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 Andrew Crawshaw After a great start in the UEFA Youth League, a stuttering end to the group phase saw us in second place in our group and with an extra game to play to try and gain a place in the last 16. The Youth League started with two entry streams, the first of …
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By Danny Karbassiyoon Danny Karbassiyoon is a former professional footballer with Arsenal who was forced to retire at 22 due to recurring knee injuries. Soon after hanging up his boots, he was hired as a scout for Arsenal and spent 7 years scouting the Americas full time before recently moving back to London. I’m venturing …
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By Tony Attwood If you are a regular reader of Untold you’ll know that a little while ago I got rather excited when we announced that Bob Wilson had agreed to write the foreword to our book Arsenal: The Long Sleep 1953-1970. That book, as you may know, has now been published, and we’re moving ahead …
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By Tai Emeka Obasi In Frederick Forsyth’s book, The Fourth Protocol, the lead character, John Preston was the operations head of MI5 in London. He was saddled with the huge task of closing in on a topnotch KGB illegal agent deep in Central London and prevent the Russian from setting off a nuke that would detonate …
. By Tim Charlesworth There was much gnashing of teeth at the Ems last Tuesday. Of course general disappointment and frustration were the cause of much of it. But some unhappiness emerged even before the kick-off. Some gooners were both surprised and disappointed to see Flamini start ahead of Coquelin and Elneny*. I wasn’t surprised. …
By Dr Billy “the dog” McGraw In an attempt to be more inclusive Untold and to meet the new government equality of coverage opportunities, as the blog’s resident psychologist I have been asked to offer a review of the Bournemouth game written for card carrying members of the aaa and other perpetual negativists. For the …
Read More “Bournemouth v Arsenal. The match review for negativists and other members of the aaa.”
By Walter Broeckx Arsenal made on change in the starting line up for this match. Oxlade-Chamberlain started in the place of Campbell who dropped to the bench. In the centre of defence we still had the Gabriel-Koscielny partnership and Per found himself a place on the bench. Team at the start: Cech, Bellerin,Gabriel, Koscielny, Monreal, …
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by Bulldog Drummond. . “What is for sure is that the effect is not neutral,” Arsène Wenger said. He was talking about the news that Man City will have a new manager next season. “It will either go very positive or very negative. And that is very difficult to predict. We have seen that at …
By Tony Attwood Premier League clubs have lots of money. Premier League clubs need good PR. Premier League clubs have consultancy groups representing mainstream fans and minority groups. And yet they get their PR wrong. Utterly, totally, hopelessly wrong. Arsenal, as has been well-reported, has applied its rules about Cup Credits for season ticket holders, …
by Andrew Crawshaw Following the review of Mr Clattenberg in the Chelsea game here is the updated Table of Shame Wrong Important Decisions Favouring Arsenal Favouring Opponents 2nd Yellow Cards 1 30 Red Cards 1 10 Penalties 3 18 Goals 0 8 Total 5 66 Possible Cost in Points 0 15 Referee Review: Arsenal – …
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By Tony Attwood On 26 October 2009, Daniel Levy stated that Tottenham intended to move into the partially built new stadium for the start of the 2012–13 season with the final 56,250-seat venue ready for 2013/14. On 23 May 2013, I raised a point about Tottenham’s new ground which had as we knew by then …
by Andrew Crawshaw The Ladies have just had their pre-season photo shoot here is the main picture courtesy of Arsenal.com Back row Natalia Pablos Sanchon (7), Katie McCabe (15), Leah Williamson (14), Emma Mitchell (3), Marta Corredera (17), Danielle Van de Donk (21) Middle row Farah Williams (4), Jemma Rose (19), Dominique Janssen (20), Sari van …
