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
THE MECHANICS OF ARSENAL TRANSFERS…..Don McMahon Like most of my Gooner compatriots, I have been following the transfer shenanigans and misadventures of EPL and European Clubs with what one can best describe as educated disinterest combined with bemused incredulity. That said, I also was negatively impressed with the barrage of whining and angst far too …
So all these players that we were going to buy according to the rumour mongers; we didn’t. And don’t you just love it when the journalists fly into desperation mode, talking about an Arsenal panic, just as in 2011 when we lost 8-2 to Man U, and last season when we panicked again and brought …
By Tony Attwood If you are a regular reader you may know that we have already run quite a long article about the way the new West Ham stadium is being financed with the club paying little towards the transformation of the ground into a football stadium, and the state financing the building costs, and …
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By Sir Hardly Anyone I think to explain this situation in full, and before I give you the list of ten signings, I should do a bit of background in relation to my journalistic journey this morning. What set me off on the trail of this event was one particular headline… Wenger Confirms EXCEPTIONAL Signing …
Read More “The ten headlines that confirm the big signing is about to happen”
By Tony Attwood 1: Arsenal need a striker Arsenal had a terrific run in second half of last season with the squad we have now. In the entire season, Arsenal scored two goals fewer than the champions Chelsea. So, we don’t NEED a new striker, unless are saying that Chelsea need a new striker too. …
Read More “The 10 stupidest things that the media have told us this summer.”
By Tony Attwood (fresh back from the wilds of Norfolk where there is no mobile connection, but Jools Holland played a rather fine outdoor concert). Now, we have learned a lot this week. We learned for example that after three games, Arsenal were out of the race for the title, because only 10% of …
Read More “Only four teams left in the race for the Premier League title”
By Bulldog Drummond Please note that Untold will suffer a bit of an interruption later. There is a note at the foot of the article. ———————- It is not surprising that Arsene Wenger turned on the Neville character this week. If you want to read the latest Neville rant, it is “Arsenal are a soft touch – …
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Newcastle v Arsenal 29 August 2015 – The Match Officials by Andrew Crawshaw Towards the end of last season Tony and a few others here at Untold were saying that they had detected a change in the way our games were being officiated, with fewer rotten decisions being given against Arsenal. At the time I countered that …
By Tony Attwood Changing managers. Does that help a club? The media as usual are perfidious on the subject, the blogettes are as usual blinkered. But it is worth having a look to see what we can find. The questions are, does history show that changing managers helps, is it financially viable, and does it …
Read More “The media and the blogettes want Mr Wenger sacked. So what would happen next?”
Why Aren’t All Clubs Run for Trophies? By Sir Hardly Anyone. Well, bless my soul. The Bleacher Report has sent me an item on Facebook which appears at its heart to turn the whole world of economics upside. Now I know as well as the next knight of the realm that economic predictions only exist …
Read More “The mindless gibberish of a man with an idea but without logic or reason.”
By Tony Attwood A couple of years back I took up an opportunity to add a bit of variety to my working life by joining with a friend in setting up a small house restoration business. Since my previous employment has involved the theatre, lecturing, and running an advertising agency, a training organisation, a publishing …
Read More “Yesterday hasn’t happened yet, but when it does we’ll bend reality. Or ignore it.”
OFFICIALS & INTIMIDATION…………………………Don McMahon As you may know I was an official in the NASL and we had our share of attempted intimidation and confrontation with some pretty nasty specimens (manager, players, owners etc.) whose unique approach to Football was to bitch at the referee or assistants in order to try and hair dry …
By Tony Attwood It is a funny ol’ game. Or maybe something a little more sinister than that. We’ve been doing referee reviews for five years now, including that one season where we had a whole group of referees who supported different teams, analysing matches across the league, and as a result we have been …
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By Bulldog Drummond For today’s game the Guardian had a lovely vision of this match… “Enter Brendan Rodgers, accompanied by some notably discordant music.” I love that as a starter. But I wish they wouldn’t then drift into stuff like, “It had been only a few months previously that Arsène Wenger had been heckled by …
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By Bulldog Drummond Here’s a thought to kick off the day. Yesterday (Sunday) Untold Arsenal got over 100,000 page views in one day for the first time ever. Quite a lot of reading really. The average person read two pages – so just over 50,000 visitors in a day. A lot of excitement this …
Read More “Arsenal v the team whose owner says football contracts are worth nothing”
By Tony Attwood It is always interesting to look at the project that is Manchester City, not just because they are seemingly creating a new brand of football development, but also because of the commentaries we always get back. When Untold covers Tottenham, for example, we get a mix of abuse and serious debate, the …
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Arsenal v Liverpool Monday 24 August 2015 – The Match Officials by Andrew Crawshaw Firstly a reminder that Arsenal U21s will play their next game at the Emirates against West Ham on Friday 28 August evening Kick off 19:00 Tickets are on general sale at a cost of £4 (£2 concessions). Here is a link …
By Sir Hardly Anyone On the day after Mr Wenger said that no deal was imminent a quick look around by the spoof sites shows me that either a) Mr Wenger is deliberately being economical with the truth b) Mr Wenger doesn’t know what is going on in the club c) We are in the …
By Tony Attwood “Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger says the club’s season will get better and the focus is on improving existing strengths, not buying new players.” That’s the story that has been out and about in the press of late, and it is pretty much what you might expect. There has also been the Wenger: …
Read More “Don’t be fooled by the press: it is not all about buying a new player”
By Tony Attwood . If I told you that as the final whistle for Arsenal 0 Fulham 0 a small element of the crowd booed, you might look at the score and think, well, not surprising. . It was a frustrating game in which the visitors parked the bus and waited for the break, and …
Read More “Lies more lies and lies again: the story of booing the Arsenal.”
Tim Charlesworth I was recently on holiday in Madrid and took the opportunity to tour the Bernebau stadium (Real Madrid) with my son. It was interesting to look at a famous stadium and compare it to our own. My first impression was how small the stadium seemed (narrower, but also higher than the Emirates/Grove). This …
Read More “On visiting Real Madrid: thoughts on expanding the Emirates Stadium.”
By Tony Attwood Why did the ref not send Coquelin off in the match against Palace? Of course there can be many reasons offered, ranging from the fact that he didn’t deserve to be sent off, through to the notion that the ref didn’t see the fouls as yellow card offences, and on to something …
Read More “The great Pardew intervention: how Pardew ensured that Coquelin was NOT sent off.”
By Tony Attwood Remember Gonzalo Higuaín? In 2013 Arsenal were pronounced by the press to be about to sign him. It was everywhere all the time, non stop. So non-stop that even Untold (or to be more precise, me,) said that “it looks like we are signing Higuaín,” which was rather embarrassing because I was the one who …
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