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
Are you qualified to give an opinion on football? By Bulldog Drummond What with Arsenal being top of the league, the media men and women have been forced to look for novel ways of knocking the club ahead of the game against Tottenham, and to do this they’ve hit on another old favourite: …
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Does Arsenal really have a mega injury crisis ahead of Tottenham game? By Bulldog Drummond In the last article we looked at the historic differences between the clubs. But now let’s see what the clubs have been doing this season. We know that Tottenham have one point less than Arsenal but are one …
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By Bulldog Drummond Anniversary video index: an Arsenal video for (almost) each day of the year Death by 300,000 passes: how the Arsenal transformation started 2 seasons ago. No matter how you measure it, when it comes to Arsenal and Tottenham, Arsenal are always on top. Of the league (including the early leagues both teams …
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By Tony Attwood Back in July (which was only two months ago, honest) we ran the headline Why is the media so certain Arsenal will fail in 2022/23? The answer we gave was that the media don’t do statistics. If they did they would have seen that for the last 35 games of last season …
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Anniversary video index: an Arsenal video for (almost) each day of the year Arsenal Day by Day: the stories Arsenal in September: Over 600 Arsenal events day by day 100 Years: 100 Years in the First Division By Tony Attwood As we are about to play Tottenham I thought it might be nice to …
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An Arsenal video for (almost) every day of the year in order. By Tony Attwood Many would say that I am most certainly not qualified to give an opinion on football, given that I have neither played for nor managed any football club at any level. And yet I carry on offering my …
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By Tony Attwood Anniversary video index: an Arsenal video for (almost) each day of the year Arsenal Day by Day: the stories At the start of this season the Sun ran the headline “Arsenal injury concerns over Ben White”. In fact nothing was wrong and the player played in all the opening games of the …
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by Andrew Crawshaw WSL North London Derby – reflections on the game at the Emirates When – 18:00 kickoff Wednesday 28 September Where – Amsterdam ArenA! Is the game being televised – Yes on arsenal.com with the broadcast starting at 17:45 A quick recap from the first leg… The first leg was held last Tuesday …
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Reports of Arsenal being in breach of FFP rules turn out to be make believe Arsenal told they’ve “lost their soul” in damning verdict This extraordinary comment appeared today in the Daily Mirror’s online site and it raises two questions. One is whether it is fair to say that Arsenal have “lost their soul”, …
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Anniversary video index: an Arsenal video for (almost) each day of the year by Andrew Crawshaw You all know the outcome of the game a thumping 4 – 0 win. Arsenal Women showed that not only is North London red, but that it is likely to remain so for a considerable period into …
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By Tony Attwood Arsenal are the most fouled team in the Premier League. Why? We have been accepting for some time that Arsenal has the youngest team in the league – but of course much depends on how you measure the youngest team. So for example, do you take the first team squad, or the …
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by Tony Attwood This set of data for shots and fouls per game comes from WhoScored and it shows that Arsenal are the most fouled team in the Premier League this season. The final columns looking at the relationship are added by Untold. This is, I believe, the first time this data has ever been …
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How the media always knocks Arsenal, but ignores England’s failures. By Sir Hardly Anyone “Mikel Arteta should heed “dangerous” verdict in the wake of fresh Thomas Partey setback” That is a headline that looks really worrying. In reading it you perhaps had already heard that Partey, despite being troubled by injury, was not only called …
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By Tony Attwood Left has never been stronger at Arsenal FC! England have just been relegated to Group B in the European nations’ league system that I can’t remember the name of. And no one is making much of a fuss. The Guardian for example discuss the matter by saying, ” What should we reasonably – …
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Anniversary video index: an Arsenal video for (almost) each day of the year Arsenal Day by Day: the stories Arsenal in September: Over 600 Arsenal events day by day 100 Years: 100 Years in the First Division by Admir Pajić Pundits from TalkSport can’t stop looking for reasons to make Mikel Arteta look like …
By Tony Attwood The ability of English commentators on football, be they professional or amateur, to kid themselves about what is happening around them, is overwhelming. For it is not just one thing that is seriously wrong with professional football in England, but a whole raft of issues. And yet they miss the lot! So …
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by Andrew Crawshaw 2022-23 WSL Arsenal v Spurs – Match Preview – part 1 the head to head record and comments on Spurs summer signings Firstly I must apologise for stating the wrong kick-off time in part 1 of my preview. The match starts at 13:30 (not 12:30). It will also be …
by Andrew Crawshaw This match is on Saturday lunchtime at the Emirates with a 12:30 kickoff and something like 50,000 spectators are likely to be there. Over 48,000 had been sold as we kicked off against PSV on Wednesday evening and the number has bound to have increased since then. Without doubt, …
By Tony Attwood We recently ran the article: Do Uefa need a new Gazprom which suggested that given that the west is dramatically cutting its gas purchases from Russia, Gazprom’s sponsorship looks both inappropriate and financially unviable. Indeed Gazprom (based in Putin’s home town) has been the sponsor of the European Championship, the Nations League, …
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By Tony Attwood A continuous theme on Untold Arsenal is that there are a whole load of things that are very wrong with football. In fact, so many things are so wrong that it is not unreasonable to say we are being conned. There are, for example, the outrageous comments of football commentators with stories …
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By Tony Attwood and a calculator* Arsenal’s declared aim this season was to get into the top four and so once again start earning the fortunes that arise from the Champions League for next season. Anything beyond that would be a bonus. This might now seem to represent a rather modest ambition, or indeed a …
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By Andrew Crawshaw The final result was frustrating, for Arsenal fans, two-all draw. Ajax scored first, we equalised, then took the lead only to concede a late equaliser. No highlight video is currently available on Arsenal.com. Our starting 11 was, as I had expected Manuella Zinsberger (GK) Nöelle Maritz, Leah Williamson, Rafaelle Souza, Steph Catley …
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By Tony Attwood Note: Raw data used in this article is taken from Who Scored and the Premier League website We have often looked at how different referees have different ways of handling matches. And indeed it looks like this season will be no different, meaning that in part, how well a club does in …
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Arsenal FC is one of the most successful and well-known football clubs in the world. Over the years, it has had some of the best managers in the business. It is clear that Arsenal FC has been lucky to have some great managers throughout its history. These managers have helped the club achieve tremendous success, …
by Tony Attwood A lot of football commentary these days is about mind reading, and unfortunately, most of the journalists and quasi-journalists who indulge in it are not very adept as telepaths. Take for example the decision to give Ethan Nwaneri a quick burst of fame by making him the youngest player ever to play …
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