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 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 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 …
By Bulldog Drummond And so the negativity and the put downs continue as the media seem to be going on an all out binge to tell anyone who will listen that Arsenal are in terminal decline: “A year long absence can happen to all the giants but a second season would begin to look like …
Read More “Atletico Madrid v Arsenal: strange tales amidst the negatives”
By Bulldog Drummond Last Sunday Atlético Madrid beat Deportivo Alavés 1-0 away and once again had a player sent off while Fernando Torres had a penalty saved. Seven minutes later Atlético won another penalty, which Kevin Gameiro scored before Angel Correa was sent off in injury time for two bookings. Antoine Griezmann, Saul Niguez and Jan …
Read More “A Madrid v An Arsenal. Another Madrid man sent off this week”
By Dr Billy “the dog” McGraw. Arsenal boos as trio return to full training ahead of Atletico Madrid trip Of course it only takes a mo to understand that this is not what Football Talk meant to talk about in their headline – because the story tells us that “Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Sead Kolasinac and Alex Iwobi …
Read More “How can Arsenal be fined for fielding a weakened team when everyone is rubbish anyway?”
By Fishpie In essence, I am somebody who wanted Arsène Wenger to go a few years back. My head told me it was the right time for him to leave but now that time has arrived, I find my heart is reminding me just how much I owe him. Untold, more than any other …
Read More “Hoping a hero’s sacrifice will lead to the future we dream of.”
By Sir Hardly Anyone I suspect, from a reading of the blogs and the runes, that if that axis of evil, the combination of Sky Sports commentators and anti-Wengerian bloggers, who appear to lead most commentary these days, were to be asked who should leave Arsenal this summer along with Mr Wenger, leaving aside the …
Read More “Who leaves this summer if Arsenal are to achieve their perfect lineup?”
By Tony Attwood As we await the big game on Thursday and all serious transfer talk is on hold until we know who the new manager is going to be we are dealing with scraps from the table. Important scraps but nonetheless not the main news about a) who the manager will be and b) …
By Kirsten A couple of weeks ago, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger announced his decision to leave the club at the end of his 22nd season at the Emirates. The 68-year-old Frenchman is without question the most decorated manager in the history of the club. While he’s reportedly leaving on his own terms, one would imagine …
Read More “Wenger to take time off before making decision on future”
By Sir Hardly Anyone We have no manager for the summer, so logically we can’t do any transfer deals. But then, what has logic got to do with anything in football? Because, at least if you believe the media, Steve Mislintat is out there on his own setting up deals for the next manager. And …
“Wigan without the ball are a better team than Arsenal” By Billy “the Dog” McGraw There is a seriously fascinating article in the Telegraph today. Seriously fascinating and seriously long. And for once I would like to give a link to the article, and thus quite possibly give the Telegraph (a media “outlet” with which …
By Tony Attwood I made a prediction a year back that Tottenham would struggle at Wembley this season, on the basis that all teams struggle when they move grounds. And I was completely wrong. They didn’t. So it is with burned fingers that I venture cautiously back into the issue of Tottenham’s new ground. I’ve …
Read More “That pesky business of building a new stadium and the ever rising costs…”
