The same rules for everyone?

by Walter Broeckx As we have yet another international break in front of us I just wanted to take on two international matters and talk about my beloved friends from FIFA. Yesterday in my paper it was said that Fifa has suspended Nigeria because Fifa thinks that the political regime in Nigeria is interfering with …

Two major reforms on the football horizon thanks to, oh, err, McDonalds?

By Tony Attwood If you have an exceptionally long memory you might recall that during the summer the England team in the Bent World Cup didn’t do very well.  And the question arose as to why. Untold Arsenal did a bit of research and came up with a reason: we didn’t have the same number …

Tottenham’s journey to the east end, Liverpool’s descent into the land of mirth

By Tony Attwood & the research team of the 10th best blog in Northamptonshire (and other places). Tottenham’s new stadium plans have been accepted by Haringey council’s planning committee. But… While the committee in fact got quite excited, bubbling over with enthusiasm for what it calls “an overhaul of north Tottenham”, in a £400m project …

From the 10th biggest football blog… What should be Arsenal’s target this season and what we have to do

A little note from the Ed before you start. Last time around the Wikio rankings of blogs of a footballing nature had Untold at number 88 in the world.  A derisory number and one that caused much gnashing of the teeth. This time (in figures about to be released) we have risen to number 10 …

Being more clinical in front of goal

by Walter Broeckx We have to  be more clinical in front of goal. I think we all have said it or heard it over a million times these last 24 hours. And no one can argue this.  Yes we had the chances to score goals and we missed them. But to be more clinical in …

Untold Injury Index – Gameweek 7

Untold Injury Index – Gameweek 7 By Dale Higginbottom The weekend before an international break has been a time where we are usually able to field quite a strong team, well at least stronger than the game after an international break. This time around it could be different with so many players out on the …

How much longer FA? How many more broken bones needed?

By Walter Broeckx, ashamed of being a ref For many years we have seen horrible challenges on our players. We have seen the terrible image of Eduardo who’s foot was almost separated from his leg. We have seen the “he is not that kind of guy-Shawcross” flying in like a madmen on Ramsey to chop …

The Untold ref review : Chelsea – Arsenal. Ref score: 30%

by Walter Broeckx, the untold ref When I looked at my TV seconds before the game I saw a to me unknown ref. It turned out to be one of the assistants and when I saw the smiling face of Mike Dean I was thinking  this could be an interesting game for the ref review. …

So our reserves still can’t beat the KGB in Fulham. What now?

By Tony Attwood And so what do we know?   Now in our fourth year of the never-ending injuries we are trying and trying to beat Chelsea with six or more key players missing, and once again we have failed.  The manager can’t rotate properly and can’t pick the best players for each occasion simply because …

KGB Fulham vs Arsenal Reserves. Match preview

By Phil Gregory With a new approach, the Chelsea match preview… Arsenal predicted line-up Fabianksi Sagna Squillaci Koscielny Clichy Song Wilshere Denilson Nasri Chamakh Arshavin After the Partizan game, we can see that Fabianksi is not a rubbish keeper. If he was, he’d perform poorly in training and never get starts. Some of the basic, …

New appeal over showing satellite matches in pubs on saturdays

By Tony Attwood As it is saturday, consider this point: should you be able to nip into a pub and watch any EPL game you want? If you are in England or Wales the answer is no.  Showing games originating through satellites owned via other EU countries is illegal – although down at the Toppled …

The Anti Arsenal Conspiracy …FACT!

Anti Arsenal Conspiracy …FACT! By Paul Blythe I have read recent articles by Tony, Walter and Phil and to be honest I am just a little pissed off. No, not at the authors, not even at what they had to say, but at the subject to which their ample talents were addressed. It was one …

Can Man City and Chelsea really meet the UEFA Financial regs any time soon?

