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
THE REAL ARSENAL LEGEND Don McMahon We have recently been priviledged to see a strange phenomena emerge from the cesspool that is the British media’s approach to Arsenal and Arsene Wenger. That minor ¨miracle¨ I am referring to is the apparent love-in the miscreant media have suddenly espoused as their current cause celebre….Wenger’s evident improvement …
By Walter Broeckx Changing the tune is something that is happening a lot of course. No better place to see it happening than in the football environment. And certainly with Arsenal. Not on Untold one could say. Since Tony started this blog all those years ago we have been celebrating each win, have swallowed each …
Keep Calm… We’re 5 Clear! By Sammy The Snake I woke up to read some of the least savory comments on Untold about our result against Everton, and frankly, I’m less than pleased with some people’s fickle attitude. These people are what I call “sail by the wind Gooners”, but some are simple “disruptive Gooner …
—————– Arsenal books for Christmas at discount prices Sometimes it has to be admitted – football can be very bad for one’s health. For this game I had nerves, not so much nerves about what would happen against Everton, but rather nerves in terms of what might happen thereafter if we lost. The shadow of …
Read More “Nerves, smoke bombs, time wasting, Everton and upcoming games.”
D-Sanchez-Cabello First things first: Mandela rest in peace. Incredible statesman and remarkable that he lived so long. One doesn’t live to 95 harbouring deep resentment, or despair – as most would from 27 years in a dank cell. The closest I’ve come to a cell is Bodmin Jail on a school trip – which might …
By Tony Attwood PGMO and Arsenal reach an agreement on future refereeing Martinelli and the question of some pretty awful mistakes You can almost hear the cogs inside the brains of the football journalists clacking round as they try to formulate the excuses they have for not predicting Arsenal’s success this season – success achieved …
Read More “If Arsenal win the league this year it won’t count”
By Walter Broeckx Yesterday Arsenal honoured our former chairman Peter Hill-Wood with the unveiling of a bust. Peter Hill-Wood retired last summer because of health problems and since then Sir Chips Keswick is our new chairman. Be it that this function is more a ceremonial function these days as we know that the real powerful …
Arsenal v Everton 08 Dec 2013 – The Officials by Andrew Crawshaw Referee – Howard Webb Assistants – M Mullarkey and D Cann Fourth Official – A Taylor So another repeat referee our dearly beloved Howard Webb with his usual crew of Mullarkey and Cann. In his 13 games this year, Mr Webb has had …
Read More “Arsenal v Everton 8 Dec 2013. It’s Webb; can be ok but sometimes rather suspect”
The 2014 FIFA World Cup draw takes place this Friday in Brazil but you can follow all the action with our Thomson Sport #GetMeToBrazil Live Blog, bringing you all the news, updates and samba dancing you can handle in one afternoon. The live draw will start at 4pm (UK Time) but you can join us …
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According to those in the know, just four months ago we were desperate. Not enough players. Buy someone. Anyone. So we bought one player. We got one player on a free. One youth player stepped up and showed he was ready. One player showed that the manager’s faith in him for the past few years …
Read More “Surprises are bad for one’s heart, which is why we need the British press.”
By an anonymous statistician Not everything in football is true. Not everything on Untold is true. Shocking I know, but there it is. But inventiveness and creativity is good. Take for example St. Totteringham’s Day (also known as St. Totteridge’s Day) I think is a fun idea. But it is restricted to The Arsenal …
Read More “Saints Days – Does St Totteringham and St Totteridge Need Company?”
By Walter Broeckx This article is part of the series of the Referee Review 2013. You can find links to earlier articles on the bottom of this article. __________________________ On this site we have published all kinds of reports over the season 2012-2013. We have dealt with the different teams. We have looked closer at …
Read More “Ref Review 2012-2013 : Wrong 2nd yellow cards decisions a closer look”
By Tony Attwood On 17 August 2012, Robin Van Persie transferred to Manchester Utd. The fee was £22.5 million, plus £1.5 million if Man U won the Premier League or Champions League title within the duration of the initial contract – which was for four years. So the question was raised: why spend £24m plus a salary of …
Read More “RVP will cost Man U over £16m a year for the next 3 years. Is he worth it?”
