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 So now we know that the referee for Arsène’s last match at Arsenal wont be Mike Dean. We have Referee – Michael Oliver age 32 from Northumberland and FIFA accredited (but not going to the World Cup this summer) Assistant Referee 1 – Lee Betts from Norfolk and FIFA accredited Assistant Referee …
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by Sir Hardly Anyone Here’s a nice one to start with… “For 22 years, what this guy has done not just for Arsenal, but for English football, people should remember. I think they came to a moment where people just want to see someone else. It’s not a matter of if you win the Europa …
Read More “Arsenal’s next manager; we list the 16 (yes sixteen) men being tipped”
By Sir Hardly Anyone and R.E. Ports. The team of intrepid opinionators at Sky Sports have told us that Arsenal need to replace the entire team if the club want to escape relegation next season, which makes Craig Burley seem positively modest in believing that that Arsenal need to sign just six new players this …
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by Tony Attwood Here is the list of next season’s league winners England: Manchester City Scotland: Celtic France: PSG Spain: Barcelona Germany: Bayern Munich Italy: Juventus Won’t it all be astonishingly exciting to watch it happen, knowing in advance whose going to win! Wow, won’t just everyone be glued to their TVs to see every …
By Tony Attwood It was a sad way to say a personal farewell to watching Arsenal coached by Arsène Wenger last night, but even so I’m glad I went to see just one more Wenger game and reflect back on 22 years of the Wenger teams I’ve watched. And indeed to try and remember what …
Read More “Farewell Arsène; that was my last match with you. I sure am going to miss you.”
By Walter Broeckx A match with nothing at stake apart from Tony being in Leicester. Wenger picked a team that would give whoever the new manager will be to have a look at some youngsters in the squad. Starting Xl: Cech, Maitland-Niles, Holding, Mavropanos, Kolasinac, Xhaka, Ramsey, Iwobi, Mkhitaryan, Welbeck, Aubameyang On the beach: Ospina, …
by Bulldog Drummond The big stat doing the rounds for this game is that Arsenal are the only side without an away point in English league football in 2018, having lost all six of their matches. Well, I think we knew that. But what you might not have seen (although it has turned up in …
Read More “Leicester v Arsenal: the teams and the last time Arsenal’s away form was this bad”
by Andrew Crawshaw I have just checked my database and Man United also joined Chelsea in the “SIXER” club last weekend having had Craig Pawson in charge of six games this season. Tonight’s match is the rescheduled game from matchweek 31, deferred due to cup commitments (Leicester, not us). Referee – Graham Scott Age 49 …
Read More “Leicester v Arsenal Wednesday 9 May 2018 – the Match Officials. A stranger returns.”
ByBulldog Drummond The injury file doesn’t look too good at the moment, given that it contains Laurent Koscielny, Santi Cazorla, Mesut Ozil and Mohammed Elneny, and it is a good job we are at the end of the season. But thankfully the days in which the media printed the endlessly recycled “Arsenal have the most …
Read More “Leicester v Arsenal: remember the days when Arsenal allegedly had the most injuries?”
by Bulldog Drummond Before we get down to our usual coverage of past matches between the two clubs there is a lovely story in the local Leicester newspaper today Claudio Ranieri linked with Tottenham in strangest transfer rumour of season The sub-heading reads “The former Leicester City boss looks set to leave Nantes this summer …
By Bulldog Drummond So we’re off to Leicester tomorrow for our own personal final farewell to Mr Wenger. And this means looking again at the rather gruesome away record we have. It really has been a truly horrible away season, and it must be a great relief all round that Arsenal don’t need to get …
By Tony Attwood In November 2016 we ran the story “Arsenal in November. Exactly how bad are we year after year?” It was a piece that examined one of the regular adages that had become beloved of lazy football journalists – a simple explanation as to why Arsenal are so awful as a football club. …
Read More “The fixture list is fixed: finally a little bit more of the truth comes out.”
By Dr Billy “the dog” McGraw You may remember, if you have a long memory, that Untold got a little upset by the Guardian journalist Amy Lawrence a while back. What frustrated several of us was her use of trickery to suggest that the statement that Arsenal having only two players who scored in double …
Read More “Arsenal have three players who’ve scored in double figures!”
