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 Walter Broeckx After our loss at Swansea I have seen a few comments blaming Wenger for not having interfered enough by letting Chambers play on right back after it was clear that he had a difficult match against Montero. The reasoning was: we had Bellerin on the bench so he should have brought Bellerin …
By Walter Broeckx We have been doing reviews for several years now on Untold Arsenal. So I have a lot of data from the seasons that are behind us and from the current season. But I also have at my disposal some internal documents from the PGMO. One could say that a good wind blew …
Don McMahon in my never-ending eagerness to anticipate potential improvements to the Beautiful Game and at the same time explore what other sports have experimented with or are considering doing, the urge to write a definitive compendium of such ideas and changes has overwhelmed me. So I did an internet search and a bit of …
By Tony Attwood (meditating on life to the sound of the waves of the Pacific). There was a really amusing comment on Untold this week that started along the line of “Wenger is in charge so obviously he is to blame.” When I stopped laughing I deleted it. I mean I do like humour, but …
By Tony Attwood A month or so ago the comedian Justin Moorhouse broadcast a few interesting thoughts on international football. I heard part of it while driving, and wished I had recorded it. Fortunately one of the newspapers obviously had their recorders running, and gave rundown of what he said: “It’s probably going to upset …
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By Jack Bottle, examination officer and connoisseur of all good things like whisky, woman and money Cheers. aaaggghhh The first sip is always the worst. But once you have done that the next sip tastes all the better. But as you are not here for my whisky but for my report on that wonderful organisation …
By Walter Broeckx It might sound pretentious such a title but once again we can say that we have been talking about things in the world of football that we were heavily ridiculed for at times (till today still by some) that are now slowly filtering through to the serious media. Untold Arsenal setting the …
By Bob MacDonald As an introduction to this article I wish to mention briefly my credentials, hopefully this will not be misinterpreted as arrogance. Since the early 70’s I have held the UEFA ‘A’ Coaching Qualification, having used it in various coaching and managing posts over the years including work at a former Football League …
Referee : Phil Dowd So we had our old friend Phil Dowd in an Arsenal match. Main talking points in the first half: A possible penalty for Swansea. I know that only a handful of refs will give it against Arsenal and never in favour of Arsenal but when a defender jumps in the …
By Tony Attwood One of the slightly amusing things one finds when editing Untold are the comments that come in which have either deliberately or accidentally misunderstood the thrust of an article. Many of these are just so daft, and so regularly from the same people, that I tend to edit them out, but occasionally …
Read More “Only a madman would manage Arsenal; and some of those will say “no””
By Walter Broeckx The media smell blood and want Arsenal supporters to revolt against Arsène Wenger. So they open all registers to open up the attack on our manager. We have never made it a secret that we support our manager because we think that he deserves our support. Even more in difficult times. Because …
I have reported regularly on how the Daily Telegraph, a right wing English newspaper, has been following up on Untold Arsenal stories. Now they have gone even further and added a point that goes a bit beyond where we went. And it seems highly relevant. So, they’ve picked up on Walter’s articles about the …
By Walter Broeckx Strong words for Untold one might say. A call for the mythical beast also known as defensive midfielder? Let us try to bring in some facts. A quick reminder of the results so far this season. CS a 3-0 win over Manchester City. Arteta starts and around the hour mark we bring …
When Untold started using the phrase “Football Betrayed” it was with one meaning in mind. That the journalists who are instrumental in shaping opinion – particularly of those who don’t make it to many matches – have fallen short of their duty of investigating what is going on in football. Too often they just do …
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By Walter Broeckx When we published the referee review from the Arsenal – Burnley match it was obvious that the non decision for the handball from Burnley player Boyd in his own penalty area was the most important item. To make it clear I will try to link to a vine where you can see …
By Tony Attwood and the Wizard of Oz Of late I have been having a little dig at journalists and AAA people who seek to tell us that Mr Wenger is a useless manager, that the solutions to Arsenal’s perceived problems are obvious. While I don’t expect any newspaper to have read, let alone take …
Read More “In a Terry Venables dreamland where the AAA feel at home”
By Walter Broeckx This was a match between two teams who try to play the same style of football. And when you get two teams who play a similar style you get or a great open match or two teams cancelling each other out for most of the time. The latter was surely what happened …
10 Questions to while away the hours before or after kick off. Set by Tony Attwood 1. How many goals has Alexis scored a) in his last 13 games and b) in his last three games for Arsenal? 2. Name the player who was transferred to Swansea with the initials LJ 3. In what year …
Do not go gentle into that good night. by Bulldog Drummond There is a rule within the Fifarian kingdom that all clubs should play in the league of the country they have their base in, except when they don’t. Thus Swansea being in Wales does not play in the League of Wales. Nor do Cardiff …
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by Andrew Crawshaw Following Walter’s referee review of the Burnley Game, I have included a Second Yellow Card and a Penalty for the not given deliberate handball at Min 20. No other wrong Important Decisions. There is still no signs of these decisions evening out, now nearly 5 to 1 against Arsenal and nearly …
Read More “Swansea v Arsenal 09 November 2014 – The Match officials”
By Insideright I thought Walter’s excellent analysis of Mike’s data table last month deserved a little more attention. Firstly the figures show that, across the EPL as a whole, it’s no good spending big, as did the likes of Spurs and Liverpool, when others like City, Man Utd. and Chelsea are spending very big. You …
By Walter Broeckx The downfall? Why? Against popular believe inspired by media propaganda we have shown that the PL has lost its glory in the last 5 season. You can read the numbers in the articles part 1 and part 2. But why did it came that far? Lets look at some possible explanations. Money? …
Read More “Premier League, still the best or are we being lied to? Part 3 – The downfall”
by Andrew Crawshaw As you all know by now I met Walter and the other Belgian Supporters at the North Greenwich Station on the London Underground Jubilee Line and accompanied them to the Emirates Stadium. This is an easy start for anyone coming from the near Continent, good road access from the Ferry or Eurostar …
Welcome to the Premier League clash between Arsenal and Swansea at the the Liberty Stadium, brought to you by Arsenal’s Official Car And Van Rental Partner Europcar. The Gunners suffered a small hiccup midweek in the Champions League but return to action in the Premier League this weekend off the back of a convincing 3-0 …
By Walter Broeckx Part 1 can be read here If we go back and have a look at the last 10 seasons in the CL we can see that we had the following finals in order as they have been played starting from the season 2004-2005. Liverpool – AC Milan Barcelona – Arsenal Ac Milan …
Read More “Premier League, still the best or are we being lied to? Part 2”
