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As Everton deal collapses, are other clubs in financial danger? How Man C may bypass FFP, as a player moves between 3 different City Group clubs By Bulldog Drummond In days gone by this was the moment when football journalists all started their columns and broadcasts in the same way by announcing …
By Tony Attwood The journalists don’t exactly say that we are a lower form of life, but there is constantly something within the way in which they describe fans that suggests that we are, as a group, of low intelligence, limited attention span, and lacking in any ability to understand, discuss, debate, consider… We are …
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It is not something that we read about very often but the issue of stress is one that is at the heart of playing football at a professional level. Just as actors, musicians, TV presenters and others may or may not feel nerves upon getting up on the stage or in front of the cameras, …
Arsenal’s head coach Miekel Arteta has warned that the club’s players are starting to crack under pressure of their demanding schedule. He also warned that standards will take a tumble if changes are not made or the squad is not increased to 26 or even 28 players. “I think there are a lot of …
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By Bulldog Drummond Physioroom’s injury list has seven on the list of injured players. Three are definitely out, three are possible and one (Sokratis) is an unknown. Player Reason Further Detail Potential Return Condition Calum Chambers Knee Injury Ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament of his left knee.” 29/08/2020 Ruled out Kieran Tierney Shoulder Injury Aiming …
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By Bulldog Drummond And so on to the final game in the Europa group stages in which we play Standard Liège away. And what we will find in this match is an illustration of a key point that we have been making on Untold for the last couple of seasons. Some clubs have crowds that …
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———————————— Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football. Have your name in the book as an official sponsor. Updated information here ————————————————————– Untold Injury Index – Gameweek 21 & Half-Season Review By Dale Higginbottom Gameweek 21 and we’re back into our weekly round-ups of injuries of the big six teams. This week saw the …
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Untold Injury Index – The Festive Round-up Part 2 – Gameweeks 19 & 20 By Dale Higginbottom So, here we are with part two of our festive round-up of injuries, you can find part one here. I don’t usually combine these reports but over the festive period it’s difficult to keep up with all the …
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Untold Injury Index – The Festive Round-up Part 1 – Gameweeks 17 & 18 By Dale Higginbottom Happy New Year everyone, I wish you all the best for 2012. After a good Christmas break it’s time to catch up a bit on all the injury news over the festive period. We had four league …
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Follow us on Twitter @Untold Arsenal ———————————- “Making the Arsenal” – is available on Amazon, Arsenal on line, the Woolwich Arsenal site and in the Arsenal store. ———————————– Untold Injury Index – Gameweek 16 By Dale Higginbottom The first game in a densely packed run of league fixtures and the full-back crisis continues …
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Follow us on Twitter @Untold Arsenal ———————————- “Making the Arsenal” – the ultimate Xmas present is available on Amazon, Arsenal on line, the Woolwich Arsenal site (for immediate dispatch Mon-Fri) and in the Arsenal store. ———————————– Untold Injury Index – Gameweek 15 – Crisis Time By Dale Higginbottom It’s crisis time at full-back. After …
Untold Injury Index – Gameweek 13 By Dale Higginbottom With Carling Cup taking centre-stage this mid-week I’m going to keep this brief and allow Phil or Tony to preview the exciting fixture to come. This week finally saw Diaby return to the league squad after picking up an injury in pre-season but unfortunately he …
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On Twitter @Untold Arsenal Making the Arsenal – the book The Untold Index More links at the end ——————————- Untold Injury Index – Gameweek 12 By Dale Higginbottom Wow, those international breaks have been kind on us this season. As far as I can see no additions to our injury list as a result …
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—————————————– “Making the Arsenal” – the book of Arsenal’s rebirth; and see us on Twitter @UntoldArsenal ———————————- By Walter Broeckx So far the first round of international games has left us with no real casualties. But still one game to play for most internationals so let us not sell the skin of the bear yet. …
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“Making the Arsenal” – the book of Arsenal’s decline and rebirth Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal —————————————– Untold Injury Index – Gameweek 11 By Dale Higginbottom Onto Gameweek 11 and we’re now (as Walter has confirmed) doing better game-by-game than last season. Looking at results slightly differently, at this point last season we had …
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—————————————– “Making the Arsenal” – the book of Arsenal’s decline and rebirth Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal ———————————— Untold Injury Index – Gameweek 10: Arsenal injuries fall (a little bit) By Dale Higginbottom At the strong risk of jinxing it again ahead of a Champions League group game, I have gone with the above title. …
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Because of the attacks on our site we put up a temporary web site for much of 25 October, and one of the articles published there was the Untold Injury Index. When we finally got the main site back and running, everything on the temp site vanished, so here it is again… Untold Injury Index …
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The Christmas gift for the fan with (almost) everything —————————————– With over 2000 followers: Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal —————————————– Untold Injury Index – Gameweek 8: Arsenal in declining injuries shocker! By Dale Higginbottom Any international break is always a time of unease for football fans and when they appear at a time when …
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The ultimate Christmas present for the Arsenal fan who has (almost) everything —————————————– By Walter Broeckx So here we go again. The injurnationals are over and it is back to normal Arsenal football days. During our time away, Wayne Rooney has had a red card, and misses the next three England games, and Wayne Rooney …
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Untold Injury Index – Gameweek 7 By Dale Higginbottom Ok, so a defeat to the Tiny Totts is never an easy thing to deal with. Over Arsene Wenger years we’ve not had to suffer this pain too often but recent seasons have seen the North London divide shrink a little bit. Spurs are now somewhat …
Untold Injury Index – Gameweek 6 By Dale Higginbottom Onto Gameweek six and it was a pretty uneventful week in the league to be honest. For us the major talking point is probably Wilshere’s now extended spell on the sidelines. It’s a big shame for him and the disappointing thing is that it just seems …
Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal…….Arsenal History …… Making the Arsenal …… Arsenal Uncovered Untold Injury Index – Gameweek 4 By Dale Higginbottom It feels like it has been such a long time since the Old Trafford game and obviously it’s a headache that’s been hanging over the team over the whole of the …
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Untold Injury Index – Gameweek 3 (Back on top) By Dale Higginbottom It’s game three of the Premier League campaign 2011/2012 and as clubs have been looking to get late transfer deals done, they still had games to be played and points to be won so as you can expect, quite a stressful time for …
Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Injury Index – Gameweek 2 By Dale Higginbottom Week two of the season and maybe a few things aren’t quite going to plan on a few fronts and injuries are certainly not an exception to this. We picked up a few injuries after the Udinese game which, given the …
