and the silly stats about runs and stuff)”
by Tony Attwood Having heard that Tottenham have put up posters all over the London Underground selling their Premium Packages with the word “premium” spelled wrongly twice, I have some sympathy. I can’t spell either – as of course you will have noticed if u lok ocasionaly @ wot i right. Mind you there are …
Read More “Arsenal v Watfurd taktiks. And Premum Premiun seats at Totteringham too”
By Tony Attwood It happened on 25 January 2003 and is still recorded in most history books as Farnborough 1-5 Arsenal. But in fact the game took place at Highbury, switched there to help Farnborough get additional revenue. Arsenal donated all the income from programme sales for the day to Farnborough, and as the teams came …
Read More “Sutton v Arsenal: will the tie be reversed to be played at the Ems?”
By Tony Attwood Watford and Arsenal are in two very different places. Yes I know, one is in Hertfordshire and one in North London. But apart from that, they are in two very different psychological places. In the FA Cup Walter Mazzarri made seven changes to the Watford side for the game against Millwall on Sunday …
Read More “Arsenal v Watford: will the Ox get the defensive midfield slot in place of Ramsey?”
By Sir Hardly Anyone, Prince of the Make Believe. Just when we thought it was safe to conclude that Alexis was ready to walk away from Arsenal having had a big fall out with Arsene Wenger over money, position on the pitch, minutes played, tactics and how big the banner about his dogs should be, …
Read More “Arsenal face new midfield injury chaos as transfer window gets ready to shatter.”
by Tony Attwood At the first away match of the season a group of aaa’s attending the game organised a chant of “Wenger out” followed by the usual one about the need to spend some money. Of course chants are very short and don’t leave much room for reasoned debate on issues such as who …
Read More “Why being a thick-and-thin positive supporter who takes exercise is better than moaning.”
by Bulldog Drummond In the Cup we have progressed from 16 of the 20 FA Cup fourth round ties contested under Mr Wenger, losing only to Leeds (1996/97), Leicester (1999/2000), Bolton (2005/06) and Stoke (2009/10). Better still we have won the last five away FA Cup matches in a row – although we have never …
Read More “Southampton v Arsenal: the Cup runs and the teams”
By Bulldog Drummond The Top Scorers Chart in relation to the Southampton v Arsenal match (or as the Telegraph had it yesterday, Arsenal v Southampton) is interesting. Arsenal have three players in the top 27 while Southampton have one in Charlie Austin – who is out of the team until April. Their next highest is …
Read More “Southampton v Arsenal: top scorers and comparing the clubs’ style and approach”
By Tony Attwood As you will probably have seen Arsène Wenger was given a four-match touchline ban by the Football Association following the Burnley game. Arsenal have said they will not appeal and so the ban starts today. Mr Wenger can sit in the stand and communicate with Steve Bould by telephone, or should the line …
Read More “Mr Wenger v The FA – the full 20 year history. And the world of the fake innuendo.”
By Bulldog Drummond According to the X Files (remember them?) the Truth is Out There. Now we have Jose Mourinho telling us that the result of the match against Hull wasn’t a win for Hull because the ref made a mistake, so their unbeaten run continues. (Which means that Arsenal’s unbeaten run wasn’t 49 at …
