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 There was an incident in the first half last night in which a Middlesbrough player grabbed hold of Oliver Giroud in a rugby styled tackle in the penalty area and held on to him for several seconds, stopping him getting to the ball. It was clearly shown on the live footage, so …
By Walter Broeckx A few big changes both in players as in tactics for this match. Cech back in goal after his injury. At the back 3 central defenders with Gabriel – Koscielny and Holding. The first big surprise. I didn’t see that coming. Then we had a 4 man midfield with Oxlade-Chamberlain – Ramsey …
By Bulldog Drummond We know most of the match facts by now – especially those that set out Arsenal in a bad light along with the fact that Middlesbrough have failed to win any of their last 14 games in the Premier League, and have failed to score in six of their last eight league …
by Bulldog Drummond In the last post I pointed out the problems we have been having with the away form of late, but such was the success earlier in the season that our away form for the whole season is still balanced between wins and defeats. Not as good as we would like of course …
Read More “Middlesbrough v Arsenal: ways of ending a bad run of away results”
By Bulldog Drummond I am not a psychologist, and so I have been asking people wiser than me in terms of explaining human behaviour, what the benefit is to Arsenal, or indeed to Héctor Bellerín, for him to be booed and jeered by some Arsenal fans. It has been hard to find an answer. There …
Read More “Middlesbrough v Arsenal. Booing Héctor Bellerín probably doesn’t help very much”
by Andrew Crawshaw This week we have Referee – Anthony Taylor 37 years old from Cheshire and FIFA Accredited Assistant Referee 1 – Stuart Burt from Northamptonshire and FIFA Accredited Assistant Referee 2 – Adam Nunn from Wiltshire Fourth Official – Kevin Friend 45 years old from Leicestershire Well, after the disappointment of last Monday …
By Tony Attwood I am not suggesting, through that title, that “after me comes the flood” is a perfect way of forecasting what happens after a manager leaves a league club, but rather I’d like to suggest that changing managers at Arsenal does not result in an immediate change at the club. In a previous …
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As the next season approaches, no one can know where Arsenal will end up but it is worth taking a look at the Europa League, just to get the feel of what might come along! They could wind up in the Champions League or the Europa League. These sorts of details can change very …
By Tony Attwood A while back a correspondent on Untold mentioned that he thought it was fair to expect that Arsenal should either win the league or be challenging to win the league each season. I produced some statistics to show how rarely this happened, not just with Arsenal, but with all clubs across all …
Read More “Are we seeing a major change to the list of clubs that dominate the Premier League?”
By Sir Hardly Anyone Yes I will admit it; I have been saying that all the stuff about transfer rumours is rubbish given that there are round about 76 days to go before the transfer window creaks open and something of the order of 137 days before it slams shut and shatters into bits again. …
Read More “Despite all the negatives about Arsenal’s parlous state, Arsenal make a major signing”
By the Referee team There are clips included in the report for every wrong decision and every major decision in red bold text First of all sorry it has taken so long. But we followed the order of a few people who said we should get a life and took a break from a very …
Read More “Ref Review Arsenal – Hull. Farewell goodbye auf wiedersehen adieu to the ref.”
by Tony Attwood I think most of us know what happened when Arsenal Wenger arrived at Arsenal and the way he was hounded remorselessly by the press with their disgraceful rumours, and then for years vilely attacked by Man U fans (whose appalling chants were then sold on CD via the club shop). If …
In today’s world, and never more so than in today’s footballing world it is hard to see beyond the immediate situation, the here and now. If things aren’t going our way we demand change. If we don’t like something, we get something else, something newer and shinier until we get bored of that and …
by Tony Attwood The problems with football are multiple, but ultimately, in my opinion they tend to focus on two key areas. First, football is run by a group of organisations that have their own agendas and are in essence answerable to no one. In this regard I think of the FA, Fifa, Uefa, and …
by Tony Attwood In a match which kicked off this morning Eddie Nketiah scored a hat-trick as Arsenal U18s beat Manchester City under 18s 4-3 at London Colney. Kwame Ampadu coaches the team and he put out a strong side of 2nd year apprentices, but Manchester City took the lead through Lukas Nmecha in the …
Read More “Eddie Nketiah scores a hat trick again – this time against Man City.”
By Walter Broeckx Over the years we have seen many names being given to our manager. Abusive words, insults, swearing and shouting. What people say on the streets or in the stadium is their prerogative. We live in a (kind of) free world and can say what we want as long as it isn’t something …
Read More “Arsène Wenger and the dictator insult. This is no way to conduct a debate.”
By Sir Hardly Anyone According to those who know these things, or at least those who claim that they know these things, this is going to be one hell of a transfer window for Arsenal, for not only are better players needed, Arsenal need to change the “weak, leaderless dressing-room culture” and stop recruiting players …
By Walter Broeckx After a painful defeat it is always difficult to keep perspective. Yes it was a bad result. We could point at some decisions from the ref not going our way that cost us. But I will leave the ref out of this. So no need to comment on that. What I find …
By Tony Attwood I read a comment on Untold after last night’s match in which a correspondent said that he had “not renewed my membership to the club” having been watching the club for 50 years. I am not sure what the “membership” is that he has, and since the renewal notices for red, silver …
Read More “In the end just changing the manager is rarely enough, unless you want to do it a lot.”
By Walter Broeckx No changes in the starting line up for Arsenal compared to our last match against West Ham United. On the bench we had a change with Coquelin returning in the place of Iwobi who had played with the U23. Arsenal team : Martinez, Bellerin, Mustafi, Gabriel, Monreal, Elneny, Xhaka, Walcott, Ozil, Alexis, …
By Bulldog Drummond Ahead of this match the Large One who manages Palace said, “When the bell starts ringing you know the time is running out” and who are we to argue with such finery? Now the factoids Crystal Palace have just two wins in league matches against Arsenal. Of the rest they drew nine …
Read More “The Palace v The Arsenal. The teams, the beach and associated items”
By Bulldog Drummond There is a phrase that the Telegraph is now dropping into anything that Arsene Wenger ever says, or anything that it imagines the club is doing. In each and every case they now claim that saying this or doing that “is likely to surprise many fans.” It’s a sort of instant knock …
By Bulldog Drummond In the build up to this match Arsène Wenger has been talking a little about Alex Oxlade Chamberlain and his importance to the club saying, “I personally think it’s vital that Chamberlain stays at Arsenal. We bought him when he was very young and built him up. He has a great mentality and a …
by Tony Attwood When Aleksander Ceferin became Uefa president he said his first job would be to reconsider plans to give more Champions League revenue to the larger clubs in Europe. It was a message more in keeping with Fifa’s self-generated headlines about reform than a serious attempt at real live change and so no …
Read More “Uefa and the Premier League get ready to fight it out”
by Andrew Crawshaw Before I look into our game I would like to welcome Chris Kavanagh to the Premier League as a new referee. He takes charge of the Saturday game between West Brom and Southampton. Chris was born in Lancashire but is affiliated to Cleveland (NE of England). So far this year he had …