By Tony Attwood I don’t normally give links to the Arsenal press conference, not least because you can find them elsewhere and the whole point of this site is that it is “Untold” – covering stories and analyses that are not be found elsewhere. Of course we don’t always do that, but that is the …
Read More “Journalists give Arsene Wenger a standing ovation at final press conference”
by Tony Attwood “Thank you for having me for such a long time. I know that’s not easy. But above all I am like you. I am an Arsenal fan. That means more than just watching football. It is a way of life. It is caring about the beautiful game, the values we cherish and …
Read More ““He’s won more than you.” Stadium Wenger gives its creator a wonderful goodbye.”
By Walter Broeckx Arsenal starting this last Arsène Wenger home match with : Cech, Bellerin, Chambers, Mavropanos, Kolasinac, Xhaka, Wilshere, Iwobi, Mkhitaryan, Aubamayang, Lacazette. On the beach in the schadow behind Wenger: Ospina, Ramsey, Mertesacker, Monreal, Mustafi, Welbeck, Maitland-Niles A bit of a slow start from Arsenal at first. Burnley staying loyal to their game …
Read More “Arsenal – Burnley : the high five goodbye from the Emirates…”
by Andrew Crawshaw Well Chelsea have done it and become the first team this season to have a referee six times – they have Anthony Taylor for their game against Liverpool. So far their record is:- Matchweek Match Score Chelsea W/D/L 2 Spurs v Chelsea 1 – 2 W 11 Chelsea v United 1 – …
Read More “Arsenal v Burnley Sunday 6 May 2018 – The Match Officials”
By Bulldog Drummond A few of us are lucky and we’re going to at least one of the away games – in our case Leicester City. But for most today is the end of the era, and it is pleasing to note that not every journalist has lost it, themselves, and everything else at this …
Read More “Arsenal v Burnley. “English football is losing a beautiful mind”. Jonathan Pearce”
By Bulldog Drummond “Confusion reigns over future of £30m Arsenal target” Thus sayeth Football 365 which adds, “Arsenal are set to beat Bayern Munich to the signing of centre-half Caglar Soyuncu. Or maybe not.” Hence revealing that the confusion which reigns is actually primarily in the minds of those who invent fantasy transfers and indeed most …
By Tony Attwood I suspect many Arsenal fans keep an eye on Stoke City, not just because of the injury caused to Ramsey, but also because of the way some of the Stoke City supporters have reacted to Arsenal and Ramsey in matches subsequently. I am not sure if there are other clubs in which …
By Bulldog Drummond (I know that headline is a bit odd, but just read on to see what nonsense the media is stating today). As we have seen in the last article on the basis of current form and home and away results in the season, this looks like an 3-1 win to Arsenal. The …
Read More “Arsenal v Burnley. Alexis returns to Arsenal amidst injury chaos. Burnley to win 9-0.”
By Bulldog Drummond And so to the final game at home for Mr Wenger with his side in an unfamiliar position. Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts 1 Manchester City 35 30 3 2 102 26 76 93 2 Manchester United 36 24 5 7 67 28 39 77 3 Liverpool …
Read More “And thus it ends at home… to Burnley, the low score speciality team.”
by Tony Attwood There is a web site I rather like – The Sack Race – which provides details of managers and how often they are sacked. For example they show us that only 11 out of the 20 Premier League managers have been at their club for MORE THAN ONE YEAR. Only eight have …
By Dr Billy “the dog” McGraw. Being negative and being critical brings a few advantages in life. Both can help if one wants to be a political or trades union leader, but for generally getting on ok in life it doesn’t tend to bring job advancement or win new friends. Except I suppose in journalism …
Read More “Insult of the day, and a consideration of the minds of Keown and Souness”
By Walter Broeckx Arsenal starting with : Ospina, Bellerin, Mustafi, Koscielny, Monreal, Xhaka, Wilshere, Ramsey, Welbeck, Özil, Lacazette. On the Spanish beach: Cech, Chambers, Kolasinac, Maitland-Niles, Iwobi, Mkhitaryan, Nketiah The message at the start is clear: Arsenal has to score. A draw with more than 1 Arsenal goal will take us to the final. A …
