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Cesc: the reality and the truth. (Thanks Puyol and Picque)By Walter Broeckx Cesc has just had the “privilege” of spending some two months in the Spanish team during the world cup and its preparation. And in this period he has kept his mouth shut about his future and if he said something it was in fact saying nothing. But we must keep in mind […] Let the football begin: Arsenal back in action on saturdayBy Tony Attwood It seems like forever since we had any real football, but there’s only five days to go before we start again – as usual at Barnet. Last season the game was curious: we had two different teams out for the two halves (that’s fairly normal) but with some of them playing out […] Arsenal’s First Team 2010-11; the complete run downBy Tony Attwood If you ever care to meander out of the present day to the dim and distant past you might have noticed that on the Woolwich Arsenal site we are running a series on the players who started the first match of the 1910/11 season for Arsenal. Which made we want to think […] Welcome Laurent, do us another Verminator actAs you’ll know, Laurent Koscielny is our latest new signing. If we want to be honest before his name was linked with Arsenal not many of us had heard his name. And I have to confess that I never had heard of him before either. I must say that I did on occasion look at […] A Gunner in the world cup final: Robin van Persie – the inside story.By Walter Broeckx When Robin Van Persie got his very bad injury last season when he played with Holland against Italy it was clear that he would miss the biggest part of the season for Arsenal. I then wrote that probably Robin would be fit for the world cup and have a big impact. Well […] You can’t believe a single word I say (but you probably knew that). The reserves are no more.Egg on face, custard all over face, total red face… how do I express my utter embarrassment? After weeks if not months laughing at the Tiny Totts and others not managing to put together a reserve team, Young Guns (exquisite, up to date and far more accurate than Untold on such matters) has revealed that […] Honesty in football, a long lost memoryby Walter Broeckx One of our readers, Adam, wrote a comment a few days ago and it goes like this: “If you truly wish to ascertain blame then you should look in the direction of “Neuer” and “Tevez” true sportsmen who should both receive awards for honesty. All other arguments are a waste of time. […] Arsenal’s 2010/11 squad – the new rules, the transfers, the listWelcome to the Untold Intrepretation By Tony Attwood As the transfer guessing game starts (according to my diary tomorrow’s July 1), here’s where we are starting from – the squad for the new season. This season for the first time the “25” year rule applies. We’ve been through this in detail a number of times […] The best thing to do is to kick these foreigners. That shows them who’s who.By Adrian Raffill On 23rd February 2008 Birmingham City’s Martin Taylor launched himself into a challenge that took Eduardo’s foot clean off the end of his leg. Arsene Wenger had barely finished his post match criticism of the thuggery that had just been broadcast live all over the world before the English football world rose […] Del Bosque, Cesc, what is going on?By Walter Broeckx Vicente del Bosque is the name of the manager of the Spanish national team and he just maybe the most important player in the saga of where Cesc will be next season or even next seasons. Del Bosque is what we could call a Real Madrid man. He played there the main […] The injuries of 2009/10: just how do we compare with the other top teams?By JBH Yes Arsenal had injuries… but so too did Chelsea and Man Utd How many times did you hear the above strap line at the end of the last season? Well there are injuries and there are INJURIES! Lets take a little closer look at the injuries over the past year before we jump […] Laurent Koscielny: Arsenal. Francis Coquelin: LorientBy Tony Attwood (on my birthday!) Arsenal have provisionally struck a deal, subject to the usual personal terms, a medical and a cup of tea, with FC Lorient for centre back Laurent Koscielny, according to our pals at Young Guns. (OK I know I keep mentioning that site, but as a source of accurate info […] Does Vermaelen give you goose bumps? Here’s whyBy Walter Broeckx. Editor’s note: if you are squeemish, or a very deep and sincere believer in animals’ rights, this may not be the article for you. Especially at lunch time. Ever since Vermaelen set foot on English soil some fans noticed that he had a very sharp look in his eyes. Eyes that can […] Stand up if you adore Martin HayesOK, that would be just me then. Or at least that is what it often felt like when he was in the team. In his short, peak period, I thought he was God’s gift to the team, and was certain he was going to become one of the all time greats. There’s even a little […] Arsenal’s new central defender. You read it here first (unless you speak Dutch).Will he come by bike? By Walter Broeckx We all know how most of the media in the big football countries are talking about transfers. I should have said lying about transfers. Every big name that goes along is rumoured to be sold, or has been sold or will be sold before, during, after the […] First signs of new Uefa financial rules having impact as clubs start shedding playersTony Attwood Michael Ballack and Joe Cole have left the KGB compound in Fulham on free transfers. There’s no doubt that both are great players, and that in earlier days would have been given new contracts by the world’s leading exponents of Prefabricated Football. You bring in already fully made talent, and exploit it for […] Statistical analyses in football: an interview with the ProfessorBy Phil Gregory I was recently fortunate enough to be able to do a short interview with Bill Gerrard, Professor of Sports Management and Finance at Leeds University. Professor Gerrard is heavily involved in the game, having worked with top sides in fields as diverse as squad valuations and performance analysis, while advising the board […] Highbury, Crush barriers, Cliff Holton and Stanley Matthews. A trip down memory laneBy GF60 “Looking back is sometimes dangerous because we see the past that we want to remember and not the past that has happened in reality.” With all-seater grounds, nancyfied and oh so safe stadia, no-one will ever know again, the thrill of being able to tell the crowd size merely by the pressure on […] Arsène Wenger gets advice on who he should buy every two seconds.By Walter Broeckx If you type in the words “Wenger should buy” in Google, then you get some 44.500 hits in the last 24 hours. If you take the last week you come up with some 177.000 and 426.000 in the last month. If we include the words “AW should buy” we get another 70.800 hits […] Why Cesc won’t go now, but why he might, maybe, perhaps, possibly, could go in AugustBy Toby Maitland I’ve been an Arsenal fan since the mid-1970s: a season-ticket holder in the late eighties, now living in the US and follow The Arsenal on the telly and the web. I was hoping that you would post something the Untold Arsenal blog that relates to the Cesc Situation. Much has already been […] Aaron and Theo and a mixed dayby Walter Broeckx The first day of the transfer window has not been a bad day for Arsenal. And I don’t refer to the fact that Cesc has not been sold to Barcelona for the moment. But the bad news on this will be that the media will keep this fire burning for some 2 […] Next season’s squad: who we’ve got and who we needBy Leke Osmani -Last season we performed better than the media thought we would. We came 3rd and did quite well in the Champions League. The main positive we have from last season I believe is the fact that we have seen just how powerful our squad can be. Spending millions will break the unity […] Cesc: how the media created and used a non-existent transferBy Tony Attwood On Wednesday 19 May the Guardian ran a story by Sid Lowe. The Guardian, as you might have noted from my past comments, is my UK newspaper of choice. Far from perfect, but in my personal view, the best there is. But it is, as I say, far from perfect. Sid Lowe’s […] Is it the defence that is the problem? The stats suggest not.By Walter Broeckx A reader asked it we could look at the goals conceded and compare this with the invincible year. A fair question and so I went on to do some research on this. And if you just look at the bare facts they say: 2003-2004 : conceded 26 goals and won the title. 2009-2010 […] Why our summers are always so miserable… and why we won’t be bullied any moreWhy our summers are always so miserable… and why this is the last summer of pain. Ian Trevett I can remember when summers were fun. After a long season it was nice to get weekends back for a month or two. Go on holiday, maybe watch a World Cup or Euro Championship (with hardly any […] |
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