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 And so now we know. Just as our ancestors allowed the Hill-Wood family and their allies to force out Henry Norris – the man with the vision of a club owned by its members, and with the best manager in the land – so our generation has allowed that combination of journalists …
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By Nitram and Tony Attwood CHAMPIONS BLAST BACK VENDETTA The Sun’s coverage of the Manchester City story concerning whether or not the club has been engaging in financial activities that breach Uefa rules is something to behold. Of course given the way that the Sun presents stories, and given the literacy and intellectual level that …
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Could it at least make it to the Champion’s League? No, would likely be the most appropriate answer. After all, we’re looking at a club that doesn’t have the roster and the continuity of management to compete with teams such as Liverpool or Manchester City. Even Chelsea, though lacking the depth to compete with City …
By Bulldog Drummond In the early days of Untold Arsenal we regularly ran a match preview looking at the betting deals on offer and where the best offer was. But sadly our correspondent moved on, for wholly understandable reasons (and remember, Untold doesn’t pay its writers, so eventually most of us decide they’ve done their …
By Tony Attwood The web site Footstats has recently produced some very interesting league tables of its own, and through their kind permission, I am able to bring you one or two of these, starting with the Premier League Table of fouls. You may remember (if you were paying attention) that in the early days …
A view of world cup commentators from an Arsenal perspective. By Rob Lackey I travel a lot, consequently I usually watch games with foreign commentary or often listen in the car to 5 live. 5 Live can truly suck when it comes to football commentary, but often excels in almost all other areas. I was …
Read More “Say what you see Pat Nevin, say what you don’t Danny Mills”
By Walter Broeckx In the first article I wrote about the ECA I made it clear that the FFP rules are not an invention of Arsenal’s that we are forcing upon the oiler teams. Arsenal have supported the new rules but the idea was carried by the majority of clubs in Europe. The majority of …
Read More “The plans of the ECA for football – part 3. Third Party Ownership, Agents etc”
By Tony Attwood Does Chelsea shake when the USA uses the language of the AAA? Or come to that does Liverpool worry that no statement from the club will ever be believed again after the admitted lying over Suarez’ contract? Do Rangers fans worry that their club has to pay 30% p.a. interest on a …
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Dominic Sanchez-Cabello Two defensive mids may be a bit much for today’s game. After all: we’re at home and they are Norwich – what is there to fear? Lee Probert, of course… but unless we have Flamini steal his whistle whilst Arteta distracts him, I don’t see how it helps us. Rest Arteta for Dortmund; …
The club that changed football Making the Arsenal By Phil Gregory Following on from my last article looking at the summers movements and likely additions, I took the plunge and made some predictions for the top of the table come May. With the close of the transfer window and a couple of games under our belts, …
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By Tony Attwood I will make this quick. As I have mentioned in passing before, I live in the Midlands, and have a season ticket in the North Bank, so going to Arsenal is something of a day trip for me. I am just back, and need to change for the evening’s celebrations with the …
Read More “Hands up if you thought we would be fourth at year’s end”
—————————————– “Making the Arsenal” – the book of Arsenal’s rebirth Twitter us on follow (or the other way round) @UntoldArsenal By Tony Attwood If there is a man in football who seems to love his club and be doing all he can for it, it must be Bill Kenwright, who appears to have been pouring …
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“Making the Arsenal” – the book of Arsenal’s decline and rebirth Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal ——————— By Tony Attwood During the summer when it was unclear to us mere mortals if Arsenal would get the transfers the club wanted, there was much comment among the blogworld to the effect that the supposed failure to …
Read More “How the transfer window really works – and the January version has started already”
“Making the Arsenal” – the book of Arsenal’s decline and rebirth Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal —————————————– By Tony Attwood Goals are on the up – more are scored in the Premier League than in the top leagues in Germany, Spain and Italy. Good for us. Except when we lose 8-2 of course. Meanwhile club …
Read More “Arsenal’s new approach is not rocket science. It is much more complex than that.”
—————————————– “Making the Arsenal” – the book of Arsenal’s decline and rebirth Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal by Billy le chien I do like to keep the occasional eye on French football, particularly our loan player, ex-player and indeed the surrogate Man City that Paris St Germain has become. But of course now there …
Read More “Uproar at silent protest at Marseille, as manager is called a Japanese chicken.”
The Christmas gift for the fan with (almost) everything By Tony Attwood The AGM of Arsenal Holdings plc lasts an hour – several hundred people and a bunch of journalists turn up, there’s tea and biscuits before and after, and this year it was held in the Woolwich section of Club Level, which was nice …
Read More “UNTOLD at the AGM. What the reports don’t say: Silent Stan’s great joke.”
—————————————– The Christmas gift for the fan with (almost) everything —————————————– By Walter Broeckx We know that one of the things that some part of the fans throw at Wenger is the fact that he can’t organise a defence. And that he is stubborn. And then they come up with the fact that he needs …
By Tony Attwood In case you don’t know the blog, The Swiss Ramble is a King among blogs. Blogger of the year, praised by the media, written by a British guy who has lived overseas for many years, everyone loves it and admires the erudition and research to be found therein. So, first rule of …
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Arsenal have opened Pandora’s Box Don McMahon Following the departure of Cesc Fabregas for a derisory sum of around 30M Euro after add-ons, with Barca’s mocking confirmation that they robbed us, and with the sale of Samir Nasri to City for 25M sterling, there were innumerable cries of outrage and dismay from the British media,punditry …
Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal By Tony Attwood The fact that Liverpool managed to scramble out of the mire, and Barca, having famously run out of cash so they couldn’t pay the players, are still there buying the likes of Cesc etc makes some people think that there is no crisis. But crisis there is, …
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By Nick Tolhurst Does Arsène Still Know Best? – Clear Thinking “Post Old Trafford”. Self criticism is nearly always beneficial, a mad orgy of doom, gloom and self destructive Scapegoating less so. As those who read my last “Harsh Truths” article here while I may not be optimistic regarding Arsenal’s chances of lifting the Title …
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Are Arsenal a selling club ? The true crack(s) of the great Arsenal way ! Ibrahima Fode NDIAYE For the last couple weeks or months or even years, Arsenal FC its board and manager are under immense critics from all corners. The general consensus is that Arsenal are an unambitious selling club only interested in making financial …
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Nick Tolhurst Harsh Truths about Arsenal’s “Decline” Forget debates about whether Arsène Wenger is too miserly, stubborn or just plain wrong in the transfer market – the truth is far simpler. So another summer ends and, despite the best efforts of Tony and Untold Arsenal; the media, the pundits and of course the assorted “collectible …
Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal . By Rob Lackey . So Arsenal are dammed to finish outside the top 4 and we should not have wasted our time and money on youngsters like AOC, Miyachi, Jenkinson, and the pursuit of Campbell – when we should have been pursuing the worlds best established players. Add to …
By Tony Attwood Last year, as we all know, Barca effectively went bust and in June were unable to pay their players. This year, equally famously, they have said they are saving money by stopping colour photocopying. So how can they spend £30m or more on Cesc? The answer is that Barca will more than …
Read More “Revealed: the trick Barca are pulling to pay the fee for Cesc”
