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 Bulldog Drummond Unai Emery has put forward the view that the poor away form of Arsenal is a psychological issue, and of course there may be something in that. But the interpretation put on the remarks by journalists has as always been very short term, rather than looking back over this season and last …
Read More “Huddersfield v Arsenal and the issue of away form”
by Bulldog Drummond Huddersfield must know that they are going down – it would be one of the all time escapes if they didn’t, and there is no sign of a turn around in recent games… Here is their league record since 1 December. Date Game Res Score 01 Dec 2018 Huddersfield Town v Brighton …
Read More “Huddersfield v Arsenal: injuries; the awful away form and the team”
by Andrew Crawshaw Here, courtesy of premierleague.com, are this weekends fixtures and appointed match officials. Please note that kickoff times are 15:00 (UK time) unless otherwise noted :- Saturday 9 February 12:30 Fulham v Man Utd Referee: Paul Tierney Assistants: Eddie Smart, Mick McDonough Fourth official: Graham Scott Crystal Palace v West Ham Referee: Craig Pawson Assistants: Lee Betts, Ian Hussin Fourth official: …
Read More “Matchweek 26 – The games and officials; phantom fouls and time under caution”
by Sir Hardly Anyone You need a certain type of mind these days to be a football journalist. A mind not cluttered with issues of reality or the detail of mere fact. A mind that is allowed to run free hither and thither, gambolling across great swathes of fantasy unhindered by any notion of reality, …
Read More “Mindless twaddle: Sir Hardly Anyone’s roundup of Arsenal media inventions”
By Tony Attwood With Arsenal sitting in sixth position, where they were at this moment last season, and with just the one loan signing in January, many of the pundits have given up on the club as a source for news or indeed a source of knocking copy. Instead they are looking around for …
by Andrew Crawshaw By a quirk from the fixture Gods, this week has our Women with two cup ties. Sunday had us in the fourth round of the FA Cup and Thursday Evening has us in the semi-final of the League Cup. Sunday 03 Feb – Crawley Wasps v Arsenal This was one of those …
By Tony Attwood One year ago after 25 games the league table in Mr Wenger’s final season had Arsenal 6th on 42 points. We were eight points off fourth place and the much derided (at the time) challenge for a Champions League place. Team P W D L F A GD Pts 1 Manchester City …
Read More “This year last year: how Arsenal have progressed under Mr Emery”
by Andrew Crawshaw Here is the current League table courtesy of fulltime-league.thefa.com POS P W D L GD PTS 1 Reading FC Women Academy 15 11 1 3 30 35 * 2 Liverpool FC Women Academy 11 9 1 1 31 28 3 Chelsea FC Women Academy 13 9 0 4 11 27 4 Arsenal …
Read More “The Arsenal Junior Teams – January Update Part 3 – The Women’s Development Squad”
By Walter Broeckx A few changes to the team. Özil drops to the beach and Iwobi starts in his place. Also Xhaka has a slight groin problem and didn’t travel to Manchester. Arsenal starting with 3 central defenders and with 2 players in defensive midfield positions. Arsenal: Leno, Lichtsteiner, Koscielny, Mustafi, Monreal, Kolasinac, Torreira, Guendouzi, …
Read More “Final score and Live match report Manchester City – Arsenal : 3-1”
By Bulldog Drummond.You don’t need me to tell you that Arsenal’s form of this year has been erratic following the hammering by Liverpool. Date Game Res Score 01 Jan 2019 Arsenal v Fulham W 4-1 05 Jan 2019 Blackpool v Arsenal FAC W 0-3 12 Jan 2019 West Ham United v Arsenal L 1-0 19 …
Read More “Manchester City v Arsenal. Who blinks first and the teams.”
by Andrew Crawshaw Here, courtesy of premierleague.com are the full details of this weekend’s fixtures. nb kickoff times 15:00 unless noted otherwise:- Saturday 2 February 12:30 Tottenham Hotspur v Newcastle Referee: Andre Marriner Assistants: Simon Long, Sian Massey-Ellis Fourth official: Lee Probert Brighton v Watford Referee: Simon Hooper Assistants: Daniel Cook, Darren Eaton Fourth official: Roger East Burnley v Southampton Referee: Anthony Taylor …
by Andrew Crawshaw This article continues from the under 18s update. After a strong start to the season, injuries, red cards and players being called up for first team duties had a massive impact on Freddie Ljungberg’s youngsters. A win and two draws in October were followed by a dreadful November and December which saw …
Read More “The Junior Teams January Review – Part 2; the U23s”
By Tony Attwood It was nearly ten years ago that Chelsea were banned from signing any more youth players – a ban that was eventually overturned on appeal. But now Chelsea are once again waiting to see how an enquiry by Fifa into their transfer dealings in the youth market will pan out. But this …
By Tony Attwood Without playing Arsenal have moved up to fourth in the league – the much sought after “not a trophy” position. Team P W D L F A GD Pts 1 Liverpool 24 19 4 1 55 14 41 61 2 Manchester City 24 18 2 4 63 19 44 56 3 Tottenham …
Read More “Denis Suárez joins Arsenal as we get to the “not a trophy” position.”
