By Tony Attwood We recently ran the article: Do Uefa need a new Gazprom which suggested that given that the west is dramatically cutting its gas purchases from Russia, Gazprom’s sponsorship looks both inappropriate and financially unviable. Indeed Gazprom (based in Putin’s home town) has been the sponsor of the European Championship, the Nations League, …
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By Tony Attwood A continuous theme on Untold Arsenal is that there are a whole load of things that are very wrong with football. In fact, so many things are so wrong that it is not unreasonable to say we are being conned. There are, for example, the outrageous comments of football commentators with stories …
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By Tony Attwood and a calculator* Arsenal’s declared aim this season was to get into the top four and so once again start earning the fortunes that arise from the Champions League for next season. Anything beyond that would be a bonus. This might now seem to represent a rather modest ambition, or indeed a …
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By Andrew Crawshaw The final result was frustrating, for Arsenal fans, two-all draw. Ajax scored first, we equalised, then took the lead only to concede a late equaliser. No highlight video is currently available on Arsenal.com. Our starting 11 was, as I had expected Manuella Zinsberger (GK) Nöelle Maritz, Leah Williamson, Rafaelle Souza, Steph Catley …
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By Tony Attwood Note: Raw data used in this article is taken from Who Scored and the Premier League website We have often looked at how different referees have different ways of handling matches. And indeed it looks like this season will be no different, meaning that in part, how well a club does in …
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Arsenal FC is one of the most successful and well-known football clubs in the world. Over the years, it has had some of the best managers in the business. It is clear that Arsenal FC has been lucky to have some great managers throughout its history. These managers have helped the club achieve tremendous success, …
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by Tony Attwood A lot of football commentary these days is about mind reading, and unfortunately, most of the journalists and quasi-journalists who indulge in it are not very adept as telepaths. Take for example the decision to give Ethan Nwaneri a quick burst of fame by making him the youngest player ever to play …
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by Andrew Crawshaw We kick off our Champions League journey on Tuesday Evening at Borehamwood with the first leg of a home and away tie against Ajax. The game starts at 19:30. The UEFA website has no information of any live stream coverage, neither does arsenal.com (they do say that they will have audio available) so …
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by Andrew Crawshaw Arsenal finally got the WSL Season up and running with a home tie against Brighton at a sold out Borehamwood on Friday evening. Match Highlights are below and are also available through arsenal.com or the FAPlayer (which also has a full match video). Here are the highlights. https://youtu.be/g3v2Q-irM6k Our starting 11 – This …
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By Tony Attwood Why is the media so certain Arsenal will fail in 2022/23? There is a piece in the Guardian today which says, “The bond the match-going contingent shares with his players feels stronger than with any Arsenal team for many a year.” Maybe that’s so, although it seems rather a simplistic and possibly …
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When did Arsenal last have 18+ points from 7 games – and what happened? Comparing 2022/3 to Wenger’s title seasons: more points, more goals, more wins by Tony Attwood Team P W D L F A GD Pts 1 Arsenal this season 7 6 0 1 17 7 10 18 1 Manchester …
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By Tony Attwood Quote of the weekend: Garth Crooks on Granit Xhaka: “On his day he’s a very good player. He should have left Arsenal years ago.” I thought we might continue our earlier thoughts (Comparing 2022/3 to Wenger’s title seasons: more points, more goals, more wins) by tracing back how Arsenal were doing after …
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By Tony Attwood Last season I wrote a series of articles which wondered where Arsenal would be in the league if the club hadn’t had that awful start of three consecutive defeats at the start of the season. Those three defeats are still mentioned by the media – they were even part of …
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By Tony Attwood After five straight wins the first defeat is bound to bring some nervousness among the fans if not the players – and certainly there didn’t seem to be any sign of uncertainty among the players at all. It was as if they knew they were vastly superior to everyone else and that …
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By Bulldog Drummond The story so far… Brentford against the big six; Arsenal against the smaller 14 Arsenal is running the smallest squad in the PL. Is that good or bad? Arsenal are the most fouled team in the Premier League Zinchenko joins injury list as Arsenal prepare to play its bogey club. …
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By Bulldog Drummond Last season Brentford won two of their 12 matches against the traditional “big six,” drew two and lost nine – there were 13 games all told as Brentford played Chelsea in the league cup as well as the league. Removing this league cup game from the tally it is a case of …
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. Why is the media so certain Arsenal will fail in 2022/23? Arsenal told they’re five players off mounting title challenge In our first article in this series we opened with an examination of the argument that having a small squad in the Premier League is not a clever idea since clubs need …
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Anniversary video index: an Arsenal video for (almost) each day of the year Arsenal Day by Day: the stories Arsenal in September:Over 600 Arsenal events day by day 100 Years:100 Years in the First Division By Bulldog Drummond We now have available once more that most curious of information: the data concerning how often each …
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Brentford away; high noon on Sunday. The prognostications By Bulldog Drummond The early team news doing the rounds suggests Oleksandr Zinchenko is set to miss the game against Brentford after the Ukrainian Football Association confirmed he has picked up a calf strain during the international break. The Mirror suggests that the injury “means Kieran Tierney …
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6 September: Lazio 2 Arsenal 2, and the fight in the restaurant By Bulldog Drummond So finally we have some football to think about. There’s the women’s game against Brighton tonight (sold out, as we noted) but available to all as it is showing on Arsenal.com We have previews of that game already …
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By Tony Attwood What is a supercomputer and does it tell us anything we don’t already know? The prime thing to remember is that there is not the slightest chance in the world of anyone doing football predictions using a supercomputer, so any article that claims to do so, is lying from its headline onward. …
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By Tony Attwood In our previous article on the men’s game we opened with an examination of the argument that having a small squad in the Premier League is not a clever idea since clubs need a lot of players to be able to maintain a high standard, and indeed to have cover in case …
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Women’s Super League: Arsenal start the season on Friday and it’s SOLD OUT! Arsenal v Brighton head to head (Arsenal in red) Year WSL home WSL away FA cup League Cup 2021/22 2 – 1 0 – 3 3 – 0 2020/21 2 – 0 0 – 5 2019/20 4 – 0 0 …
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Day by Day the videos – An Arsenal video for (almost) every day of the year in order. Day by Day the stories– a key moment in Arsenal and footballing history for nearly every day of the year By Tony Attwood The argument in the media is often that having …
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By Andrew Crawshaw The start of the WSL season, like all other sports events, was disrupted last weekend by the death of our late Queen. As far as I am aware, Arsenal was the only team invited to Buckingham Palace for tea by the Queen and it was rumoured that she always took …
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