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By Tony Attwood On 6 June 2019 we did quite a bit of boasting.  Indeed the headline of the day said it all.   “We ... The post Why some of the six regular league winners in Europe are not winning this season. first appeared on Untold Arsenal: Supporting the club, ... read more

Here are a few odds and end for your Thursday reading pleasure.. Defense Central is reporting that Martin Odegaard wants to hold a face-to-face meeting with Zinedine Zidane before making any plans for his future. The young Norwegian, currently on loan at Arsenal, hasn’t ruled out returning to the Gunners ... read more

Attention all Yankee Gooners in the United States! Starting today, CBS All-Access has been renamed Paramount+. What does this mean to you? Well, beginning next Thursday, you will find all Europa League games streamed on Paramount+. Champions League matches will also be streamed on this service going forward. If you ... read more

So, Thierry Henry is retuning to London to be with his family. After a year away from them while managing CF Montreal, the Arsenal legend has decided to return to England without a job. Remember, he had been under consideration to manage Bournemouth in the Champtonship. Anyway, what if Mikel ... read more

Bukayo Saka, Alex Lacazette, Martin Odegaard, Willian, Pierre Emerick Aubameyang, Nicolas Pepe, Reiss Nelson, Eddie Nketiah, Emile Smith-Rowe and Gabriel Martinelli. It’s not a bad collection of attackers that Mikel Arteta has at his disposal. I am not going to pretend it is absolutely world beating but it’s also not ... read more

By Sir Hardly Anyone It is being reported that Jürgen Klopp has told Uefa and Fifa that Liverpool will not allow its players to ... The post Let’s hope Arsenal go down the same road as Liverpool over international release first appeared on Untold Arsenal: Supporting the club, the manager ... read more

Dynamic with Cedric Last weekend’s impressive performance against high-flying, although admittedly injury plagued Leicester, on the back of the comeback against Benfica, has understandably raised anticipation levels. For me, ... read more

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfZp0gQ6je4?feature=oembed&w=640&h=360] The anniversaries are below… Contact Arsenal History Society at Tony@schools.co.uk 100 Years in the First Division: the absolute complete story of Arsenal’s promotion in 1919. Henry Norris at the Arsenal:  There is a full index to the series here. Arsenal in the 1930s: The most comprehensive series on the decade ... read more

by Sir Hardly Anyone Traditionally, Untold has taken more note of the 25 player rule and the notion that only 17 players can be ... The post FA accused of getting most of its post-Brexit transfer rules wrong!!! first appeared on Untold Arsenal: Supporting the club, the manager and the ... read more

Alright, about to rewatch the first half of the #LEIARS game again. The match is available for members at the Arsenal website Before I get to it, just a couple of key points of interest, based on the Slavia game and Leicester’s season so far. Pre-Watch Leicester have utilised a ... read more

Morning folks. Another Thursday rolls around. I swear these week’s are just blending in to one. How are we coming up to a quarter of the way through the year already? I know we all want this current time of lockdown to get in the sea, but it does feel ... read more

Morning all. As expected, the press were quick to quiz Mikel Arteta on rumours linking him with the Barcelona hot seat when they got their chance.  There was no cheeky smile or awkward laugh to greet the question in yesterday’s press conference. Instead, his face was as straight as ... read more

Arsenal are still a fair distance away from challenging - but here's why it's vital we get back to the top quicker. ... read more

Wir sind zurück aus einer kleinen Podcastpause und wollen in dieser Ausgabe ein wenig aufarbeiten, was sich in den letzten …Weiterlesen → ... read more

The Gunners hope to keep their momentum headed in a positive direction when they travel to Turf Moor to face Burnley on Saturday. Under Sean Dyche, the Clarets have had a difficult year which currently finds them in the Premier League table’s 16th spot, with just 28 points. After 26 ... read more

Gabriel Martinelli is still a Gunner, yet it might be hard to believe that these days since the 19-year-old has been kept off the pitch by manager Mikel Arteta. Following a serious knee injury picked up in June, Martinelli made a very strong comeback in late December. But then a ... read more

