Untold Injury Index – Gameweek 1 (A New Season, same old injury story?)

Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here —————————————————————————— The season begins: here’s the widest coverage of Arsenal imaginable: see the end of the article for details of how Untold is evolving… —————————————————————————— Untold Injury Index – Gameweek 1 (A New Season, same old injury story?) By Dale Higginbottom Another season begins and …

Untold Injury Review of the Season: The First Team, and how it is impossible to stay fit all season.

Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Injury Review of the Season – Part 4, The First Team By Dale Higginbottom Here we are again, more injury stats and this time more specifically, injuries to the first team, the typical starting eleven. In part three I put together the lists of the most used players by …

Untold Injury Review of the Season – Part 3, Adding Value

Untold Injury Review of the Season – Part 3, Adding Value By Dale Higginbottom Last time out on the Untold Injury Review I listed the total injuries and a few general observations of the totals and came to the conclusion that we were one of the worst hit this season. The following table gives the …

Arsenal have 6 players injured for every game. Injury Review of the Season – Part 2

Untold Injury Review of the Season – Part 2, the Totals. By Dale Higginbottom In part one of this injury review series we looked specifically at the injuries incurred as a result of players taking part in matches for their respective national teams. Obviously this is only a small percentage of the total injuries suffered …

We never dropped points at home with under 5 injuries. Untold Injury Index – Gameweek 38

Untold Injury Index – Gameweek 38 By Dale Higginbottom So, here we are, the end of the 2010/2011 season and the end of the weekly round-ups of the crocked players of the top-six Premier League teams. It’s been an up and down season to say the least and we can safely say that injuries have, …

Untold Injury Index – Gameweek 37

Untold Injury Index – Gameweek 37 By Dale Higginbottom It’s the penultimate league game of the season and any players with injuries now will surely be looking forward to a long summer of recuperation. With the title now decided and league positions almost sorted you can understand if there is a lack of a little …

Untold Injury Index – Gameweek 36

Untold Injury Index – Gameweek 36 By Dale Higginbottom After the elation of the well-deserved win over United at the Emirates, Arsenal were brought back down to earth with a visit to our least favoured ground in the league. Least favoured for a number of reasons, not least the bad results there in recent years, …

Untold Injury Index – Gameweek 35

Untold Injury Index – Gameweek 35 By Dale Higginbottom It was the reverse fixtures of gameweek 17 this weekend and a big confidence-building game against the league leaders. After a run of frustrating draws and defeats (excluding the Blackpool game) a win at the Emirates was needed and well-overdue and to come against the title …

Untold Injury Index – Gameweek 33

Untold Arsenal on Twitter is in the top 1% of all Twitter sites for followers @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here Untold Injury Index – Gameweek 33 By Dale Higginbottom It’s a bit of a jumbled round-up this week. With just three of our usual teams playing last weekend it makes more sense to include …

Untold Injury Index – Gameweek 32

Untold Injury Index – Gameweek 32 By Dale Higginbottom Blackpool away was always going to be a tricky game. Played at a point in the season when their players had played considerably fewer games when taking into account Carling and FA cups, Champions League and International fixtures. With United winning the day before it was …

Arsenal on the up or just floundering?

Arsenal on the up or just floundering? by Tony Attwood As we all know, there are two types of Arsenal supporters.  Those who think that everything that Arsène Wenger does is a disaster, and those who feel that he is very much on the right track. Which camp you are in depends to some degree …

The Untold Injury Index 23 March

Untold Injury Index – Gameweek 30 By Dale Higginbottom It has been said that a week is a long time in politics, well, two weeks is certainly a long time in football injuries. It’s been two weeks since the last injury update and we’ve had a lot of players pick up knocks and niggles. Just …

Take your mind off Barca: Untold Injury Index – Gameweek 29

Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here Untold Injury Index – Gameweek 29 By Dale Higginbottom Back to a full league programme this weekend and we start what is a massive 8 days for Arsenal. With two important knock-out cup games coming up we needed to have the league campaign still in good …

Ashley Cole: the question that is never asked

By Tony Attwood We have been talking in my company about Ashley Cole – and one thing came up.   Why did he take a gun to work? It is an interesting question because it is one that is laden with pre-meditation – unless of course Mr Cole always takes a gun to work. I agreed …

Untold Injury Index – Gameweek 28

Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here Untold Injury Index – Gameweek 28 By Dale Higginbottom Bit of a disjointed review this week as a result of the Carling Cup Final. I don’t want to go too much into that game (this being a round-up of league games) but I do want to …

Untold Injury Index – Gameweek 27

Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here A different wilde side, just as odd though Untold Injury Index – Gameweek 27 By Dale Higginbottom Another weekend game of a thrilling season and we welcomed Wolves, one of the Wobbly Woobleyous to the Ems but how prepared were we and how much did the …

Untold Injury Index – Gameweek 26

Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here Victory Through Harmony By Dale Higginbottom Gameweek 26 and we’re well into the season now. I’m surprised how quickly it seems to be going. But even so I’m really enjoying the ups and downs and can’t wait to see how it all pans out. In terms …

Untold Injuries; gameweek 25.

Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here Victory Through Harmony Untold Injury Index – Gameweek 25 By Dale Higginbottom Into February and the madness of the January window is behind us. The squads are now set for the final fourteen/fifteen league games of the season so this is where it all counts. There …

Gameweek 23: the injury roundup

Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here Victory Through Harmony Untold Injury Index – Gameweek 23 By Dale Higginbottom Here we are again, another injury round-up. After the difficult week in the cups we needed a boost for the league and a solid away victory should do that and put us into a …

Untold Injury Half-Term Report

Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here Untold Injury Half-Term Report By Dale Higginbottom What is the point of it all? Why are we here? Well back in August I posed the question,  Do Arsenal really get more injuries than anyone else? and out of that asked, “Do we have good reason to …

Untold Injury Index – Gameweek 22

Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here Untold Injury Index – Gameweek 22 By Dale Higginbottom For the second time this week we take a look at the battered, bruised, knackered and broken. Our last league game for a week and a half and the last game in a busy period of league …

Untold Injury Index – The Festive Review (Gameweeks 19, 20 & 21)

Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here Untold Injury Index – The Festive Review (Gameweeks 19, 20 & 21) By Dale Higginbottom Rather than bombarding you with an injury update every two or three days I’ve waited until the New Year’s Day games were out of the way before having a round-up The …

Untold Injury Index – Gameweek 17; a review of the crocked

Here’s another one of these videos that I get 2.1p every time you click on it.  You must be over 45 to watch it, or else your heart will stop beating with the excitement.  It has nothing to do with the article below. Share hosted by Wikio Untold Injury Index – Gameweek 17 By Dale …