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 Is the Untold Arsenal campaign really going to lead to a change in refereeing? It seems that for the first time the answer could be yes! Sticking your neck out isn’t always easy. You get ridiculed. You are called all sorts of names. But I have never backed away from explaining and …
By Walter Broeckx When Arsenal win a top match like they did against Manchester City the feelings of happiness are a bit higher than when you win against let us say Sunderland. In a way this is not based on facts as a win against Sunderland gives the same number of points as a win …
By Walter Broeckx No changes were made by Arsenal for this match against Manchester City. So Wenger went again for Giroud and Walcott together in the starting line up. The name we were all looking for wasn’t included even on the bench: Alexis. So Iwobi and Jeff Reine-Adelaide were also on the bench. The team …
By Walter Broeckx I must say that everyone likes to be right most of the time. I am no exception to that rule. Writing on a blog of course brings the risk that what you have written at some point in time can come back to haunt you. Now I must say that when the …
By Walter Broeckx Regular readers of Untold Arsenal know that on this site on more than one occasion we have defended Oliver Giroud. In fact when Tony compared his early days with those of Henry he was called some names. But the fact was that Giroud’s numbers were not that bad compared to the early …
By Walter Broeckx Deep inside I wouldn’t have minded Chelsea having a draw at Leicester. Let that sink in. Even I don’t mind Chelsea not losing…that is something new I must admit. Now after they lost I didn’t mind them losing again. It was just that I was hoping for Leicester to make their first …
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By Walter Broeckx No changes in the team before the start of this match. So both Giroud and Walcott in the starting line up. Iwobi was named on the bench. Team that started: Cech, Bellerin, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Monreal, Flamini, Ramsey, Ozil, Campbell, Walcott, Giroud. On the beach: Ospina, Debuchy, Chambers, Gabriel, Gibbs, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Iwobi …
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By Usama & Walter An act of violent conduct that brought danger of a serious injury to a player. There is only one punishment for this: a red card. NORWICH CITY vs. ARSENAL COMPETITION: English Premier League MATCH NO. 14 DATE: 29th November 2015 VENUE: Carrow Road (Norwich, England) MATCH OFFICIALS: REFEREE: Jon Moss …
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By Walter Broeckx Following up on the excellent article from Proudkev I want to show you how things are done in a country that has a real divide in it and how they do take notice of spreading referees on a fair way for everyone. As you may know I come from the country known …
Read More “Discrimination among referees: it does not have to be done this way”
By Walter Broeckx Arsenal made one change in the starting line up. Walcott came in the place of Oxlade-Chamberlain. For the rest an unchanged team so an attack with Giroud, Walcott and Campbell. The team that started: : Cech, Bellerin, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Monreal, Flamini, Ramsey, Walcott, Ozil, Campbell, Giroud Near the Greek beach: Ospina, Debuchy, …
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By Walter Broeckx I must say that the PL this season is very strange indeed. There is not a weekend without surprise results. And sometimes big surprises. What can we say about the title race so far this season? Let us start with the biggest surprise team: Leicester. Top of the league now and I …
Read More “A very strange season – losing points to the refs, showing up the anti-Arsenal mob.”
By Walter Broeckx Sorry but things beyond my control prevented me from getting home on time to see the start. In fact I missed the whole first 20minutes. So forgive me for letting them out of this report as I really haven’t got any idea how they went. From when I could I see …
By Walter Broeckx This morning the Swiss police has arrested a few people. Once again a few top people from Fifa. This time it is supposed to be Juan Angle Napout, president of the South-American Football association (what we would call UEFA in Europe) and also Alfredo Hawit from Honduras who is the boss of …
Read More “And meanwhile at Fifa headquarters … business as usual”
By Usama & Walter ARSENAL vs. TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR COMPETITION: English Premier League MATCH NO. 12 DATE: 8th November 2015 VENUE: Emirates Stadium (London, England) MATCH OFFICIALS: REFEREE: Martin Atkinson 1st LINESMAN: Michael Mullarkey 2nd LINESMAN: Stephen Child 4th OFFICIAL: Andre Marriner First Half Fouls, Advantages, Cards, and Penalties Time Foul by Foul For Description & …
By Walter Broeckx Yes November has been dissapointing, not for the first time in recent history in fact. If we look at the average results in the Wenger era as they have been published on arsenal.com it is the worst month resultwise most of the time. The fact that in that period we usually have …
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By Walter Broeckx I have been writing in the past about injuries. I even wrote a whole series in which we looked at the different types of injuries that Arsenal players had suffered. One of the debating points was of course when an injury is caused by contact or not. I remember some not agreeing …
By Walter Broeckx In their haste to blame the Alexis injury all on Wenger and Wenger alone some people come up with everything they can find. Alexis shouldn’t have played against Norwich. And yes talking as usual with hindsight it would have been better if he hadn’t played. Now of course Wenger is the one …
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By Walter Broeckx Sorry for the late match report this time but had to attend a meeting before the match so no computer nearby to write it down immediately. But still took some notes of course. A rather quiet opening to the match in the first minutes. A first attempt from Alexis from outside the …
By Usama & Walter BAYERN MUNICH vs. ARSENAL COMPETITION: UEFA Champions League MATCH NO. 4 DATE: 4th November 2015 VENUE: Allianz-Arena (Munich, Germany) MATCH OFFICIALS: REFEREE: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy) 1st LINESMAN: Elenito Di Liberatore (Italy) 2nd LINESMAN: Mauro Tonolini (Italy) 4th OFFICIAL: Andrea Padovan (Italy) First Half Fouls, Advantages, Cards, and Penalties Time Foul by …
By Usama & Walter WEST BROMWICH ALBION vs. ARSENAL COMPETITION: English Premier League MATCH NO. 13 DATE: 21st November 2015 VENUE: The Hawthorns (West Bromwich, England) MATCH OFFICIALS: REFEREE: Mark Clattenburg 1st LINESMAN: Simon Beck 2nd LINESMAN: Jake Collin 4th OFFICIAL: Stuart Attwell First Half Fouls, Advantages, Cards, and Penalties Time Foul by Foul For …
By Walter Broeckx When looking back at the Zagreb match the only thing I can say is that it sure had a few moments of utter brilliance in it. And even a few of those moments not even resulted in a goal in fact. And we had a few top class performers all over the …
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By Walter Broeckx Arsenal has made a few changes for this match. In the place of the injured Coquelin came Flamini. And Joel Campbell started in the place of Gibbs. On the bench for the first time in a month we find Aaron Ramsey who was back in full training since this week. Also on …
By Walter Broeckx On the moment I am writing this we still don’t know how serious the injury from Francis Coquelin is. But that it would be a big blow for Arsenal if the rumours of him being out for 3 to 6 months would be correct is something I will not deny. As usual …
By Walter Broeckx Arsenal made a few changes both in personal and in line up for this match. Bellerin came back in at right back in the place of Debuchy and also Kieran Gibbs came in but not in the place of Monreal but in the place of Campbell. Gibbs played at the left flank …
By Walter Broeckx After the boring interlul matches we finally can have something to look forward too. Arsenal players have flown in from all over the world and we have a match to play on Saturday. Alas, what I had hoped for hasn’t materialised. I had hoped for a return of Ramsey and The Ox …
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