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 My question, as you might have guessed, relates to Barcelona particularly, although recent developments in the UK suggest that it might also relate to some English and Scottish clubs too. But we know that Barcelona has been found guilty of child trafficking, and now we find that Neymar is indeed to stand trial …
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By Tony Attwood “Expensive flop Granit Xhaka the personification of Arsenal’s problems” That is the headline on a blog today. Granit Xhaka is a flop. We know it. We don’t have to give evidence. That’s it. What of course is never taken into account is the fact that the majority of players (around 75%) …
By Sir Hardly Anyone. 58 days to go til the window creaks open and the glass falls out, and already we are on course to beat last summer’s amazing total number of 110 players who are coming to Arsenal. Of course you might think that last summer’s abject failure by the assembled bunch of geezers …
by Andrew Crawshaw So our first team lost to the Tots for the first time in what seems for ever and the Ladies put in a pretty dismal performance at Sunderland ending up with a no score draw. This was the second game in a row that they have failed to score and that is …
By Tony Attwood Back at the start of this season a few of us involved in Untold Arsenal raised eyebrows at one particular transfer: Mario Balotelli to Nice. And this for two reasons. One was because Balotelli had had such a troubled time at Liverpool, after having been such a quality forward (not to say penalty …
By Walter Broeckx Being a football supporter of a club is not an easy task. Being a supporter of two clubs is even more difficult. I have supported Arsenal since 1979 the day I visited Highbury with a few friends from my school. We lost 0-1 to Wolverhampton of all teams. Luckily I was not …
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WHAT CHANGES DO WE REALLY NEED? … Don McMahon The anguish, whining and prognosticating that has occurred after our loss at WHL and our declining fortunes this season are truly Shakespearean in the extreme. The press are overjoyed with their hyperbole against AFC and the aaa are jubilant at the prospect of having one more …
By Tony Attwood A comment on Untold yesterday got me thinking. It was the one about having “owners who care”, and the problem with Arsenal being that we don’t. Of course as soon as one looks at a statement like that it opens a can of worms because “caring” is difficult to define. The current …
By Tony Attwood There is an article in the Telegraph today that says, “Once the butt of every joke, now Tottenham are laughing at complacent Arsenal’s expense.” It is an approach which is replicated in many newspapers and on many blogs; Tottenham are on the way up and Arsenal are on the way down, and …
By Sir Hardly Anyone Yes it has been a big and important moment for Tottenham as they achieved the their dreams over the past 20+ years by finishing this season above Arsenal. And Tottenham’s aim is now clear – to emulate and then overtake Arsenal in terms of the number of times they have …
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