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 It is one of the central themes of Untold. A theme that the Premier League in England refuses to look at or address. A theme which is backed up by more and more evidence day after day. A theme that simply says: match fixing is rife. So rife in fact that in …
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By Anonymous At Arsenal What is really going on inside Arsenal? It is a question often put, but for anyone who observes what is said by Arsenal officials, and who attends meetings at which senior Arsenal staff are present, it is quite clear what is going on. First, it is a fact that the club …
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THE CASE FOR KOSCIELNY AS DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDER by NACHIKETA For most of the past year now, whenever I see Arsenal play, we close down the opposition quickly enough but still do not get possession back as fast as we should, as fast as Barcelona do it. For most of the past year whenever I see …
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Match Review: Mike Dean – Arsenal Vs Manchester City (0 – 2) [13/01/2013] If you are new to this site and this is your first visit then please: Read this to fully understand our reviews. Today’s referee is Mike Dean MATCH REVIEW DETAILS – Mike Dean (2013-01-13) Period 1 Min Type From On C/NC Reviewer …
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By Walter Broeckx So the Huns came to the Emirates and left with empty hands. Fine. There are teams that you want to see trashed at the Emirates. The spuds come to mind. And in fact Stoke is such a team. Winning 6-1 against Southampton is great but you don’t get a devilish great extra …
Read More “Arsenal – Stoke: crazy assistants, mad tackles and bad punches. Oh and we won.”
By Billy “the Dog” McGraw Stoke is an ancient parish somewhere to the north, in rugby playing land. The name Stoke means “place” which more or less is right. But even a “place” can have a motto and Stoke’s is Vis Unita Fortior meaning United Strength is Stronger – which is the origins of the …
By Walter Broeckx STOP if you don’t like referee talk or you think the ref plays no part in a football game. It will save you a few minutes of your life. CARRY ON if you are interested and I can tell you some strange things will be revealed for your delectation. The ref for …
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By Don Don McMahon WHAT IS THE ARSENAL…AND WHAT DOES ARSENAL REPRESENT? This essay on our Arsenal is neither intended to be exhaustive nor definitive. It is my best effort at trying (probably in vain) to paint a faint but pragmatic image of what the Arsenal is for us Gooners. It is a vision of …
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By Tony Attwood . It was all a bit of a farce. Tottenham didn’t get Damião, Everton didn’t get Leroy Fer or Alvaro Negredo. Odemwingie tried to do his own transfer deal, and got turned away from QPR, perhaps because he didn’t have the right sort of brown envelope available. . But still the press …
Read More “Others miss, we get one. But still the press moan”
By Walter Broeckx People who tried to understand what Wenger said during this transfer window knew that if we would bring in someone it would be player(s) from Spain or Germany. He openly said that those are the two countries with the best youth education system for the moment and that this was the …
By Walter Broeckx As we have nothing else to do for the moment apart from checking arsenal.com every now and then to see if by any chance we still buy someone I thought it would be nice to have a look at how we and the rest of the teams that are fighting for the …
Read More “Comparing points and goals with this moment last season”
By Walter Broeckx Slip sliding away sang the singer a few years ago. And that is exactly what Sagna did in the first minutes of the game. Any sensible person who has seen this goal can only say that if Sagna doesn’t slip nothing happens at all. We can moan all day and all night …
By Tony Attwood As you may know I am a committee member of AISA – the Arsenal Independent Supporters Association. AISA has put out the following statement about Arsenal’s announcement on ticket prices, which I would like to share with Untold readers who are not AISA members. We are pleased that Arsenal have made an …
Arsenal v Liverpool By Billy the dog McGraw Liverpool is a far off diminutive principality of little importance. It was founded by the most incompetent king in English history, King John, in 1207, who made it a Royal Borough and over the next 350 years grew at such a rate that by 1550 it had …
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By Tony Attwood There’s no Ministry of Football in Britain, but there is a Ministry of Culture, Media and Sport and it has been running a Select Committee. That Committee has clearly had enough of the Football Association (endlessly tainted by its own incompetence and its association with Fifa), and the Premier League (endlessly tainted …
By Walter Broeckx So here we are again with another article that gives a preview of what could be our biggest opponent in our next game. And allow me to say that it always is nice when the hard work our ref reviewers have done over the years come together with the reality out there. …
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By Walter Broeckx I think we all know the fickle world outside Untold. That world of people who have their idea on a player ready after just one game or just one event. One bad pass and he is rubbish and another of those cheap buys from the French and so the manager has to …
By Tony Attwood Context is important. Something that appears trivial at one level might appear monumental at another. Everything always depends on context. So let us consider the context of the FA Cup this Sunday night. Oldham 3 Liverpool 2 Leeds Untidy 2 Tottenham Hotspur 1 Brentford 2 Chelsea 2 Queens Park Harry 2 MK …
THE OFFICIAL ARSENAL TRANSFER DELUSION Don McMahon I’m getting very bored over this January transfer window and have decided that a laconic, barely legible piece about a rumour I fear is circulating in the Albania media, would be appropriate for this festive season. So here goes. It is understood by the Albanian terrorists, from sources …
By Walter Broeckx As I am one of the lucky persons who could see the game live on my TV I want to start with my favourite moment of the game. It was a moment before a ball was kicked. It was a moment that showed images of the crowd before the game started. And …
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By Walter Broeckx As Tony said it earlier today we will write what we think we should write. So for those not liking, sorry. But here is another whining,…er….article about the ref we have today. Of course this is a cup game and in cup games there are different rules. Well not in the laws …
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By Tony Attwood To begin at the end. Arsène Wenger has given an interview in which he has said Jack Wilshere can become Arsenal and England captain. So with Thomas Vermaelen injured and Arteta still out maybe our Jack could become Arsenal’s youngest-ever captain today. Tony Adams’ is the youngest ever captain thus far at …
Read More “A note on freedom of expression. (And Jack as captain) (And Hazard, and Carragher)”
by Billy the Dog McGraw Everyone wants to be there. Ian was trying to take his sons and meet up with the south coast part of his family. Stefan had the idea that he might be able to turn up at the ground and procure a ticket. Tony fancied it because the Brighton ground is …
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By Tony Attwood Apparently around 60% of Real Madrid’s members believe Jose Mourinho has a negative impact on the club’s image. That is a according to a survey in Marca – a sports daily. They asked about 700 members either on the phone or at the game, and overall the members gave his performance as …
By Tony Attwood When we are good, we are really good. We ended the game against West Ham with 69% of the possession, and 24 goal attempts, with 10 on target. For 12 minutes we were unbeatable. Any suggestion of anything else was a mere trick of the floodlights. As for West Ham’s opening goal …
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