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Data gathered by Tony Attwood For details of all the latest articles on Untold Arsenal, organised by subject, please see our home page The myth perpetrated by the media is that Arsenal have no contingency plan for injuries and thus when an event comes along such as Gabriel Jesus’ current situation, they are …
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Arsenal v Milan 13 December 2pm, and the approaching Super League ruling By Tony Attwood Whichever way the Super League legal decision goes, it is going to be a problem. At this moment European Court is deciding if football clubs have the right to break away from Uefa and run their own competitions without …
Read More “The court is about to decide on the future of Super League. What now?”
For details of recent articles and our current series please see the home page By Tony Attwood Arsenal play their third game of the interregnum having lost to Watford in a closed game in which those members of the first team who were available played in the first half and then the …
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by Andrew Crawshaw Aston Villa v Arsenal – the match preview part 1 In his press conference, Jonas Eidevall confirmed that there were no new injuries and that both Kim Little and Lina Hurtig are progressing as they recover from their injuries but that neither would be ready for this game. Both are expected …
Read More “Aston Villa v Arsenal part 2. The team, other fixtures and all of Miedema’s goals”
by Andrew Crawshaw Can Vivianne Miedema score for her fourth game in a row? Will the other Arsenal forwards find their scoring boots to ensure that we win by more than one nil. Will we get more towards the free-flowing football that we produced at the start of the season? These are some …
Read More “Aston Villa v Arsenal: WSL. The match preview – part 1”
By Tony Attwood According to the Belgian federal prosecutor’s office, four people have been arrested in Brussels as part of the investigation into suspicions of corruption by Qatar in the European Parliament, At least one member of the European Parliament is involved, that being Greek MEP Eva Kaili. There are growing suggestions that the case …
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Arsenal attacking problems: what attacking problems? By Tony Attwood In this analysis, the raw stats are provided by Who Scored while the analysis and comparisons have been undertaken by Untold Arsenal. And what we are looking for are the factors that have helped the current top four in the Premier League (Arsenal, Manchester …
Read More “Arsenal the most penalised by refs among the current top four teams”
Does the team that is top after 14 games usually go on to win the league? by Sir Hardly Anyone We now have 44 players reported as being in Arsenal’s sights for a January transfer. The most commonly mentioned players are Mykhaylo Mudryk: 17 listings Danilo: 10 listings Cody Gakpo: 9 listings …
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By Tony Attwood The bad news continues for Arsenal as they risk losing Gabriel Martinelli That comes from a site bearing the “Fansided” logo meaning it is part of the operation of Minute Media based in Chicago. They go on to say, “It’s not looking promising for Arsenal at the moment.” So one may ask, …
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By Sir Hardly Anyone Back to the football: Watford video and Arsenal v Lyon 8 December preview The latest news circulating is that, according to the Standard Granit Xhaka has flown straight to Dubai to join Arsenal, after Switzerland were beaten by Portugal in a competition in Qatar. According to a report in English, …
Read More “Men’s football returns at last: Arsenal in action this afternoon”
By Tony Attwood Does the team that is top after 14 games usually go on to win the league? There is a really interesting piece on SportsMole – a site we often quote when it comes to the prediction of the teams for a game. It opens… “Barring an early EFL Cup exit to …
Read More “Is the injury to Gabriel Jesus equivalent to the assault on Eduardo in 2008?”
ARSENAL WOMEN – CHAMPIONS LEAGUE LAST 16 DRAW – WE GET THE TOUGHEST OPPONENTS by Andrew Crawshaw After a win in the WSL at the weekend, albeit one which saw us lose ground to both Chelsea and Manchester United who both won by far bigger margins, we return to Champions League action …
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Will Arsenal win the league this season? The simple statistic that shows that Arsenal are on course to win the league Are Arsenal really playing like a title winning team in attack and defence? By Tony Attwood The news about Gabriel Jesus needing an operation means that the regular anti-Arsenal media have …
Read More “It never rains but the journalists want Arsenal to drown in a mess of their own making”
How much have Arsenal’s rivals spent on transfers in recent years? By Bulldog Drummond The second Arsenal game since the 0-2 win against Wolverhampton Wanderers on 12 November takes place at 3.30pm this Thursday. The media are already setting up their Arsenal Crisis story with headlines about Arsenal having been beaten in first …
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Gabriel injury: why no replacement is needed by Sir Hardly Anyone Here they are, the six most reported players in relation to moves to Arsenal in January. You can read the details about all of them below. So if you think that journalists talking about the same transfer over and over means the …
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The 37 players tipped to be coming to Arsenal this January By Sir Hardly Anyone The Gabriel injury has been something that the media has been desperately waiting for. Having universally predicted a season of failure for Arsenal they have ceaselessly been playing catch-up through the season as Arsenal have fulfilled the promise …
How much does a club have to spend on transfers to get a trophy? By Tony Attwood The latest financial figures from Arsenal show that for the year ending in May 2022 Arsenal made an operating loss of £45.5 million, down from a loss of £107.3 million the year before. This was the …
Read More “Arsenal’s finances: another loss but going the right way”
WSL 2022-23 Arsenal v Everton – Match Preview by Andrew Crawshaw Brought forward a day, to allow more preparation time for our Thursday evening Champions League game against Juventus, Arsenal Women take on Everton at Borehamwood on Saturday afternoon with a 14.00 kickoff. arsenal.com are covering the game live with a broadcast starting at 13:00 …
Are Arsenal really playing like a title winning team in attack and defence? By Sir Hardly Anyone With Arsenal knocking copy in short supply there have been a few pieces of late in which websites have turned on Edu (who is generally considered the star of the show by a lot of the …
Read More “Which Arsenal transfer tale is being repeated the most often?”
Does the team that is top after 14 games usually go on to win the league? By Tony Attwood Consider Manchester United. Once they had Matt Busby as manager and he won five league titles, two FA Cups and a European Cup over a period of 24 years. And then years after crowing …
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Does the team that is top after 14 games usually go on to win the league? By Tony Attwood The impact of a new stadium on a club has been one of my favourite themes across the years of Untold not least because I think it is one of those little things that …
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How much does a club have to spend on transfers to get a trophy? By Tony Attwood If you have ever thought that big football clubs are too big to fail, consider the case of Juventus. The club finished fourth in Serie A last season and made a £220m loss – which is …
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31 players tipped to be coming to Arsenal in January and the major culprits By Tony Attwood In the table below I’ve collected the amount of money spent on transfers less the amount received on player sales, and then looked at the number of major trophies each club has got. Of course, there …
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The simple statistic that shows that Arsenal are on course to win the league By Tony Attwood We have of late looked at the current Premier League table from various points of view – for example comparing what teams that have been top of the table after 14 games in recent …
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Beyond any doubt Infantino is getting his way. Next: Fifa will leave Zurich By Tony Attwood The Taliban (or to give it, its official title, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a militant Islamic political movement ruling about 75% of Afghanistan. As such it is not normally a topic of conversation on Untold Arsenal, except …
Read More “How the Taliban infiltrated the World Cup and used it to maintain its war on women”
