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 Arsenal sitting one point behind the league leaders at this time of the season is somewhat what no pundit really expected. They have been waiting for weeks and months for the moment we would drop away. But here we are with 11 games to and the league table is what it is. …
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By Walter Broeckx As someone said in the comment section under my pre trip musings he hoped for a safe journey and that I wouldn’t have any troubles as he remembered some things not going to plan in the past. Someone with a good memory I must say as he recalled the bird against the …
Read More “Trips to the Emirates always full of unexpected things”
By Walter Broeckx I’m stating the obvious here, but a match in the stadium is completely different from watching a match on TV. In the stadium you can see the whole pitch and you can see at a different thing than where the ball is because some interesting move is happening far from the ball …
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By Walter Broeckx As I had written in my pre-match article I was extra thrilled to be able to get to the Emirates for this match as the unveiling of the statue of Dennis Bergkamp would take place in my present. The first thing I did when I got to the Emirates was to check …
By Walter Broeckx A few days Tony wrote an article about some pundit who was passing on his negativity and didn’t realise how he was hurting the fans of a club. And he said that the pundits apparently don’t understand how much some things matter for us, the supporters. Wise words as usual from Tony …
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By Walter Broeckx The scapegoat after our defeat on Wednesday will probably be Özil. He missed a penalty. And yes it was an appalling penalty. I think Özil is a great player but I think he lacks the finishing cool a good penalty taker has. In fact many good penalty takers over the years weren’t …
By Walter Broeckx One of our readers came up with a nice summary of the possible matches a team could have to play till the end of the season. Because from this moment on going further in many competitions might cause for more fatigue to creep in on a team. Or more injuries. And as …
By Walter Broeckx How cruel football can be at times. When you play what is described to be the best team in the world you need to take your chances and you need some luck. Both things were lacking today. Arsenal came out strong and apart from a shot from Kroos well saved by Szczesny …
Read More “10 men Arsenal forced to repeat history in a few weeks”
By Walter Broeckx For those with a good memory for bad things I just want to point at the fact that in a year lots of things can change. Let us go back to last Sunday and then go back to the same date one year ago. Yes it was that horrendous afternoon of football …
Read More “FA cup, Fabianski, Bayern, what a difference a year makes”
By Walter Broeckx The whole world and the media have found a fresh bone to chew on since yesterday. And by the look of it, it seems that they never had the chance to chew on such a delicate bone ever before. But by doing it the way they do it…they just are undermining their …
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By Walter Broeckx Wow what a match. When I was watching yesterdays FA cup match between Sunderland and Southampton I wondered if the Fa cup has lost its magic. Half empty stadium and dreadful football. But today showed that the Fa cup can be alive. Certainly when Arsenal plays at home. A rocking stadium and …
By Walter Broeckx Amazing as it might be but we are closing in towards the end of the season already. We are only 12 match days away from the final match in the PL. And also in the cup competitions like the FA cup and the CL we are a few rounds away from the …
By Walter Broeckx How do you treat an FA cup match sandwiched between important league fixtures and an important CL match? This is the question that will be on Wenger his mind the last few days. Contrary to the popular believe that the media and some non-existing fans are trying to paint about Arsenal’s season …
By Walter Broeckx In a way Manchester United is something that the Germans would call ‘ein Angstgegner’. I don’t really think there is an English equivalent for this word. Even in my mother language we use the German word to describe it. It means a team you love so much to beat that it gets …
By Walter Broeckx Let us go on the search for the scapegoat. The most popular sport amongst the media and the non-existing part of our fans. The first scapegoat the media presented was Özil. As he cost lots of money he has to score at least one goal per match and give 3 assists. That …
By Walter Broeckx Those who have read my article before the match could skip watching the game. I said it would be scrappy and it was just that. After a heavy defeat you need a match where you control events. You don’t need to win it. Although that would have been great of course. But …
Read More “An expected result, now we have to start our final sprint”
By Walter Broeckx Chelsea – West Ham 0-0 Man C – Chelsea 0-1 Chelsea – Newcastle 3-0 Chelsea – WBA 1-1 Total 8 points out of a possible 12 Tottenham – Man City 1-5 Man City – Chelsea 0-1 Norwich – Man City 0-0 Man City – Sunderland ? – ? Total now 4 points …
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By Walter Broeckx When we look back at the seasons gone by and all that has been published on this blog we have seen a few things coming back. As this site openly proclaims to support not only the club and the players (that itself is already a crime for some) and we do have …
Read More “Do you love Arsenal for Arsenal’s sake, or just for the trophies?”
By Andrew Crawshaw Referee – Mark Clattenburg Assistants – M Mullarkey, D Cann Fourth Official – L Mason A brief one this time but with plenty of extra reading. Another third timer this year as Mr Clattenburg takes charge. His previous visits were 28/09/2013 for the away game v Swansea (1-2) and …
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By Walter Broeckx Impossible is nothing. Unless you give up. Now giving up is the easiest way of doing things of course. You can detach yourself from Arsenal right now. A heavy defeat hurts and when giving up, then it might lift the pain. But that is not really the Untold way of doing it. …
By Walter Broeckx Somehow it is strange to see the league table this season. When you look for the league table on arsenal.com and you go over the fixtures and results header you get a short league table with the first 6 teams on it. And there is no Manchester United to be seen in …
Read More “Was it just about Fergie? Or did Untold point in the right direction?”
By Walter Broeckx Over the years being an Arsenal supporter makes you sometimes suffer. We all know and can remember some painful defeats over the years. They were painful to watch and then you know the maybe even more painful moment after the match. When all the FM, Fifa20XX experts come out showing how they …
By Walter Broeckx Regular readers know that whenever there is no Arsenal match Tony and Drew try to visit a lower league ground and have a look at football over there. This time Untold is treating you with a novelty again. A look at lower league football …on the continent. So here we have it …
By Walter Broeckx I know that yesterdays result was painful and I am not happy about it at all. As a supporter you don’t want your team to lose. And as per usual the moaning has start all over again. Let us first take a look at the league table Pos Team Played Points 1 …
By Walter Broeckx Did we all jinx it this week? We probably did. Talking about a record of being unbeaten when Per and Kos are on the field for 90 minutes is tempting fate. Arsenal did it, I did it. And as was said in one of the comments: this doesn’t fill me with confidence. …
