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By Walter Broeckx In the past we have written a lot about referees. And we have always been very much in favour of not just judging referees but also in helping referees. I know it still is not done in some referee circles to say that referees need extra assistance during matches. Some people still …
By Usama & Walter Broeckx ARSENAL vs. CHELSEA COMPETITION: English Premier League MATCH NO. 23 DATE: 24th January 2016 VENUE: Emirates Stadium (London, England) MATCH OFFICIALS: REFEREE: Mark Clattenburg 1st LINESMAN: Jake Collin 2nd LINESMAN: Simon Beck 4th OFFICIAL: Jon Moss First Half Fouls, Advantages, Cards, and Penalties Time Foul by Foul For Description & …
By Walter Broeckx One change at the start and that was Mesut Özil back in the team and Oxlade-Chamberlain went back to the bench. At that bench we saw for the first time after a few months Alexis next to Mohamed Elneny. Team at the start: Cech, Bellerin, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Monreal, Ramsey, Flamini, Campbell, Ozil, …
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By Walter Broeckx Recently Tony has written a few articles about who is running football. Today I will be writing who is ruining football. As you may know I am the president of Arsenal Belgium, the official supporters club of Arsenal in Belgium. And when we had a look at the fixture list a few …
Read More “It’s the bloody TV companies that run and ruin football”
By Usama & Walter STOKE CTIY vs. ARSENAL COMPETITION: English Premier League MATCH NO. 22 DATE: 17th January 2016 VENUE: Britannia Stadium (Stoke-on-Trent, England) MATCH OFFICIALS: REFEREE: Craig Pawson 1st LINESMAN: David Bryan 2nd LINESMAN: Simon Long 4th OFFICIAL: Mike Dean First Half Fouls, Advantages, Cards, and Penalties Time Foul by Foul For Description & …
Read More “Ref Review: Stoke – Arsenal: who is that voice whispering in my ear….?”
By Usama & Walter LIVERPOOL vs. ARSENAL COMPETITION: English Premier League MATCH NO. 21 DATE: 13th January 2016 VENUE: Anfield (Liverpool, England) MATCH OFFICIALS: REFEREE: Mike Jones 1st LINESMAN: Gary Beswick 2nd LINESMAN: Andy Garratt 4th OFFICIAL: Robert Madley First Half Fouls, Advantages, Cards, and Penalties Time Foul by Foul For Description & Decision …
Read More “Ref Review : Liverpool – Arsenal and the push in the back”
Please note: if you find this or any of the ref reviews spreads over into the right hand column, and is hidden by the data there, on most computers you can click Ctrl – (ie Control minus) and the zoom will reduce by 10%. The reverse process is Ctrl + ARSENAL vs. NEWCASTLE UNITED COMPETITION: …
By Walter Broeckx Sorry for not being able to do my usual match report for the match at Stoke. But I couldn’t have bettered the excellent report Tony put on line after the match. I usually watch my matches with the sound as low as possible. Not completely muted but in such a way so …
Read More “Stoke – Arsenal: not losing and keeping your best players fit was the task”
By Walter Broeckx A warm welcome to Arsenal to Mohamed Naser Elsayed Elneny. that is his name in full. But Mohamed Elneny will do just fine I think. Or would Mo be also good enough? That is how Mohameds that I know are mostly called by their friends. Or Mou but that sounds too much …
By Walter Broeckx Arsenal made 5 changes compared to the team that started the last match. Mertesacker and Monreal came back in the team and Gabriel and Gibbs went back to the bench. In midfield Ramsey, Flamini and Özil were back in the team. This at the expence of Chambers, Iwobi and Oxlade-Chamberlain. Team that …
Read More “Liverpool – Arsenal : 3-3 it sure was entertaining”
By Walter Broeckx Looking back at the Sunderland match there are a lot of good things I have noticed. Last week one of our commenters came up with an interesting stat. He pointed out that when we went behind we usually lost the match. I think only once could we turn a deficit around in a …
By Walter Broeckx Arsenal made a lot of changes for this match in the FA cup. Five in total. Cech stayed in goal as Ospina has a slight groin problem so we saw Macey on the bench. At the back Gabriel came in for Mertesacker and Gibbs came in for Monreal. The latter found himself …
By Walter Broeckx (written before the latest injury update just published on arsenal.com) If we take a look at the current injury situation as we can find it on the website injury league we can see that Arsenal for the moment have 6 players out with injuries. The full table with their expected return date …
