Untold Arsenal: Supporting the club, the manager and the team
"I believe the target of anything in life should be to do it so well that it becomes an art." A Wenger
By Walter Broeckx So after the protest during the WBA match there will be another protest during the Norwich match. If this continues like this Arsenal fans will not be known as Arsenal supporters but Arsenal protesters. Now I am all for free speech and all for having the right to express ones opinion. But …
By Walter Broeckx No changes in the starting line up from Arsenal but one change on the bench. The return of Jack Wilshere on the bench for the first time this season after his injury sustained in August on the training ground. Arsenal team: Cech, Bellerin, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Monreal, Elneny, Ramsey, Iwobi, Ozil,Alexis, Giroud On …
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By Walter Broeckx Regular readers know that we have a table of shame in which we compare wrong decisions from referees going in favour of Arsenal and going against Arsenal. Below a repeat of the latest standing in this table. Table of Shame Wrong Important Decisions Favouring Arsenal Favouring Opponents 2nd Yellow Cards 1 44 …
By Walter Broeckx We had 3 changes from the team that started against Crystal Palace. Per Mertesacker came back in the team in the place of Gabriel. In midfield we had Ramsey and Coquelin dropping to the bench and upfront we had Giroud and Welbeck also found a place on the bench. Starting team: Cech, …
WEST HAM UNITED vs. ARSENAL COMPETITION: English Premier League MATCH NO. 32 DATE: 9th April 2016 VENUE: Boleyn Ground (London, England) MATCH OFFICIALS: REFEREE: Craig Pawson 1st LINESMAN: Lee Betts 2nd LINESMAN: Darren Cann 4th OFFICIAL: Jon Moss First Half Fouls, Advantages, Cards, and Penalties Time Foul by Foul For Description & Decision Points 03:08 …
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By Walter Broeckx As I had a board meeting with my fellow members from the Arsenal Belgium supporters club I wasn’t close to a computer during and after the match. So not the usual match report this time. More a combination of the match and some after thoughts. Arsenal started with the same outfield players …
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By Walter Broeckx With taking away the match between Stoke and Tottenham from referee Friend next Monday the PGMO has opened a can of worms it seems. Because for the first time the PGMO has openly admitted that not all refs are completely and always impartial. And well… it is rubbish to believe they are. …
By Don McMahon Everyone involved in football, professional or amateur, has been intimidated or seen such events happen to others during their years in the sport. However, the art of intimidating the officials is something that has reached new heights and even influenced the FA and the PGMOL stuffed suits, to such a point that …
By Usama & Walter ARSENAL vs. WATFORD COMPETITION: English Premier League MATCH NO. 31 DATE: 2nd April 2016 VENUE: Emirates Stadium (London, England) MATCH OFFICIALS: REFEREE: Anthony Taylor 1st LINESMAN: Harry Lennard 2nd LINESMAN: Peter Kirkup 4th OFFICIAL: Andre Marriner First Half Fouls, Advantages, Cards, and Penalties Time Foul by Foul For Description & Decision …
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By Walter Broeckx For many years Untold Arsenal have been looking at referee performances. When Arsenal lose a match and we point at the errors of the ref some people dismiss our analysis and call it sour grapes or say we are bad losers. But as you can see in our reviews we also don’t …
By Walter Broeckx Arsenal started with an unchanged side for Arsenal’s last match at Boleyn Ground against West Ham. So still Ospina in goal and Cech on the bench. And Iwobi kept his place in the starting team. Welbeck still up front to lead the attack. And Elneny and Coquelin the midfield partners. Arsenal team …
EVERTON vs. ARSENAL COMPETITION: English Premier League MATCH NO. 30 DATE: 19th March 2016 VENUE: Goodison Park (Liverpool, England) MATCH OFFICIALS: REFEREE: Mark Clattenburg 1st LINESMAN: Simon Beck 2nd LINESMAN: Richard West 4th OFFICIAL: Jon Moss First Half Fouls, Advantages, Cards, and Penalties Time Foul by Foul For Description & Decision Points 07:36 ??? (Arsenal) …
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By Walter Broeckx The Prelude As you may have read I went to the match with our supporters club from Belgium. A disastrous trip that resulted is us being late and missing a part of the match. Since then I have been writing angry letters to the bus company and wait for their reaction. But …
