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 Tony Attwood I keep thinking I have missed something/someone. Please update this summary if it is wrong. 1: Joel Campbell has had his application for a special talent work permit rejected so won’t be with us this season. 2: Park Chu-young will be here, but only for a couple of years as after that …
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Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal by Tony Attwood We all know there are lots of anti-Wengerians on the internet, telling us daily what a useless manager he is. There are also a number of people (some of whom are kind enough to read this blog) who argue that this is not the case. But just …
Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal By Ref Reviewer 04 Manchester City went to Tottenham. And with the footballers came ref Phil Dowd. How was his game? Min Type Foul from On C/NC Comment points weight 2 OTHER Zabaleta Vdvaart C Push 1 1 4 OTHER Crouch C Handball 1 1 6 Offside City C 1 …
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UNTOLD ARSENAL MEDIA WATCH: THE TELEGRAPH Telegraph Coverage of Newcastle and Liverpool Matches Note: Much thanks to bjtgooner for doing research for this article. In our inaugural Untold Arsenal Media Watch report, I thought that I would begin with the paper whose coverage was the worst (I’m sorry Telegraph). I don’t think that the Telegraph, …
By Walter Broeckx, If you can believe the media in France and Germany Per Mertesacker has flown to London this morning. They even say the flightnumber he took. He has gone with the Lufthansa flight 3382 from Dusseldorf to London to sign a contract till june 2015 at Arsenal. On Sunday he said when asked …
By Ref Reviewer 03 We went to Old Trafford and well did not get the result we hoped for. Is there any blame we can give ref Howard Webb? Let us find out. Min Type Foul from On C/NC Comment points weight 5 OTHER Cleverley Ramsey C Cleverley tugged on Ramsey’s arm, could have played …
By Phil Gregory As Walter said in his article, games like this are part of being a football fan. It was great to see the away fans sticking behind the team, and a very proper gesture of the club to offer them another away ticket free of charge. No doubt all Gooners have been subject …
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Arvind Well..that was just very very painful to watch. I watched it on mute as usual and was continuously left shaking my head in disbelief at the scoreline. We’ll look at the defense of course and there’s a surprise or two in store but a quick overall review of the other bits. I thought Coquelin …
Untold Arsenal Media Watch: The Sunday Mirror Mirror Coverage of Newcastle and Liverpool Matches By: Anne and the Untold Media team Note: much thanks to Stephen for his research contributions to this article. *Editorial Note following what happened at Old Trafford: I’m not even going to talk about what happened this afternoon, because I’m not …
By Walter Broeckx This was a difficult day to be an Arsenal supporter. Let me start by congratulating the away supporters. For a large part of the second half I heard them support the team. Even my match commentator said they out sung the home supporters at that time. Despite the difficult game they showed …
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By Phil Gregory You know the negativity surrounding Arsenal is getting a little silly when your Everton-supporting boss bets you £10 that they will finish above Arsenal this season. Now, I know we’ve lost a few players this summer, but for a club who’s only summer signing is a contract extension for Phil Neville, well… …
Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal By DogFace Referee: Howard Webb Assistant 1: Darren Cann Assistant 2: Micael McDonough 4th Official: Lee Mason Good morning stat-fans and welcome to RefWatch… It seems that the PGMOL’s official website is now officially defunct – it has been replaced with a message saying: “Content is being developed with premierleague.com …
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By Walter Broeckx, the Untold ref So here we are after 2 weeks in the EPL this season. A short roundup of the state of affair in the wonderful world of the refs. We have been able to cover 9 games in the EPL so far. It should have been 10 but because of the …
By Ref Reviewer 04 I did the review of the game Bolton Wanderers against Manchester City. The leader of the pack was Mike Jones. Just one word if you want to carry on: incredible at times. Really was. For the visibility of the site I left out the last column. I hope it reads a …
Are Arsenal a selling club ? The true crack(s) of the great Arsenal way ! Ibrahima Fode NDIAYE For the last couple weeks or months or even years, Arsenal FC its board and manager are under immense critics from all corners. The general consensus is that Arsenal are an unambitious selling club only interested in making financial …
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Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal by Anne I’m in the process right now of doing final edits on our first combined Untold Arsenal Media Watch report. However, because the Sun’s match reports on Newcastle-Arsenal and Arsenal-Liverpool are so interesting in and of themselves, I decided that it would be preferable to do a separate post …
Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal By Walter Broeckx So here we are. Alive and kicking. The ones that had been burying us in the Europa League and I think about 120% of the media has been doing this in the last couple of days can change their story line for a couple of days. Will …
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By Ref Reviewer 03 Another day another ref review. This time we have done the game Manchester United – Tottenham. The ref in charge was Lee Probert. Min Type Foul from On C/NC Comment points weight on 11 OTHER Cleverly Van der Vaart C Attempted trip, advantage played 1 1 1 13 OTHER Van der …
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By Ref reviewer 04 We got ourselves in the Group stages of the Champions League. Can the same be said of ref Olegario Benquerenca? Only one way to find out and that is to read our ref review of the game. Min Type Foul from On C/NC Comment points weight on 4 OFFSIDE Walcott C …
By Tony Attwood There is a saying, “If you think you are beaten, you are”. And certainly for many Arsenal bloggers that is true. Fortunately it is never true for Mr Wenger, a man who never knows when he is beaten, and who is therefore our most successful manager in 125 years of history. For …
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By Phil Gregory After Nasri’s recent departure, Arsenal travel away to Udinese for a hugely crucial tie. The Italian side took some –myself included – by surprise in the first leg, but there’ll be no risk of them being underestimated this evening. The Liverpool result wasn’t the best preparation for this tie, but positives can …
By Walter Broeckx I’m not going to say I liked the game or the result against Liverpool. But I’m not prepared to go over the top and do what some others will do. In an article a few weeks ago I told we would suffer if Fabregas would leave and we are suffering. Losing the …
By Walter Broeckx The Barton fall out I call it. And the FA and the PGMOL should consider what they are doing. Because they are making life very difficult for the refs. And by the refs I don’t mean the refs in the EPL. They get paid a nice sum of money to make up …
By Ref Reviewer 04 Next in our ref reviews was the game at Stamford Bridge between Chelsea and WBA. Ref in charge was Mason. Min Type Foul from On C/NC Comment points weight on 3 OTHER WBA? Torres NC Trip not given 0 0 1 3 OTHER Torres Scharner NC Should have given the first …
Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Injury Index – Gameweek 2 By Dale Higginbottom Week two of the season and maybe a few things aren’t quite going to plan on a few fronts and injuries are certainly not an exception to this. We picked up a few injuries after the Udinese game which, given the …
