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End of season top of the table predictions – post transfers edition.

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By Phil Gregory

Following on from my last article looking at the summers movements and likely additions, I took the plunge and made some predictions for the top of the table come May. With the close of the transfer window and a couple of games under our [.

Hands up if you thought we would be fourth at year’s end

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By Tony Attwood

I will make this quick. As I have mentioned in passing before, I live in the Midlands, and have a season ticket in the North Bank, so going to Arsenal is something of a day trip for me.

I am just back, and need to change for the evening's celebrations with the [...]

Arteta is a gem, but spare a thought for poor sad Everton

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"Making the Arsenal" – the book of Arsenal's rebirth

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By Tony Attwood

If there is a man in football who seems to love his club and be doing all he can for it, it must be Bill Kenwright, who appears [.

How the transfer window really works – and the January version has started already

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"Making the Arsenal" – the book of Arsenal's decline and rebirth Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal

By Tony Attwood

During the summer when it was unclear to us mere mortals if Arsenal would get the transfers the club wanted, there was much comment among the blogworld to the effect that the supposed failure to [.

Arsenal’s new approach is not rocket science. It is much more complex than that.

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By Tony Attwood

Goals are on the up more are scored in the Premier League than in the top leagues in Germany, Spain and Italy. Good for us. Except when we lose 8-2 of course.

Meanwhile club owners and managers are buying strikers and then more strikers, paying £30m or more for players of [.

Uproar at silent protest at Marseille, as manager is called a Japanese chicken.

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by Billy le chien

I do like to keep the occasional eye on French football, particularly our loan player, ex-player and indeed the surrogate Man City that Paris St Germain has become.

UNTOLD at the AGM. What the reports don’t say: Silent Stan’s great joke.

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The Christmas gift for the fan with (almost) everything By Tony Attwood The AGM of Arsenal Holdings plc lasts an hour several hundred people and a bunch of journalists turn up, there's tea and biscuits before and after, and this year it was held in the Woolwich section of Club Level, which was nice [.

Do we need for a defensive coach, or not?

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By Walter Broeckx We know that one of the things that some part of the fans throw at Wenger is the fact that he can't organise a defence. And that he is stubborn. And then they come up with the fact that he needs to get a defensive coach. Because of his stubbornness he doesn't [...]

Err, is it possible? Could the Swiss Ramble have got it wrong?

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By Tony Attwood In case you don't know the blog, The Swiss Ramble is a King among blogs. Blogger of the year, praised by the media, written by a British guy who has lived overseas for many years, everyone loves it and admires the erudition and research to be found therein. So, first rule of [...]

Arsenal have opened Pandora’s Box

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Arsenal have opened Pandora's Box Don McMahon Following the departure of Cesc Fabregas for a derisory sum of around 30M Euro after add-ons, with Barca's mocking confirmation that they robbed us, and with the sale of Samir Nasri to City for 25M sterling, there were innumerable cries of outrage and dismay from the British media,punditry [.

Untold Economics: Why does an Arsenal blog keep talking about Rangers of Glasgow?

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Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal By Tony Attwood The fact that Liverpool managed to scramble out of the mire, and Barca, having famously run out of cash so they couldn't pay the players, are still there buying the likes of Cesc etc makes some people think that there is no crisis. But crisis there is, [.

Does Arsène Still Know Best? – Clear Thinking “Post Old Trafford”.

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By Nick Tolhurst Does Arsène Still Know Best? – Clear Thinking "Post Old Trafford". Self criticism is nearly always beneficial, a mad orgy of doom, gloom and self destructive Scapegoating less so. As those who read my last "Harsh Truths" article here while I may not be optimistic regarding Arsenal's chances of lifting the Title [.

Are Arsenal a selling club ? The true crack(s) of the great Arsenal way !

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Are Arsenal a selling club ? The true crack(s) of the great Arsenal way ! Ibrahima Fode NDIAYE For the last couple weeks or months or even years, Arsenal FC its board and manager are under immense critics from all corners. The general consensus is that Arsenal are an unambitious selling club only interested in making financial [.

Harsh Truths about Arsenal’s “Decline”

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Nick Tolhurst Harsh Truths about Arsenal's "Decline" Forget debates about whether Arsène Wenger is too miserly, stubborn or just plain wrong in the transfer market – the truth is far simpler. So another summer ends and, despite the best efforts of Tony and Untold Arsenal; the media, the pundits and of course the assorted "collectible [.

Our failure this coming season?

