Untold Arsenal » 2008 » September

Some people never get it right

Early in 2007 the story was going around that Flamini (who we signed from Marseille in 2004) was fed up with the lack of starting opportunities he had at Arsenal.  He was played in a lot of games, but mostly as a substitute.
Flamini didn’t leave at the end of 2006/7 of course, and went on […]

How will the FA punish Tottenham H for the behaviour of their fans?

  There was a time, when Sol Campbell was playing at Arsenal, when we’d all sing the song that starts (in its recorded version) “Hey Baby, I wanna know…” The second word was changed.  

The club made a big fuss about it and said anyone who sang that naughty little song any more would be […]

Now I really am getting worried

I wrote the previous piece about the number of shots the teams had on saturday night, and then really worried.  Could the Manchester Bankrupt figure of 32 shots be right?  It seems insanely high.
I took that figure from the Guardian web site – along with all the others – and so decided to go looking […]

Arsenal 18 Hull 8

That scoreline is the number of shots each side had.  To give you an idea of where that stands in the scheme of things here’s some other weekend scores based on goal attempts Wigan 10, Manchester Arab 11 Stoke 5 CSKA Fulham 14 Manchester B 32 Bolton 10 Aston V 12, Sunderland 9 Portsmouth 9 Tiny Totts 15

Everton 4, Liverpool […]

Tottenham could turn to Venebles… or Untold Arsenal

It is the time of year when Tottenham change their manager.  It matters not whether the current manager is a decent guy having a hard time at an insane club, or a jumped up twirp who really has limited ability and no power as the big men on the board do their crazy thing.
One year […]

One defeat changes nothing

Here’s a simple fact – we’re two points behind the leaders, with a goal difference that is only one worse than the leaders. Here’s another fact – our children’s team looked a dream and a half on tuesday.

Or another fact – even if Manchester Bankrupt win their game in hand we are still above them in […]

Thierry ready to leave Barca – but what would we do with him?

Thierry Henry said in an interview published on 26 September that he will consider leaving Barcelona in January if the coach Pep Guardiola leaves him on the bench much more.
What the great man actually said in L’Equipe was, “For now, it is not a matter of the moment. But if things stay the same, of […]

Criris News: an occasional guide to the cock-ups of our friends in football

Newcastle Zebras.   The Zebras reach number one this week through the sheer weight of crazy events.  Top of the pile must be the attempt to get the man from Dagenham whose business activities have raised the odd eyebrow, to be manager.  That is manager of a club where the fans walk around the ground with […]

Platini about to go even more ballistic over Arsenal

Backing off from his attack on the Lord Wenger, Platini has now said this, “When I talk about business, I mean attracting young players aged 13 or 14. I can’t bear that,” Platini was speaking in an interview with French newspaper Sud-Ouest published on 25 September.

So what on earth will Platini do when he discovers that […]

Jack Wilshere to become manager of Tottenham

I agree entirely with the comment made on my last post concerning the issue of Gascoigne – it is totally inappropriate to start a rumour over the supposed death of a man suffers from psychiatric problems.  (My joke, you will have noticed, was about Newcastle, not Gascoigne).
But the publication of the rumour did make me […]