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
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 …
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Viral video by ebuzzing By Tony Attwood In 2014 Blatter will still be in charge of world football. The FA will still be in charge of English football. Uefa will still be there introducing its financial fair play rules – maybe. Now you might think that football supporters everywhere might welcome anything other than that …
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Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal By Tony Attwood 1. Because as soon as Barca have him they will do the same thing with Ignasi Miquel who left Barca under similar circumstances. This really is a key point because Arsenal transferred Cesc quite properly within the laws of the game, and yet the local mayor talks …
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Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal By Walter Broeckx A much used argument with the currently missed transfer of Campbell to Arsenal is : just pay the price. Just give them what they ask. Apart from the fact that according to reports it was the player/dad/agent that didn’t turn up for a kind of final meeting …
Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal By Walter Broeckx Okay my scouting work on this Young lad Campbell seems to end in tears and frustration. The deal is off until the end of the U20 world cup in which he has to play for Costa Rica. So I will be keeping an eye on him if …
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by Ian Trevett I am a full-paid up member of the AKBs – otherwise known as the Arsene Knows Best brigade – which is why I always come back to this site. But I also belong to the trickier to pronounce AKBBKEMWDIA grouping, although to be fair, I have just invented this. I don’t think …
Untold Arsenal on Twitter is in the top 1% of all Twitter sites for followers @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here On Arsenal’s Leadership By Martin Doyle Much has been said and written about the leadership of Arsenal, mainly around the lack of leadership on the pitch. I want to think about leadership in this …
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Untold Arsenal on Twitter is in the top 1% of all Twitter sites for followers @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here By Tony Attwood Alex McLeish has moved from being manager of Birmingham City (whom he has just seen relegated) to Aston Villa, (who would like to see themselves as challengers to the top four, …
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By Walter Broeckx The “you won nothing for X years” mantra sung by the media and repeated by a part of the fanbase is something that one never hears of other teams. More sensible readers on Untold know that periods when you win nothing are part of the game. In fact they are part of …
By Richard Bedwell All the talk at the moment is about what has gone ‘wrong’ and what can be done (mainly in the transfer market) to put it ‘right’. Opinions as to what should happen are of course, just that, opinions. Trying to predict what actually will happen is somewhat different and, when it comes …
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Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here By Walter Broeckx We just are too clean and honest in this game. And as we are young we are also still a bit naïve at times. In a way it makes me proud because this means we are the good guys. But alas in the …
Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here How the 25-man rule can be improved (And it is just my opinion) By Nitesh Padhi First of all, let’s just clear out the quite confusing 25-man rule. According to the rule, A home grown player is defined as one who, irrespective of his nationality or …
By Walter Broeckx Are we June already? Just checking my calendar and it still is only March. Okay, I admit we near April but still there is a big gap between now and the transfer period. Yet, Barcelona is talking again about Cesc. Not much news you could say. They are talking always about Cesc …
By Father Brian Now on day release, Father Brian who still maintains his innocence has embarked on a journey of self discovery. His interest in boys is well documented (HM Govt vs. Fr. B Murphy 2009) but bravely he has decided to attempt to lift the sheets on the secretive world of La Mafia. This …
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The debate can wait. There is a league to win By Ian Trevett Sometimes, when my judgement for good taste fails me, I will listen to 606 or TalkSport while I’m driving. The best bits are when you get a Spurs, United, Chelsea or Liverpool fan ranting about how their manager has lost the plot …
Tapping up, Cesc Fabregas and what’s happening this summer By Phil Gregory With Barcelona’s pursuit of Cesc Fabregas never out of the news (largely thanks to the rent-a-quote that is Xavi Hernandez) Gunners worldwide have been getting more than a little annoyed and anger at “tapping up” is commonplace. The Ashley Cole saga is surely …
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Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here Victory Through Harmony Nitesh Padhi As our dear Gaffer prepares to receive the Manager of the Decade Award 2001-2011 this May, I thought we would have a close look at how Arsenal have fared under him during this period. Season Played Games Won Games Drawn Games …
Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here Victory Through Harmony By Phil Gregory The Arsenal Supporters Trust has been busy recently. They gave evidence to the Commons Inquiry into Football Governance; indeed they were invited to give their evidence in person given how widely respected they are in this regard (unlike yours truly, …
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Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here Victory Through Harmony Transfers, deadlines and lots and lots and lots of money. By Dale Higginbottom February 1st and the January transfer window closes after a flourish of activity from Premier League clubs. Liverpool and Chelsea were the big players on this day Liverpool, well where …
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Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here Victory Through Harmony By Walter Broeckx As you will know by now I love numbers. I probably have bored you to death with all my numbers and to make a chance I will give you another set of numbers. This time I will try to tackle …
Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here By Tony Attwood It was while we were standing outside the Auld Triangle mingling with the Leeds fans before the match on saturday that Ian reminded me of the last time we watched Arsenal / Leeds. We were challenging to win the league with three games …
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Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here By Walter Broeckx Is losing games the worst thing that can happen to you when you want to win the title? At first sight you might answer this question with : yes. But let us try to analyse this a bit deeper and take a look …
Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here by Tony Attwood That scoreline is of course shots on target. You might consider goal attempts a better measure. In which case, The Blues 6 Arsenal 18. Either way it was rather jolly – except for two things – the dreadful awful tackle, and what Ferguson …
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Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here By Walter Broeckx I can only remember one game before that was postponed in the Emirates and this was also with some snow but even more with the prospect of the police of having a difficult evening with a lot of travelling fans that could meet …
