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 I wrote yesterday about how Uefa was facing up to, and failing, a test of its ability and willingness to take on racists. But there is a second that Uefa are facing. What to do about the clubs that are flagrantly ignoring the Financial Fair Play rules, and are simply pursuing a …
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Last year we ran referee reviews on Untold Arsenal. They were written by qualified refs who for the most part were Arsenal fans. This season we wanted to go much further, so we launched Referee Decisions – a web site that publishes reviews of Premier League referees by referees who are supporters of various clubs. …
By Tony Attwood We’ve covered this so many times before but it keeps coming back. Uefa is racist. Want to prove it? The charges laid against the Serbian FA after their latest bust up in their under 21 game v England did not include a single word about racism and racist language. They were done …
Arsenal fans demand changes to create better matchday atmosphere at The Emirates Stadium New survey puts the introduction safe standing at top of the list An independent survey of Arsenal supporters has revealed an overwhelming consensus in favour of improving the atmosphere at The Emirates Stadium. 94.5% of those taking part said it was very …
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This report was written before the Bradford defeat. But it is still highly relevant as a media analysis because it deals with the reality as perceived by some at all stages of Arsenal’s season. Why can’t they just commentate on the game? By Cameron Wolfe. I watch all my EPL games through ESPN North America. …
Read More “You can make any team sound bad if you really want too.”
By Walter Broeckx December 11 always has been a special day for me. There are two anniversaries that I can celebrate on that day and one of them is that on this day Arsenal played for the first time an official game of football. Yesterday my party was ruined by Arsenal. Oh well that is …
This article refers to the AAA – the name Untold gave to the supporters who always complain about the team and the management. You can read about the AAA further here. By Walter Broeckx Yesterday I read a sentence that our captain has said or written down this week. Vermaelen said: “Some people seem to …
By Fute Uristick Following Walter’s innovative notion of posting a preview of the WBA match after the match was actually played, Untold continues where its name has always led, by now bringing the review of tonight’s match, before kick off. And today is a special day – for it is the 126th anniversary of the …
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By Remak Kwen The Untold twutter service about diving, singing and watching..oh and about football. So Arsenal is not a team of saints. Even Saint Santi is not a real saint it seems. Going down a bit too easy. Well he was just doing what the AAA is saying we are doing: going down. …
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By Tony Attwood Dazet Wilfried Armel Zaha, according to everyone, quite possibly including Arry Redknapp’s dog Rosie, is a fan of Arsenal whom Mr Wenger wants to sign. But he’s not the big signing that some fans want, given that all his experience is in the Championship. On the other hand we have seen how …
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By Tony Attwood Football via a time machine. So, after Walter publishes my preview after the match I suppose in future I shall have to put up my post-match reports before the game starts. Fortunately my great grand-father was a good mate of HG Wells and was bequeathed all his sketches upon the death of …
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Introduction from Walter. Ok here I sit with shame all written over me. As Tony had to go away last night he asked me to fill in for him and publish the articles today. So I just jumped to one of my own articles about getting behind the team. I then had to go out …
By Walter Broeckx In case you are one of the supporters who sings his heart out each game to support the Arsenal: no need to read any further. This is not about you. You might read further and if you read critical things about the support: this is not about you. When you …
By Remak Kwen A new roundup of Untold twutters about football and …er…football. The Arsenal reserves lost to Olympiacos in the CL. Disaster! We never win anything again. Boooo hoooo. Shame on us. What do you mean Arsenal qualified for the knock out stages? Not important. I want to feel miserable. Be my guest …
THE DISPOSABLES By Don McMahon In 2003 we had the INVINCIBLES, in 2008 we had the CL FINALISTS, and in 2012-13 we have the DISPOSABLES. We are no longer the GUNNERS or the ARSENAL to many of our pseudo-supporters, but simply a collection of LOSERS, INGRATES, PROFITEERS, DEADWOOD, UNINSPIRED, and INDIFFERENT individuals. This sadly …
By Tony Attwood Arsenal’s doom and gloom, manufactured and spread by the Anti-Arsenal Arsenal, with their allies in the press, has gone further up the scale this week. Sagna has apparently been offered only a one-year extension to his current contract, which takes him up to the age of 32. He’s clearly a great player, …
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Written by Adam Brogden Agents fees 2011/2012 Below we have the recently released fees paid by premier league clubs to football agents, I do not know if this includes exempt persons. Arsenal £5,580,873 Aston Villa £2,730,539 Chelsea £6,490,382 Everton £3,092,891 Fulham £2,581,208 Liverpool £8,600,444 Manchester City £10,537,982 Manchester United £3,681,580 Newcastle United £3,485,503 Norwich City …
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By Walter Broeckx So Arsenal has done it again. Loosing at Olympiacos. It is getting a bit of a habit in the last seasons. Always the last game of the group, always a rather unfamiliar Arsenal team out on the field. From last weeks starting line up only Szczesny, Jenkinson and Vermaelen were on the …
By Tony Attwood As pointed out by many people below, the team I made up is impossible since some of the players didn’t go, one is misspelled and one isn’t in the champions league squad. Ah well… But if someone would like to have a bash at putting up the actual team rather than endlessly …
By Walter Broeckx When I heard the news today I couldn’t really believe it. A linesman in Holland yesterday died after being beaten badly by a few 15-16 year old …… I don’t know how to name them to be honest….. I just will call them animals. And this is being disrespectful towards animals I …
By Tony Attwood The common sense analysis of Arsenal’s problems comes down to this: because of the ineptitude of the manager and the board, Arsenal don’t have good enough players. We should spend more, and change the manager. Possibly a new head of the club with a lot of dosh would allow us to spend …
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By Walter Broeckx and Tony Attwood As I started following Arsenal in a season where they finished 7th in the league I find it sometimes hard to understand the “we want our Arsenal back”. Because for me “my Arsenal” is something from the 70ties. And for someone else it might be something of the 60ties. …
By Walter Broeckx The main thing we can say about the game against Swansea is that the final result was painful. Our first half was one of the worst I can remember. We played too slow and couldn’t keep the ball. Our passing game was nowhere to be seen. Players running with the ball …
By Billy the Dog McGraw “Arsenal’s draw with Everton on Wednesday was probably the best game of the week – real end-to-end stuff with both sides attacking – and I don’t think the Gunners have too many problems, save for some moaning from their fans.” Thus spake Mark Lawrenson. Errrr…. I don’t if I have …
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Cyberbullies, net skinheads, net-hooligans and other infestations Don McMahon While recently surfing various Arsenal websites and blogs, I came across an increasing number of posts, many from the same person, and many written or should I say scripted from the same monologue. These so-called supporters were uniformly anti-Wenger, anti-Arsenal and specifically persistently vulgar, offensive, mocking …
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