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By Walter Broeckx Finally back to football. After our good match at Goodison Park where we rather comfortably won 0-2 we have been deprived of real football for some 14 days. The international break didn’t cause any casualties so far as we know so we can hope that all the players are back and in …
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By Usama & Walter TOTTENHAM vs. ARSENAL COMPETITION: English Premier League MATCH NO. 29 DATE: 5th March 2016 VENUE: White Hart Lane (London, England) MATCH OFFICIALS: REFEREE: Michael Oliver 1st LINESMAN: Michael Mullarkey 2nd LINESMAN: Stephen Child 4th OFFICIAL: Roger East First Half Fouls, Advantages, Cards, and Penalties Time Foul by Foul For Description & …
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By Walter Broeckx With the passing of Johan Cruyff a football legend has gone away. I do admit that when I was a boy and growing up Cruyff was in his glory days in the seventies. And I didn’t really like him at that moment. But that had all to do with the fact that he played …
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By Walter Broeckx The match against Everton was a match in which a few players proved themselves to be in better form after having been a bit below par over the last weeks. Let us start with Coquelin. Of course he isn’t the most flashy player in the team but his mostly unnoticed work rate …
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By Walter Broeckx Arsenal made only one change in the starting line up compared to the match at Barcelona. Coquelin came in the team in the place of the injured Flamini. So this means that Welbeck kept his place in the starting line up and also Iwobi started again and this for the second match …
By Walter Broeckx Now let us for the sake of it pretend that time travelling exists and is possible. So if you are with me let us start travelling back to Wednesday’s match at Nou Camp. And let us have a look at the statistics as they are shown on some websites. Like the Uefa website. …
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By Walter Broeckx Arsenal with some unexpected people in the starting line up. Flamini wasn’t really expected in the place of Coquelin and with Elneny as his partner this also wasn’t what one might expect. Per on the bench for Koscielny also not expected but as Wenger talked about speed in defence the choice for …
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ARSENAL vs. SWANSEA CITY COMPETITION: English Premier League MATCH NO. 28 DATE: 2nd March 2016 VENUE: Emirates Stadium (London, England) MATCH OFFICIALS: REFEREE: Robert Madley 1st LINESMAN: Peter Kirkup 2nd LINESMAN: Stuart Burt 4th OFFICIAL: Andy Woolmer First Half Fouls, Advantages, Cards, and Penalties Time Foul by Foul For Description & Decision Points 00:12 Stephen …
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By Walter Broeckx The aaa who are having a field day celebrating Arsenal losing their FA cup match has told us more than once that we support Wenger FC or Arsene FC and not Arsenal. Of course by showing their real colours and sending in (not published) celebration comments after our loss to Watford they …
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By Walter Broeckx As we all know or should know by now, the aaa are not real Arsenal supporters. They pretend to be Arsenal supporters but they are not. And today I got great proof of this. Because below is the comment that was in moderation and the person thought it would not be …
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By Walter Broeckx Alexis and Özil starting again and also Coquelin back in the team after his one match suspension. Starting team: Ospina, Chambers, Mertesacker, Gabriel, Gibbs, Elneny, Coquelin, Campbell, Özil, Alexis, Giroud On the beach: Macey, Bellerin, Monreal, Flamini, Iwobi, Walcott, Welbeck. Arsenal with most of the ball in the opening minutes. Alexis to …
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By Usama & Walter Untold note: In case you have not seen this before, this is part of a series of referee reviews that goes back a number of years, which provides the data from which is used for the referee previews. Also, given that PGMO have stopped providing their own publicly available analysis of …
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