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
As we wait and see if the EPL will take action against Adebayor, as FIFA has taken action against Eduardo, it is time to contemplate… Why UEFA’s Verdict on Eduardo is Wrong – A reasoned critique of an unreasonable decision By “stuartlondon” A ‘dive’ is a self induced fall that does not result from illegal …
So what do I know? Absolutely nothing obviously, given my last post. Letting in four was not what I had in mind – at least not for the Arabs. Do we take anything from this? There were chances and chances, especially near the end, and quite a few misses for us. But we did have …
ALL TOMORROW’S PARTIES: Arsenal results before the game starts. So, where were we? Everyone’s been off being kicked for their country during Cripplegate Week, and everyone is injured, so we are putting out the under 11s for this fixture. Arshavin’s out, Cesc is probably out, my cat’s out (but that’s a cat-flap issue) and Theo …
Read More “SPOILER ALERT: Man A vs Arsenal, teams, report, result before it happens”
Manchester City: You can’t Buy Class. By Phil Gregory The game last season that really opened my eyes in regards to City’s flaws as a team was Hamburg away in the UEFA Cup. One glance at the team sheet told you the team was going to be horribly lopsided (a midfield and attack of Zabaleta, …
Who benefits from these internationals? By Simon Bailey With the current round of international football matches over, and the players heading back to their respective clubs in various states of disrepair, it makes me wonder about their true value. In this round were some Friendlies and some World Cup Qualifiers. Now that league football is …
This is just about the biggest story there is at the moment – and of course no newspaper is touching it. In simple terms it is this… The big clubs (not Arsenal) are trying to tap up kiddies from all over the world to do a patch and mend job on their teams, as their …
Read More “England’s Youth Development system handed over to Arsenal”
Knowing what a football club is doing financially is tough. When Mr Usmanov put forward his refinancing plan recently he got one set of top bankers to draw up an analysis of the club’s situation and needs. Those against the plan got another set of top bankers to show why we didn’t need the money. …
Read More “Liverpool, WHU, Man U, Arsenal. Who will survive the debt repayments?”
A review of “Forward, Arsenal” by Bernard Joy Bernard Joy was the last amateur player to play for England. He played for the University of London, Casuals (with whom he won the Amateur Cup – which I should add for younger readers was a very big deal in earlier times, getting huge crowds, and sometimes …
Read More “Arsenal is nothing without its history and heritage”
Arsenal – the club for every day of the week By Ian Trevett, Editor of Highbury High Untold Arsenal has kindly allowed me to write a feature for the site and invite readers of the Tony’s excellent blog to contribute features to the Arsenal fanzine Highbury High. Highbury High has become a close ally to …
Everton: a model for success teetering on the edge. by Phil Gregory Very easy to stick the knife in here, but I’m not going to jump on that bandwagon just yet. We all know Moyes has done a fantastic job with them over the years, but can we really see them breaking the top four …
Read More “Where are they now: Everton teetering on the edge of success”
Oh what to do in Cripplegate Week – the week when all our top stars go off and get injured while playing not for the Arsenal who pay their wages but for a bunch of morons called “international managers” who treat them with utter contempt. Well, the first thing is, if you fancy doing a …
By Phil Gregory It’s so obvious it hardly needs saying: Villa are clearly in a worse state than they were this time twelve months ago. Barry and Laursen are gone and have clearly not been adequately replaced. When Delph’s signing was announced, I (and I presume most) assumed he’d be a much needed squad depth …
Read More “Where are they now: Aston Villa as serious rivals to Arsenal???”
No sooner was the Chelsea ban on transfers announced than BBC Radio 5 rushed out an interview with an ex-KGB player who linked this case with the Eduardo case. It was one of the most sickening pieces of anti-Arsenal propoganda yet launched in the media war on Arsenal. Chelsea are banned from signing new players …
It seems that West Iceland United might not get a fine over what happened in the match against Millwall, because the footballing authorities fear it will send the club into total collapse. Instead, the club will just get a telling off. As one footballing official might have said, “If UEFA can get away with banning …
Read More “West Ham & Arsenal. Compare. Contrast. Stop laughing.”
At last, a club willing to stand up and fight against the insane, bent and discredited UEFA. Arsenal’s statement over the Eduardo affair was everything we could have wished for – a complete catalogue of everything that is wrong with the warped European governing body, including its arrogant belief that it can get away with …
Below we print an open letter to Mike Dean, referee, from Walter Broeckx, referee. But just before that, here’s a quick summary of Mr Dean’s career… In 2005 he was suspended from being a ref because he was involved with a betting company. His official crime was “breaching the terms of his contract”. He was …
Read More “Mike Dean: the referee, the man, the history, the scandals”
The trouble with the UEFA vs Eduardo story is that the number of strands within it keeps getting bigger. It is a bit like trying to grasp the nature of the universe. Just when you have got your head around the fact that space and time are all part of the same entity, along comes …
Read More “UEFA: corrupt, criminal, incompetent or deluded?”
