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 There’s been some chatter in the media of late about the abuse Adrian Chiles suffers from football supporters. As the Telegraph said in a review, “As a presenter, Chiles divides opinion. Either you hate him, or you despise him.” They then go on to wonder why this is so; why people should …
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We have seen flares at Arsenal this season in European games, and with the visits of Liverpool and Everton. Yesterday’s match was just another occasion, with at least two flares going off during the game. Given the number of times flares have been let off it is quite clear that Arsenal’s current stewarding arrangements are …
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By Walter Broeckx For those with a good memory for bad things I just want to point at the fact that in a year lots of things can change. Let us go back to last Sunday and then go back to the same date one year ago. Yes it was that horrendous afternoon of football …
Read More “FA cup, Fabianski, Bayern, what a difference a year makes”
Yaya Sanogo. He came, unknown (which makes him a typical Wengerian signing). He played a tiny bit, looked rather lost as I recall, and then got injured. (Which makes him a typical Wengerian signing). And then he played in the FA Cup, taking on Liverpool’s first team. And did rather well, I thought. Actually rather …
By Walter Broeckx The whole world and the media have found a fresh bone to chew on since yesterday. And by the look of it, it seems that they never had the chance to chew on such a delicate bone ever before. But by doing it the way they do it…they just are undermining their …
Read More “Untold Ref reviews spot on; Webb lets down all refs; pundits lose all logic”
By Walter Broeckx Wow what a match. When I was watching yesterdays FA cup match between Sunderland and Southampton I wondered if the Fa cup has lost its magic. Half empty stadium and dreadful football. But today showed that the Fa cup can be alive. Certainly when Arsenal plays at home. A rocking stadium and …
By Tony Attwood For a moment this past week I thought the Daily Telegraph had finally got it. Paul Hayward who is described as their “Chief Sports Writer” said, “Arsenal fans, though, will have to decide. If there are to be recriminations let them start in May, not now, when Giroud is lining up to …
Read More “The press wake up, but still can’t quite see the history”
If you were unemployed and without financial resources are there any jobs you would turn down? It is quite a telling question in my view, because it gets to the heart of everyday morality. It’s also a question that causes me to ponder – because I know there are two answers I would give. If …
Read More “Does it matter if football is associated with the slave trade?”
By Walter Broeckx Amazing as it might be but we are closing in towards the end of the season already. We are only 12 match days away from the final match in the PL. And also in the cup competitions like the FA cup and the CL we are a few rounds away from the …
By Walter Broeckx How do you treat an FA cup match sandwiched between important league fixtures and an important CL match? This is the question that will be on Wenger his mind the last few days. Contrary to the popular believe that the media and some non-existing fans are trying to paint about Arsenal’s season …
by ARSENAL 13. So, 26 played. We are 2nd with 56 points. Trailing the ‘big headed man on a little pony’ by 1 point and leading the Oilers by 2 points. Oilers have a game in hand as I write though. We played Man Utd on Wednesday, which ended up in a draw. Not a …
Read More “Is it the games v the top 6, or the games v the rest, that decide matters?”
By Walter Broeckx In a way Manchester United is something that the Germans would call ‘ein Angstgegner’. I don’t really think there is an English equivalent for this word. Even in my mother language we use the German word to describe it. It means a team you love so much to beat that it gets …
By Walter Broeckx Let us go on the search for the scapegoat. The most popular sport amongst the media and the non-existing part of our fans. The first scapegoat the media presented was Özil. As he cost lots of money he has to score at least one goal per match and give 3 assists. That …
By Tony Attwood Really good writing in all its forms (poetry, novels, biographies, songs and yes, even journalism) makes the reader think, ponder, reflect and end up feeling moved. Moved perhaps by a new insight into the world in which we live. Moved perhaps by a perspective in terms of past events. But oh how …
Read More “It’s unfashionable I know, but sometimes a little perspective can be helpful”
By Walter Broeckx Those who have read my article before the match could skip watching the game. I said it would be scrappy and it was just that. After a heavy defeat you need a match where you control events. You don’t need to win it. Although that would have been great of course. But …
Read More “An expected result, now we have to start our final sprint”
D.S. Cabello The only positive I can take from Saturday’s game is that we’ve now played each other twice. City and Chelsea still have to visit Anfield. So, fingers crossed. Football is hugely psychological and no defender is nervous when they are two ahead inside 8 minutes. Even Senderos would feel like Maldini with a …
By Walter Broeckx Chelsea – West Ham 0-0 Man C – Chelsea 0-1 Chelsea – Newcastle 3-0 Chelsea – WBA 1-1 Total 8 points out of a possible 12 Tottenham – Man City 1-5 Man City – Chelsea 0-1 Norwich – Man City 0-0 Man City – Sunderland ? – ? Total now 4 points …
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By Walter Broeckx When we look back at the seasons gone by and all that has been published on this blog we have seen a few things coming back. As this site openly proclaims to support not only the club and the players (that itself is already a crime for some) and we do have …
Read More “Do you love Arsenal for Arsenal’s sake, or just for the trophies?”
Arvind Here’s our 2-2 draw with Southampton at St. Mary’s stadium. Attack: It’s 20 minutes in and we’ve had precisely zero attacks in the opposition half. Zero. The closest we came was when Monreal tried to dribble out of defense and was fouled. There was a cross from Bac which was cleared. But that’s it. …
By Andrew Crawshaw Referee – Mark Clattenburg Assistants – M Mullarkey, D Cann Fourth Official – L Mason A brief one this time but with plenty of extra reading. Another third timer this year as Mr Clattenburg takes charge. His previous visits were 28/09/2013 for the away game v Swansea (1-2) and …
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By Walter Broeckx Impossible is nothing. Unless you give up. Now giving up is the easiest way of doing things of course. You can detach yourself from Arsenal right now. A heavy defeat hurts and when giving up, then it might lift the pain. But that is not really the Untold way of doing it. …
By Walter Broeckx Somehow it is strange to see the league table this season. When you look for the league table on arsenal.com and you go over the fixtures and results header you get a short league table with the first 6 teams on it. And there is no Manchester United to be seen in …
Read More “Was it just about Fergie? Or did Untold point in the right direction?”
By Walter Broeckx Over the years being an Arsenal supporter makes you sometimes suffer. We all know and can remember some painful defeats over the years. They were painful to watch and then you know the maybe even more painful moment after the match. When all the FM, Fifa20XX experts come out showing how they …
By Walter Broeckx Regular readers know that whenever there is no Arsenal match Tony and Drew try to visit a lower league ground and have a look at football over there. This time Untold is treating you with a novelty again. A look at lower league football …on the continent. So here we have it …
By Walter Broeckx I know that yesterdays result was painful and I am not happy about it at all. As a supporter you don’t want your team to lose. And as per usual the moaning has start all over again. Let us first take a look at the league table Pos Team Played Points 1 …
