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 Walter Broeckx The laws of the game and the interpretation of the laws of the game are two totally different things. And certainly the interpretation given by the pundits. Anyone who thinks that pundits know the rules are people who believe in Santa Claus, the fairy tooth even when they have gotten to an …
By Blacksheep In 1886 William Stead (the campaigning editor of the Pall Mall Gazette – one of the very first ‘tabloid’ style newspapers) declared that: “Nothing can ever get itself accomplished nowadays without sensationalism. In politics, social reform, it is indispensable” What Stead realised was that the press (the only media available in late Victorian …
By Walter Broeckx The phrase “Arsène knows” has been used at Untold a few times. Both by writers and readers. As most of us believe he really knows a bit about football. But after picking the match Arsenal-Sunderland to unveil the Dennis Bergkamp statue as I was there I had the pleasure of another nice …
By Tony Attwood I’m not sure how much reporting there would have been concerning Uli Hoeness, president of Bayern Munich, and his admission of tax fraud had we not been playing in Munich. But even with that spotlight, it just got a mention in most of the media and was then passed over as some …
Read More “Funny football finances: Uli Hoeness, QPR, Gheorghe Popescu, the Romanian League.”
By Walter Broeckx What a regret we have now. During the first half hour we should have gone well ahead in the first leg but failed to convert our chances. Then the injury from Gibbs made us lose our concentration a bit and Bayern then got a penalty and most importantly we lost a player …
D-Sanchez-Cabello Bayern Munich are a behemoth and behemoths are rarely attractive. They are the leading club in the largest market in Europe. Ally that to the distinct national feeling in Bavaria and you start to see why Bayern are able to bludgeon their competitors each year. I’m torn on the Bundesliga, there are bits of …
Read More “What’s the Bavarian for ‘Més qué un club’ ?? | Bayern Away Preview”
By Tony Attwood One of the reasons why Untold has published pre-match referee commentaries has been to try and tell the refs that we are watching, and we know what they have done in the past. What we do know from occasional incidents and comments made off the record by a few people in the …
By Tony Attwood There are all sorts of parallels between the FA Cup and the FA Youth Cup. For example, the biggest teams enter in the 3rd round after a series of preliminary rounds are played out (six in the case of the FA Youth Cup). And we played Everton in the quarter finals. And …
Read More “Arsenal Under-18s beat Everton to reach semi-finals of FA Youth Cup.”
By Tony Attwood There is story often told among Morris Men (dancers and musicians who perform a peculiarly English set of folk dances dating back to the Mediaeval era) about four people being stuck in a lift. One is Stalin, one is Hitler, one is an accordionist and the final one has a gun with …
Read More “Laurent Koscielny, the President of France, me and the accordionist.”
By Walter Broeckx, also known as the 4 to 1 Gooner Well it was another fine experience for me as a Gooner from outside England. It all started off rather early for me. At 5.00 in the morning local time. That is 4.00 English time. As it was a rather early kick off and we …
Read More “Arsenal – Everton, the good luck man had a nice trip”
By Walter Broeckx As I follow Per Mertesacker on the social media a bit I had the pleasure of reading this post (below) on his time line. Now I must say that following the German players on the social media is rather interesting. They talk about the charity work and are rather active in general …
Read More “This is why you have to be careful when you abuse your own players”
By Walter Broeckx or the ‘4 to 1’ man as will be known from now one. My second visit for a home game this season. The other one only 14 days ago…great for me and this time another nice win. On to the game seen from the clock end. Or the smoke end. Certainly at …
By Tony Attwood In one sense this wasn’t a very clever win, for if Bayern were thinking that the game on Tuesday is over, then they would have thought again on Saturday. Any chance we had of playing a Bayern reserve team has gone. But in terms of preparation for the visit to what Pat …
By Tony Attwood From a security point of view Everton v Arsenal was a security disaster. Everyone knew that Everton fans would bring flares and/or smoke bombs just as they and their Liverpool FC counterparts had done before. We all knew that Tottenham fans had been able to throw coins and other missiles at medical …
Read More “Arsenal admit: we can’t make the Emirates secure and safe”
An early Kick Off today between two teams in a bad pocket of form. Indeed the form table has it down as a clash between 11th and 14th. For whatever reasons, lunchtime matches haven’t been a strong point – the results in Liverpool and Manchester springing to mind. Last time we played Everton they seized …
Things I think About in my Bath By MC Having nothing much of anything to do until my next courses start in the spring, like many an aficionado of the beautiful game I was somewhat horrified by the recent silly comments from the Daily Mail on the new Dennis Bergkamp statue (although I do think …
By Walter Broeckx I have never been a member of the AA. And with AA I really mean the worldwide organisation Alcoholics Anonymous. An organisation that helps or tries to help people who are addicted to alcohol to stay sober. As I don’t drink alcohol at all I have no problem in staying sober of …
Read More “Losing my addiction: a confession of a former maniac”
By Tony Attwood Stoke’s chief executive, Tony Scholes, has decided that a new view of the rule of law should be adopted in England and Wales. (I say “and Wales” as the legal framework of the two countries is linked. Just want to get that clear). He says this because, it seems, he has invented …
Read More “Stoke challenge the entire concept of the rule of law.”
By Tony Attwood When you start boasting about your ability to tell lies it is not a bad idea to make sure there is nothing lurking around the corner with the ability to kick you in the teeth. That’s not exactly one of the basic rules in public relations – for the first rule of …
Read More “Liverpool’s owner might be an expert liar, but he can’t do the maths”
By Walter Broeckx Only some 14 days ago I wrote an article in which I said that some supporters were shifting their way of looking at things. I said that some of the non-existing part of our fans firmly said that they were not trophy hunters at all. That they just wanted us to be …
Read More “Trophy hunting or supporting a club – the choice is yours”
An Absolute Scandal: Penalties awarded to/conceded by Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Man City, Man Utd and Tottenham during recent seasons. By Pete After Stoke’s ludicrous penalty on Saturday (has anyone seen a penalty given this season for a handball at similar or closer range?) I decided to research the ratio of penalties given for and against …
Read More “An Absolute Scandal: When Arsenal’s penalty fortunes suddenly changed”
Divided we fall. ARSENAL 13. 1857. We Indians feel proud when we hear that. The world knows it as the Sepoy Mutiny. Or the rebellion of 1857. But we Indians call it as the first of Independence. This brought an end to the rule of East India Company and the power was handed over to …
By Tony Attwood So we’ve just had the news about Per and Tomas, and now it is on to Aaron Ramsey who is not just about ready to return to the squad (although not for the FA Cup match) but also is ready to sign a new contract. Or, given that because of other commitments …
By Walter Broeckx With the spring in the air it was time for some good news must have been the thought of Arsenal. Well it is an early spring where I live and already the first flowers are making themselves visible. This really is early. Temperatures rising to even 15°C in the weekend is the …
Read More “Per and Tomas sign new deals and memories of past games”
By Walter Broeckx This article is part of a series where we look at the impact injuries might have on the league table. When we look at the season 2012/2013 we see this table below. It is ordered in the injury league position. We then have the number of injured weeks lost and then the …
Read More “Injuries and league position is there a link? – Part 3”
