What did we learn from Arsenal v Juventus?

      It’s not an Arsenal question, but who’s going down from the PL this season? Media attack foreign refs but remain silent about PGMO refereeing By Tony Attwood In theory, it should have been another win.   We had a strong team out  Ramsdale (GK); White, Gabriel, Holding, Tierney  Partey, Xhaka  Odegaard, Vieira, Nelson …

Fifa is simply a corrupt money making machine that we all pay into

    Media attack foreign refs but remain silent about PGMO refereeing By Tony Attwood Fifa is anticipating that the revenues from the next world cup will be above $11 billion spread across the next four years.   That is up 46% on this world cup. Everyone who has spoken in favour of this world cup, …

Protests against referees in the world cup is growing, and the lack of regulation is obvious

    49 players tipped to come to Arsenal; one player tipped 39 separate times! by Tony Attwood The Moroccan football federation has announced that it was refused “two indisputable penalties” in its world cup match against France and has spoken out to that effect, and has protested to Fifa’s refereeing committee (which of course …

The economic deals and espionage that led to Qatar getting the world cup

    Media attack foreign refs but remain silent about PGMO refereeing By Tony Attwood It has taken the elimination of England from the World Cup for the English press to wake up and recognise what much of the rest of the world has been talking about for some time, but now it seems we …

2022 Women’s Champions League Arsenal v Olympique Lyonnais – match preview

  How English media refuses to challenge Fifa over its manipulation of TV pictures by Andrew Crawshaw Thursday and Friday night this week see the penultimate round of group games in the Champions League. Here is a reminder of the state of play in the four groups Group A   Team P W D L …

It’s not an Arsenal question, but who’s going down from the PL this season?

    Arsenal are the most penalised team by referees among the current top four. By Bulldog Drummond On 14 December 2020 Arsenal were 15th in the league, five points away from the three relegation places.  And the media was of course full of Arsenal’s decline.  The Guardian newspaper could hardly contain itself with its …

How English media refuses to challenge Fifa over its manipulation of TV pictures

    Arsenal are the most penalised team by referees among the current top four. When we played Man U and the ref and VAR ref were both from Manchester The bent triangle: four major issues that show all is not right with refereeing By Tony Attwood Not many British people living in the UK …

AFC / Milan: the video. Untold Arsenal predicts the winners and the score

    By Tony Attwood Below are the snapshot video highlights and second more conventional highlights https://youtu.be/a7XaAwd8Y2s https://youtu.be/8LHdTPDFwKY Using the system we have been operating for a couple of years now, of taking games from both sides, adjusting for home and away (which was not necessary this time since both sides were away) this is …

Arsenal v Milan: the score prediction based on the season so far, and the team.

    By Bulldog Drummond Arsenal v Milan 13 December 2pm, and the approaching Super League ruling It seems to be part of an increasing arrogance on the part of the people who manage the daily affairs at Arsenal, that there is nothing on the club’s site about how one can watch a recording of …

Media attacks foreign refs, but are remourcelessly silent on English refs

    Arsenal are the most penalised team by referees among the current top four. By Tony Attwood Back in November we published the article ENGLAND’S TEAM BEING TARGETTED BY FOREIGN REFEREES? WHY IS NO ONE LAUGHING? In that article we said, “Gareth Southgate has suggested that the England world cup team might be a …

21 separate reports tip Mykhaylo Mudryk to be coming to Arsenal in January

    Data gathered by Tony Attwood For details of all the latest articles on Untold Arsenal, organised by subject, please see our home page The myth perpetrated by the media is that Arsenal have no contingency plan for injuries and thus when an event comes along such as Gabriel Jesus’ current situation, they are …

The court is about to decide on the future of Super League. What now?

