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 According to the Guardian PSG was “Bought for €70m (£59m) in 2011” and is now “valued between €3.5bn and €4.2bn.” So there we are, in one sentence, that is why people buy football clubs: to make them grow so that should the need ever arise, they can be sold. PSG’s commercial …
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Why a club making complaints about referees in public is probably not a good idea The 22 players Arsenal are already said to be signing. By Tony Attwood As the end of the season approached, Arteta spoke frequently about not having enough first-team players at Arsenal making comments such as, “We knew from the beginning …
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By Tony Attwood Why a club making complaints about referees in public is probably not a good idea The 22 players Arsenal are already said to be signing. As I am sure you are aware, the 130 or so cases brought against Manchester City FC are still outstanding. Dates have been whispered for …
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The 22 players Arsenal are already said to be signing. How Liverpool beat Arsenal to the title and what Arsenal can do about it By Tony Attwood Thierry Henry remains of course one of my all-time favourite players (the other, equally of course, was Dennis Bergkamp). And after a spell in international management …
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All the players who will leave Arsenal this summer How Liverpool beat Arsenal to the title and what Arsenal can do about it By Sir Hardly Anyone Ahead of our regular update on new transfer tales there is an interesting analysis in TBR of the transfer debt of various clubs. At the top of …
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Arsenal’s squad and who plays in Europe next season A “controversy” is hardly the word: how PL refs vary their approach By Tony Attwood I notice one or two people are writing about Kieran Tierney going back to Celtic on a free, and suggesting Arsenal are being robbed by this. “What a coup” for …
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How Liverpool beat Arsenal to the title and what Arsenal can do about it A “controversy” is hardly the word: how PL refs vary their approach By Tony Attwood Last season Arsenal had a 22-player squad list. And by a curious coincidence on 3 June 2024 Arsenal announced that they were releasing 22 players. …
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By Jack Beam With the 2024/25 Premier League season now behind us, Arsenal fans and punters assess the Gunners and forecast for prospective opportunities. Although finishing in a noble second place meant that the Gunners missed out on silverware, losing to Liverpool in the EPL title …
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A “controversy” is hardly the word: how PL refs vary their approach Why Arsenal slipped this season, and the outstanding issues from the campaign By Tony Attwood There somehow seems to be a feeling around that Arsenal has come second by default, or perhaps that because it is the third season running that …
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The ref who sees 7% more fouls in one competition, but waves 65% more cards. By Tony Attwood Why Arsenal slipped this season, and the outstanding issues from the campaign Aston Villa are currently making a huge fuss about referees – or rather about …
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The 17 Players Arsenal Want to Sign By Tony Attwood It is difficult to find a reliable source of injury data that uses the same methodology to compare the number of injuries suffered by each club year by year, but the best figures we can come up with for Arsenal was that in …
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By Tony Attwood Tomorrow’s referee: misjudged or unfortunate? Certainly home biased. Southampton v Arsenal: recent past games suggest there might be a problem Southampton v Arsenal: Saints are not the worst ever Premier League Team We are told that some Arsenal players could play their final game for the club against Southampton …
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Southampton v Arsenal: recent past games suggest there might be a problem Southampton v Arsenal: Saints are not the worst ever Premier League Team By Tony Attwood I know, I know, we don’t cover Arsenal women’s matches, their progress and above all yesterday’s achievement on this site. We did have a …
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Southampton v Arsenal: recent past games suggest there might be a problem Southampton v Arsenal: Saints are not the worst ever Premier League Team By Tony Attwood According to the official Arsenal site, “Experienced official Darren Bond has been handed this game, and it will be just the second time he has refereed …
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By Tony Attwood Southampton v Arsenal: Saints are not the worst ever Premier League Team 17 players Arsenal want to sign, 4 who want to leave. While there is no doubt that the results in the last ten games or so in the league have been disappointing, the reason for the Arsenal downturn …
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17 players Arsenal want to sign, 4 who want to leave. Arsenal face another rough summer! Arsenal have far less of a problem than many commentators suggest By Tony Attwood Just how much criticism, just how many jibes, just how much commentary that is personal opinion dressed up as facts, should a club …
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By Tony Attwood Each summer for the past ten years or so, Untold Arsenal has tracked the various Arsenal transfer rumours that hit the media. Our finding has been that most summers well over 100 players are listed as coming to Arsenal, but generally, only around 2% or 3% of these stories actually …
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Arteta says more goals are a priority; but that doesn’t mean we have to sign a striker Arteta allegedly banned, but it is not the behaviour of managers we should be looking at by Tony Attwood The game against Southampton this weekend has only one meaning and that is that Arsenal need …
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By Jack Beam Arsenal have once again cemented their position as one of the most tactically organised sides in the league as the 2024/25 Premier League season comes to a close. Under Mikel Arteta’s evolved system, the Gunners have found a sweet spot between freewheeling offence and staunch defence. This balance offers an opportunity for …
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Arteta allegedly banned, but it is not the behaviour of managers we should be looking at What Arsenal’s Season Tells Us About Progress, Pressure, and Prediction By Tony Attwood The headline says, “Arteta wants Partey to stay at Arsenal, and makes more goals a transfer priority” and continues, “We need a goal …
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Leicester charged yet again over Profit and Sustainability Rules Why Arsenal need to be cautious about changing managers again By Tony Attwood The speed of decline of Manchester United in the last few years really has been quite dramatic – from league runners-up in 2021, League Cup winners in 2023 and FA Cup …
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By Jack Beam Arsenal’s 2024–25 campaign has been a study in contrasts. It was statistically impressive yet emotionally frustrating. Under Mikel Arteta, the Gunners have maintained a strong league position, currently sitting second in the Premier League with 68 points from 36 matches. They boast the league’s best defensive record, conceding just 33 …
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Leicester charged yet again over Profit and Sustainability Rules Why Arsenal need to be cautious about changing managers again By Tony Attwood As the season draws to an end so we come across more and more little bits of statistics about Arsenal, the most recent being one on the issue of corners. …
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Why Arsenal need to be cautious about changing managers again Manchester City and Tottenham face issues, and the solutions for each seem unclear By Tony Attwood As you might recall we have often looked at the issue of the Profit and Sustainability Rules and in particular Leicester City’s response to the rules, which …
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Manchester City and Tottenham face issues, and the solutions for each seem unclear Arsenal could finish eight points clear of 3rd, and the horrors of Man U under Ferguson By Tony Attwood I suspect that like me you tend to look at summer transfer stories that relate to Arsenal, rather than all the made-up …
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