Untold Arsenal: Supporting the club, the manager and the team
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A disappointing night by Tim Charlesworth Two days ago, I eyed a tricky looking set of upcoming features and wrote an article for Untold about it. My article tried to focus on the really important things to look out for, other than the obvious ones of whether we scored goals, and whether the opposition did. …
Read More “A disappointing night, but plenty more to play for.”
By Walter Broeckx I couldn’t do my usual match report form for this match and will not be able to do so for the next matches because of other obligations. But I did see the match live on a stream not of the greatest quality and with a few times it going down so I …
By Tony Attwood Arsenal won the under 19s game against Dinamo Zagreb 2-0. The team was Keto Moore Bola Pleguezuelo (C) Bielik Willock Nelson Iwobi Sheaf Hinds Mavididi Chris Willock and Ben Sheaf scored the goals, to win the under 19s first Uefa Youth League game this season. Arsenal.com report the first goal thus: “Willock collected …
Read More “Dinamo Zagreb vs Arsenal: under 19s report and full preview of the evening match”
By Tony Attwood Getting information the Uefa Youth League match that kicks off at 3pm is tough, but I’ll offer what I can. If you have more please do let me know. Arsenal.com is making much of the inclusion in the squad of Tolaji Bola who played for the under 18s last season, and is …
Read More “Dinamo Zagreb v Arsenal: the under 19s game and prelims about the big boys.”
What can we learn in the next three weeks? Tim Charlesworth As we head into a tricky looking run of fixtures, us Gooners are torn between optimism and fatalism. On the one had Walcott is coming good, the team looks solid, three clean sheets, and the form of the second half of last season looks …
Read More “Four away games in succession pose Arsenal some problems.”
By Tony Attwood On 6 August Untold ran quite a long article about the way the new West Ham stadium is being financed with the club paying little towards the transformation of the ground into a football stadium, and the state financing the building costs, and the day to day running of the stadium. Then on …
Read More “Campaign to fight against State Aid for WHU stadium wins a victory”
Exclusive, read all about it – Arsenal in crisis By Proudkev Media reporting has always been short on facts and agenda driven but since the advent of the Internet it has gone from bad to worse. It seems anyone can write an online article; all you have to do is have something negative to …
By Tony Attwood “Why do you keep on talking about the media? Surely an Arsenal blog should be about football.” That is a fair point which was made to me last week, and one I fully accept. But there is a contrary argument which says exposing the tricks of the media is utterly about football. …
By Tony Attwood, and no this is not a picture of me Ah the Liverpool dilemma. Or to put it at its most succinct Insipid, confused and lacking direction, this Liverpool side makes no sense That is the Telegraph, and I have left the link in this time, just to prove we don’t make this …
Read More “The Chelsea Fabregas conundrum; the Liverpool Vampire problem”
By Tony Attwood At the start of this month we published a really interesting article by Tim Charlesworth, “What’s going on with English refereeing“. Not only did it get a very high readership it also got over 100 comments – which is a particularly encouraging since Untold has pioneered this type of discussion. Walter …
Read More “Why we should be deeply worried about refereeing in the Premier League”
By Sir Hardly Anyone It has been on my mind and troubling me somewhat: after the fearsome battering that Untold gave the blogettas and their allies at the Metro, Daily Excess, and other fish and chip holders, would there be any change now the window of transfers is dusted and done? Would they perhaps stop …
Read More “Arsène begs board to make bid, serious injury rumour, Mourinho next Arsenal manager.”
By Tony Attwood Every now and then a story arises that Arsenal are looking to build a new stadium. The idea is that it could be used for the home matches of Arsenal Ladies, Arsenal Ladies reserves, and Arsenal men’s under 21 and under 18 cup and league games. The story that has circulated is …
By Tony Attwood As one might expect, the press harped on and on and on and on about not buying a striker and Danny Welbeck being injured. No mention that quietly Campbell has been restored to the squad, and is said to be looking very sharp in training (hence his place on the bench). No …
Read More “Arsenal v Stoke and the spending league table (and banner update)”
. By Bulldog Drummond , Now with added betting odds – see end of article! . [I think I should explain that it is the article that has the betting odds, not our regular pre-match correspondent! – Tony] . Fans who thought the transfer window was shocking enough have been outraged to find that the …
Read More “Arsenal’s shock fixture change leaves fans confused. AST demand Wenger’s resignation.”
By Tony Attwood I am really pleased to confirm the announcement that I made at the Arsenal Independent Supporters’ Association AGM, that Danny Karbassiyoon is joining the team of writers on Untold Arsenal and we shall be publishing Danny’s first book. Untold hopes to be publishing Danny’s autobiography before Christmas, and Danny will also be writing …
Read More “Arsenal scout and ex-player Danny Karbassiyoon joins Untold’s writing team”
Arsenal v Stoke 12 September 2015 – The Match Officials by Andrew Crawshaw Before I start on the referee review for Saturday, here is a return for the Referee’s Table of Shame which I introduced last year. Regular readers will be aware that we publish a full review of the referee’s performance after each …
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By Tony Attwood It is being said in the corridors of power (to use CP Snow’s influential phrase – largely because my brain refuses to dream up an alternative before my first coffee of the day) that the government is thinking of imposing a levy on the Premier League’s radio and tv income and then …
By Tony Attwood Anyone who reads the English newspapers and their blogs on a regular basis will be used to the endless attacks on Arsenal. We all know what this summer’s campaign has been, and although the attacks have been different in the past there have always been attacks. Indeed I can remember when Mr …
Read More “Why has everyone got so incredibly angry about football all of a sudden?”
By Tony Attwood This summer’s transfer window resulted in a few Arsenal “fans” calling for Mr Wenger to be replaced, on the basis that only one major signing was made, and Arsenal only won one of their first three games. The contrary argument that no club has won more games in 2015 than Arsenal in …
Read More “Fear and loathing in the media: football journalism is decadent and depraved”
Progress, Progress, Blind Progress. By Menace I have been watching the Beautiful Game for more than 60 years and in that time there has been a lot of change. The players are fitter. The clothing they wear is high tech. Their boots are multicoloured light ‘sandals’ with blades rather than studs. Their incomes are bordering …
A EUROPEAN B LEAGUE?……….Don McMahon With a footnote at the end in regards to Arsenal’s entry into the Uefa Youth League this year. What about a European reserve league where all top 5 teams from LaLiga, the EPL, Seria A, etc. could enter a reserve team using loanee, youth, reserve and bench-warmers (or recuperating players) …
Read More “A EUROPEAN B LEAGUE? And what’s happening in the Uefa Youth League this year?”
By Tony Attwood We have been told by many correspondents that it is quite possible to measure the success of Arsenal’s transfer window activity. You know the old story. Arsenal scored two goals fewer than Chelsea last season, and that is why we didn’t win the league, so we need to buy a new goal …
DO ARSENAL REALLY NEED A WORLD CLASS STRIKER? by Metalhead After what some have called a disappointing Transfer window, a lot of the Arsenal fans were left dejected with the activity or lack of it. One of the main debates was about the requirement of a new striker. Several Arsenal fans wanted Karim Benzema or …
Chris Hannington READY WILLING AND ABLE – BUT MATCH FIT? Arsenal have had [according to some – Tony] a stuttering and lacklustre start to this season. So it is time to reiterate that we have a large squad that is brimming with top quality. Our first team (probable) of Cech, Bellerin, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Coquelin, Cazorla, …
By Tony Attwood A few days ago we ran a little piece about players that are transferred to clubs but then don’t deliver in the way that the clubs and their supporters might have anticipated. This was based on the notion that although buying players is one way of developing a team, and the way …
