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
Sam Allardyce: there never has been The next step for Arteta: more of the same and then emulate Wenger The battle to get clubs to accept responsibility for young player injuries hots up In response to a recent article LeMmy Martin suggested that we all should listen to Alan Davies on Sam Allardyce. …
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The next step for Arteta: more of the same and then emulate Wenger The battle to get clubs to accept responsibility for young player injuries hots up By Tony Attwood I have to admit I don’t hear any racist commentaries from anyone when I attend matches at Arsenal although seemingly it still goes on. …
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What Arsenal need next The battle to get clubs to accept responsibility for young player injuries hots up As the image of football seems increasingly damaged, Arsenal have a chance… Today in Arsenal’s history: the relationship with Tottenham after Arsenal moved north By Tony Attwood “The signing of a new contract is of …
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By Tony Attwood I have written many times about what seems to me to be the woeful lack of oversight by the state of the way football clubs can behave when it comes to dealing with children. It seems there are virtually no regulations, and those that do exist can be flouted with impunity …
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How can a club move down the Premier League table? Simple. Spend money. Arsenal now face a massive problem, and no obvious solution Arsenal anniversaries 23 May: Arsenal propose being first southern club to pay it players By Tony Attwood As the Guardian reports Juventus have had 10 points deducted from their total for …
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Arsenal now face a massive problem, and no obvious solution Allerdyce and Moyes and the funny thing the commentator said By Tony Attwood This is the moment when football journalists and commentators get very excited, for it is the moment when the disaster of last season’s predictions are utterly pushed down the …
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The problems with football in Europe: how they have now come back to England The start of last season and the end of this season: the lessons By Tony Attwood Last season Manchester City won the league title by one point. I think it is fair to say that at the start of …
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The problems with football in Europe: how they have now come back to England The start of last season and the end of this season: the lessons By Tony Attwood Sitting at home after doing some shopping at a nearby supermarket (there being no shop in my village) I turned on the TV to …
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Why football violence is back The start of last season and the end of this season: the lessons By Tony Attwood One of the interesting contrasts between football in the UK and in Europe of late is that England has seen a constant reduction in the level of crowd trouble in recent years while …
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Clubs are starting to be challenged over their loses Where now for Arsenal? By Tony Attwood Last season Arsenal began the league campaign with three defeats. They also ended the season with two defeats and a win. Both times there were calls for the manager to be sacked or to have the decency …
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Nottingham Forest v Arsenal: let’s welcome the away referee Nottingham Forest v Arsenal: where Forest’s approach to tackling goes wrong by Bulldog Drummond Gabriel Martinelli and Oleksandr Zinchenko are both on the injury list for the last two games of the season, as it has become ever clearer to less adept teams that …
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Where Forest’s approach to tackling goes wrong Clubs are starting to be challenged over their loses By Bulldog Drummond Anthony Taylor is the referee for the match this evening. And as you will know, not all referees are the same – some are prone to give victories to home teams, some to away …
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Clubs are starting to be challenged over their loses Where now for Arsenal? By Bulldog Drummond Arsenal remain the best away team in the league, while at home Nottingham Forest are 12th out of 20. Here are the comparative figures using data from 11v11 Pos Team P W D L F A …
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Football, rules and tax By Tony Attwood If it is the sort of thing that interests you, you might well already know that there is not one club that is under investigation for breaches of the Financial Fair Play rules (obviously Manchester City) but two – that second club being Everton who it is said …
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How Arsenal are remourcelessly following the Man City model How Arteta has become so successful as a manager What next for Arsenal? By Tony Attwood It seems a very long time ago, but it was just 26 December 2019 when Mikel Arteta picked his first Arsenal team as manager. The game was away …
Arsenal and Manchester City compared Arsenal’s biggest challenge, now its got the second youngest squad Why in the battle of the League v Man City, the League will certainly win By Sir Hardly Anyone Next season Liverpool FC might make it into the Champions League, or they might not. They are …
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Arsenal’s biggest challenge, now its got the second youngest squad Why in the battle of the League v Man City, the League will certainly win By Tony Attwood Arteta joined Arsenal as manager on 22 December 2019. At that moment the league table showed that after 18 games Arsenal were eight points …
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Why in the battle of the League v Man City, the League will certainly win Optimism to succeed. A further and last reflection from AKH By Tony Attwood I’ve noted several times that Arsenal have one of the youngest squads in the league – a situation which combined with the success this season …
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Same clubs always winning Optimism to succeed. A further and last reflection from AKH What Arsenal have to do next season to become even better? By Tony Attwood In Scotland, Celtic have won the league 11 times out of the last 12 (and there’s a suggestion people are getting a bit bored by …
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Optimism over Arsenal’s future. What Arsenal have to do next season to become even better next season? If Chelsea gave Spurs some defenders and Spurs gave Chelsea some attackers… By AKH I have mentioned in a previous article I have penned for Untold Arsenal, that I have been watching and following Arsenal for …
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Did Arsenal collapse this season? If Chelsea gave Spurs some defenders and Spurs gave Chelsea some attackers… Did Arsenal and Brighton agree to hurt Tottenham on Sunday? By Sir Hardly Anyone What Arsenal must do to avoid another title race collapse That headine over an article in a newspaper which predicted another Europa League place …
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The problems of Chelsea and Tottenham Did Arsenal and Brighton agree to hurt Tottenham on Sunday? By Tony Attwood Arsenal are not going to win the league, and this weekend’s game gave Arsenal a pretty awful result (although not worthy of the booing that came from some quarters at the end of the …
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Investigation begins into illegal transfers What will happen if Manchester City are found guilty of false accounting? By Sir Hardly Anyone Yesterday was indeed an upset and a half, and one on which a fortune could have been made had one been able to predict the score. But besides virtually ruining any remaining …
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Arsenal v Brighton: Only a minority of this ref’s games are home wins Tackles, fouls and yellow cards. Arsenal v Brighton The worst time-wasters are Newcastle! Top scorers and games v Brighton Arsenal v Brighton, how the opposition have been doing By Bulldog Drummond Just before we get into the team details here …
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Tackles, fouls and yellow cards. Arsenal v Brighton The worst time wasters are Newcastle! Top scorers and games v Brighton Arsenal v Brighton, how the opposition have been doing By Bulldog Drummond The referee is Andy Madley and we can see just a slight variability in terms of referees from this table. His …
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