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 Cup final heroes. When looking back at the cup final we have the heroes of course. And heroes are mostly the ones that scored the goals. Things are no different then this time around. Let us sing the praise of our goal scorers. Santi Cazorla. OOOOOOHHHHHHH Santi Cazorlaaaaa He reminds me a …
By Walter Broeckx Looking back at the cup final day there are a few moments that stand out and that stay more in my memory than others. Not just the football moments of course but the human stories. The strange things that happen on such a day and that make the whole day even more …
Read More “Football is not just the game; it is about the feeling and the friendship”
By Walter Broeckx For this article I have translated an interview that was printed in the French paper L’Equipe; the leading French newspaper when it comes to sports. And one that is rather very well informed when it comes to things about Arsenal most of the time. And in this interview we see a few …
By Walter Broeckx The barren years because of Arsenal building the best stadium in England coming together with the arrival of the new super rich clubs baked by outside money are over. Untold has been asking for calm and patience and said that the good times will come back. We have been ridiculed, abused, insulted, …
Read More “The start of a new era. A time for celebration and remembrance”
By Walter Broeckx When I started my trip to London and thinking about the match I hoped that we would trash Hull and score a few early goals and then make it a walk in the park. After having been in Wembley for the semi final and feeling the tension from pitch side I could …
by Walter Broeckx This article will be updated from time to time. I will try to take you along with me on my trip, share my emotions with you, tell you about remarkable things or dull things. I hope to have a good day and I hope you will feel a bit like being with …
By Walter Broeckx With the final final match of the season just 24 hours in front of us it is a bit strange that apart from 2 doubts the whole team is fit. A bit of a bummer when we look at some parts of the season when half of the first team regular starters …
Read More “Who will play at Wembley? Walter’s preview before preparing for the 5am start.”
By Walter Broeckx Cup final day is nearing. And so the nerves are slowly creeping in. Of course there are nerves. And it’s not because we have won twice against Hull or that we will have an easy job in the Cup final. In fact have you ever remembered Arsenal having an easy job in …
Read More “Nervous but confident: being a real supporter and preparing for Saturday”
By Walter Broeckx Looking back at the league season is interesting but also a bit painful. We know it could have gone differently if only… if only…. In a way Arsenal has made a big step forward this season in the league and I do have the hope and the feeling that next season we …
by Andrew Crawshaw This is the first part of a review of the referees for the past league season and is a summary of who we had, how often and what our results were. The PGMOL have 18 referees on their panel from which they select referees for Premier League matches, so you would expect …
Read More “Season Review of Referees 2013-2014 – Part 1. The bogeymen and the makeweights”
By Walter Broeckx One of the weapons the Wenget Out Brigade mob has used this season is the fact that Liverpool seemed to be able to get close to winning the PL this season. A team without the financial resources of Manchester United (through their years of world wide marketing), Chelsea (oil) or Man City …
Read More “Liverpool not spending? Oh yes they are, and there’s a good reason for it.”
By Walter Broeckx The PL season is over and no better time to have a look at the numbers. And see how we did compared to last season. Let us start with the league position. We finished in 4th and that is the same as the season before. The minimum requirement for Arsenal I think …
Read More “A League season review: if but for injury (and bent refs…)”
By Walter Broeckx A few days ago you could read on arsenal.com that Laurent Koscielny signed a new long term contract with Arsenal. In a way I feel sorry for the people who have to come up with the silly transfer rumours in the next weeks. As Koscielny leaving Arsenal for…. Barcelona/Real Madrid/PSG/Who Ever United/ …
By Walter Broeckx I must admit when I looked at the team sheet before the match I did shake my head a bit. Ok no Per Mertesacker that was great. Also no Cazorla as I think he also was given a breather. But for the rest a rather strong line up with Özil and Ramsey …
By Walter Broeckx It seems only a moment ago when we lost our first home game of the season against Anthony Taylor back in August and here we are at the end of the season already. To come back to this exceptional performance I would like to note that this was even a bridge too …
Read More “Norwich – Arsenal the last league game of the season”
By Andrew Crawshaw Referee – Lee Mason Assistants – R West & A Holmes Fourth Official – A D’Urso Before I start on our game – here is my take on the officials for City and Liverpool, one of which will end up champions unless there is an Act of God. Liverpool are at home …
Read More “Norwich v Arsenal 11 May 2014 – The Match Officials”
By Walter Broeckx Untold Arsenal has a few talking points that we have been exploring for many years. In fact ever since Tony started this blog. Things we have been saying for years and that have been brushed away or laughed away. We have been front runners in showing the media for what they are …
Read More “Media defending the limitless spending of City: shame on you”
By Walter Broeckx With the season nearing its end we have another look at the injuries that has been suffered by the teams in the PL this season. The table you will see is based on the numbers from the injury league website. It gives you the ranking, the name of the team, the total …
An open letter from a worried supporter, man, father,… Dear Ludivine, First of all I want to apologise for using your first name. As I know that you probably will not know me but for me you are a more familiar person. I follow you on twitter and so I have learned to know you …
By Walter Broeckx Talking about twists and turns, the PL surely is living up to that for the moment. Since the moment we lost our key players at the same time and our PL title challenge was halted the media has ran at full speed in admiration of some teams only to see them hit …
Read More “Getting it wrong, Untold predicting things years ahead of the rest”
By Walter Broeckx We all know that the Bosman-ruling has changed football a lot. One could summarize it like this: Prior to the Bosman ruling, professional clubs in some parts of Europe (but not, for example, in Spain and France) were able to prevent players from joining a club in another country even if their …
by Don McMahon This weekend we play our final EPL game of this season at Norwich. Imho it is a meaningless game to us but to them could mean relegation or survival. While the AAA bitches, whiners and gloomers have bemoaned our horrible season from the first game to the last and persistently lamented our …
By Walter Broeckx If we can believe the media the first consequences of the FFP rules and first punishments will be put upon a few of the oiler teams. The punishments as they are being spread in the media are for Manchester City to pay a fine of £50M and a squad limitation in the …
Read More “FFP the first punishments : will it change things in football?”
By Walter Broeckx I remember from last summer that on more than one occasion I was told that I was a complete fool. The reason was that I didn’t scream out loud that we should spend the f*cking money and trusted Wenger. And because I had the balls to say at that moment in time: …
Read More “What a difference a year makes or is it what a difference a manager makes?”
By Walter Broeckx Over the last seasons I have always tried to be at the Emirates in our final home match. As the way things went this time I once again had the luck to be there. People who have been there at such occasion know that after the match the players do a lap …
