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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
Note: There are clips included in the report for every wrong decision and every major decision in red bold text ARSENAL vs. WATFORD COMPETITION: English Premier League MATCH NO. 23 DATE: 31th January 2017 VENUE: Emirates Stadium (London, England) MATCH OFFICIALS: REFEREE: Andre Marriner 1st LINESMAN: Scott Ledger 2nd LINESMAN: Sian Massey 4th OFFICIAL: Kevin …
By Tony Attwood As we all know Mr Wenger has kept us in the Champions League every year. Arsenal (from 1998–99 to 2016–17) have participated in 19 consecutive campaigns which is second only to Real Mad. In essence we have been in the top four for 19 years, our lowest position by definition is of …
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By Walter Broeckx What was a rumour for a few days now is looking to be real: Mark Clattenburg is quitting his job as a Premier League official to become Saudi Arabia’s new head of referees. He will be the new man after Howard Webb has resigned from this function some 11 days ago. I …
Read More “Clattenburg leaves the PL and the PGMO has almost no refs left now”
The astonishing depths to which the Premier League has sunk, And 10 things the next Arsenal manager must consider by Tony Attwood English – not to say European – football is at a very low ebb. Here we have a team that managed to win its Champions League group unbeaten and so qualify for the …
by Tony Attwood Remember Portsmouth. Cup winning team with a long proud history? Remember Leeds being torn to shreds? Or Cardiff? Or if you really keep your eyes on such things, and to prove it is not just Britain, remember Malaga? Or if you really, really follow football how about Chester City, Darlington, Hereford Utd., …
By Walter Broeckx Last night I was watching the match on the German TV channel ZDF. This is a channel that is a standard in the packet we get from our cable TV provider. On rare occasions when Germany play and with a few German players on our books over the last years I have …
By Walter Broeckx A few changes in this CL match. Ospina continues to be the keeper in the CL and so far he has done nothing wrong in his CL matches to not give him the starting place. A bit more unexpected maybe was the fact that Gibbs was chosen over Monreal. Maybe because to …
By Tony Attwood How are Bayern doing this year? They are of course top of the league as the constitution of the federal republic demands, but the feeling is that they are not the sophisticated team they used to be. They are seen this year as not stylish, not the Barcelona of the north, …
By Walter Broeckx If you have read the first part a few days ago but not sure about it anymore: Part 1 can be found here We continue: And that is where I think we might have a chance that the video ref will clean up football from its terrible behaviour of the players. In …
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By Tony Attwood, still upside down in the land of Oz… The issue that seems to be circulating is whether Mesut Özil should play given his apparent loss of form (so I am told). What the papers are currently saying is summed up in this comment, “Lose, and the season will end at the very …
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by Tony Attwood There is an advert in the Daily Express for jobs in the Department of Media Culture and Sport. That is the government department that controls the Football Association. The department’s position in supporting moderation and equality is somewhat undermined as it appears alongside the headline “MIGRATION WARNING: 50 million Muslims are …
By Walter Broeckx On the Arsenal.com website we could find this from the post match press conference and I must say Arsène Wenger hit the nail on the head there: on the first goal seeming to be a handball… Honestly, I don’t know. I’m responsible for many things, but not for the referee’s decisions. I …
By Dr Billy “the dog” McGraw head of Certain Things, Arsenal FC I was recently able to lay my hands on the following confidential memo circulated to members of the board and senior executives at Arsenal. It reveals the difficulties the club are facing in finding a new manger. Introduction: Recent changes to the …
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By Walter Broeckx What seemed impossible and what was laughed away by some when I first wrote about it on Untold is coming closer. Yes video refereeing is more and more likely to become a reality in a few seasons. To be honest it should have been here already but I accept that this takes …
Read More “There is maybe an even bigger problem than referee errors in football – part 1”
By Don McMahon Once again a defeat has left me questioning the sanity and rationality of some of our supporters. Most mature Gooners take the latest result with a shrug and the healthy realization that this happens to every team, but there are far too many who see every defeat or draw as the foreshadowing …
by Tony Attwood (observing it all from Australia) For all the years of the Wenger regime the media have been pumping out their anti-Arsenal stories, from shadowy fake news references about the manager’s sordid past when he first came to England, through disparaging remarks about him not being English and so “not understanding” English football, …
Read More “We need some failure for a while in order to make the good times feel good.”
By Walter Broeckx One change in the team compared to our last match. Gibbs starting at left back and Monreal dropped to the bench Bellerin had recoverd from his concussion and could start again. On the bench we had Elneny back after his trip to the Africa Cup. Also Welbeck, Lucas and Giroud on the …
by Bulldog Drummond. Hull have a poor away record as this table shows: one win, one draw, and the rest defeats. Overall Away Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD 24 5 5 14 22 47 −25 20 1 1 9 6 26 −20 This is reminiscent of …
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by Andrew Crawshaw If you thought that the PGMO would relax a bit now that we are 12 points behind Chelsea then think again. Our Officials for Saturday are :- Referee – Mark Clattenburg 41 years old from Durham FIFA Accredited Assistant Referee 1 – Jake Collin FIFA Accredited Assistant Referee 2 – Adrian Holmes …
Read More “Arsenal v Hull – Saturday 11 February 2017 – The Match Officials”
By Bulldog Drummond As the pundits punder on and tell us what to think and what to do (ESPN I see are telling Arsenal supporters that they should rise up against the club and that they – the supporters – are weak for not doing so), so the world turns and those of us not …
Read More “Arsenal v Hull: the preview, and a comparison of Gabriel with Héctor Bellerín”
by Tony Attwood. At the start of the year Untold ran the story Could football learn a thing of two from the way games are refereed in rugby? It was a highly speculative piece which arose from discussions with some friends on the topic of just how football might be improved, and how we might …
Read More “Rule changes escalate as sin bins are to be discussed by international rule committee”
by The Brickfields Gunners Having been a very devout reader of UA almost from its inception , I have observed the various characters that come on here to either share observations and/or contribute in a positive and informative way , or just come here in an attempt to ridicule us and dampened our spirits . …
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by Andrew Crawshaw I have been looking at the TransferMarket squad values in the European Leagues and how the various teams are performing against their positions (ranked in terms of their squad values). I last did this a couple of years ago and found that, by and large, there was a reasonably good correlation between …
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By Tony Attwood Being in Australia as I am now, and slowly feeling the benefits of being here (the jet lag is going, and what appeared on day one to be an 8 mile hike along the road to my breakfast bar of choice turns out in reality to be a pleasant 15 minute stroll) …
This article is based on the numbers that has been given by Vince. So credit must go to him for researching this. Some of the text has been edited by the Untold team to make this an article as it has been taken from the comment section but this deserved more than just a comment. …