By Usama & Walter ARSENAL vs. BOURNEMOUTH COMPETITION: English Premier League MATCH NO. 19 DATE: 28th December 2015 VENUE: Emirates Stadium (London, England) MATCH OFFICIALS: REFEREE: Roger East 1st LINESMAN: Lee Betts 2nd LINESMAN: Darren Cann 4th OFFICIAL: Darren Deadman First Half Fouls, Advantages, Cards, and Penalties Time Foul by Foul For Description & Decision …
By Usama & Walter SOUTHAMPTON vs. ARSENAL COMPETITION: English Premier League MATCH NO. 18 DATE: 26th December 2015 VENUE: St. Mary’s Stadium (Southampton, England) MATCH OFFICIALS: REFEREE: Jon Moss 1st LINESMAN: Michael Mullarkey 2nd LINESMAN: Stephen Child 4th OFFICIAL: Graham Scott First Half Fouls, Advantages, Cards, and Penalties Time Foul by Foul For Description & …
By Usama & Walter ARSENAL vs. MANCHESTER CITY COMPETITION: English Premier League MATCH NO. 17 DATE: 21st December 2015 VENUE: Emirates Stadium (London, England) MATCH OFFICIALS: REFEREE: Andre Marriner 1st LINESMAN: John Brooks 2nd LINESMAN: Mick McDonough 4th OFFICIAL: Craig Pawson First Half Fouls, Advantages, Cards, and Penalties Time Foul by Foul For Description & …
By Walter Broeckx Arsenal made 3 changes compared to the team that started the last match. Flamini came back in the team in the place of Chambers and Koscielny took back the place of Gabriel. At left back Monreal came in the team again in the place of Gibbs. The team that started: Cech, Bellerin, …
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By Walter Broeckx Apart from winning half of the major trophies available in England, apart from having the best record over the calendar year in 2015 of all the teams in the PL, apart from being top when we move in to 2016 there was another big joy for me when following The Arsenal in …
Read More “Looking back at 2015 – part 3. Özil, Alexis, Bellerin, Coquelin.”
This article continues from the first part of our review of 2015 which you can read here. By Walter Broeckx Looking back at 2015 we can’t get around the fact that Arsenal was the best club in England in the calendar year. I know you don’t get a trophy for that. But it should be …
By Walter Broeckx Another year over, a new one to begin… In these days many people look back at the year that has just gone by. So why not me. When I look back at 2015 from the Arsenal perspective I feel it has been a great year. Not a super year. But still a …
By Usama and Walter ASTON VILLA vs. ARSENAL COMPETITION: English Premier League MATCH NO. 16 DATE: 13th December 2015 VENUE: Villa Park (Birmingham, England) MATCH OFFICIALS: REFEREE: Kevin Friend 1st LINESMAN: David Bryan 2nd LINESMAN: Darren Cann 4th OFFICIAL: Jon Moss First Half Fouls, Advantages, Cards, and Penalties Time Foul by Foul For Description & …
By Walter Broeckx As could be expected a handful of changes for this match. Not even 48 hours after our last match sending out the same team is not really smart. At the back we had Gabriel in the place of Koscielny who sat on the bench. Gibss replace Monreal. In midfield we had Chambers …
Read More “Arsenal – Bournemouth 2-0: An historic evening at the Emirates”
By Walter Broeckx ARSENAL vs. SUNDERLAND COMPETITION: English Premier League MATCH NO. 15 DATE: 5th December 2015 VENUE: Emirates Stadium (London, England) MATCH OFFICIALS: REFEREE: Robert Madley 1st LINESMAN: Marc Perry 2nd LINESMAN: Peter Kirkup 4th OFFICIAL: Jeremy Simpson First Half Fouls, Advantages, Cards, and Penalties Time Foul by Foul For Description & Decision Points …
By Walter Broeckx Arsenal made again no changes in the starting line up for this match. So Flamini and Ramsey stay in the centre of the midfield with the Welsh player celebrating his 25th birthday. The starting line up : Cech, Monreal, Mertesacker Koscielny, Bellerin, Ramsey, Flamini, Campbell, Ozil, Walcott, Giroud On the beach: Ospina, …
Read More “Southampton – Arsenal 4-0 : Our bête noir strikes again”
By Walter Broeckx In the article about the possible introduction of video refereeing in the PL you can read the reaction of Graham Poll and that was rather typical for how referees are. I will quote from his reaction: “Hallelujah! That was my first reaction to the news that professional clubs are being asked their opinions on …
Read More “A typical referee reaction to allowing video refereeing.”