By Tony Attwood Munchester City (also known as Man UOI) made a financial loss of £121m in the 12 months to 31 May 2010, the first full year of ownership by Sheikh Yermoney bin Zayed Al Nahyan.   Their income was £125m and their wages bill was £133m, up from £83m. Put another way Manchester UOI spent …

Despite earlier predictions to the contrary, Arsenal support is growing and growing

by Walter Broeckx At the end of last season we had some people who claimed that the stadium would be empty this season.  Our regular readers will remember that they claimed that the season ticket holders had been voting Wenger out and would not renew.  Later Tony showed that there was no such thing at …

UEFA’s head of the Executive Office is guest speaker at Arsenal Supporters AGM

By Tony Attwood Arsenal Independent Supporters Association (AISA) has announced that at its AGM the guest speaker will be Alex Phillips, UEFA’s head of the Executive Office. I’ll give the detail of what the Executive Office is, in a moment, but without even going into that, it is a great coup for AISA to get …

Greetins poms: Arsène’s huge down under!

Arsène’s huge down under By Bruce G’day all you whingeing Poms from the land Down Under, a paradise of amber nectar, aerial ping-pong and white pointers!! Just stumbled upon your site as I was googlin’ Arse, now don’t get yer knickers in a knot, it is strictly research for my own gratification like and I …

The media influence on supporters

by Walter Broeckx What is the impact on watching a game in front of your TV compared to watch it in the stands? Yesterday evening when I had finished my match report for the Arsenal Benelux website I went to our forum where the other fans from our supporters club give their view on the …

The most disgraceful, appalling, awful, unacceptable performance of all time

By Tony Attwood It was the most disgraceful, appalling, awful and unacceptable TV commentary I have ever heard – and there have been some dire ones in the past.   I refer, of course, to the commentary on Sky Sports 4 last night. It wasn’t just that Arsenal were set up from the start by the …

The untold referee index : Partizan – Arsenal

By Walter Broeckx, the untold ref For our CL game against Belgrade we got the company of ref Stark from Germany.  Did he have a “stark” (strong in English) performance? A first point of attention is the fact that I cannot remember a game that was televised in such a bad way. Sometimes you got …

Partizan vs Arsenal: Does the CL makes a difference?

by Walter Broeckx Does the Champions league has an effect on the season or not?  A question that is often asked but has it ever been researched? Now we shouldn’t be complaining about the extra pressure we put on ourselves when we play in the Champions League. We earn a lot of money by joining …

Partizan v Arsenal: the Untold Injury Index

Untold Injury Index – Gameweek 6 By Dale Higginbottom This last weekend saw teams, including or beloved Arsenal, slip up against weaker opposition. What do the injuries say about this and do we as Arsenal fans have good reason to believe that this was just a hiccup? As before the players listed are players failing …

Partizan Vs Arsenal. An Untold prediction

By Phil Gregory Partizan away is by no means a game to be taken lightly. Our away form in Europe isn’t the greatest, but to be fair, the lack of wins has much to do with the fact that many of the ties didn’t actually require a win, with dead rubbers and the like tossed …

Behind the Arsenal figures… what does it all mean?

Read between the lines. By Terence McGovern So the annual financial figures are in and all is rosy in the garden. It is notable however that many Arsenal fans are not exactly overcome with enthusiasm about it and so we should ask ourselves, what we want from these figures and really at the end of …

Arsenal’s financials: the in-depth analysis and what it all means.

By Phil Gregory Righto, so Arsenal have released their latest financial statements, so let’s have a look at them. There’s been much ado made over record breaking profits and turnover, but it’s important to remember that this is solely attributable to the property development side of the club and so these bumper profits are largely …

The Untold referee index: Arsenal – WBA

by Walter Broeckx, the referee Together with West Bromwich Albion came ref Michael Oliver.  A young ref with some kind of reputation. Let us see how his match was. Could it be worse than ours? OTHER/CARD: the ref blows a foul against Eboue at the moment the foul is given. The ball runs to Nasri …