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 Football matches are a matter of tactics, psychology and ability. In the novel by Robert Rankin, “Knees up mother earth” Brentford Utd beat Arsenal in the FA Cup by playing a bunch of circus performers instead of trained footballers in their team. That’s psychology – although not of this world. In effect …
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By Bulldog Drummond There are, surrounding Arsenal today, quite a number of civilians who acknowledge only three concepts – one they are (by their own claims at least) Arsenal supporters, two that Arsenal are rubbish and three if only they were allowed to manage the club, by the appliance of common sense and quite possibly …
By Walter Broeckx Yes it’s over. What is over? The season. Why do I know this? Ah because the experts told me so. Which experts? Ah the self declared experts on twitter and facebook and even on Untold they can be seen. This is where we stand today. And tomorrow. The season is over because …
Read More “Warning: get to the life boats, woman and children first”
Avoiding Those Big Embarrassing (Away) Losses By Bootoomee Arsenal’s losses in the premier league for 2013/14 season: Arsenal 1 – 3 Aston Villa Manchster City 6 – 3 Arsenal Liverpool 5 – 1 Arsenal Chelsea 6 – 0 Arsenal Everton 3 – 0 Arsenal Manchester United 1 – 0 Arsenal Stoke City 1 – …
Oh! We need a Dee ehM…. ARSENAL 13. The season has begun. After the 1st round of games we are placed 3rd, behind Chelsea and ManCity (champions elect). As per predictions we have no chance of the league title. The reason, well, we don’t have a DM. Or rather a beast of a DM. Now …
By Walter Broeckx If we compare this match with the one on Saturday it is almost unbelievable that the final score was 0-0. From the first second and you can take this literally: it was an open match. Ba trying to shoot directly at goal from the kick off and if it wasn’t for an …
By Bulldog Drummond Success and achievement are boring – at least if you are a journalist. If you have to write about success then personalise it, and make the person you write about be eccentric, self-centred, opinionated and if possible abusive. But most of all follow failure – especially if it involves someone who is …
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WHY DON’T THE REFS CALL ¨OBVIOUS¨ PENALTIES? By Don McMahon While watching the Arsenal struggle to dominate Crystal Palace on Saturday, there were at least 2-3 incidents against Arsenal players where many supporters claimed we should have had a penalty awarded. Having officiated for many years and been the target of such complaints from both …
Where Can We Improve? By Pete I am as much as a loyalist as anyone who frequents this site but I thought it might be interesting not only to review areas where there is room for improvement (after all nothing is perfect), but to do so constructively. Tony has already written a piece around …
By Walter Broeckx As I couldn’t see the match live as I was appointed to do a match as a referee myself at the same kick off time as the Arsenal match I had to see the match already knowing the final score. So the tension then is missing a bit compared to seeing it …
