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 Seven Spanish clubs including (of course) Real Madrid and FC Barcelona have been ordered to repay tens of millions of euros in illegal state subsidies. While the amount having to be paid in fines will hardly be noticed by either club, and while the world’s media will continue its eternal love …
By Tony Attwood 7 reasons why Arsenal NEED to sell Giroud during transfer window The Metro 17 May 2015: Olivier Giroud running out of time to prove his worth to Arsenal Evening Standard in April Wenger Is Not The Only Problem – Why Arsenal Should Sell This Attacking Duo In The Summer April 25, 2016 Soccer Souls …
By Walter Broeckx Yesterday this came out on arsenal.com: Arsenal have agreed a deal in principle to sign young Japanese forward Takuma Asano from Sanfrecce Hiroshim The transfer of the 21-year-old Japan international is subject to the completion of a medical and regulatory processes. A number of clubs were after Takuma’s signature and Arsène Wenger …
Yesterday we looked at the players who will be free to gather together as pre-season training starts. Today is seems confirmed that we can add one more to the list – Takuma Asano. We’ll discuss Arsenal’s latest acquisition in the next article, but first, former Arsenal player and now Arsenal scout Danny Karbassiyoon, (author of The Arsenal …
Read More “The Importance of Pre-Season: the player’s view from inside Arsenal”
By Tony Attwood Times move on and we are approaching the moment when the first group of players return to Arsenal to pick up pre-season training. Tomorrow, ex-Arsenal player, author of the book Arsenal Yankee, and Arsenal scout, Danny Karbassiyoon writes from first hand knowledge about the importance of pre-season training on Untold, but before …
By Sir Hardly Anyone The rumour factories (I hate to call them rumour mills that is so 19th century) have suddenly sprung into life. Now as you may know I don’t normally do Sundays vis a vis the writing lark, but there being no other stories around except Germany won on penalties (and that is …
By Tony Attwood When I published several articles on Untold which related to politics and football, I got a few comments back complaining that this was a football blog, not a political blog. That point is true, but for me football is a topic that is integrated with economics, politics, psychology and sociology. It is …
By Tony Attwood Yesterday, Untold published an article about forgiveness for a person when he/she does something wrong, and about living in peace and harmony. Yesterday also, Barney Ronay wrote an article in the Guardian with the headline, “Sterling and England’s players reflect us all, so why so much hate?” Yesterday we also had a …
AY UBUNTU BE WITH YOU , ALWAYS . From The Brickfields Gunners Blog. Make sure you do not start seeing yourself through the eyes of those who do not value it. Know your worth even if they do not . – Thema Davies. In certain regions of South Africa, when someone does something wrong , …
By Walter Broeckx Yes we and certainly I hate international football. Not just for FIFA or Uefa but for the fact that over the last 12 years or so it has cost Arsenal a few trophies. Time and time again we see our players being taken away to play for their country and more than …
Read More “Sanchez, why we hate international football (complete with horrific pictures)”
By Tony Attwood It seems like it has taken forever for it to happen but ultimately we are there. The window is open. Not that it seems to matter to the clubs, not come to that the inventors who create mythical transfers on an industrial scale. And the numbers continue to rise for we now …
