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 No changes from the team that started the match against Liverpool. Koscielny is fit again and the only change is in fact Gabriel who wasn’t even on the bench. So a last minute injury or illness we can assume. Team that started: Ospina, Bellerin, Mertesacker, Monreal, Coquelin, Cazorla, Ramsey, Ozil, Alexis, Giroud. …
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By Walter Broeckx With the season nearing the end we can have a look at the remaining fixtures for the teams currently in the top 4. As the gap between 4th placed Manchester City and 5th placed Liverpool is 7 points now I didn’t look any further down the league table. It would take a …
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Ref for this match was Andre Marinner Well this was turning out one of the most boring referee reviews ever in the first half of this match. Marinner missed a foul from Coquelin early in the match and should have given a foul to Everton…and that was it for errors in the first half. Take …
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By Walter Broeckx This article is published on 6th April (unless you are in Australia in which case it is probably 7th April – or in the Pacific and it is still the 5th). But wherever you are we are at or coming up to or have just had the two month anniversary of the …
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By Walter Broeckx A few changes compared to the last match against Newcastle that seems an eternity away. Per Mertesacker returns to the team and Hector Bellerin comes in at right back and Chambers joins Gabriel on the bench. More upfront Özil comes back in the team and Welbeck who was a doubt goes to …
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By Walter Broeckx I don’t know why but this international break in the football season seemed to take longer than ever before. I really couldn’t be bothered about the results of any team to be honest. Football organised by crooks just isn’t my thing. The only thing that I did worry about was the well …
Ref in this match was Chris Foy for 59 minutes and Anthony Taylor for the rest. Because of this interruption we have two ref reviews in one article and I will also add the final score of the two refs and call this the PGMO score for this match. CHRIS FOY What a way to …
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Ref for this match was Mark Clattenburg A bad start for the assistant when he ruled Özil offside when he was clearly not. Özil scored but we don’t know really if this was because of the CP defender stopping after the whistle or not. So will not take the goal decision as a wrong itself. …
By Walter Broeckx This has to stop. Somewhere, someone, anyone but this has to come to an end. What? Those stupid, meaningless, irrelevant, international fixtures in the middle of the money time of the regular football season. What good is it that players now have to leave their natural environment and go to play far …
By Walter Broeckx One of the things you have in mind when you write an article is the question : will someone read it. And that is something that we know will be the case because we do have a lot of (loyal) readers. But another question is : will people like the idea? Will they …
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By Walter Broeckx When we look at what happened to Manchester United we have a good view what can happen when a long serving manager wants to go out on a high at all costs. The former Manchester United legend got his 20th title and that was all he really cared about. In fact even …
By Walter Broeckx The other day I read an article about Mike Riley where he talked about the mix up that has happened once again when ref Neil Swarbrick send off the wrong guy in the match Manchester City – West Bromwich Albion. One could say sending off the wrong player is something that only …
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Ref for this match was Kevin Friend The match started with a few decisions going against Arsenal early on. Coquelin was called back for offside when he was clearly onside. Arsenal should have got a corner but instead QPR got a free kick. Zamora then put an arm in the face of Gibbs and again …
By Walter Broeckx I have seen a snide remark on Untold this weekend before the Newcastle match from a person who said that we should stop embarrassing ourselves by comparing Giroud with Thierry Henry. And maybe he was right. Maybe we should stop doing that. Because it might put a too big pressure on Giroud …
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By Walter Broeckx Again a few changes compared to the side that started the midweek match. Arsène Wenger makes three changes to the side that beat Monaco 2-0 on Tuesday. Calum Chambers comes in for Bellerin who had some cramps at the end of the Monaco match and Gabriel comes in the place of Per …
By Walter Broeckx I find it in a way intriguing when I read quotes from pundits who look down at the French league. Before the double encounter between two PL teams (Arsenal and Chelsea) and two French teams (Monaco and PSG) they just thought that the PL teams were stronger and would beat them French …
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By Walter Broeckx So we are out of the CL for this season. Time to try to make an analysis of what caused our exit this season. 1. The missed chances in the first leg. It was one of those days that even with a shot on goal from Welbeck going in, no defender able to …
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By Walter Broeckx Arsenal making three changes compared to the side that beat West Ham United. Bellerin came back at right back and Chambers dropped to the bench. In midfield Santi Cazorla came in for Ramsey. And up front Welbeck came in the place of Walcott. The team that started was : Ospina, Bellerin, Mertesacker, …
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by Andrew Crawsha The Arsenal Ladies team play in the FA WSL League, games start on Wednesday 2 April with the (current) fixture list as follows :- Match Date Time Location Millwall Ladies v Arsenal; Fifth Round FA Cup 22 March 14:00 The Den, Millwall Notts County v Arsenal 2 April 19:30 Meadow Lane StadiumNB …
By Walter Broeckx It sure was an interesting week of football. With most of the PL having a nice rest we were one of the few PL teams that had to play a match last weekend. Or last Monday. And what for a match. Going to Old Trafford is one of the most difficult places …
Read More “A great week for Arsenal and there could be more to come.”
By Walter Broeckx A lot of changes for this match compared to our last game at Manchester United. Some expected some maybe not. David Ospina starting in goal is not a real surprise. Calum Chambers starting at right back is maybe also understandable because young Hector Bellerin having played a lot of games recently. Santi …
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By Walter Broeckx The last 24 hours I have seen very different headlines being thrown around about young Hector. Headlines saying that he has signed a new 4 year deal. Of course if that would be the case I would jump up, pumping my fists in joy. I think regular readers know that I have …
by Andrew Crawshaw Following Walter’s review of Mike Jones in the Leicester game Ref Review : Arsenal – Leicester here is the updated table of shame Wrong Important Decisions Favouring Arsenal Favouring Opponents 2nd Yellow Cards 0 17 Red Cards 3 14 Penalties 3 15 Goals 1 6 Total 7 52 Possible Cost …
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By Joe Doe “What Alex Ferguson did to David Moyes and – subsequently – to Louis Van Gaal? Well, it wasn’t very original thing to do. It was the same pattern that had been established by Jose Mourinho. If Ferguson had implemented values (or, more precisely, lack of any) to Premiership that have been burdening …
By Walter Broeckx This week we had a few interesting moments that involved referees’ and players’ behaviour. Things we don’t like to see but that are used by some teams in order to gain an advantage. Unsporting things. Things that also make life difficult for referees. Let us have a closer look. The diver’s disease. …
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