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 How the World Cup will disrupt clubs and the start of next season Why changing the manager mid-season generally makes things worse Although they often don’t acknowledge it, journalists can write tripe sometimes. Like, “Arsenal’s shortest away trip of the season felt, going into the game, like their biggest test …
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Why changing the manager mid-season generally makes things worse The media sinks into the mud as Arsenal rise to the heights By Tony Attwood Most fellow Arsenal fans I know are feeling rather good about this season. Yes we all know that the lead that we had at one time has been cut back …
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The media sinks into the mud as Arsenal rise to the heights By Tony Attwood As you may have noticed yesterday, the one significant contribution made by the new Tottenham manager was that he shouted a lot. And when that didn’t work, he shouted some more. That was an interesting development, I thought, …
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The Arsenal Teams and the Meduia mish mash By Tony Attwood What on earth can I say? Another victory over the tiny totts and has anyone noticed that the gap between first and third is ten points and 25 goals? Or that Arsenal have seven wins and one draw against Tottenham in the …
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Tottenham v Arsenal. Arsenal once more find themselves playing 12 men Approaching the derby, we wonder, are Tottenham short of cash? By Tony Attwood Of course, the main consideration today is this afternoon’s match and the team we might put out. And I will deal with that below, but before I do I wanted …
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Approaching the derby, we wonder, are Tottenham short of cash? Tottenham Ho v Arsenal: how the two sides are doing of late by Tony Attwood The PGMOL have appointed Peter Bankes will be the referee for today’s Arsenal game. He is one of the top awarders of fouls, giving over 22 fouls per game …
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Tottenham Ho v Arsenal: how the two sides are doing of late The issue about sacking Arteta, changing the team, and sorting Arsenal once and for all By Tony Attwood I am sure we have all seen, over the years, differences between home and away performances by clubs, but I really can’t remember …
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The issue about sacking Arteta, changing the team, and sorting Arsenal once and for all The biggest scandal in football today is still unresolved By Tony Attwood So the criticism of Arteta continues hour by hour, with correspondents to the national media saying he obviously can’t win the league, so get someone else. As …
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The issue about sacking Arteta, changing the team, and sorting Arsenal once and for all The biggest scandal in football today is still unresolved By Tony Attwood It is a rather unfortunate reality of English football is that the media deems it necessary for the game to have controversies. The reason this is …
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Possible names for Tottenham’s stadium, and the season compared Arteta is performing miracles. Turning Arsenal into Spurs II won’t help matters. by Tony Attwood There are a lot of things I could say are wrong with football in England, but right at the very top of the list, I think it would have …
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By Tony Attwood Arteta is performing miracles. Turning Arsenal into Spurs II won’t help matters. Don’t think it is all over yet: it certainly isn’t Here’s a list of Tottenham managers since 2023. I know I have run this before, but as there are now some people who think that Arsenal should copy Tottenham’s …
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Don’t think it is all over yet: it certainly isn’t By Tony Attwood One of the things we can see from comments on this site, and indeed on other blogs and of course within the media (which loves and runs the story) is that the recent slippages in results at Arsenal is all due …
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How are Arsenal doing compared to recent years; and what is possible? By Tony Attwood And so we are told Arsenal are not worthy of winning the league because Arsenal couldn’t win the game last night. Which of course, sets up everything for the summer. If Arsenal do recover their form and win …
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Wolverhampton v Arsenal; the referee; PGMO launches a fight back Wolves v Arsenal: the interesting twist that others don’t want to repeat By Tony Attwood So we come to that point before a match where it is time to shut up, save for looking at predictions of the team, and any last minute …
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Liverpool v Arsenal: with Tierney in charge Arsenal are in trouble Time to sack Tierney, according to one part of the media By Tony Attwood This morning’s article is late – my apologies – but I have come across an issue the likes of which I have never seen before and I have been …
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Wolverhampton v Arsenal: Wolves are NOT bottom of the “last six” league. How are Arsenal doing compared to recent years; and what is possible? By Tony Attwood Now here’s a thought: in the last six games Wolverhampton do not have the worst points tally in the league, for that level of mass underachievement is …
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How are Arsenal doing compared to recent years; and what is possible? As some sink to the depths, Eze shines and AFC are in the last 16 By Tony Attwood And so we come on to Wolverhampton v Arsenal, and you might expect talk about Wolverhampton being the worst ever team in the Premier …
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As some sink to the depths, Eze shines and AFC are in the last 16 What makes a abig club and who is to blame for Tottenham’s demise? By Tony Attwood At the moment, Arsenal have 57 points out of 26 games, and of course, we all know they are top of the …
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What makes a abig club and who is to blame for Tottenham’s demise? 100 seasons in the top division: cracks appear in late 1970 By Tony Attwood Well, here’s a nice change. “Eberechi Eze inspires Arsenal to emphatic FA Cup victory against Wigan” says the Guardian. But the manky old Telegraph …
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By Tony Attwood Lucky Arsenal v Sinking Wigan: a mishmash of excuses and multiplicity of reds Arsenal v Wigan and the question of injuries And so here we are once again, with a chance to sort out our FA Cup form. And of course, time also to remind ourselves of what the Honours …
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Why the payday for Wigan from the Arsenal game, can’t come soon enough Arsenal v Wigan in the FA Cup – how big a threat might Wigan be? By Tony Attwood I’ve never been trained as a writer or a journalist, but I do recall some advice I was given by a good …
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By Tony Attwood Why the payday for Wigan from the Arsenal game, can’t come soon enough Arsenal v Wigan in the FA Cup – how big a threat might Wigan be? Now here is a thought and a half. Do clubs in the lower parts of the Premier League pick up more injuries than …
Arsenal v Wigan in the FA Cup – how big a threat might Wigan be? What makes a big club? And who is to blame for Tottenham’s demise? By Tony Attwood Wigan’s last six league matches make a sorry sight – with five defeats and one draw. All the games in the table …
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What makes a big club? And who is to blame for Tottenham’s demise? PGMO replace appointed ref with penalty prone “home win specialist” for Arsenal away game By Tony Attwood So at 4.30pm tomorrow we are off again, this time at home to Wigan in the FA Cup. And since Wigan are a League …
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Time for a pick-me-up after a disappointing draw. 100 seasons in the top division: cracks appear in late 1970 By Tony Attwood Ange Postecoglou has stated that Tottenham Hotspur is “not a big club”. And while as an Arsenal supporter, that gives me a smile, I did also stop for a moment to …
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