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 Here I was, all ready to discuss ten more things that I would like to see changed in football, when up on my screen comes the statement that Wenger discusses rumoured Arsenal move for £45m Lacazette Wow, I thought, being a little naive in such matters. Mr Wenger “discusses”. Well that should …
Read More “Wenger discusses move for £45m Lacazette by refusing to comment!?”
By Sir Hardly Anyone If you have been following this column week by week you’ll know that linked to it is the Arsenal Transfer Index. The last edition published on 24 June showed 68 players tipped to transfer to Arsenal this summer. Only one has made it. That kind of nonsense is to be expected, …
Read More “Amazing. The Transfer Window wakes up with six brand new transfers involving Arsenal”
By Tony Attwood I am not sure what the aaa would make of it; I get the impression that some of them support England so they might not want their nemesis to become the nation’s manager. But that is what Telegraph readers think in a poll conducted in the paper. Mr Wenger is the man …
. By Tim Charlesworth It is often said, particularly when the England team do badly, that that football was invented by the English. In the wake of our latest disaster, I decided to do a bit of research on the subject for the benefit of Untold readers. It turns out that the idea that …
. Untold’s 2010 analysis of what makes countries successful at football gets another airing in the national press – but sadly it is far too late. . By Billy “the dog” McGraw Untold doesn’t cover England matches normally – indeed I can’t think when the last time was that we did. But when an England …
Read More “What do you get when you ignore Untold and pack a squad with Tottenham players?”
By Tony Attwood One of the most fascinating aspects of being involved in the running of Untold Arsenal is seeing the way that some readers of the site like to tell the editorial team what to publish and what not to publish. I can understand the need to control what we publish both in terms of …
Read More “Why having an opinion should absolutely not be the life blood of football.”
By Walter Broeckx Today we might have two Gunners in action at the European championship. One of them is Jack. That is if Jack Wilshere is selected to play and if not if he will come on later in the match. So not certain he will play and get injured. The other is young Hector …
Read More “Alexis once again the best! A review of Arsenal players and injuries in the summer games”
By Dr Billy “the dog” McGraw There is a fairly well known story in literary and political circles that states that soon after the publication of the George Orwell novel “1984” a British journalist was granted a visa to visit North Korea in order to write about it for his newspaper. The journalist had …
Read More “Untold Arsenal offers a total, absolute and unreserved apology”
by Andrew Crawshaw My prediction for the starting line-up of the team wasn’t right. The actual line-up was GK – Sari Van Veenendaal Right Back and Captain Alex Scott Centre Backs – Emma Mitchell and Farah Williams Left Back Casey Stoney Midfield – Vicky Losada, Natalia Pablos Sanchon and Marta Corredera Attack – Gemma Rose, …
By Tony Attwood The FA’s view on how leaving the EU will affect football says that “there is widespread consensus that no current players will be deported as the Home Office very rarely imposes legislation retrospectively.” Sadly they give no evidence – perhaps because there is none. But these are unique times and FA chairman Greg …
By Tony Attwood “If we are victorious in one more battle … we shall be utterly ruined.” Plutarch I know that I won’t change anyone’s mind over the EU – the debate that we had before the referendum was (for me, and this is a personal point of view) just about the lowest level of …
Read More “Leaving the EU will harm Arsenal and the Premier League so let’s do something”
By Tony Attwood Newspapers are in competition with each other. And yet they collude over their general approach to football reporting. It would be awfully nice if they didn’t and if as well as competing over headlines, they also competed in other ways. Here are a few suggestions… 1: Just one newspaper put an …
Read More “Ten approaches to newspaper football reporting that would change football for the good”
By Tony Attwood Each week we record the players who are tipped by the all knowing all seeing superbeings who write in our national newspapers, and their lesser relatives who run the bloggettas, to join Arsenal between 1 July and 30 August this year. Seven new players have been found this week – although …
Read More “Six players tipped to join Arsenal this week, and one tipped not to.”
I have been asked to publish a note from a reader of Untold who has available a range of official AFC videos in good condition – they are available free of charge, but need to be collected from Barkingside (the IG6 postcode). They are all in good condition. Included in the list are Arsenal – Europe …
By Walter Broeckx This really is the most frustrating part of the season. No I’m not talking about the Brexit. Not even the transfer rumours that I don’t follow in fact so I haven’t got any clue about who we are after (supposedly) and who has snubbed us (supposedly) and who will snub us (supposedly) …
By Tony Attwood Overnight the value of the pound fell. And then fell some more. And then more. And then… As most Untold readers recognised a long time ago I am not a clairvoyant so I don’t know what happens next, although I can look back to 11 September 2001 and 15 September 2008 when …
By Tony Attwood The headline reads Arsenal’s failure to sign Jamie Vardy highlights their naivety in the transfer market It is written by Jeremy Wilson who is described as the paper’s deputy football correspondent. But the tale makes 10 wholly misleading statements. Here they are (to save you reading the original piece). Misleading information – part …
by Andrew Crawshaw After an Interlul Ladies Womens Super League matches re-start this weekend with a home game at Meadow Park Borehamwood against Sunderland Ladies. Kick-off is 14:00 on Saturday 25 June. Here is the current League Table Pos Team P W D L +/- Pts 1 Man City 7 6 1 0 15 19 …
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By Tony Attwood Today is my birthday. Of course as one gets older birthdays get to mean less, and indeed one can readily wish that they didn’t have to happen quite so often. And birthdays get a bit more spread out. I saw one of my daughters and her children last weekend, I’ll see another …
Read More “Why 22 June is just about the most important day in the year in Arsenal’s history.”
by Andrew Crawshaw This is the third (of four) parts where I am reviewing the 2015-16 season from the U18, U19 and U21 team perspective. Part 1 and Part 2 can be found by following the links. For reasons that will not become completely apparent at this point but have a lot to do with …
Read More “The Junior Teams – Season End Review part 3 Midfielders”
By Sir Hardly Anyone Now this is at last getting interesting for the media, desperately short of inane rumours to pedal have come up with not just one but two new ideas to fill up space. First, if there is any player thought to have even a 1% chance of coming to Arsenal they proclaim …
By Andrew Crawshaw This is the final part of my review of the 2015-16 season from the perspective of the U18, U19 and U21 teams. Part 1, and Part 2 can be found by following the given links. Chris Willock – English. Normally used as either a winger or Attacking Midfielder had 26 starts in all …
Read More “The Arsenal Junior Teams – Season End Review part 4 Attackers”
By our Special Correspondent Now you may be slightly surprised but I’m going to answer the question in that headline by suggesting that yes there is. It’s not foolproof, but it is a method that tilts the odds just a little further in the punter’s favour. The approach is to… hold back a little. …
Read More “The Euros: Is there a way of improving one’s ability to predict match results?”
By Sir Hardly Anyone Since the anti-Arsenal Arsenal movement (commonly known as the aaa, the contemporary equivalent of the boo-boys who lambasted Herbert Chapman and his team) emerged after the move to the Emirates Stadium, it has gradually grown more vitriolic in its outpourings. But even so, there was little in the past couple of …
Read More “The eight most outrageous anti-Arsenal stories since yesterday”
by Tony Attwood You probably saw the stories: “Croatia fans threw flares onto the pitch hitting a steward amid the latest sickening scenes at Euro 2016 in France”. The match was stopped, fans called “sports terrorists”. And all reported in bold, and often in capital letters. Could it have anything to do with the fact …
