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
ARSENAL vs. LIVERPOOL COMPETITION: English Premier League MATCH NO. 1 DATE: 14th August 2016 VENUE: Emirates Stadium (London, England) MATCH OFFICIALS: REFEREE: Michael Oliver 1st LINESMAN: Stuart Burt 2nd LINESMAN: Edward Smart 4th OFFICIAL: Craig Pawson First Half Fouls, Advantages, Cards, and Penalties Time Foul by Foul For Description & Decision Points 02:07 Alberto Moreno …
By Sir Hardly Anyone One might have imagined that with over 100 players now having been strongly linked with Arsenal transfers this summer just about every name has been used up. But now we have no name players arriving via a source known as @AFCArsenalHorse which is said by bloggettas to be a reliable Arsenal source. Although …
Read More “Transfer announcement imminent as no less than nine new targets emerge”
By Ima Counter, Professor of Numerological Sciences, University of UnCertain Things, Shetland. Two winners from last week’s Chelsea competition. OMG Arsenal gave us Calamitously Hopeless Eccentric Lackees Slavishly Enduring Abramovich While Jerry supplied Couldn’t Help Eden Lost Seeing Eva Around This week the competition is Man Utd – just think of a six word phrase where the letters start with the six letters M A N …
By Tony Attwood For the predictors of doom, always circling on the first day of the season, it was a godsend. Not that I particularly mean the result, but the fact that increasingly people do judge everything by the last couple of hours. And of course by the fact that increasingly even when faced with …
Read More “It’s that déjà vu thing all over again; why Kos was not rushed back.”
By Walter Broeckx Arsenal starting with: Cech, Bellerin, Chambers, Holding, Monreal, Coquelin, Elneny, Ramsey, Iwobi, Walcott, Alexis. On the beach: Ospina, Gibbs, Cazorla, Wilshere, Xhaka, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Akpom. The first shot on goal came from Arsenal when Alexis laid the ball off to Ramsey but his left footed shot was straight at Mignolet. Both teams starting …
By Bulldog Drummond Thus, and therefore, it starts again, with nothing changed in the mind of the robots who write most of the football columns these days, although sadly, as we shall see Amy Lawrence, a highly respected and normally excellent writer has joined the majority in making assertions about Arsenal by utilising a wholly …
By Tim Charlesworth 2016/17 is going to be a fascinating season in so many ways, so before we begin I thought I would have a look at some the things that it might tell us. Of course, my primary interest is in answering the question: will Arsenal win, but I think there might be …
Read More “The cult of the manager: thoughts as the season begins.”
by Andrew Crawshaw A gloriously sunny evening at Meadow Park greeted the teams as they stepped out for the opening fixture of the Premier League 2 at Meadow Park Borehamwood on Friday evening. The Arsenal Team:- Matt Macey (GK), Chiori Johnson (RB), Kostas Pileas (LB), Kris Da Graca and Ben Sheaf (CB), Ismaul Bennacer, Ainsley …
Read More “Premier League 2 – Arsenal v Reading – The Match Report”
by Andrew Crawshaw So the Season starts with a Sunday afternoon kickoff against Liverpool. Our Match Officials are :- Referee – Michael Oliver – FIFA Accredited – age 31 – Home County Northumberland Assistants – S Burt – FIFA accredited, Home County Northamptonshire and E Smart – Home County West Midlands Fourth Official – C …
Read More “Arsenal v Liverpool Sunday 14 August – The Match Officials. Prepare for bias.”
By Tony Attwood This is the time when the newspapers publish their summary of their predictions, and by and large they are all going with the same story. This is the season when Arsenal will drop out of the top four for the first time in 20 years, and will come below Tottenham for the …
Read More “The predictions for this coming season: and rather cheery ones they are too.”
by Andrew Crawshaw Arsenal and Reading start the newly named Premier league 2 with a game at Meadow Park Borehamwood at 19:00 tonight. The first bit of good news is that entry to the ground is absolutely free and there is no need to download tickets or anything – just turn up. The second bit …
Read More “Premier League 2 – Arsenal v Reading Friday 12 August 19:00 Meadow Park – Preview”
By Tony Attwood It’s simple: spending money on players is supposedly a good thing which will take clubs up the league. But I am told, the figures Untold has been producing are misleading, because they only took in one season. It is spending over time that is important. So let’s see how it worked over …
By Tony Attwood So, now the papers are picking up one story. “Arsenal have agreed to buy Germany defender Shkodran Mustafi from Valencia, according to the player’s agent.” That is pretty much what each one is saying. There are still some finer points and details to be resolved however “according to reports,” like the fee. Valencia …
Read More “Finally agent says the deal is done. So maybe it is. But others are demand to leave.”
