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"I believe the target of anything in life should be to do it so well that it becomes an art." A Wenger
By Bulldog Drummond A little confusion is happening in the Bulldog household owing to conflicting information. In terms of watching the match against Boreham Wood on TV today, on Arsenal.com there is only one method signified: by signing up with Premier Sports, who are said to have exclusive coverage of every Arsenal pre-season game. It’s …
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By Sir Hardly Anyone Arriving at Arsenal The headline “Arsenal mulling over move for Senegal international Keita Balde” in the Daily Mail does take a new twist on the journo lingo that has been causing us some amusement. “Mulling over” indeed. Not ready to buy, not having bought, not “the deal is on” but just …
Read More “Satire: Arry’s weird view of Arsenal, Aubameyang leaving, Bellerin injured”
By Tony Attwood When Ospina came to Arsenal the fee was modest – £3m was the reported sum, and his contract was for a four year deal. He started off playing in the League Cup (a home defeat to Southampton) and the Champions League (at home to Galatasaray after Wojciech Szczęsny was sent off). Although …
Read More “Farewell Oooooooooooooooooooospina; hello new keeper lineup.”
By Tony Attwood One thing is not a secret, nor even a point of discussion at Arsenal is that there is a lot of mumbling about the owner of the club and his apparent restriction on the transfer budget at a time when Arsenal have been making a profit. In 2016/17 the club made a …
Read More “Arsenal has a secret weapon for 2019/20: but will it be enough to make the top four?”
By Brickfield Gunners Having been an avid reader of this blog form almost from the beginning of its inception ; and also being a very occasional contributor of articles, but a regular commentator here , I have observed first hand the gradual mental decline of many Arsenal fans and the anguish and the utter confusion …
By Sir Hardly Anyone Yes no less than 72 players have now been tipped by the media to be coming to Arsenal this summer, while 22 have been said to be leaving. Here is Untold Arsenal’s unique list of all the nonsense tips. Our own tip is that by the end of the window only …
by Tony Attwood So Arsenal have made a signing: Gabriel Martinelli. That makes it one out of 72 rumoured signings so far in this transfer window that has come true. A success rate for the rumour mongers of 1.4%. Not that good so far. The original claim that Arsenal was interested came from Yahoo Esportes, …
By Sir Hardly Anyone When we run silly stories we try to say so in the headline (not to mention with the name of the author). But not Football.London who have tricked innocent Arsenal fans into reading their stuff with the tale that “Ismael Bennacer has impressed with Empoli in the season just gone, registering …
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By Sir Hardly Anyone Today we hear that Arsenal have offered £40m for Zaha and Palace value him at £90m. And the Daily Express tells us that Ray Parlour “wants Wilfried Zaha over Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang as Man Utd eye Gunners ace”. The reason is because Abua is now 30 and so, it seems, of less …
Read More “Zaha: the really worrying side about his move to Arsenal”
by Tony Attwood Here are 10 headlines from stories that all appeared within about two hours of each other. All have strong negative connotations. All are about Arsenal. And I wonder why – why are we getting all these stories (most of which are either untrue or highly convoluted with the clear intent of giving …
Read More “Why is the Arsenal news always so negative, minute after minute, day after day?”