By Tony Attwood There is an article on the Football.London site which runs with the headline “Stan Kroenke could force Mikel Arteta into transfer ... The post Are Arsenal really utterly hopeless at all transfers or is it the media that’s wrong? first appeared on Untold Arsenal: Supporting the club, ... read more

The Guardian Football weekly podcast posted an episode last week (24 February 2021) which was titled “Has FIFA really changed? Football Weekly Special, part two.” It’s an intriguing expose by Max Rushden and Philippe Auclair on what FIFA has been ... read more

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By Tony Attwood Every year around this time, websites start to tell us that they have had access to the results produced by a ... The post What is a super computer and does it tell us anything we don’t know? first appeared on Untold Arsenal: Supporting the club, the ... read more

By Tony Attwood Under the new regime announced by Arsenal FC Arsenal fans won’t be Arsenal fans any more.  We’ll be customers.  Customers trapped ... The post Fans into customers: what can Arsenal fans do to fight back? first appeared on Untold Arsenal: Supporting the club, the manager and the ... read more

Arsenal 2017-20 I loved the mindfulness that transpired from every answer I got from Louise.During the thirty minutes I got to spend with her, she walked me through ... read more

Julius Caesar faces a tough home fixture during the month of March long ago By the time we play our first game in April (home versus Liverpool, as it happens) we could be sitting on ... read more

There is a debate about whether Arteta helped develop players since his arrival. I think overall some players ... read more

Good morning, campers! It is I, Tom, your illustrious host for today! As the sharper amongst you will have noticed, images are back appearing on the site, which while most welcome, is a very minor victory considering how late I was awake in resolving it. You might think it should ... read more

Earlier today I saw a Tweet from Blackburn George asking his ‘followers’ who their current favourite player was, as well as proclaiming that Granit Xhaka was his. Certainly few could dispute that Xhaka has ... read more

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9OtiYcSq6E?feature=oembed&w=640&h=360] The anniversaries are below… Contact Arsenal History Society at Tony@schools.co.uk 100 Years in the First Division: the absolute complete story of Arsenal’s promotion in 1919. Henry Norris at the Arsenal:  There is a full index to the series here. Arsenal in the 1930s: The most comprehensive series on the decade ... read more

Written by Darryl Rigby, Immigration Advice Service The United Kingdom formally exited the European Union on January 1st 2021, ending a near-50-year alliance that ... The post 4 Transfers That Would Never Have Happened Under Post-Brexit Rules first appeared on Untold Arsenal: Supporting the club, the manager and the team. ... read more

Goals from David Luiz, Alexandre Lacazette, and Nicolas Pepe helped the Gunners to win against Leicester City on Sunday. This was their second win in their last five Premier League games. Arteta came to this match with a few changes to his starting line-up as he rested their Talisman Pierre-Emerick ... read more

Morning folks and welcome to the middle of a non-Arsenal playing midweek. Isn’t it just fascinating to see what unfolds in the media when there isn’t some kind of mini crisis that is going on at The Arsenal, eh? After an impressive win against a team who are in the ... read more

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8WGCuIMMyI&w=560&h=315] With Danny, Karl & Mike There are 3 ways to watch our show : Click here to go to our ‘YouTube’ channel and watch the show there. Click here to go to our ‘Twitch’ channel and watch the show there. Click here to go ... read more

Midweek, or hump day. Reserved to Champs League nights or Premier league fixture relocation. As the season enters into its home stretch, I thought it may be an interesting time to have a peek at managers and why we should be giving Mikel his due. Football is a funny old ... read more

By Tony Attwood Sky Sports have presented a list of “days lost” to clubs by players being injured or ill. It is an interesting list and is combined with a note from Sky that notes that this is fractionally under 10% higher than for the first 26 games last season. ... read more

Formula Flour 500 AP *.25 125 Bread *.75 375 Hydration *.75 375 Tangzhong flour = Total * 0.05 25 Bread flour Tangzhong water = tangzhong flour * 5 125 Water Remaining Bread flour 350 Remaining liquid 250 50g egg @ ... read more

