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
Arteta allegedly banned, but it is not the behaviour of managers we should be looking at What Arsenal’s Season Tells Us About Progress, Pressure, and Prediction By Tony Attwood The headline says, “Arteta wants Partey to stay at Arsenal, and makes more goals a transfer priority” and continues, “We need a goal …
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Leicester charged yet again over Profit and Sustainability Rules Why Arsenal need to be cautious about changing managers again By Tony Attwood The speed of decline of Manchester United in the last few years really has been quite dramatic – from league runners-up in 2021, League Cup winners in 2023 and FA Cup …
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By Jack Beam Arsenal’s 2024–25 campaign has been a study in contrasts. It was statistically impressive yet emotionally frustrating. Under Mikel Arteta, the Gunners have maintained a strong league position, currently sitting second in the Premier League with 68 points from 36 matches. They boast the league’s best defensive record, conceding just 33 …
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Leicester charged yet again over Profit and Sustainability Rules Why Arsenal need to be cautious about changing managers again By Tony Attwood As the season draws to an end so we come across more and more little bits of statistics about Arsenal, the most recent being one on the issue of corners. …
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Why Arsenal need to be cautious about changing managers again Manchester City and Tottenham face issues, and the solutions for each seem unclear By Tony Attwood As you might recall we have often looked at the issue of the Profit and Sustainability Rules and in particular Leicester City’s response to the rules, which …
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Manchester City and Tottenham face issues, and the solutions for each seem unclear Arsenal could finish eight points clear of 3rd, and the horrors of Man U under Ferguson By Tony Attwood I suspect that like me you tend to look at summer transfer stories that relate to Arsenal, rather than all the made-up …
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Arsenal could finish eight points clear of 3rd. And the horrors of Man U under Ferguson By Tony Attwood Let me admit by way of an intro, what is already obvious: I’m an Arsenal supporter so of course I am biased. But it does seem to me important that the 115 (or thereabouts) …
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Is there, at long, long last, an international uprising against state financed clubs? By Tony Attwood Last season Arsenal were seven points clear of the third-placed club. In 2023 Arsenal were nine points clear of third, and as part of the usual anti-Arsenal reportage the notion that Arsenal could slip down to third …
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Arsenal v Newcastle: our regular ref who waves yellow at Arsenal – and the implications Arsenal v Newcastle; home and away and the possible final table By Tony Attwood The BBC open their build-up report with the news that “Newcastle have beaten Arsenal three times this season – once in the league …
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By Tony Attwood Arsenal v Newcastle; home and away and the possible final table Arsenal, the top seven, and the lost two. What we found this season For today’s match against Newcastle, the referee is Simon Hooper. The assistants are Adrian Holmes and, Simon Long. The fourth official is Andy Madley.VAR is overseen …
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By Tony Attwood Arsenal, the top seven, and the lost two. What we found this season Is there, at long, long last, an international uprising against state financed clubs? Although Arsenal are only the sixth best-performing team at home, and Newcastle are the fifth best-performing team away, there is still a significant difference …
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Is there, at long, long last, an international uprising against state-financed clubs? Comparison of drug use among footballers with the population at large By Tony Attwood So now it seems we have a top seven, or perhaps we might even say a big seven. For the gap between the top clubs are the …
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By Jack Beam As the season approaches the finish line in the 2024/25 Premier League, Arsenal are once more entangled in a fight for laurels. Arsenal under Mikel Arteta has shown glimpses of greatness, challenging for the top prizes at home and on the continent. However, questions are still raised over stability …
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Comparison of drug use among footballers with the popluation at large Why Arsenal don’t tackle more and why Tottenham are fouled so much By Tony Attwood As the Guardian admits, by and large, the English media has moved away from considering the impact state-financed clubs like Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain have on …
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Why Arsenal don’t tackle more and why Tottenham are fouled so much The real reasons why Arsenal have run into difficulty this season By Tony Attwood Something like ten years ago Untold started charting the transfer rumours relating to Arsenal that surfaced after the end of the season. We continued the exploration on …
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The real reasons why Arsenal have run into difficulty this season How Arsenal’s Playing Style Challenges Legacy Analytics By Tony Attwood There is no solid evidence that Arsenal, or indeed any other club, actually believes that referees are against them. And that is for two reasons. One is that clubs are not allowed …
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Apparently Arsenal didn’t actually get a draw in the last game after all By Tony Attwood In my earlier piece These football commentaries get ridiculous when key issues are always ignored I explored what is happening in terms of the way people write about football in the media. And that article leads, in my …
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By Jack Beam How Arsenal’s Playing Style Challenges Legacy Analytics Arsenal’s rise under Mikel Arteta has not only brought them back among the Premier League’s elite, but it has also created a new puzzle for traditional football analytics. As Arsenal continued to evolve tactically, especially during the 2024-2025 season, the limitations of legacy analytics …
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From the Arsenal History Society 100 years since Chapman joined Arsenal: the player changes he made when he arrived ByTony Attwood Here’s a little bit of fun: we should be hoping that Tottenham will win the Europa League. Now I know that sounds ludicrous, but just consider the dilemma it puts Tottenham in. If …
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Just published by the Arsenal History Society Chapman’s first season at Arsenal: Part 24: the player changes he made By Tony Attwood According to the Telegraph Arsenal took “advantage of Liverpool fans turning on Alexander-Arnold,” in their last match. The implication clearly is that mean and nasty Arsenal should have played fair and …
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By Tony Attwood Will Arsenal make the Champions League next season? The figures say yes. I see that it is sometimes being said that the Premier League this year is not like any other year … and that there has never been such a gap between first and second before. But although the gap …
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Liverpool v Arsenal: how one referee sees so many more penalties than another Just how many more injuries has Arsenal had than any other team this season? By Tony Attwood Apparently the booing of the multi-named Trent character was Arsenal’s fault, because, according to the media “Had Liverpool and Arsenal been playing for …
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Liverpool v Arsenal. Liverpool win 4-1 (on injuries); Arsenal overcome The Dip Liverpool v Arsenal: how one referee sees so many more penalties than another Just how many more injuries has Arsenal had than any other team this season? By Tony Attwood So here we go: League match 36. After this we have …
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Liverpool v Arsenal: how one referee sees so many more penalties than another Just how many more injuries has Arsenal had than any other team this season? Between 24 August 2015 (almost ten years ago indeed) and 27 October 2024 Arsenal played Liverpool no fewer than 25 times. Arsenal won not one …
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Just how many more injuries has Arsenal had than any other team this season? Super computer predicts end of football (and the end of the world) (Only seven teams that have won the Premier League – can you name them?) Anthony Taylor is the referee. He will referee Liverpool for the 66th time …
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