Zen and the art of football supporting – by Blacksheep Zen (for those unfamiliar with it) is an ancient Chinese form of Buddhism that has become established in Japan, Korea and Vietnam as well as influencing many in the West. It stresses the importance of meditation, observation and insight and in my reflection of the …
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By Tony Attwood I was on the beach in Norfolk near Hunstanton today watching a sperm whale that was stuck on the sands – caught there by the outgoing tide. This pic is from the BBC – I was going to put mine up but this one is better. I hope the BBC don’t mind. …
by Andrew Crawshaw Here is the current League Table for the U21s Team Pld W D L G.D. Pts 1 Derby County 14 9 1 4 13 28 2 Aston Villa 16 8 4 4 -1 28 3 Arsenal 13 8 3 2 11 27 4 West Bromwich Albion 14 6 6 2 6 24 …
By Walter Broeckx Oh how easy it is sitting the studio. Comfortable while looking at some big screens. Where you can look back at things. And use all kinds of nice graphic tricks to show what a complete fool or brilliant mind (depending on the situation) a player has been. Or even nicer…to show what …
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THE ART OF MANAGEMENT: WENGER STYLE…….Don McMahon Any Gooners who are stupid enough to listen to the media, the pundits, the aaa, the pseudo X-box managers, the so-called experts and other assorted idiots, will have been hearing lamentations about how Wenger hasn’t brought in the ¨missing links¨ so desperately needed to ensure the Arsenal …
By Tony Attwood “Lies, damn lies and statistics,” is, I guess, the ultimate anti-analytic statement. The total way of saying, “I know what I think, and you can’t tell me no different.” The end of detailed examination as a way of understanding the world. So trying to analyse what happens over time to a …
By Walter Broeckx Seven changes compared to the last match against Burnley in the FA cup. Cech back in goal and Bellerin and Monreal as the full backs. Koscielny and Gabriel continued in the centre of defence. In midfield we had Flamini, Ramsey and Özil. Up front Arsenal started with Campbell, Giroud and Alexis. Arsenal …
Read More “Arsenal – Southampton 0-0: another example that it doesn’t even out”
By Tony Attwood For once I am not going to the game – having a few days in the wild windy weather of the Norfolk coast. And believe me it is windy. So good luck to whoever bought my ticket through the official ticket exchange. (It actually sold in 10 minutes flat, so clearly the …
Read More “Arsenal v Southampton: all the news you need and quite a bit you don’t.”
by Andrew Crawshaw Here is the current League Table for the U18s Team P W D L +/- Pts 1 Chelsea 20 13 5 2 35 44 2 Reading 20 13 2 5 21 41 3 Fulham 19 11 2 6 15 35 4 West Ham 21 10 4 7 -1 34 5 Aston Villa …
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By Billy the Dog McGraw Actually not too much. Debuchy has gone to Bordeaux on loan. According to the Mirror Man U made an effort to get him but Arsenal refused to do the deal. Also talk that Villa wanted him, but ditto there. That is all that is confirmed on Arsenal.com at the moment. Yaya …
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ARSENAL IN THE NEW ELITE LEAGUE? by Don McMahon I recently read an interesting post on the AA website about whether Arsenal could be considered eligible for the proposed (potential) Elite Champions League and what would happen to teams that didn’t get selected. The article hinted that this ECL would be an exclusive club based …
by Andrew Crawshaw Here is the Table of Shame updated following the Stoke referee review Wrong Important Decisions Favouring Arsenal Favouring Opponents 2nd Yellow Cards 1 30 Red Cards 1 10 Penalties 2 18 Goals 0 8 Total 4 66 Possible Cost in Points 0 15 The lowest weighted score ever recorded by our reviewers …
Read More “Arsenal v Southampton Tuesday 2 February 2016 – The Match Officials. Beware!”
By Tony Attwood Some years ago I came across a company where the finance manager had been skimming off money for her own benefit for years. She was found out when the firm changed auditors and the new auditor started asking questions the old auditor should have asked, but didn’t. What happened next was …
Read More “In football, no one ever talks about the real problem. It’s the FA.”
