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 It’s been a little while since I looked at the table we drew up near the season’s start, showing how much money clubs had spent (less the money received) both over five years and over last summer. It became clear very early on that the suggestions made in Untold that buying players …
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By Walter Broeckx The match against Everton was a match in which a few players proved themselves to be in better form after having been a bit below par over the last weeks. Let us start with Coquelin. Of course he isn’t the most flashy player in the team but his mostly unnoticed work rate …
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By Tony Attwood There is an article in the Daily Telegraph that says, “This is no blip – the Premier League has changed forever” by Jason Burt, the Chief Football Correspondent. It is in fact primarily a report of a natter with Slaven Bilic, and the claim to the portentous title comes down to the …
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by Andrew Crawshaw Ladies News On Friday Arsenal Ladies announced the signing of 21 year old Nigerian International Asisat Oshoala from Liverpool Ladies FC. This was a deal that had been done much earlier, but (as often seems the case with Arsenal) the paperwork and International clearance took its time. Oshoala won the BBC Women’s …
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The view of the Untold editorial board has never shifted – we don’t want Mr Wenger to leave. Indeed that is why Untold was set up. However one day he will go. So for when he does, here is THE SHORTLIST by Don McMahon This is a speculative article in response to the whining aaa …
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by Andrew Crawshaw This wasn’t a game I was able to get to so this report is second-hand, thanks to Arsenal.com and Jeorge Bird The Teams Arsenal playing a 4-2-3-1 formation GK Keto Defence Johnson – Bielik – M Bola – Robinson Midfield Base Sheaf – Bennacer Advanced Midfield – Reine-Adelaide – Hinds – C …
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I may be nuts but I’m not crazy: Crying foul – the league table that will amaze all Arsenal fans By Proud Kev Whenever we mention referees, there are certain people who roll their eyes and believe we are all conspiracy nut jobs. For what it is worth I may be nuts but I do …
By Tony Attwood For the last two away wins two different banners have been produced at the end of the match saying that it is time for Wenger to leave Arsenal. Seeing these on display I started to ask some simple questions such as a) why would you make such a banner and pay £35 …
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By Walter Broeckx Arsenal made only one change in the starting line up compared to the match at Barcelona. Coquelin came in the team in the place of the injured Flamini. So this means that Welbeck kept his place in the starting line up and also Iwobi started again and this for the second match …
By Bulldog Drummond And so now we know. Leicester will win the league and that is jolly good thing. Man City will win the Champions League and Liverpool the Europa because they are English, and the foreign clubs don’t like it up em. (The fact that Man City is a Chinese-Abu Dhabi corporation …
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by Andrew Crawshaw Following our Referee reviews of the United and Swansea games, here is an updated Wall of Shame and we see an entry in third place for Robert Madley. In his previous game this year he scored 90% and made only two mistakes in the whole game. Clearly he had been given a …
By Walter Broeckx Now let us for the sake of it pretend that time travelling exists and is possible. So if you are with me let us start travelling back to Wednesday’s match at Nou Camp. And let us have a look at the statistics as they are shown on some websites. Like the Uefa website. …
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. During the past few months Arsenal scout Danny Karbassiyoon has contributed an occasional series of articles about being a scout for Arsenal. Now, as publication of Danny’s new book, The Arsenal Yankee, approaches publication, Danny answers some of the questions that have been put to him in the correspondence following each article. (More details …
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By Tony Attwood Fifa has lodged a claim in the US courts for tens of millions of dollars for damages and compensation from the former executives who have been found guilty or accused of fraud. The reason is that they have “deeply tarnished the Fifa brand”. I bet the court case is going to …
By Walter Broeckx Arsenal with some unexpected people in the starting line up. Flamini wasn’t really expected in the place of Coquelin and with Elneny as his partner this also wasn’t what one might expect. Per on the bench for Koscielny also not expected but as Wenger talked about speed in defence the choice for …
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. By Tony Attwood In 1975/6 we went six matches without a win under Bertie Mee. In 1976/7 we went 11 without a win including seven consecutive defeats under Terry Neill. In 1986/7 we went 10 leagues games without a win in which we scored a total of two goals, with Graham in charge. …
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by Andrew Crawshaw This semi-final is to be played over two legs, home and away. The first leg is at the Manchester City Academy Arena on Friday evening with a 19:00 kick off. The second leg is set for Monday 4 April 19:45 probably at the Emirates (this will be confirmed once it is determined …
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ARSENAL vs. SWANSEA CITY COMPETITION: English Premier League MATCH NO. 28 DATE: 2nd March 2016 VENUE: Emirates Stadium (London, England) MATCH OFFICIALS: REFEREE: Robert Madley 1st LINESMAN: Peter Kirkup 2nd LINESMAN: Stuart Burt 4th OFFICIAL: Andy Woolmer First Half Fouls, Advantages, Cards, and Penalties Time Foul by Foul For Description & Decision Points 00:12 Stephen …
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By Tony Attwood It appears that Manchester United have either abandoned or put on hold any plans it might have had to build a small stadium for the club’s youth and academy teams. Apparently the top brass at Man U have reviewed whether to build a stadium now that Man C have at their City Football Academy …
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by Ray Hobbs Thierry Henry has become a step closer to becoming a football manager after revealing that he has completed his Uefa A Coaching badges. The Gunners legend is now as a result able to take on a managerial role in any league below the Premier Division, or at any youth team in Europe. The …
By Walter Broeckx The aaa who are having a field day celebrating Arsenal losing their FA cup match has told us more than once that we support Wenger FC or Arsene FC and not Arsenal. Of course by showing their real colours and sending in (not published) celebration comments after our loss to Watford they …
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. Smash Them! – By Proud Kev As most of you know Manchester United are the biggest club in the World. We know this because we are reminded of it on a regular basis. This is a club that enjoyed domination of English football and the Premier League, using their financial wealth and their magnet-like …
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. By Dr Billy “the dog” McGraw, senior psychiatrist at the university hospital of the North Circular Road. . A number of changes are needed I think. First off, the number of club psychologists needs to be enhanced, as judging by commentaries on some blogs there are a number of people around who find it very …
By Walter Broeckx As we all know or should know by now, the aaa are not real Arsenal supporters. They pretend to be Arsenal supporters but they are not. And today I got great proof of this. Because below is the comment that was in moderation and the person thought it would not be …
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By Walter Broeckx Alexis and Özil starting again and also Coquelin back in the team after his one match suspension. Starting team: Ospina, Chambers, Mertesacker, Gabriel, Gibbs, Elneny, Coquelin, Campbell, Özil, Alexis, Giroud On the beach: Macey, Bellerin, Monreal, Flamini, Iwobi, Walcott, Welbeck. Arsenal with most of the ball in the opening minutes. Alexis to …
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