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
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If refs carry on like this, by the end of the year defences will be totally disrupted By Tony Attwood According to the Telegraph, “Nottingham Forest are considering an official complaint to the PGMO after expressing their “anger” at the performance of referee Stuart Attwell and his officials in the defeat at Manchester …
If you enjoy our daily Arsenal news please do show your appreciation by becoming an associate member of AISA – Arsenal Independent Supporters’ Association. It’s completely free, but being a member does make a statement that you value our work in holding referees, journalists and clubs to account, but also in engaging …
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The worst record against Arsenal Arsenal v Fulham: the referee and the influence he will bring to the game Arsenal v Fulham: the PGMO is blown wide open. Now about those lawyers, guns and money Arsenal v Fulham. Send lawyers, guns and money Prelude: If you enjoy Untold Arsenal you might well feel it …
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Arsenal v Fulham: the PGMO is blown wide open. Now about those lawyers, guns and money Arsenal v Fulham. Send lawyers, guns and money by Bulldog Drummond As we know the referee for this match is Paul Tierney and thanks to WhoScored we can see just how well he does in terms …
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Arsenal v Fulham. Send lawyers, guns and money ‘Technical’ offences give referees far too much latitude to influence matches For this preview, I have included not just Arsenal and the team we are playing but two others, by way of comparison: Manchester City and West Ham United – with the WHU totals …
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Today in Arsenal’s History: Arsenal introduce numbered shirts ‘Technical’ offences give referees far too much latitude to influence matches A ceaseless set of crises in football, but no mention of the biggest crises of them all By Bulldog Drummond The big news from the media is that Gabriel Jesus trained on Thursday, which suggests …
Arsenal face enemies on all sides, but slowly their errors are revealed As clubs lose their legal cases, the question arises are clubs simply incompetent? By Tony Attwood There is a review on the Football Observatory website concerning the experience of players in various teams, in which Experience is “calculated by weighting minutes played …
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As clubs lose their legal cases, the question arises are clubs simply incompetent? How come we got the Manchester City player values so wrong? By Tony Attwood Football and football reporting are changing day by day. But unfortunately, the two sets of changes are rarely in step with each other. Take the case …
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How come we got the Manchester City player values so wrong? Ref goes bonkers and decides 8 seconds is really 23 seconds It is a simple fact that football clubs are not primarily about football – they are about generating money from any source they can think of. The football-playing side of …
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Ref goes bonkers and decides 8 seconds is really 23 seconds By Tony Attwood Warning: this article is over twice as long as the norm for Untold, and the last 300 words are background, not to do with football. So if you want a quick “Arsenal are signing a Man C player” …
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Crystal Palace v Arsenal: the Arsenal team and the league table after the game Crystal Palace vs Arsenal: a match overseen by a home team referee. By Tony Attwood We should be clear about what happened last night. Tomiyasu held onto the ball before taking a throw in for eight seconds. Prior to that …
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Crystal Palace v Arsenal: Patrick’s adventures, PSG’s fall Crystal Palace v Arsenal: the Arsenal injuries and the fouls they suffer Crystal Palace vs Arsenal: a match overseen by a home team referee. By Bulldog Drummond A few preliminary bits and bobs from the BBC including the fact that Palace have won their …
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Crystal Palace v Arsenal: the Arsenal injuries and the fouls they suffer Crystal Palace vs Arsenal: a match overseen by a home team referee. Crystal Palace v Arsenal: how the clubs have performed against each other Despite not joining the first division of the Football League until 1969, Crystal Palace and Arsenal …
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Crystal Palace vs Arsenal: a match overseen by a home team referee. Crystal Palace v Arsenal: how the clubs have performed against each other By Bulldog Drummond It is extraordinary how varied the Premier League injury table is at the moment. Among the numbers available over the past weekend we have seen…. Sheffield United: …
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Crystal Palace v Arsenal: how the clubs have performed against each other Transfers: what Arsenal are doing and why it is not working at Chelsea By Bulldog Drummond David Coote is the referee. He awarded the highest number of fouls per tackle in games last season, excluding the three referees who only oversaw …
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Transfers: what Arsenal are doing and why it is not working at Chelsea Why football’s economic model is doomed to failure In Arsenal’s history: Ødegaard signs, Saliba’s first goal, the Bosman ruling. By Bulldog Drummond Last season after two games Arsenal had two wins, had scored six and conceded two, and that left the …
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Why football’s economic model is doomed to failure Does Fifa have the authority to override national laws? It says it does By Tony Attwood There is a suggestion in the Independent that Todd Boehly who owns Chelsea, will spend £1bn on transfers faster than anyone else has ever done. At most it will …
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Where does Arteta rank among Arsenal’s great managers? What does a club need to be successful? There is one magic ingredient By Tony Attwood Fifa’s aim, it says, it is “to protect the integrity of football and prevent abuses” and it started on a grand project under this headline in 2020. This is …
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What does a club need to be successful? There is one magic ingredient In football, one day very soon, the dam is going to burst Supporters, obviously, support. Changing the club one supports is not an option, no matter how badly your side is doing. One might stop going to some of …
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In football, one day very soon, the dam is going to burst Newspaper attacks refs and PGMO, but still refuse to see the main problems Today’s Arsenal anniversaries (and happy birthday Thierry) By Tony Attwood What does a club need to become successful? Of course to an extent that depends on what one …
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Newspaper attacks refs and PGMO, but still refuse to see the main problems Fifa’s new regulations (including its own bank) ruled as illegal in German court By Tony Attwood Last summer Premier League clubs spent £1.91 billion on transfers. That was a third up on the previous transfer window record. Add in the …
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Fifa’s new regulations (including its own bank) ruled as illegal in German court The new reguations coming in that aim to make football more competitive By Sir Hardly Anyone “The time has come for Howard Webb to put blundering referees out to pasture” “The game needs a clear out of blundering referees and those …
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The new regulations coming in that aim to make football more competitive Why Arsenal are planning to vary the team from game to game FIFA’s new Football Agent Regulations, which include within them the rule that all transfers should go through Fifa’s own bank, has been ruled illegal, as reported in the …
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Why Arsenal are planning to vary the team from game to game By Tony Attwood It is self-evident that clubs are paying ever more for the top players they perceive they need, as in the Premier League there is a feeling among at least nine clubs that a top seven finish, and hence …
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