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
Real Madrid face negativity but get a positive result. Arsenal get accolades and bore us stupid. Is it possible to tell a real Arsenal commentator from a computer? By Tony Attwood The fact that Arsenal’s top scorer remains Kai Havertz with nine goals, while the likely winner of the trophy for top scorers …
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The lesson in Arsenal’s wonderful victory over RM that not everyone sees By Tony Attwood I can’t blame Arteta or the players for yesterday’s draw against whoever it was we were playing, but it was actually really dull, and now a day later I can’t remember much about it, and in fact nor do …
Arsenal face two of the best goalkeepers in the world in consecutive games Brentford away of late – and how are Arsenal likely to fare? Arsenal’s record at home v Brentford’s record away, and the recent games Arsenal v Brentford. Slowly it is being recognised, Arsenal are more than XI By Tony …
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Brentford away of late – and how are Arsenal likely to fare? Arsenal’s record at home v Brentford’s record away, and the recent games Arsenal v Brentford. Slowly it is being recognised, Arsenal are more than XI By Tony Attwood This week’s analysis from Football Observatory offers a view of the “100 best performing …
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By Tony Attwood Arsenal’s record at home v Brentford’s record away, and the recent games Arsenal v Brentford. Slowly it is being recognised, Arsenal are more than XI Although Brentford’s away performance is not that wonderful overall, of late it has been rather impressive. As you might recall Brentford lost to Arsenal …
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Arsenal v Brentford. Slowly it is being recognised, Arsenal are more than XI Is it possible to tell a real Arsenal commentator from a computer? By Tony Attwood The last ten games table can, by this part of the season, give us a lot of information of exactly where clubs are. They …
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Is it possible to tell a real Arsenal commentator from a computer? The lesson in Arsenal’s wonderful victory over RM that not everyone sees By Tony Attwood Here’s an interesting thought. Arsenal are yet to be defeated in the eight games Jakub Kiwior and William Saliba have started together in central defence. …
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The lesson in Arsenal’s wonderful victory over RM that not everyone sees Arsenal’s injury record is awful; Merson’s TV explosion is utterly wonderful By Tony Attwood “We must never accept the narratives of the angry and the powerful and those who want to force their broken version of a world onto us. Instead …
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Arsenal’s injury record is awful; Merson’s TV explosion is utterly wonderful We said “Maybe this is the moment” a couple of days back and maybe this just is. “The hope at Arsenal was they would see off PSV in the Champions League last 16 without Saka, which is what they did.” It …
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We said “Maybe this is the moment” a couple of days back and maybe this just is. Uefa defeated and St Totteringham’s day all in one. By Tony Attwood We’ve all felt that this season Arsenal have been thrown off course by the seemingly endless array of injuries that the club has suffered. …
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Uefa Mafia: supporters win the fight to chant what they like At last at last. Uefa defeated, St Tots Day is here By Tony Attwood It is not just that this match needs to be commemorated with a video for as long as the video owners want to keep it on-line, but that …
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By Tony Attwood Arsenal v Real Mad. Media conspiracies, AFC players return, Uefa Mafia: supporters win the fight to chant what they like Arsenal v Real Madrid. A TV problem, a possibly faltering Real Mad… maybe this is the moment. In an article in Sports Pro, it is said that, “According to …
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Uefa Mafia: supporters win the fight to chant what they like Arsenal v Real Madrid. A TV problem, a possibly faltering Real Mad… maybe this is the moment. At last at last. Uefa defeated, St Tots Day is here By Tony Attwood As we have seen so clearly in recent times it is the …
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Arsenal v Real Madrid. A TV problem, a possibly faltering Real Mad… maybe this is the moment. At last at last. Uefa defeaated, St Tots Day is here By Tony Attwood First off, the great news. Despite all the attempts by Uefa to take supporters to court and get a legal ruling …
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At last at last. Uefa defeated, St Tots Day is here Football supporters are being manipulated by the very people who should be supporting them By Tony Attwood So it is Arsenal v Real Madrid tomorrow – and wouldn’t you know it, it is on Amazon Prime – which is fine if you …
Football supporters are being manipulated by the very people who shold be supporting them Arsenal: more club trained English players than any other Premier League club. By Tony Attwood “Norwegian club Brann win court ruling over fans’ right to sing ‘Uefa mafia’.” Now you might well assume that Scandinavian countries are fairly liberal …
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Arsenal: more club trained English players than any other Premier League club. By Tony Attwood Here are three interesting questions: First, which three teams have the best defences in the Premier League? Second which three teams have the best attacks in the Premier League? Third, which three teams have the best goal differences …
Everton v Arsenal: the troubles in the north west Darren England is the referee for Everton game, and what that means Everton v Arsenal, and why Arsenal should not emulate Mancester C By Tony Attwood I see that the notion that Opta has a supercomputer which spends its time predicting results is …
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Darren England is the referee for Everton game, and what that means Everton v Arsenal, and why Arsenal should not emulate Mancester C By Tony Attwood We have had a look in the recent posts about the last six games and the home and away figures, and indeed the referee’s penchant for certain …
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Everton v Arsenal, and why Arsenal should not copy Manchester C Arsenal: more club trained English players than any other Premier League club. By Tony Attwood Darren England will be the match official for Arsenal v Everton with Scott Ledger and Akil Howson his assistants. Bobby Madley is the fourth official with Stuart …
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Arsenal: more club trained English players than any other Premier League club. Is it time for the media to take a more reasoned approach about Arsenal? At last someone starts the serious fight against VAR By Tony Attwood It’s a 12.30 kick off in Liverpool tomorrow just three days before Arsenal take on …
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Is it time for the media to take a more reasoned approach about Arsenal? At last, someone starts the serious fight against VAR By Tony Attwood The CIES Football Observatory has posted an analysis of over 900 football clubs across the leading leagues in the world looking at the number of players they …
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At last someone starts the serioius fight against VAR Despite all the injuries Arsenal are the 2nd highest scorers in the League By Tony Attwood I am sometimes asked why I spend so much time commenting upon the ravings of journalists on football topics, and the reason is simple. Because journalists conspire …
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By Jack Beam At last, someone has decided to step up to the plate and taken on the multiple issues that are lurking around VAR. It is of course, not PGMO and it is not one of the larger footballing nations either, but even so, it is still a step in the right …
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The 13 players Arsenal are signing this summer Are some clubs still making illegal payments to parents By Tony Attwood So for much of the season, Arsenal have lost their entire forward line with injuries and just as they are coming back to fitness, we lose the back line. And yet Arsenal are …
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