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 Ref Reviewer 04 We had ref Howard Webb for the Tottenham – QPR game and here is how he did. Min Type Foul from On C/NC Comment points weight 1 OTHER Helguson Parker C Trip 1 1 2 OTHER Faurlin Vdvaart C Trip 1 1 3 OTHER Traore Vdvaart C Wild kick …
By Tony Attwood Manchester City added another honour to their trophy cabinet last night by securing the most expensive shot in the history of football. Their squad last night cost (including this season’s salaries) something in the region of £200m, and managed one shot on target – an all time record. Some of the squad …
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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 …
Untold Injury Index – Gameweek 13 By Dale Higginbottom With Carling Cup taking centre-stage this mid-week I’m going to keep this brief and allow Phil or Tony to preview the exciting fixture to come. This week finally saw Diaby return to the league squad after picking up an injury in pre-season but unfortunately he …
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The Record Remains Intact By Tony Attwood It was the thing that nightmares are made of – to lose two of our most prestigious records in one season: the “49”, and being unbeaten in the league through a whole season. Now only one fear remains – that Man City will spend another £100m in the …
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” – is available on Amazon, Arsenal on line, the Woolwich Arsenal site and in the Arsenal store. ———————————– By Walter Broeckx I will start with a question that could be asked at an Arsenal quiz evening and I think that I can bet a …
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Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal By Ref Reviewer 03 What can you expect when Mike Dean comes to ref an Arsenal match? Don’t expect an Arsenal win for Arsenal had not won any of their last 9 Premier League matches that Mike Dean had reffed and Saturday’s match against Fulham would be no different. Min …
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Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal By DogFace Referee: Mike Dean Assistant 1: William Smallwood Assistant 2: Simon Long 4th Official: Mark Halsey Good morning stat-fans and welcome to RefWatch… Today you catch me at an inopportune moment – don’t get me wrong, I generated the stats with a full mind and body but right now …
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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 …
——————————- “Making the Arsenal” – the book of Arsenal’s rebirth —————————————- Follow us on Twitter @Untold Arsenal —————————– By Ref Reviewer 04 For the CL game we had ref De Bleeckere doing his last game in the CL. Was it visible he had to stop? Min Type Foul from On C/NC Comment points weight …
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Follow us on Twitter @Untold Arsenal ——————————- “Making the Arsenal” – the book of Arsenal’s rebirth —————————————- Turning a Blind Eye Don McMahon FIFA,EUFA, Some officials and some Turkish fans are racists, at least based on what I saw happening to Eboue in a Galatasary match recently. The former Gunner was fouled and rolling on …
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Follow us on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Possession, pass success or shots? By Alek Pan Almost everyone knows that Arsenal is very successful in the areas of possession, pass success and shots on target, but which component is more influential in terms of league position? Which component helps more to be #1 in the league …
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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 …
On Twitter @Untold Arsenal Making the Arsenal – the book The Untold Index More links at the end ——————————- Untold Injury Index – Gameweek 12 By Dale Higginbottom Wow, those international breaks have been kind on us this season. As far as I can see no additions to our injury list as a result …
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By Ref Reviewer 04 We had ref Probert at Stamford Bridge in charge of the game between Chelsea – Liverpool Min Type Foul from On C/NC Comment points weight Min Type Foul from On C/NC Comment points weight 2 OFFSIDE Chelsea C 1 1 3 OTHER Terry Maxi NC Terry blocks the run of Maxi …
Follow us on Twitter @Untold Arsen ——————————- “Making the Arsenal” – the book of Arsenal’s rebirth —————————————- By Walter Broeckx Not the normal refwatch this time for our champions league game against Borrusia Dortmund. So you will not see any nice graphics about the ref. Once you get over the disappointment of this and …
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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 …
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“Making the Arsenal” – the book of Arsenal’s rebirth Follow us on Twitter @UntoldArse By Ref Reviewer 03 Arsenal travelled to Norwich where Phil Dowd officiated, picking up a hard fought 2-1 away win. Min Type Foul from On C/NC Comment points weight 1 OTHER Van Persie Naughton C Fairly normal but perhaps used his …
——————————- “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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Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal By DogFace Referee: Phil Dowd Assistant 1: Andy Garratt Assistant 2: David Richardson 4th Official: Michael Oliver Good morning stat-fans and welcome to RefWatch… First of all – greetings to all new readers who may have come here off the back of the Everton article – also welcome those who …
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——————————- “Making the Arsenal” – the book of Arsenal’s rebirth ————————— By Phil Gregory Excellent work from Tony, Walter and other valued contributors have kept Untold ticking over during the barren wasteland that is the international break. Well them, and Sepp Blatter who said some very foolish things and rightly got taken to task by …
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——————————- “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, …
Untold Arsenal highlighted once again on Arsenal.com’s “Media Watch” Follow us on Twitter @UntoldArsenal And read about Arsenal’s great re-birth in “Making the Arsenal” —————- Latest: Untold Arsenal on Arsenal.com commenting on the Norwich game (with special reference to the car park). By Tony Attwood As you’ll know by now the man who got …
Latest updates: Coming soon, the first ever Untold Arsenal match preview on Arsenal.com, in the Talking Heads column, (with special reference to the car park). And don’t miss the discussion on Everton’s future with interesting contributions from Everton fans Back to the future (slowly) By Walter Broeckx Finally the silly internationals are over. Well for …
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