By Walter Broeckx The starting line for the match against Middlesbrough who surprised City in the round before was Szczesny, Chambers, Gabriel, Koscielny, Gibbs, Flamini, Cazorla, Özil, Alexis, Giroud and Welbeck. On the bench we had Akpom, Coquelin, Rosicky, Walcott, Martinez, Mertesacker, Monreal. So Gabriel with his debut in the first team for Arsenal. Gabriel playing in …
By Walter Broeckx Wenger is a useless prick who overplays Alexis and this is the ultimate proof that he is no good, is past it, and should be sacked. This is a bit of a simplification of what the aaa is saying at the moment. Alexis is out and its all Wenger’s fault. Period. FACT! …
By Walter Broeckx Let us have a look at our cup runs since Riley took over as h Season Result Ref 2013/14 Won No Dean 2012/13 Lost to Blackburn Dean 2011/12 Lost at Sunderland Webb 2010/11 Lost at MU Foy 2009/10 Lost at Stoke Atkinson 2008/09 Lost semi v Chelsea Atkinson League Cup Season Result Ref …
By Walter Broeckx In our match against Leicester we had an incident where Alexis tried to make a pass and a Leicester defender handled the ball and the ref gave no penalty. Let us have a closer look on this particular incident with the laws of the game in hand, the instructions towards referees and …
By Walter Broeckx For the match against Leicester we had the following team at the start : Ospina, Bellerin, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Monreal, Coquelin, Rosicky, Walcott, Cazorla, Ozil, Alexis On the substitutes bench we had : Szczesny, Gibbs, Gabriel, Flamini, Ramsey, Welbeck, Giroud So that is three changes to the side that started last weekend. Alexis …
By Walter Broeckx If there is one good thing about this midweek fixtures then it is the fact that they are the ideal way to get rid of the disappointing result from the weekend. We had a bad day and several key players were below par. It can happen but it was rather painful to …
By Walter Broeckx So time for the North London derby. And Arsenal starting this match with the following players : Ospina, Bellerin, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Monreal, Coquelin, Ramsey, Welbeck, Cazorla, Ozil, Giroud. And on the beach we had : Szczesny, Gibbs, Gabriel, Flamini, Rosicky, Walcott, Akpom. To be honest a surprise that Welbeck came in the …
By Walter Broeckx The official transfer window was closed last Monday. But to my surprise the constant stream of transfer rumours didn’t stop at all. The levels of insanity in the media have risen to new heights. The one that made me laugh out loud was that Alexis was going away this summer because…. Cazorla won the last …
Ref for this match: Anthony Taylor First remark I want to make is that apart from a few minor incidents it seemed that Aston Villa wanted to play a fair match of football. This resulted in the fact that the first time the ref had to make a real decision…it was to approve a goal …
By Walter Broeckx So Arsenal starting with the following players in this match against Aston Taylor: Ospina, Bellerin, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Monreal, Coquelin, Ramsey, Cazorla, Özil, Walcott, Giroud. On the cold beach we had Szczesny, Gibbs, Gabriel, Rosicky, Flamini, Chambers and Akpom. In the stands we had my wife, myself and the rest of a 30 man …
By Walter Broeckx Not really the match report as you are used to getting from me after a game. That will be for later. When I get the time to review the match from the comfort of my sofa and enjoy the events on the pitch as they unfolded in front of our eyes. Because …
By Andrew Crawshaw Firstly, following Walter’s review of Mr Pawson in our away game at Southampton, we have an updated Table of Shame – it is shown at the end. That table reveals that there are still no signs of it starting to even out. Mr Pawson made two wrong Important Decisions (second yellow cards, red …
By Walter Broeckx So Taylor it is again. Only 7 matches since his last match in charge of Arsenal the evil face of the PGMO is back. Let us look at his stats up to now and compare them with the overall record from Arsenal in the PL. Total WIN DRAW LOST Arsenal 174 96 …
By Walter Broeckx Over the last months we have heard the media coming up with the phrase that Arsenal is a one man team. One could say this is another fine example of the laziness from the journalists. Now of course I am the last person to take anything away from what Alexis has brought …
Ref for this match was Mike Dean I know on a lot of occasions people say that our referee reviews are all about sour grapes. So how do we judge the ref in a match when for the first time in 12 centuries (more or less) we beat a top 4 club at their home …
By Walter Broeckx So after the usual long wait Arsenal.com finally made it known to the world that we have a new player. His full name is Gabriel Armando de Abreu. And that sounds a good name to have to me. It really sounds Portuguese and that is not that surprising as he comes from …
Ref for this match was John Moss I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw the start of this match. It took Stoke 10 minutes to commit their first foul. And I think that maybe that was the reason that the ref completely ignored it. It was the foul from Arnautovic on Debuchy that lead …
Ref for this match was Craig Pawson A ref we haven’t got many numbers on so it is always difficult to draw conclusions. What I did noticed is that he is not looking good at hidden kicks on the Achilles. Alderweireld did this a few times and each time it escaped the ref’s attention. This …
By Walter Broeckx For most of us living outside England the first time we saw English football was in the FA cup final at Wembley. In my country we had the luck to having the leading football commentator not just being an excellent footballer in his days but also he loved England and English football. And …
By Walter Broeckx So Arsène Wenger made a lot of changes to the side that beat Manchester City last Sunday. The starting line up was Szczesny, Chambers, Koscielny, Monreal, Gibbs, Flamini, Walcott, Ramsey, Ozil, Rosicky, Giroud On the beach : Martinez, Mertesacker, Bellerin, Coquelin, Cazorla, Alexis, Akpom. Szczesny came in for Ospina. Mertesacker and Bellerin …
By Walter Broeckx Usually you get my match report shortly after the match. But this time I couldn’t do this. So it is about more than the match as the match details have been talked over and over again I think. As you may know I am the president of the Arsenal Belgium supporters club …
By Walter Broeckx After having the fastest match report on an Arsenal blog this is now the slowest match report on an Arsenal blog I think. Arsenal started with Ospina, Bellerin, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Monreal, Coquelin, Ramsey, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Cazorla, Alexis, Giroud. And on the cold beach in Manchester we had Szczesny, Gibbs, Chambers, Flamini, Rosicky, Ozil, …
By Andrew Crawshaw Firstly the ‘Table of Shame’ following Walter’s Review of the QPR game – a 2-1 win so there couldn’t be much to complain about from the referee – WRONG. Mr Atkinson again showed his complete inability to referee an Arsenal game in an honest fashion. His overall score (weighted for importance of decisions) …
Ref for this match was Neil Swarbrick The first minute the ref should have booked O Brien who came in frontal towards Monreal. In control but surely with studs showing over the ground. A booking would have been the only correct call even in the first minute. Minutes later a very important call to make …
By Walter Broeckx I do speak and understand a few languages but Polish is not one of them. However someone informed me that an interesting article appeared on the website of Legia Warsaw. It said: “Bielik przejdzie testy medyczne w Arsenalu Autor: Krystian Grzelak Fot. Jacek Prondzynski Legia Warszawa wyraziła zgodę na udział Krystiana Bielika …