A few years ago, around the 20th anniversary of Arsène Wenger becoming Arsenal manager, the BBC proclaimed that Arsène had won 15 trophies in his 20 years. By any logical counting method, that’s nonsense. They’ve clearly included the three Premier Leagues and six FA Cups, then added six Charity/Community ... read more

By Tony Attwood This is a very curious and odd league table at the moment. The almighty glorious wonderful Liverpool of yesteryear have slipped down to sixth and are hobnobbing it with their neighbours (three points below and two games in hand). Arsenal and Tottenham (the latter being regularly tipped ... read more

    THE RETURN TO GUNNERSTOWN OF DB’S SEASON DIARY….. So here we are, on the eve of a crucial European second leg tie against Benfica, hanging ... read more

For those that speak a bit of Spanish, Cebolla means onion. Onions are quite an interesting: Onions are vegetables, not fruits. Onions are often mistaken ... read more

This piece is part of a larger work on Unai Emery’s Arsenal tenure, which will soon be released… A magician on the pitch, Özil was ... read more

Arsenal coverage is chock full of analysis of matches and players. Much of it is fantastic and it lends itself to a better understanding of the game for all of us. We’ve decided to take our analysis a step further and analyse key break downs for Arsenal. We’ll analyse it ... read more

I guess it was only a matter of time before Mikel Arteta was linked with a move to Barcelona.  On Sunday night, not long after our win over Leicester, journalist Gerard Romero speaking on Catalan radio station RAC1 claimed that Joan Laporta – who is running for president in the ... read more

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt-o0lCiDOc?feature=oembed&w=640&h=360] The anniversaries are below… Contact Arsenal History Society at Tony@schools.co.uk 100 Years in the First Division: the absolute complete story of Arsenal’s promotion in 1919. Henry Norris at the Arsenal:  There is a full index to the series here. Arsenal in the 1930s: The most comprehensive series on the decade ... read more

Morning folks and welcome to Tuesday. Ahh, a full week in which Arteta can prep his team for Burnley, in which we can still feel the positive vibes from the win against Leicester, a week in which the grumpiness and vitriol online should be kept to a minimum. Or at ... read more

By Tony Attwood Arsenal’s consumerisation scheme is being pushed ahead at high speed Arsenal are pushing ahead with a scheme that will remove the concept of supporters from the club and replace them with customers and consumers. At the heart of the programme is a new “Rewards Scheme” ... read more

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzb836TBJ3k&w=560&h=315] With Danny There are 3 ways to watch our show : Click here to go to our ‘YouTube’ channel and watch the show there. Click here to go to our ‘Facebook’ page and watch the show there. There are 3 main ways to listen ... read more

By Tony Attwood There is a little piece about the weekend’s Arsenal match in the Guardian which reads… “Brendan Rodgers looked glum at full time. He looked even glummer as the man from Radio Leicester informed him the airwaves were already alive with callers asking if Leicester City were about ... read more

Arsenal fans could have been forgiven for approaching their Premier League clash against Leicester City with pessimism, despite seeing their side secure an impressive win against Benfica to progress in the Europa League. The spirits of unexpectant supporters, ready for a rollicking from a well-oiled Leicester machine, were not eased ... read more

By Tony Attwood Earlier today we reported on how Arsenal had told the Arsenal Independent Supporters Association and the AST that Silver Members would ... The post Should we be worried about Arsenal’s attitude towards its most loyal fans? first appeared on Untold Arsenal: Supporting the club, the manager and ... read more

Leicester City (1) 1 Arsenal (2) 3 Premier League King Power Stadium, Filbert Way, Leicester LE2 7FL Sunday, 28th February 2021. Kick-off time: 12 noon (4-2-3-1) Bernd Leno; Cédric Soares, David Luiz, Pablo Marí, Kieran Tierney; Mohamed Elneny, Granit Xhaka; Nicolas Pépé, Emile Smith-Rowe, Willian Borges da Silva; Alexandre Lacazette. Substitutes: ... read more

Finally arriving at party The Arsenal set up 1) In possession Utilising the familiar 4-2-3-1, Arsenal were building through the thirds in a 2-3-5 shape. Cedric would initially remain ... read more

