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 Whenever we publish an article about referees and we tell it as we see it, we get called paranoid. Or get called other ‘nice names’ by people who put it all down to honest mistakes. Refs are holier than Jesus Christ, Mohammed the prophet, Buddha, God, the Dalai Lama, and whoever else …
Read More “So match fixing doesn’t exist? Untold Arsenal removes the tin foil hats”
Everton v Arsenal 6th April 2014 – The Match Officials By Andrew Crawshaw Referee – Martin Atkinson Assistants – P Kirkup and D Bryan Fourth Official – M Jones Before I start about our game, the other key teams Man City v Southampton – Chris Foy – I can’t see past a win for …
by Tony Attwood Now here’s a thing. The supporters of Real Madrid jeered Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale during a 5-0 defeat of Rayo Vallecano. Carlo Ancelotti then pleaded with the Real Madrid fans to unite with the players. Both events were strange to my mind. Strange to boo such talented players in a …
Read More “Real Madrid fans see the AAA as a blueprint, rather than a dire warning”
By Walter Broeckx Hush, hush, whisper it softly. But there might be some good news from the injury front. Let’s not jinx it by shouting it out loud but the news filtering through about some players sounds like music to my ears. We know that Kallstrom has been fit for 2 weeks and has played …
Read More “Don’t say it out loud, but we might have some good news”
By Tony Attwood I didn’t find this year’s April Fool’s day (a day of practical jokes across Europe – which I seem to recall is called April fish in France – perhaps Walter can tell us what it is called in Flemish), not especially amusing. The essence of an April Fool story is that at …
Read More “Tottenham’s new ground still a matter of mystery”
By Walter Broeckx Just over a year ago I had the good fortune to be able to talk with one of the most important people at our club. And just before you get too carried away with thinking who, let me say at once that it wasn’t Wenger. The meeting happened in December 2012. And …
Read More “Keeping the faith: the view from inside the club.”
By Walter Broeckx In my first article about the words spoken by the head of the PL I pointed how all was in place to set up some kind of calciopoli in the PL. A head of the most powerful and important club in the PL defending his own legacy and interests, a head of …
By Tony Attwood The fact that Fifa have actually found against Barcelona and Spain’s Football Association in the issue of the transfer of minors from outside of the EU has come as a bit of a shock. At least in this office. Fifa actually taking action? Against Barcelona? It all seemed so unlikely. Of course …
Read More “Barcelona’s ban from signing anyone gives hope that other regs will be upheld”
By Walter Broeckx At Untold we have done a lot of work in dismantling the old expressions that are used such like: it evens out at the end. We have proven that it didn’t even out at the end for most clubs. Our referee reviews have brought enough evidence of this. And it has given …
Read More “How the fall of Man U helped us understand how refereeing works. Part 1”
By Walter Broeckx Regular readers will know by now that from time to time when there is no Arsenal football around the regular writers will go to the end of the world to see some local football and report about it. This time my travel didn’t take me to the end of the …
By Walter Broeckx NOTE: As Untold Arsenal is again under some kind of cyber attack we might experience some troubles with posting articles. Or you might have troubles entering the site or posting comments. We hope that the IT people can sort this out as soon as possible. When we look at the league table …
By Walter Broeckx After 12 articles about injuries it is time to add another parameter to the numbers we have had. Links to these articles can be found here the introduction part 1 and part 2 and part 3 and part 4 and part 5 and part 6 and part 7 and part 8 …
Read More “The Untold injury records – Part 12 Including the number of games”
By Walter Broeckx Last week was a bit of a hectic week. Our defeat at Chelsea was the chance for the moaners to come out in full force again. So let us try to do a little analysing of this first. We know the simple analyzing that is usually done by the non-existing part of …
WHY ARSENAL CAN STILL WIN THE TITLE WITHOUT DOING THE EXTRAORDINARY. The last one week or thereabout has been nightmarish for Arsenal fans. The League title hopes seemed dashed as another trophyless season looms. The scandalous 6-Nil defeat to title rivals Chelsea brought an uncomfortable déjà vu. Further discouraging results against Swansea and Manchester City …
Read More “Why Arsenal can still win the title without doing the extraordinary”
By Tony Attwood I wrote a short while ago about the FA and its inability to do anything other than waste money pandering to the corrupt whims of Fifa and allow its name to go forwards into a world cup run in a state based on slave labour. My overarching claim that the media does …
Read More “Fighting local councils, fighting the FA, fighting obesity, fighting for football”
By Tony Attwood There are by and large three main approaches to fixing football matches. The first is the oldest and most obvious: when a footballer or footballers deliberately fix a result, either to help promotion or avoid relegation. This goes back to the early days of the Football League with one of the original …
Read More “Are Premier League matches fixed? Here’s how to tell.”
By Walter Broeckx After the introduction part 1 and part 2 and part 3 and part 4 and part 5 and part 6 and part 7 and part 8 and part 9 and part 10 we continue to have a further look at some of the injuries in detail. And remember this is based …
Read More “The Untold injury records 11: what shoulders and thighs reveal”
By Walter Broeckx City started the best in the opening 10 minutes. A few good runs behind the Arsenal defence but the defenders managed to get the ball away before City could have a shot on goal. Dean starting to show a bit of himself by letting a foul on Cazorla (push in the back …
Read More “Arsenal – Man City the difference between home and away”
Hello and welcome to the #RioChallenge Live Blog brought to you by Strongbow, where Arsenal will be looking to bounce back from their current dip in form with a win against a high-flying Manchester City side. Having dispatched Manchester United 3-0 at Old Trafford recently, Manuel Pellegrini’s side will fancy their chances against an Arsenal …
By Tony Attwood You might think these are troubled times at Arsenal, but look more closely and you will see some real class and character shining through. But first look elsewhere. Man U’s ownership has never shown class – that is self-evident – using the club as a cash cow to feed a shopping mall …
Read More “Believe: Red Action step forward to show the rest how to support”
Arsenal v Manchester City 29 March 2014 – The Match Officials Referee – Mike Dean Assistants – J Collin & J Brooks Fourth Official – K Friend Second time in a fortnight and fourth time this year for Mr Dean – That’s too many and far too soon. How have other teams fared with over-exposure …
Read More “Arsenal v Man C 29/314 – It’s Dean. Again. Expect cards and phantom fouls”
Revealed! All Arsenal Conspiracy Theories By Sammy The Snake Let me start by stating that I’m only an innocent supporter with a twisted mind, who thinks the atmosphere in these parts of Untold has become far too dark. And with too much time on my hands, I attempt to go where no Gooner has gone …
By Tony Attwood Day after day, as anyone who ever glances at a newspaper will attest, sports journalists sharpen the knives, and night after night as they prepare the next day’s publication they throw them at their favourite targets: mostly specific clubs and specific managers. Yet at the same time, some targets that really should …
By Walter Broeckx After the introduction part 1 and part 2 and part 3 and part 4 and part 5 and part 6 and part 7 and part 8 and part 9 we continue to have a further look at some of the injuries in detail. And remember this is based on the injuries …
Read More “The Untold injury records – 10. We’re not yet down on our knees”
By Walter Broeckx After the introduction part 1 and part 2 and part 3 and part 4 and part 5 and part 6 and part 7 and part 8 we continue to have a further look at some of the injuries in detail. And remember this is based on the injuries since 2002. 8. …
Read More “The Untold injury records – part 9, from groin strains to hamstrings”