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Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal . By Rob Lackey . So Arsenal are dammed to finish outside the top 4 and we should not have wasted our time and money on youngsters like AOC, Miyachi, Jenkinson, and the pursuit of Campbell – when we should have been pursuing the worlds best established players.

Revealed: the trick Barca are pulling to pay the fee for Cesc

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By Tony Attwood Last year, as we all know, Barca effectively went bust and in June were unable to pay their players. This year, equally famously, they have said they are saving money by stopping colour photocopying. So how can they spend £30m or more on Cesc? The answer is that Barca will more than [.

The Premier League will end in 3 years time as we enter the new Super League

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Viral video by ebuzzing By Tony Attwood In 2014 Blatter will still be in charge of world football. The FA will still be in charge of English football. Uefa will still be there introducing its financial fair play rules maybe. Now you might think that football supporters everywhere might welcome anything other than that [.

The three reasons why Cesc should not go to that club in Spain

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Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal By Tony Attwood 1. Because as soon as Barca have him they will do the same thing with Ignasi Miquel who left Barca under similar circumstances. This really is a key point because Arsenal transferred Cesc quite properly within the laws of the game, and yet the local mayor talks [.

Is there a risk insurance policy for transfers?

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Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal By Walter Broeckx A much used argument with the currently missed transfer of Campbell to Arsenal is : just pay the price. Just give them what they ask. Apart from the fact that according to reports it was the player/dad/agent that didn't turn up for a kind of final meeting [.

Let us do it the Arsenal way; Campbell on hold, others pending

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Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal By Walter Broeckx Okay my scouting work on this Young lad Campbell seems to end in tears and frustration. The deal is off until the end of the U20 world cup in which he has to play for Costa Rica. So I will be keeping an eye on him if [...]

Bring Back Dein

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by Ian Trevett I am a full-paid up member of the AKBs otherwise known as the Arsene Knows Best brigade which is why I always come back to this site. But I also belong to the trickier to pronounce AKBBKEMWDIA grouping, although to be fair, I have just invented this. I don't think [...]

On Arsenal’s Leadership; what is it, who is it, why is it?

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Untold Arsenal on Twitter is in the top 1% of all Twitter sites for followers @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here On Arsenal's Leadership By Martin Doyle Much has been said and written about the leadership of Arsenal, mainly around the lack of leadership on the pitch. I want to think about leadership in this [.

Idiot, twirp, disingenuous liar, turnip, plonker: McLeish

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Untold Arsenal on Twitter is in the top 1% of all Twitter sites for followers @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here By Tony Attwood Alex McLeish has moved from being manager of Birmingham City (whom he has just seen relegated) to Aston Villa, (who would like to see themselves as challengers to the top four, [.

We are not the only ones who wait, you know

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By Walter Broeckx The "you won nothing for X years" mantra sung by the media and repeated by a part of the fanbase is something that one never hears of other teams. More sensible readers on Untold know that periods when you win nothing are part of the game. In fact they are part of [...]

Crystal Balls: what the future holds for Arsenal

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By Richard Bedwell All the talk at the moment is about what has gone ‘wrong' and what can be done (mainly in the transfer market) to put it ‘right'. Opinions as to what should happen are of course, just that, opinions. Trying to predict what actually will happen is somewhat different and, when it comes [.

We just are too honest

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Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here By Walter Broeckx We just are too clean and honest in this game. And as we are young we are also still a bit naïve at times. In a way it makes me proud because this means we are the good guys. But alas in the [...]

How the 25-man rule can be improved

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Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here How the 25-man rule can be improved (And it is just my opinion) By Nitesh Padhi First of all, let's just clear out the quite confusing 25-man rule. According to the rule, A home grown player is defined as one who, irrespective of his nationality or [.

Has the summer already started?

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By Walter Broeckx Are we June already? Just checking my calendar and it still is only March. Okay, I admit we near April but still there is a big gap between now and the transfer period. Yet, Barcelona is talking again about Cesc. Not much news you could say. They are talking always about Cesc [...]

Barking mad: the story of football, DNA and some very young boys

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By Father Brian Now on day release, Father Brian who still maintains his innocence has embarked on a journey of self discovery. His interest in boys is well documented (HM Govt vs. Fr. B Murphy 2009) but bravely he has decided to attempt to lift the sheets on the secretive world of La Mafia. This [..

How to make a Tiny Tott happy

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The debate can wait. There is a league to win By Ian Trevett Sometimes, when my judgement for good taste fails me, I will listen to 606 or TalkSport while I'm driving. The best bits are when you get a Spurs, United, Chelsea or Liverpool fan ranting about how their manager has lost the plot [...]