In Today’s podcast @shotta_gooner and I wax lyrical about everything, including Arteta, This is what we have all been waiting , for ,surely? We saw everything come together against a good team. Arteta made some big calls and was vindicated, if we can moan when it’s bad ... read more

I so much more enjoy writing a post match review after a victory. Monday mornings become so much more palatable! So it is that we all get to start this working week with the sweet smell of victory metaphorically permeating our nostrils this morning, having gone to Leicester and delivered ... read more

A coaches coach POSITIVES, NEEDS and HOPES I wasn’t really ‘Wenger Out.’ I wasn’t ‘Wenger In’, either. I was more ‘Wenger frustrated.’ I ... read more

Pick one… Leicester City would have risen to second in the Premier League if they had beaten us at the King Power stadium yesterday. So the fact that we did not just beat them but ... read more

Following on from a dramatic Europa League fixture against Benfica, Arsenal travelled to the King Power Stadium to play high flying Leicester City. Unlike Arsenal, Leicester got knocked out of the Europa League by Slavia Prague. Despite this, throughout the season, Leicester have shown much of their good play from ... read more

Match report – Player ratings – Video Yesterday was a nice surprise. There were all kinds of reasons not to feel confident. Playing at noon on a Sunday after a reasonably lengthy European trip on Thursday. Our record after Europa League games being so poor this season. Starting against a ... read more

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5nlUC4D_hY?feature=oembed&w=640&h=360] Sorry about the lack of sound on that video above which took place on 1 March 2015.    So by way of compensation here’s another one with the same score, but not on this day.  But the quality is better and the goals are great fun. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzbQqAvfWRo?feature=oembed&w=640&h=360] ... read more

By Tony Attwood During the past week Arsenal FC sent a note to people holding Silver memberships in which it said it recognised that “Silver Members have been unable to utilise their priority ticket access due to matches being played behind closed doors or with vastly reduced attendances in line ... read more

Welcome to another Arsecast Extra, the Arsenal podcast, with myself and James from @gunnerblog. In this episode we enjoy what was a very nice surprise – a 3-1 win over Leicester. Given the team rotation, with six changes, and some big names not starting, it looked more difficult on paper, ... read more

In this episode we enjoy what was a very nice surprise – a 3-1 win over Leicester. Given the team rotation, with six changes, and some big names not starting, it looked more difficult on paper, and even more so when we conceded another early goal. However, the Arsenal response ... read more

Sunday 28th February 2021 Other than possibly politicians, us football supporters have to be the most hypocritical people on the planet. We moan, groan and express our displeasure in many aspects including our manager’s decisions, players’ on pitch decisions and how, always with the benefit of hindsight of course, ... read more

Sonntag Mittag nach einem Spiel in der Europa League und dann ein überzeugender Sieg. Was passt in dieser Gleichung nicht? …Weiterlesen → ... read more

By Tony Attwood That game today was so much better, it was one of those matches that made me wonder why we couldn’t run the game in this way all the way through every match. We are still a long way down in the league on where we should be, ... read more

Goals. 7'Tielemans, 39'Luiz, 46'Lacazette(p), 52'Pepè, Leicester City. Schmeichel; Castagne, Evans (Amartey 70), Soyuncu, Thomas (Albrighton 46); Tielemans, Ndidi; Pereira, Iheanacho, Barnes (Under 49); Vardy.Subs. Ward, Choudhury, Mendy, Fuchs, Daley-Campbell, Tavares.Manager: Brendan RodgersArsenal. Leno; Soares, Luiz, Mari, Tierney; Elneny (Partey 66), Xhaka; Pepè, Smith Rowe (Odegaard 42), Willian; Lacazette (Aubameyang 84).Subs. Ryan, ... read more

Mikel Arteta decided to rest some of his key players, and in the end the move paid him dividends. The Foxes 1, The Gunners 3! After a sloppy defensive play in the early minutes of the match allowed an easy Leicester City goal, our team responded, and then dominated the ... read more