By Sir Hardly Anyone So far this transfer window the grand net spend or profit of the bigger clubs are Arsenal – nothing Chelsea – £49.1m net spend – Christian Pulisic who was immediately loaned out. Liverpool – £17m net profit Man City – £15m net profit Man U – nothing Tottenham – £11m profit. So …
Read More “Transfer updates: who has spent and who we are getting today and tomorrow”
by Andrew Crawshaw Below is a table showing matches undertaken by each referee for the ‘top 6’ clubs (I have also included Everton as they have had the most referees this season) Total games Percent featuring top 6 Top 6 games Arsenal Chelsea Liverpool Man C Man U Spurs Everton Anthony Taylor 20 65% 13 …
Read More “The curious case of the uneven effect of referee activity in the PL.”
By Walter Broeckx Seven changes to the starting line up. Some understandable… some not so. No Maitland-Niles to be seen and Lichtsteiner starting…. But who am I. I hope that Emery proves me and a lot of us wrong at the end of the match. The inclusion of Monreal is more understandable. Özil starts and …
Read More “Final score and live match report Arsenal – Cardiff City : 2-1”
By Bulldog Drummond So what of today? We obviously don’t have Sokratis for several games, and although Koscielny seems just to have bruised his jaw rather than had it broken, I suspect he won’t be risked even if he feels fit. Meanwhile it may be just me but I am finding one or two of …
Read More “Arsenal v Cardiff: the team and the track record”
by Andrew Crawshaw Here, courtesy of premierleague.com, are the matches for this mid-week round which is Matchweek 24. Kickoff times are 19:45 unless noted otherwise. Predictions for some of the games will appear on the Predictions websites. The Arsenal v Cardiff predictions are already online. Tuesday 29 January Arsenal v Cardiff City Referee: Mike Dean Assistants: Darren Cann, …
Caution and Liverpool Part 2 – Some Details By Gordon Haverland This article continues from the previous post The curious effect of referee actions on the top six clubs this season. Treatments There are two kinds of treatments, the ones where a physio does not come on to the field to bring the player off …
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By Gordon Haverland and Tony Attwood Is there really any evidence that Premier League matches are being rigged via referees? That is a question that we are often asked, and we have often replied that yes there is some evidence, but it is not definitive. However we also note how the PGMO which runs …
Read More “The curious effect of referee actions on the top six clubs this season.”
By Tony Attwood If the question above were posed as “What SHOULD Arsenal do now” rather than as it is written, the answer would undoubtedly be very complicated. But Arsenal commentators on football don’t do complicated – they like simple, easy solutions. And therein lies another problem. For the problem with simple solutions to complex …
Read More “Out of three of the four competitions already, what does Arsenal do now?”
By Walter Broeckx Not much changes compared to the team that won from Chelsea. Cech as expected in goal and Maitland-Niles playing in the place of the unlucky Bellerin. Iwobi starting in the place of Guendouzi. Arsenal team at the start: Cech, Maitland-Niles, Sokratis, Koscielny, Kolasinac, Torreira, Xhaka, Ramsey, Iwobi, Aubameyang, Lacazette On the beach: …
Read More “Live match report FA Cup Arsenal – Manchester United : 1-3”
by Andrew Crawshaw Here, courtesy of the FA website are the matches and officials for the 16 matches in the FA Cup Fourth Round:- Friday 25 January Bristol City v Bolton Wanderers 7.45pm, Friday 25 January Referee: Stuart Attwell Assistant Referees: Richard West & Lee Venamore Fourth Official: Craig Hicks Arsenal v Manchester United 7.55pm, …
Read More “The FA Cup Fourth Round – All the Games and Match Officials including VAR”
By Bulldog Drummond I imagine that Petr Cech will play in goal, as that seems to be the arrangement and the player has to stay match fit as he is the backup for the rest of the season. In defence we could use the back four approach although obviously we don’t have Hector Bellerin for the rest …