By Ian Brookes I read recently that Ian Wright had made the claim that he now gets more stick from Arsenal fans than he does from those at Tottenham. Now I for one have been getting increasingly agitated with Ian Wright for a few seasons now as he has become very critical of Arsene …
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By Walter Broeckx Where to start this article? Maybe with the events before the match. Wenger has said he would rotate a little bit. So expected some changes. But half a team? And some surprises also. The one not surprising change was Jenkinson for Sagna as the latter is a bit injured. Monreal for Gibbs …
Read More “Arsenal – Hull 2-0, may I present to you : the machine”
D-Sanchez- Cabello There wasn’t a lot to take from the Cardiff game, aside from it being a routine win. Impressive in that we did what City and United couldn’t do. Hull at home is next and I appreciate it doesn’t make for the best reading. News is slow so bear with me. A reader (sorry …
Read More “Hull City at Home, Rejoice, Rejoice – Curtis Davies is Banned!!”
The story of Arsenal v Hull in recent years is one of the strangest tales that there is in football, full of wild and crazed accusations (none of which stand up in court). Such stories reveal behind them the tale of a man ill-at-ease with his work, and a club which at the time were …
Read More “Arsenal v Hull – spitting, wrong pitch, wrong clothes, and other historic moments”
Arsenal v Hull – 04 December 2013 – The Match Officials By Andrew Crawshaw Referee – Andre Marriner Assistants – G Beswick & M Scholes Fourth Official – L Probert Mr Marriner is 42 years old, has been a Premier referee since 2005 when he officiated the Charlton v Norwich game. He has been FIFA …
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By Walter Broeckx Some people now claim the fact that it was their pressure that made Wenger buy Özil. Now I don’t know if there are any people out there to pressure Wenger in to anything at all. It doesn’t seem that Wenger is a person who is easily put under pressure to do something …
Read More “The last 38 matches in the PL: which team is the best?”
By Tony Attwood I’ve been so excited by reading the league table I’ve almost forgotten that the transfer window opens in four weeks. But that ignorance has been shattered by the “news” (I use the word lightly) that we are going to get Real Madrid striker Alvaro Morata on a six month loan deal. Of …
How the top teams compare with last season By Walter Broeckx Games are coming fast for the moment so I will type a bit faster to make sure we get this ready before the next Arsenal match. Let us have a look at the results of the weekend and what they mean for Arsenal. I’ve …
Read More “The Untold Review: One year ago, and today. Arsenal top of all leagues”
Sometimes you just can’t let it go by Bootoome I am not the biggest fan of Mondays. I don’t hate them but Friday and Saturday are my favourite days of the week. While I’ll just get on with it at the dawn of most Monday mornings, I hate that sinking feeling that I get on …
~By Tony Attwood It is the Independent newspaper that put me on the trail of this article. They say today… “Only three Premier League clubs (Newcastle in 1995-96, Chelsea and Liverpool in 2008-09) have made better starts than Arsenal this season, and not won the league.” They also add “Only twice in the last 10 …
Read More “Despite of or because of all that happened in the summer, can Arsenal win the league?”
By Tony Attwood On 1 October 1996: Arsene Wenger officially took up duties, and within minutes confronted and defeated a baying horde of journalists gathered on the steps of Highbury, daring them to announce “the story”. The journalists backed down, but supporters of Man U and other clubs developed the story into the most disgusting …
Read More “AVB and Lord Sugar in spat, Liverpool run out of players, and if the AAA had won.”
By Walter Broeckx After the last European game we had two different views on how attending a game at the Emirates is being experienced. Drew who sits down is in fact standing up most of the time. And I do admit on the rare occasions when I have gone to see my own local team over here …