Hey folks, was going to write a bread recipe and a match report but the bread isn’t quite ready (I need to make it again, because it didn’t quite turn out right) and I missed about half of the match ... read more

[getty src="1231432335" width="594" height="396" tld="co.uk"] The Arsenal travelled to Leicester today seeking a happier ending than our last three visits in the PL (we lost them all, in case your memory fails you) and also looking, I would hope, for a measure of revenge for a particularly annoying home ... read more

The starting XI did not give me much confidence to be honest, especially the forward line that ... read more

This piece is part of a larger work on Unai Emery – soon to be published in its entirety here on Gunners Town. Arsenal’s Champions ... read more

Before I talk about the game Arsenal are playing today, can I just take this opportunity once again to bemoan the absolute travesty that is the state of refereeing in the Premier League right now. Yesterday’s game between West Brom and Brighton involved an incident in which a referee – ... read more

Leicester City away with Jamie Vardy on duty is always an unpalatable fixture. The striker who turned down a move to North London has seemingly made it his personal goal to intimidate and savage Arsenal at every opportunity, somewhat successfully I might add. City may still rely on the strikers ... read more

Schon heute Mittag geht es für Arsenal zurück in den Ligabetrieb. Sicherlich nicht optimal nach einem Spiel in Athen am …Weiterlesen → ... read more

Playing at midday on Sunday feels really early to me, and I didn’t have to go to Greece on Thursday. Nor do I have to go to Leicester today. Mikel Arteta says that Arsenal can’t use fatigue as any kind of excuse, which is fine, but it is a factor, ... read more

A sight we do not want to see today Here’s a cheery thought: Jamie Vardy has scored 11 goals against Arsenal in 12 appearances. It’s a phenomenal record and recalls the nightmare years when Didier ... read more

Good morning all. Early blog for an early start start, high noon in fact. This is a hard game to call, we go into the game feeling chipper following our late winner ... read more

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmRwx14mMBg?feature=oembed&w=640&h=480] The anniversaries are below… Contact Arsenal History Society at Tony@schools.co.uk 100 Years in the First Division: the absolute complete story of Arsenal’s promotion in 1919. Henry Norris at the Arsenal:  There is a full index to the series here. Arsenal in the 1930s: The most comprehensive series on the decade ... read more

By Bulldog Drummond Arsenal still have the third-best defence in the league – just one goal more than Chelsea conceded this season. We have conceded one fewer goal than Leicester. However, in terms of attack, we are 11th in the League, having scored 13 fewer goals than Leicester. Leicester have ... read more

We’re back to Premier League play on Sunday with a very important match at the King Power Stadium. Here’s my predicted starting XI for Mikel Arteta… [4-2-3-1] Aubameyang Smith Rowe, Odegaard, Saka Xhaka, Partey Tierney, Gabriel, Luiz, Bellerin Leno Predicted final score… Leicester City 2 – ARSENAL 2 COYG! ... read more

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d753zHmxxHU&w=560&h=315] With Danny There are 3 ways to watch our show : Click here to go to our ‘YouTube’ channel and watch the show there. Click here to go to our ‘Twitch’ channel and watch the show there. Click here to go to our ‘Facebook’ ... read more

Given the unanimous popularity of the somewhat tangential Valentine musings in the Leeds match report, I thought it is all the more desirable to start this preview with reminiscing about another Valentine’s day victory, in 2016, this time maybe with a higher degree of relevance. Danny Welbeck, playing ... read more

By Bulldog Drummond Yes a shock announcement and the horror only comes because it is unbelievable.  It really is because seemingly Arsenal have only ... The post Leicester v Arsenal: Arsenal in shock horror injury amazement crisis first appeared on Untold Arsenal: Supporting the club, the manager and the team. ... read more

After a nerve-wracking 3-2 win over Benfica in the Europa League, the Gunners will be heading back to England as Leicester City will play hosts to Arsenal in the Premier League this Sunday. Thursday’s 3-2 win over Benfica means that now Arteta’s men will be facing Olympiacos in the ... read more