  Arsenal v Milan 13 December 2pm, and the approaching Super League ruling By Tony Attwood Whichever way the Super League legal decision goes, it is going to be a problem. At this moment European Court is deciding if football clubs have the right to break away from Uefa and run their own competitions without …

Arsenal v Milan 13 December 2pm, and the approaching Super League ruling

      For details of recent articles and our current series please see the home page By Tony Attwood Arsenal play their third game of the interregnum having lost to Watford in a closed game in which those members of the first team who were available played in the first half and then the …

Aston Villa v Arsenal part 2. The team, other fixtures and all of Miedema’s goals

  by Andrew Crawshaw Aston Villa v Arsenal – the match preview part 1 In his press conference, Jonas Eidevall confirmed that there were no new injuries and that both Kim Little and Lina Hurtig are progressing as they recover from their injuries but that neither would be ready for this game.  Both are expected …

Aston Villa v Arsenal: WSL. The match preview – part 1

  by Andrew Crawshaw   Can Vivianne Miedema score for her fourth game in a row?  Will the other Arsenal forwards find their scoring boots to ensure that we win by more than one nil.  Will we get more towards the free-flowing football that we produced at the start of the season?  These are some …

Qatar accused of widespread corruption; bribes related to world cup

By Tony Attwood According to the Belgian federal prosecutor’s office, four people have been arrested in Brussels as part of the investigation into suspicions of corruption by Qatar in the European Parliament,   At least one member of the European Parliament is involved, that being Greek MEP Eva Kaili.  There are growing suggestions that the case …

Arsenal the most penalised by refs among the current top four teams

    Arsenal attacking problems: what attacking problems? By Tony Attwood In this analysis, the raw stats are provided by Who Scored while the analysis and comparisons have been undertaken by Untold Arsenal. And what we are looking for are the factors that have helped the current top four in the Premier League (Arsenal, Manchester …

Mykhaylo Mudryk now listed in 17 different articles as coming to Arsenal!

      Does the team that is top after 14 games usually go on to win the league? by Sir Hardly Anyone We now have 44 players reported as being in Arsenal’s sights for a January transfer.   The most commonly mentioned players are Mykhaylo Mudryk: 17 listings Danilo: 10 listings Cody Gakpo: 9 listings …

Arsenal attacking problems… what attacking problems?

By Tony Attwood  The bad news continues for Arsenal as they risk losing Gabriel Martinelli That comes from a site bearing the “Fansided” logo meaning it is part of the operation of Minute Media based in Chicago. They go on to say, “It’s not looking promising for Arsenal at the moment.” So one may ask, …

Men’s football returns at last: Arsenal in action this afternoon

  By Sir Hardly Anyone Back to the football: Watford video and Arsenal v Lyon 8 December preview The latest news circulating is that, according to the Standard Granit Xhaka  has flown straight to Dubai to join Arsenal, after Switzerland were beaten by Portugal in a competition in Qatar.   According to a report in English, …

Is the injury to Gabriel Jesus equivalent to the assault on Eduardo in 2008?

  By Tony Attwood Does the team that is top after 14 games usually go on to win the league? There is a really interesting piece on SportsMole – a site we often quote when it comes to the prediction of the teams for a game.  It opens… “Barring an early EFL Cup exit to …

Womens Champions League Arsenal Women v Juventus – the match preview

      ARSENAL WOMEN – CHAMPIONS LEAGUE LAST 16 DRAW – WE GET THE TOUGHEST OPPONENTS by Andrew Crawshaw After a win in the WSL at the weekend, albeit one which saw us lose ground to both Chelsea and Manchester United who both won by far bigger margins, we return to Champions League action …

It never rains but the journalists want Arsenal to drown in a mess of their own making

      Will Arsenal win the league this season? The simple statistic that shows that Arsenal are on course to win the league Are Arsenal really playing like a title winning team in attack and defence? By Tony Attwood The news about Gabriel Jesus needing an operation means that the regular anti-Arsenal media have …

Back to the football: Watford video and Arsenal v Lyon 8 December preview

    How much have Arsenal’s rivals spent on transfers in recent years? By Bulldog Drummond The second Arsenal game since the 0-2 win against Wolverhampton Wanderers on 12 November takes place at 3.30pm this Thursday.  The media are already setting up their Arsenal Crisis story with headlines about Arsenal having been beaten in first …

The 40 players coming to Arsenal and the 6 most predicted for this January

    Gabriel injury: why no replacement is needed by Sir Hardly Anyone Here they are, the six most reported players in relation to moves to Arsenal in January.  You can read the details about all of them below.  So if you think that journalists talking about the same transfer over and over means the …