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 Andrew Crawshaw Following the review of Mr Clattenberg in the Chelsea game here is the updated Table of Shame Wrong Important Decisions Favouring Arsenal Favouring Opponents 2nd Yellow Cards 1 30 Red Cards 1 10 Penalties 3 18 Goals 0 8 Total 5 66 Possible Cost in Points 0 15 Referee Review: Arsenal – …
Read More “Bournemouth v Arsenal Sunday 7 February – The Match Officials. Time to start worrying.”
By Tony Attwood On 26 October 2009, Daniel Levy stated that Tottenham intended to move into the partially built new stadium for the start of the 2012–13 season with the final 56,250-seat venue ready for 2013/14. On 23 May 2013, I raised a point about Tottenham’s new ground which had as we knew by then …
by Andrew Crawshaw The Ladies have just had their pre-season photo shoot here is the main picture courtesy of Arsenal.com Back row Natalia Pablos Sanchon (7), Katie McCabe (15), Leah Williamson (14), Emma Mitchell (3), Marta Corredera (17), Danielle Van de Donk (21) Middle row Farah Williams (4), Jemma Rose (19), Dominique Janssen (20), Sari van …
Zen and the art of football supporting – by Blacksheep Zen (for those unfamiliar with it) is an ancient Chinese form of Buddhism that has become established in Japan, Korea and Vietnam as well as influencing many in the West. It stresses the importance of meditation, observation and insight and in my reflection of the …
Read More “Zen and the art of football supporting: a response to Tuesday night.”
By Tony Attwood I was on the beach in Norfolk near Hunstanton today watching a sperm whale that was stuck on the sands – caught there by the outgoing tide. This pic is from the BBC – I was going to put mine up but this one is better. I hope the BBC don’t mind. …
by Andrew Crawshaw Here is the current League Table for the U21s Team Pld W D L G.D. Pts 1 Derby County 14 9 1 4 13 28 2 Aston Villa 16 8 4 4 -1 28 3 Arsenal 13 8 3 2 11 27 4 West Bromwich Albion 14 6 6 2 6 24 …
By Walter Broeckx Oh how easy it is sitting the studio. Comfortable while looking at some big screens. Where you can look back at things. And use all kinds of nice graphic tricks to show what a complete fool or brilliant mind (depending on the situation) a player has been. Or even nicer…to show what …
Read More “Pundits turning into managers: not a very wholesome sight”
THE ART OF MANAGEMENT: WENGER STYLE…….Don McMahon Any Gooners who are stupid enough to listen to the media, the pundits, the aaa, the pseudo X-box managers, the so-called experts and other assorted idiots, will have been hearing lamentations about how Wenger hasn’t brought in the ¨missing links¨ so desperately needed to ensure the Arsenal …
By Tony Attwood “Lies, damn lies and statistics,” is, I guess, the ultimate anti-analytic statement. The total way of saying, “I know what I think, and you can’t tell me no different.” The end of detailed examination as a way of understanding the world. So trying to analyse what happens over time to a …
By Walter Broeckx Seven changes compared to the last match against Burnley in the FA cup. Cech back in goal and Bellerin and Monreal as the full backs. Koscielny and Gabriel continued in the centre of defence. In midfield we had Flamini, Ramsey and Özil. Up front Arsenal started with Campbell, Giroud and Alexis. Arsenal …
Read More “Arsenal – Southampton 0-0: another example that it doesn’t even out”
By Tony Attwood For once I am not going to the game – having a few days in the wild windy weather of the Norfolk coast. And believe me it is windy. So good luck to whoever bought my ticket through the official ticket exchange. (It actually sold in 10 minutes flat, so clearly the …
Read More “Arsenal v Southampton: all the news you need and quite a bit you don’t.”
by Andrew Crawshaw Here is the current League Table for the U18s Team P W D L +/- Pts 1 Chelsea 20 13 5 2 35 44 2 Reading 20 13 2 5 21 41 3 Fulham 19 11 2 6 15 35 4 West Ham 21 10 4 7 -1 34 5 Aston Villa …
Read More “Arsenal progress in the FA Youth Cup. The U18 Team January Report”
By Billy the Dog McGraw Actually not too much. Debuchy has gone to Bordeaux on loan. According to the Mirror Man U made an effort to get him but Arsenal refused to do the deal. Also talk that Villa wanted him, but ditto there. That is all that is confirmed on Arsenal.com at the moment. Yaya …
Read More “Transfer deadline: shock horror, all those rumours were untrue!”
