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 Phil Gregory Another weekend, another refereeing calamity to marvel at prior to our very own match. Recently, the refereeing has been so bad that it almost seems like the officials have banded together and said “right lads, drop a clanger every game until they give us video tech”. Now, as Walter et al have …
By Phil Gregory After a barnstorming performance against Manchester City left Arsenal fans asking how the side didn’t score four versus our supposed league superiors, Wolves fans may be looking on a little concernedly. Indeed Wolverhampton Wanderers are rooted to the bottom of the form table with a single point in their last eight games, …
By Phil Gregory Arsenal host Manchester City on Sunday, in a match that has been billed as must-win for the visitors. Already trailing United with the games rapidly running out this season, City head into the match knowing that a win is a must if they are to keep their title dreams alive. For the …
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By Phil Gregory Just a quick one from me, as I’m supposed to be building fences this morning… Arsenal travel to QPR to face a fairly mediocre side struggling to avoid relegation. QPR are a great example of the logic that spending doesn’t necessarily improve a side as you would expect, and that too much …
By Phil Gregory Arsenal are off to Goodison Park for our midweek game, after a weekend devoid of Gooner-related activity. This probably went in our favour despite our excellent recent run of performances, with tired legs benefitting from a bit of an extra breather, those carrying knocks better rested and the chance for some of …
By Phil Gregory The extremely timely slump of Tottenham continued yesterday, with a defeat for our beloved neighbours versus an Everton side on the up. This offers us the tantalising prospect of cutting the deficit to Spurs to one point with a win against Newcastle. Overtaking Spurs would be particularly sweet “what, apparent the worst …
Read More “Preview: Arsenal versus Newcastle, Tottenham watch on anxiously.”
By Phil Gregory Arsenal travel up to Anfield early doors for the 12.45pm kick off on Saturday, playing against a side confident of a result after their recent skin-of-their-teeth Carling Cup triumph. While Liverpool fans can correctly point out trophies are trophies, if we put rosy ideals to one side, the grim reality of the …
By Phil Gregory There’s nothing like an incisive and cutting RefWatch to discourage from writing a match preview which attempts to analyse on the basis that the relative qualities of the two teams will have a greater influence on the match outcome than the prick man in black, but alas I have my commitments, so …
By Phil Gregory A resurgent Sunderland side lie in wait for Arsenal on Saturday afternoon, though a 7-1 drubbing of Blackburn could prove to be the catalyst for revitalising our own campaign. The draw at Bolton recently means that we really must be getting the three points from Sunderland if we are serious about catching …
Read More “After a brief accidental sejour, the preview returns for Sunderland vs. Arsenal”
By Phil Gregory Well, 0-0 versus Bolton was a disappointment and a serious blow to attempts to haul in Tottenham. The odds on that front are getting near the stage where it would be irrational to expect us to overhaul our neighbour should we not shrink the gap over the next few games. Fortunately Chelsea …
Read More “The view from the stands: Bolton vs. Arsenal match report”
By Walter Broeckx When does a team reaches it’s tipping point? Or what is the importance of that one player that rarely catches the highlights but who is so important for the balance in the team? Are Arsenal really a one man team for the moment? And with a one man team I don’t mean …
By Billy Le Dog McGraw My preview for the Leeds game was such a stunning success that I have been asked to write again on the subject. You will recall then we were playing the Yorkshire Grit (which is, as you will now know, made up of coarse sand grains and small stones). Against such …
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By Billy the Dog McGraw I don’t know if it is just me but it seems to be easier these day to understand what Mr Wenger is going to do in terms of his playing staff for each game. It is almost like the 1987/88 season when the same players would come out for match …
Read More “Arsenal / Leeds – at least its a game where we know the team in advance”
By Phil Gregory A 1-0 defeat was certainly difficult to take from a valiant performance away at City. We went there with a multitude of defensive injuries but in fairness, a defensive unit that appeared fairly solid until changes were forced upon us. Indeed it is no coincidence that an injury to Djourou early in …
Read More “The City reaction: defensive analysis, Lawro and his pie and an Arsenal infiltrator”
By Tony Attwood I have the view that having started this blog a few years ago, and now having a fair old number of readers each day, I have a duty to try and keep the thing running, while living up to the original notions behind the blog: that it should be pro-Arsenal at all …
By Phil Gregory Before I kick off the preview proper, I thought I’d briefly mention the Commons Inquiry into Football Governance. As long-term readers will know, about a year ago I put together a submission for it, and wrote it up in a series of articles for Untold. What was great though was the recognition …
Read More “Preview: Arsenal, Everton (and the Commons Inquiry Comes Back to Haunt Me)”
Follow us on Twitter @Untold Arsenal ———————————- “Making the Arsenal” – (a lovely present if ever I saw one) is available on Amazon, Arsenal on line, the Woolwich Arsenal site and in the Arsenal store. ———————– By Walter Broeckx Well one thing is fore sure our defeat at Olimpiacos has caused some joy in some …
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. ———————————– By Billy The Dog McGraw. Phil’s off to a job interview, so I’ve got the job of doing the game preview. And what a funny old game …
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. ———————————– By Walter Broeckx and Tony Attwood Ah what a wonderful relaxing moment this is. 4-0 against Wigan, a chance for the kiddies to have a trip to …
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. ———————————– By Walter Broeckx Well what do you want more, my dear. In Belgium and Holland, where I come from as you will know by now, this weekend …
Arsenal are looking to bounce back from a disappointing home draw versus Fulham in Saturday’s Premier League game against Wigan. There was controversy last season when we trekked up to Wigan, partly refereeing and partly fixture related. If my memory serves, that game was our second in 48 hours, so in order to avoid injuries …
By Tony Attwood Manchester: gateway to hell where the roads are slippery with oil, and the downward path leads inexorably to Hades, or Liverpool as it is known in popular culture. Manchester City will have quite possibly Samir Nasri playing. While Mr Nasri doesn’t seem to have had it quite the same as Flamini did …
A great match in midweek versus Dortmund secured our Champions League qualification, and with it the opportunity to perhaps rest a few legs in the final group game. The Carling Cup game early next week is another such tie, but with City coming to the Emirates rotation is most likely to be on a “needs …
On Twitter @Untold Arsenal Making the Arsenal – the book The Untold Index More links at the end By Walter Broeckx One could say business as usual. Arsenal have qualified for the umpteenth time for the next stage in the Champions League in the Wenger era. When seeing Bayern Munich against Borrussia Dortmund last Saturday …
——————————- “Making the Arsenal” – the book of Arsenal’s rebirth Follow us on Twitter @UntoldArsenal —————————————- By Walter Broeckx Sometimes you have those games that after 20 minutes you look at the scoreboard and think: is this really the score of the game I am seeing? How on earth did Norwich managed to be 1-0 …
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