By Tony Attwood I do take pleasure in the fact that over the years Untold Arsenal has uncovered a number of issues in football which, had it not been for us, would probably have remained undisclosed, at least for a while. Walter’s work on refereeing is a perfect example: a major step forward in the …
Read More “Five Steps From Reality. Everything you need to know about today’s football transfers.”
By Jacko Jones Ever wondered what the full VIP experience at the Emirates Stadium feels like? Well it seems that one lucky fantasy football player will get the full red carpet experience courtesy of Arsenal’s Official 1-Day Fantasy Football Partner DraftKings. The Ultimate Arsenal Fan Experience includes two tickets in the luxury of an executive …
By Tony Attwood What the newspapers don’t say has these days become more interesting than what they do say. For example, the Independent is currently running the headline “Arsenal should look at United to see dangers of transfer failure” which might lead one to think that, at least in passing, they might consider the …
Read More “Tiny worries: how things might not be working out perfectly for Tottenham”
By Billy “the Dog” McGraw August: the headlines continue to be dominated by “Arsenal lose out to” in relation to the transfer market. No comparison is made between the amount spent by clubs and their league position. Stories abound in relation to Arsenal trying out “untried rookie” defender / midfielder / winger”. The media …
Read More “Arsenal 2016/17 – how will the season pan out for Arsenal, twitter and the media”
By Jacko Jones Now here is something Untold hasn’t covered before: fantasy football. But we are doing it now, because after a lot of looking around and courtesy of some awfully nice people at DraftKings, your fantasy footy experience is about to be transformed. Daily fantasy football from DraftKings offers the opportunity to win big …
Read More “Sick of waiting all season to switch out your expensive fantasy football stars?”
By Ima Counter, Professor of Numerological Sciences, University of UnCertain Things, Shetland. The BBC has the Gabriel story: “Arsenal defender Gabriel has been ruled out for six to eight weeks, increasing the likelihood of a bid for Valencia centre-back Shkodran Mustafi.” Meanwhile the Index of every player Arsenal has been linked with this summer sits …
Read More “Gabriel injury news as total number of players noted as coming to Arsenal reaches 98.”
by Andrew Crawshaw I have started my preparations for the referee previews for this coming season and have noticed some changes within our favorite referees organisation, so I thought I would bring them to your attention. I am writing this on Monday Afternoon and as yet the referee page of the Premier League website (premierleague.com) …
THE BRICKFIELDS GUNNERS ‘ LIFE’S LESSONS 101 FOR ‘them’ – After posting a funny piece on the comment pages of UA at http://untold-arsenal.com/archives/54947#comments,re : LIFE SKILL CLASS – HOW TO SPEAK TO WOMEN and followed it with one about LESSONS FOR ‘them’ as to how they should behave towards AKBs, it felt incomplete somewhat for me, so …
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By Sir Hardly Anyone. “If people get new information that is in contrast to what they believe then they tend to neglect this new information for as long as possible.” Yes my little ducklings, it is getting close to the sharp end of the sharp ended thing. Which means we need just eight …
By Walter Broeckx There are trophies and there are non-trophies. And the difference is rather easy to see. When Arsenal win something it is a non-trophy. When other teams win something it is a trophy. Just look at how the media reports different trophies. BBC Sport on 10/08/2014 at 16:52: FT Arsenal 3 – 0 …
Read More “When is a trophy a trophy, and when is it not? (Clue: when Arsenal win it).”
By Don McMahon While surfing Arsenal.com, I was struck by a statement that Wenger said when asked about paying high fees for a striker or other transfers. He said, ¨The money is never a problem if you have to pay what is requested. The price of a player is down to four ingredients. One is …
Read More “Past, present and future: how Wenger’s approach to transfers is bearing fruit”
by Andrew Crawshaw Since I posted my first thoughts on who might be in our 25 man squad for the coming season there have been a number of changes in terms of players arriving or leaving and I have a few errors to correct. It is also under a week to go till our first …
Read More “Arsenal 25 Man Squad – The updated list now the pre-season is done.”
