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
————————————————————– Woolwich Arsenal, the club that changed football. Have your name in the book as an official sponsor. Updated information here The day when Fulham tried to take over Arsenal – the full story in “Making the Arsenal” ———————————————————- By Walter Broeckx A few weeks ago Robin Van Persie said that there will be moments …
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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 …
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The 89 transfers that Arsenal will make in the January transfer window By: Anne Greetings, Untold Media readers, and may I first wish all of you a very happy holiday season. UM will be back in full swing following the holidays. However, in the interim, I thought we might have a little bit of fun …
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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. By Walter Broeckx This is the final part of my review of players who joined Arsenal in the summer. We have Yossi Benayoun to start with. The captain …
By Walter Broeckx Arsenal brought in some new players in August. The word was out very soon by those who pretend to know a bit about football: all we had bought was utterly rubbish. So we continue to look at how bad they are. Let us look at the new left back, now sadly injured, …
Read More “The new ones: A goal scoring left back or a striking defender?”
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 As I mentioned at the start of my last article in this series on “The New Ones” there were many who thought at the start …
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Follow us on Twitter @Untold Arsenal ———————————- What do you mean you haven’t bought “Making the Arsenal” – as a Christmas present yet?????. By Walter Broeckx Here we are some 3 months after the most painful August in years for any Arsenal supporter. It was in fact very painful until the last days. And then …
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 Robin Van Persie couldn’t score. Robin Van Persie is not a striker. Robin Van Persie is too soft. Robin Van Persie is made …
Read More “The non-striker heading for the all time goal scoring record. Wenger does it again.”
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. ———————————– Goals, assists and other stuff By Alek Pan This is the second statistical analysis of the way in which football (mostly from an Arsenal perspective) …
Follow us on Twitter @Untold Arsenal ——————————- “Making the Arsenal” – the book of Arsenal’s rebirth —————————————- Tony Attwood reflects on the way the broadcast media reacted to our win at Carrow Road. Played 12, won 10, drawn 1, lost 1 is not a bad headline but you would have struggled to find it over …
Read More “Norwich / Arsenal – all the things they might have said, but the agenda won’t let them”
——————————- “Making the Arsenal” – the book of Arsenal’s rebirth —————————————– Twitter us on follow, or maybe the other way around @UntoldArsenal by Don McMahon During this interminable and terribly dull inter-lull we are all supposed to ¨enjoy¨, it seemed to be a great time to look at the entire Gunners squad, …
“The difference between the Jenkinson in those first games and the Jenkinson of the WBA game is amazing.“ By Walter Broeckx Nineteen. And I don’t really mean the song of Paul Hardcastle about the Vietnam war. No, I’m referring to the age of Carl Jenkinson. Nineteen. What a lovely age (or so it seems as …
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—————————————– “Making the Arsenal” – the book of Arsenal’s decline and rebirth Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal —————————————– Thank You David Moyes, And Welcome The Wise Old Head Mike Urbanski Yes, thank you, David Moyes. And welcome the “Wise Old Head”. A year ago Denilson, in perhaps the most astute observation he’s ever had, mentioned …
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Misplaced Misery by Don McMahon Just how profound and deeply ingrained is the pessimism, negativism and miserable affiliation to the dark side of the Arsenal( and total disregard for the facts) some gunners seem to thrive on? After recent excellent displays and cohesive team efforts, the net was brimming over with praise for RVP and …
Read More “The players are rubbish, the web site is down. Misplaced Misery.”
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 …
Read More “Finally back to football, and some of the injured are back too.”
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 History …… Making the Arsenal …… Arsenal Uncovered ————- By Michael Shelly and Tony Attwood Unwarranted criticism emanates from ex-Arsenal players and managers (Bob Wilson, and Charlie Nicholas generally excepted) all day every day. From Paul Merson to Ian Wright, those who have nothing better to do now their playing days are over, …
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Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here —————————————– Arsenal History …… Making the Arsenal …… Arsenal Uncovered —————————– By Tony Attwood It is strange that the “25” is announced after the first few games – just as it is odd to have a restricted transfer window which overlaps the season. But that’s …
By Walter Broeckx In another article about one of our new signings I would like to present you our new left back Rudolph André des Santos but you can call him André Santos. And I will call him like that from now on. He was born in Sao Paulo on 8 March 1983 and is …
By Tony Attwood, on a wet Sunday morning… It is rare that one can draw up three full Arsenal teams without any overlap of players. And it is impossible (at least for me) to do it without making a muddle of it all especially as one moves down to the second and third eleven. But …
By Walter Broeckx As on Untold we do like to make the new players feel like home it is important that you get to know the players a bit more. So I will try to give you some impressions on Per Mertesacker to start with. To start with he was born on September 29, 1984 …
by Arvind I somehow missed the time of the game and tuned into it 15 minutes late only to see Koscielny hobble off with a terrible looking injury. Hope its good news. We lost the game though with a desperately unlucky goal, I thought. Not counting the second goal as that was always coming 1-0 …
By Tony Attwood The demands of work took me away from this article after just describing Yann M’Vila. I also wanted to talk about the performance of Ignasi Miquel, Francis Coquelin and Marvin Martin But first a general point about the signing of kids, that seems to get some people very worked up. The simple …
Read More “Beyond Yann M’Vila: Ignasi Miquel, Francis Coquelin and Marvin Martin”
According to Sky Sports Yann M’Vila ain’t going nowhere. According to Sky SportsReal Madrid and Liverpool have been trying to buy him. According to Sky Sports he has a contract lasting until 2015 which he signed in May. According to Sky Sports the defensive midfielder believes he is better off continuing his development in France …
Read More “Yann M’Vila + Jack Wilshere = Wow! (Plus Martin and Coquelin)”
Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal By Phil Gregory With Cesc gone, Nasri uncertain and rumblings of discontent in the stands during the Newcastle game there’s plenty to be talking about in this article. So much in fact, that I planned on writing a whole separate piece on the aftermath of the Toon game until work …