ARSENAL IN THE NEW ELITE LEAGUE? by Don McMahon I recently read an interesting post on the AA website about whether Arsenal could be considered eligible for the proposed (potential) Elite Champions League and what would happen to teams that didn’t get selected. The article hinted that this ECL would be an exclusive club based …
by Andrew Crawshaw Here is the Table of Shame updated following the Stoke referee review Wrong Important Decisions Favouring Arsenal Favouring Opponents 2nd Yellow Cards 1 30 Red Cards 1 10 Penalties 2 18 Goals 0 8 Total 4 66 Possible Cost in Points 0 15 The lowest weighted score ever recorded by our reviewers …
Read More “Arsenal v Southampton Tuesday 2 February 2016 – The Match Officials. Beware!”
By Tony Attwood Some years ago I came across a company where the finance manager had been skimming off money for her own benefit for years. She was found out when the firm changed auditors and the new auditor started asking questions the old auditor should have asked, but didn’t. What happened next was …
Read More “In football, no one ever talks about the real problem. It’s the FA.”
By Tony Attwood And thus here I am in Norfolk, a diminutive and rather flat state separated from England by language, and its vision of life, the universe, and reality. Although never given formal independence from the UK, the fact that no member of the government has been here since the days of Edward and …
By Sir Hardly Anyone I’ve taken that headline not, as you might believe, from a little blogetta that makes things up, but from the Independent, a supposedly reputable newspaper in the UK. Now maybe they are right, but if so it is a bit interesting that there is no mention on Arsenal.com or in other papers …
Read More “Arsenal confirm Nigerian duo signing as Debuchy heads for the exit”
By Walter Broeckx Rather a lot of changes in the starting line up for this FA cup match. The most important one was of course the fact that Mohamed Elneny made his debut for Arsenal. And also a first start since his injury in mid november for Francis Coquelin. For the rest we had Chambers …
. By Bulldog Drummond Burnley were relegated from the Premier League and are now looking to come back up, so an FA Cup run is not the primary thing on their mind – promotion is much more important, as is not getting anyone injured at this stage of the season. The income from today’s game will …
Read More “Arsenal v Burnley: you don’t win things with kids, you don’t win without kids”
by Andrew Crawshaw Referee – Roger East Assistants – Simon Bennett and Marc Perry Fourth Official – Frederic Graham Roger East is from Wiltshire and this will be only the third time he has refereed in an Arsenal game. This Season His only appearance this season was at the end of December in our 2 …
Read More “Arsenal v Burnley FA Cup Fourth Round Saturday 30 January – The Match Officials”
By Walter Broeckx In the past we have written a lot about referees. And we have always been very much in favour of not just judging referees but also in helping referees. I know it still is not done in some referee circles to say that referees need extra assistance during matches. Some people still …
By Usama & Walter Broeckx ARSENAL vs. CHELSEA COMPETITION: English Premier League MATCH NO. 23 DATE: 24th January 2016 VENUE: Emirates Stadium (London, England) MATCH OFFICIALS: REFEREE: Mark Clattenburg 1st LINESMAN: Jake Collin 2nd LINESMAN: Simon Beck 4th OFFICIAL: Jon Moss First Half Fouls, Advantages, Cards, and Penalties Time Foul by Foul For Description & …
The love that dare not speak its name PART THE SECOND By Tim Charlesworth Many thanks to those of you who resisted the temptation to abuse me after part one of my homage to Tottenham Hotspur. For those who didn’t resist, I remind you of Arsene’s post-Stoke words: ‘Maybe when you go home and watch …
Read More “The love that dare not speak its name, part the second”
. By Tim Charlesworth . I recently saw a film about Charles Darwin, author of ‘Origin of Species’. This has a legitimate claim to being the most influential book of all time. One of the themes of the film, was Darwin’s moral struggle with his theory of evolution. He realised it would undermine the church, …
Read More “The love that dare not speak its name, part the first. A secret regard for Tottenham.”
