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 Today I saw an Arsenal supporter saying this: “Arsenal after 28 games this season – 51pts Arsenal after 28 games last season – 54pts Arsenal after 28 games two seasons ago – 59pts..even with a better team..thats how we do..thats the progress we made..” Now this supporter will still have been full …
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By Dr Billy “the dog” McGraw OBE. Senior psychiatrist at the University College Hospital of the North Circular Road. I left Arsenal Stadium yesterday deeply, deeply concerned, worried that unless urgent action is taken we will soon see bloodshed. For it is quite clear to me that at yesterday’s game neither the players nor the …
Read More “Arsenal in need of urgent reform; without it there is disaster ahead”
By Walter Broeckx Arsenal has made a couple of changes for this match. Per Mertesacker comes back in the team but Koscielny has a slight calf injury and is out for this match. So Per partners Gabriel in the centre of defence. Up front we see Giroud come in the place of Welbeck of whom …
Read More “Arsenal Swansea 1-2: When refs & woodwork conspire things can go horribly wrong.”
by Bulldog Drummond How do you measure the volume of criticism? Is it in pounds or grams? Or in critical mass or critical waves? The Guardian thinks you can have an avalanche of criticism. Which presumably you could also have a barrage of criticism, a volley of criticism, a flood, a deluge, a torrent, a …
by Blacksheep Pressure drop – we’re feeling it One of my favourite genres of music is Jamaican ska and reggae and one of the best exponents of this I’ve had the privilege to see live are Toots and Maytals. Arguably their breakthrough song was Pressure Drop, recorded in 1969. The Clash have covered this, and …
By Tony Attwood Earlier today Untold received a comment which began, “This site is pathetic, the moment someone dares to have an opinion that is different from yours you jump on them like spoilt little children!” There was nothing special about this comment – we get a few of them a day, with a range …
Read More “So here we are at Article 6000 on Untold Arsenal. What have we learned so far?”
by Andrew Crawshaw Here is the Table of shame Wrong Important Decisions Favouring Arsenal Favouring Opponents 2nd Yellow Cards 1 33 Red Cards 1 11 Penalties 3 26 Goals 0 9 Total 5 79 Possible Cost in Points 0 17 Here is the current Wall of Shame (unchanged since the Leicester Referee Review) Ref Game …
Read More “Arsenal v Swansea 2 Mar 2016 – The Match Officials. Into the unknown.”
By Tony Attwood If you are a regular reader of Untold you’ll know about my interest in the way that football is portrayed in the media. While of course like every other supporter of Arsenal I wanted a stunning victory on Sunday and was disappointed, there is one tiny crumb of comfort from the …
Read More “Why the next Arsenal manager has to be the best the club has ever had.”
