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 Lady Nina Bracewell Sunlounger My old quaffing partner David Gill, the Manchester big chief pow wow has had a bash at the Football Association, accusing them of victimising his club with punishments that would not be given to rivals. Now I know the so-called FA and quite honestly few of them are to be …
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By Waleed Ahmed This article is not meant as an exercise in fantasy, but rather as a discussion of Arsenal’s strengths and weaknesses, and our approach next season, based on signings. So starting from that point, this is what I would like to happen this summer. Cesc, Nasri, and Clichy stay. Cesc does not have …
Read More “5 out, 3 in, 2 promoted from the ranks. The complete squad overhaul this summer.”
An exclusive interview with the president of Barcelaonus By our undercover reporters M. Adeup and T. Ruth. Additional material by Lady Bracewell-Smythe, and her man, Bisket . After a narrow escape from the dungeons under the Daily Stuff our reporters have been send on a new mission. A mission to the sun. No, not the …
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Untold Arsenal on Twitter is in the top 1% of all Twitter sites for followers @UntoldArsenal By Tony Attwood This is a summary of where I believe we have got to as we approach to opening of the transfer window. I don’t claim much special knowledge – just a few friends on the inside and …
Untold Arsenal. The History Index The story of the last time something odd went on By Walter Broeckx A lot of the criticism that is aimed at Arsenal and Wenger is about project youth. Some of the fans have been saying that project youth has failed because we didn’t win anything in the last 6 …
Following the appointment of Remi Garde as manager of Lyon I suggested I might throw in an article or two about French football. Here’s the first. By Tony Attwood Go back fifteen years and you can see a very clear picture of European football. Italy, lauded in the 1990s as the home of great football, …
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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 …
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By Walter Broeckx With the signing of Gervinho looking very much on the cards (according to L’Equipe Arsenal are holding talks with in Lille since Wednesday) I will be trying to give you a bit of a view on my memory of him. Because for most readers I suspect Gervinho is a player who you …
Untold Arsenal on Twitter is in the top 1% of all Twitter sites for followers @UntoldArsenal 12 reasons why next season will be better than the last. By Tony Attwood For a number of years now the Anti-Arsenal Arsenal, with their negativity, predictions of disaster, and downright depressive natures have dominated much of the commentary …
Untold Arsenal on Twitter is in the top 1% of all Twitter sites for followers @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here By Walter Broeckx Sometimes the sound of silence makes more noise than 60.000 in the Emirates. Somewhere in March I had the idea of writing a study. A study on the world of referees. …
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Untold Arsenal on Twitter is in the top 1% of all Twitter sites for followers @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here On Arsenal’s Leadership By Martin Doyle Much has been said and written about the leadership of Arsenal, mainly around the lack of leadership on the pitch. I want to think about leadership in this …
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By M. Adeup en T. Ruth, an exclusive view from our undercover reporters in the serious media. Including secretly taken pictures, illegal activities, swearing, and a lot of shouting. Location: The sports news room, the Daily Stuff. 8.00am : The regular reporters shuffle in the meeting room. 8.05am : After everybody has downed their traditional …
Untold Arsenal on Twitter is in the top 1% of all Twitter sites for followers @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here By Tony Attwood Alex McLeish has moved from being manager of Birmingham City (whom he has just seen relegated) to Aston Villa, (who would like to see themselves as challengers to the top four, …
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Untold Arsenal on Twitter is in the top 1% of all Twitter sites for followers @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here By Walter Broeckx For those who just sit there….. As there still is a bit of time before we start playing again I find it the right time to look at the new season. …
By Phil Gregory After part two of the tactical review series, I ended the article just as I started getting to Arsenal’s attacking game. Here I’ll have a look at that side of our game and consider whether a change of shape may be beneficial. We regularly see the problem where we attempt to thread …
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Untold Arsenal on Twitter is in the top 1% of all Twitter sites for followers @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here By Domhuaille I have been a Football fanatic since I first discovered the joys of the beautiful game in High School. At that time, the biggest sports, where I lived, did not include the …
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Untold Arsenal on Twitter is in the top 1% of all Twitter sites for followers @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here By Tony Attwood After about a week in France with no access to the internet, or the English media, I return with the thought that something ought to have happened in football. But picking …
By Walter Broeckx Who was the best passing team? Who had the most accuracy in shooting on goal? How many shots where on goal? How many of those ended up at the back of the net? We just keep on finding answers for your questions. If it comes to passing the ball around you all …
By Wrenny While recently perusing the excellent football stats site whoscored.com I came across some numbers concerning Arsenal’s much-maligned left back Gael Clichy which I found intriguing. And I thought Untold readers might be intrigued by them too. Before I begin though I would like to make one thing clear – I did not set …
By Walter Broeckx So now let us take a look at the goals that were scored against Arsenal and the rest of the teams in the EPL. And we will try to look at how the goals were scored like we did it with the goals in our favour: open play, dead ball and penalty. …
By Dale Higginbottom We’re well into June now and the transfer window is wide open. The international games are now out of the way so speculation is again looming with players all over the globe being linked with a move to the Emirates but which ones can we take seriously? Last summer we had something …
By Phil Gregory A quick glance at the fixture list. The initial reaction from Gunners has been that our opening few games are pretty tough, and that’s a fair assessment. Newcastle away should be interesting after the Dowd-inspired 4-4 draw there last season, whilst the next two games yield Liverpool at home and United away. …
By Walter Broeckx The way goals are scored can tell you something about a team. It can tell you how they generally play their football. So in the next articles I will be trying to look at how the goals came along and also on how the goals went in against us and the other …
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By Walter Broeckx Well it’s the time of the season. The time of the “he comes, he goes, he will, he won’t, he said, he didn’t say, he spoke, he didn’t speak…” Every self respecting news site, every self respecting blog or website is full with rumours. We could come up with our own transfer …
By Phil Gregory Continuing from where I left off in the first article (which looked at the centre backs and set pieces), lets continue from the back. In that article I talked about centre backs and why I didn’t think we need a typical English clogger centreback, à la Shawcross. One thing I mentioned was …
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