The supposed Arsenal vs Benfica home game tie was an uncomfortable affair as the Gunners struggled to make it through to the next round of the Europa League. The problem was of their own making with Dani Ceballos turning provider for the opposition in a match where he had looked fairly solid. ... read more

There are two statements that appeared on my feed recently that sum up a depressingly, growing number of our fan base at the moment. Anonymous (supposed Arsenal fan) on Twitter: ‘When you play well you get zero abuse. They deserve everything they get and more” Granit Xhaka: ... read more

Arsenal return home from Greece and head directly back into the Premier League cauldron with a trip to the King Power Stadium against top four usurper Leicester City. The Gunners’ campaign needs a kick start if they have any hope of qualifying for a European space that’s not the new-low ... read more

by Bulldog Drummond Arsenal are slowly getting to grips with the way referees treat them this season. As a result they are getting slightly more tackles in per foul given against them (1.25 against 1.15 in December), they can commit slightly more fouls before getting a yellow (6.47 against 6.31 ... read more

Give this man a chance It has been bugging me for some time that Gabriel Martinelli seems to have fallen out of favour with Mikel Arteta. The young Brazilian burst onto the scene towards the ... read more

Leicester have a superb record after European ties and Harvey Barnes can help them take victory over Arsenal on Sunday, says Dave Tindall ... read more

News filtered through yesterday that this season could be the last for Hector Bellerin – with the right back having come to an agreement last summer with Mikel Arteta that he would be free to leave the club in 2021. I love Hector, but this summer feels like the right ... read more

Hands up if you rolled your eyes at Arsenal drawing Olympiacos in the Europa League Round of 16. Go on. Quite a lot of you. That’s fine. Not me though. While I’d definitely have preferred a different ‘foreign’ team, I’m quite happy with this. We get to see our old ... read more

Leicester City vs Arsenal Date: 28/02/2021 K/O: 12:00 Venue: King Power Stadium Referee: Paul Tierney TV: BT Sports Leicester City must put themselves back together again after a lacking performance and deserved defeat in the Europa League to Slavia Prague in the run-up to their Sunday lunchtime fixture against Arsenal. ... read more

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI00k1MUroQ?feature=oembed&w=640&h=360] The anniversaries are below… Contact Arsenal History Society at Tony@schools.co.uk 100 Years in the First Division: the absolute complete story of Arsenal’s promotion in 1919. Henry Norris at the Arsenal:  There is a full index to the series here. Arsenal in the 1930s: The most comprehensive series on the decade ... read more

By Tony Attwood Football London has a headline today saying “AS Monaco are eyeing a summer move for striker Alexandre Lacazette. “That is according to the Mirror as Arsenal may be prepared to cash in on the Frenchman this summer if he shows no signs of signing a new deal, ... read more

Happy Saturday folks. I don’t know what it is that meant that I couldn’t sleep first thing this morning, but I find myself up at 6.30am on a Saturday, and I can tell you I do not like that one bit. I think  I must have had plenty on my ... read more

I watched Arsenal v. Benfica and here’s my report: it was a bit good, then it was really good, then it was a bit shit, then it went real shit, it got really good, then it went to shit again, ... read more

What appeared to be a premature ending to Arsenal’s Europa League dreams, turned into an out-of-body experience on Thursday. With the the clock ticking, and chances beginning to fade, Bukayo Saka and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang came through with a brilliant pass and a pinpoint header to send the Gunners through to ... read more

Infogol's Steven Railston uses expected goals (xG) to predict the likely winners and scorelines of each match in Gameweek 26 ... read more

Liverpool have already conceded more goals than they did last season and Dan Fitch thinks that Sheffield United can score against them, as he previews the Premier League action using Opta statistics. ... read more

By Tony Attwood Could it be that our constant campaign to embarrass the PGMO (and the mass media that supports it), by pointing out referee errors, their refusal to give any public statements or to bring themselves in line with the rest of Europe, is having an effect? And could ... read more

Es wird nicht die letzte Reise nach Athen gewesen sein in dieser Europa League Saison. Soeben ist die Auslosung für …Weiterlesen → ... read more