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 I don’t know if you ever have seen the English comedy series ‘Dad’s Army”. If you did you will probably remember the funny intro song . So if you know this tune just sign the title above along with me. I don’t know why exactly but this song suddenly came back in …
Read More “Who do you think you are fooling Mr. Riley… fewer fouls given does not mean more goals”
By Walter Broeckx When is a referee error not a referee error? Now we know – it is when PGMO (the shadowy body that controls English Premier League refereeing) doesn’t see it. As Mr. Riley head of the PGMO has come out in the open with his numbers that I have talked about in another …
Read More “Refs report only 5.8% of all the errors they make in a match.”
By Walter Broeckx Well can you believe it. Untold asks the PGMO to speak up and to come out of the dark and on the same day Mike Riley comes out to talk about referees and fouls in the PL. This can be found on the BBC website over here First let us see at …
Read More “Mike Riley gives us numbers, but the explanation makes uncomfortable reading”
By the Referee Rumour Mill Welcome to the new world – not transfer rumours but referee rumours. If you are a regular reader you will know that Untold has been covering the murky world of referees for years. If you want to see some of our past work take a lot at the Corruption Archive …
By Walter Broeckx If you look at the way some people behave on the internet one could think that we are already at the last day of the transfer window and we haven’t bought anyone. Not even the youngster that was mentioned in the rumours. Rumours that will have passed more than 100 names in …
By Walter Broeckx I happened to mention the name a few weeks ago in one of my articles. And apparently the deal has been finished and we bought one for the future. His name is Julio Pleguezuelo and he is what is called a higly-rated 16-year-old defender from Barcelona. I will call him just Julio …
Read More “One for the future or is there more to come? The tale of Julio and Xavi.”
By Walter Broeckx Business as usual I was hoping in my last post but that was not possible as my internet was down this morning and I had to wait and wait and wait before I could come online. But now the problems have been solved I hope for a fast internet and with lots …
Read More “Coffee, Arsenal and a cup. It’s all about enjoyment.”
By Walter Broeckx As I had to do some sports today and made a long walk for the company I work for today I was not on the internet today. So I couldn’t write an article and as Tony is still hanging around Barcelona, bringing home Cesc we couldn’t publish a second article today. My …
By Walter Broeckx There are times that when you are a blogger you write things and people fall over you. I remember this happening on a few occasions this season. Whenever we dropped points I said that this team was good enough and would be good enough. I have said that we needed a bit …
By Walter Broeckx What do you do when you have no Arsenal football to see? You could have a look at Spain against Haiti. Not that it is the most important game around but with 2 Arsenal players in the starting line up, an old(according to some also new) Arsenal player also on the field …
Read More “Cazorla scores, Fifa grabs money, rumours and no end and can someone pass the curry”
By Walter Broeckx What do you hear when you hear talking about Arsenal and transfers? Arsenal only buy kids. I bet you heard that. But is this really true? I do admit that the last transfer windows usually were overshadowed by players leaving us. And in the years before that we were linked with young …
By Walter Broeckx As most of you will know we here at Untold have always been taking the patient way of looking at things when it comes to X years of won nothing. We have pointed at the changes in the PL where some clubs have rich sugar daddy owners who throw money around as …
Read More “10 years of building the emirates: a period of success”
By Walter Broeckx You know that at Untold we are rather sceptical about the transfer rumours that are being delivered on our doorstep by the more serious media. But we cannot ignore them completely of course. But as Untold is not to be considered that serious at times we will talk about a few and …
Read More “The wildest rumours: an overview and an exclusive”
By Walter Broeckx On Thursday several media broke the news about Wenger possibly signing a new deal in the coming weeks. Of course we have a natural mistrust for all the serious media are saying but by the look of it Ivan Gazidis has been talking to the press and has said a few things …
Read More “Wenger about to sign a new deal? Wild party at Untold.”
By Walter Broeckx Between reviewing games, writing articles, looking for data I had the idea of writing about the Premier league fair play league table. I did feel a bit proud when I first saw it. Because Arsenal was the fairest team of the league in the last season. As I am a ref myself …
Read More “Arsenal has won the PL fair play league last season. But PL not happy with it?”
By Walter Broeckx In another article I wrote about the new boys and more specific the new attacking players and how they contributed to the team this season. Now let us talk about the “old” boy playing up front who is in fact the youngest of them all: Theo Walcott. Has there been a young …
Match Review: Howard Webb – Newcastle United Vs Arsenal (0 – 1) [19/05/2013] If you are new to this site and this is your first visit then please: Read this to fully understand our reviews. Today’s referee is Howard Webb MATCH REVIEW DETAILS – Howard Webb (2013-05-19) Period 1 Min Type From On C/NC Reviewer …
Read More “Match Review: Howard Webb – Newcastle United Vs Arsenal (0 – 1) [19/05/2013]”
By Walter Broeckx With the season over it is time to have a look at the new players we brought in last summer and see how they did in their first season. And of course in case you bring forwards it is something that you do with looking at how their involvement is when it …
By Walter Broeckx With all the transfer rumours circulating just at the moment, we have a choice. We can get angry about them or we can ignore them. Or we can use them. Use them to think a few things over. Use them to do a little kind of quiz. A quiz with no wrong …
By Walter Broeckx A quick look around at the lie-papers, the internet blogs and this is what I found: Arsenal tabled a £30m bid for Fiorentina striker Jovetic. Fiorentina said no bid arrived for Jovetic Arsenal made an official bid for Jovectic and is willing to pay the £30m price tag that Fiorentina asked Juventes …
Read More “An Arsenal transfer story so amazing you’ll not believe it.”
By Walter Broeckx It’s morning. At first sight like every other morning in the year. You wake up. Feel still tired from the whole week working. You look outside and I do have the most beautiful view from my bedroom window. On a sunny (yes sunny) morning like this. I see the green leaves of …
Match Review: Mike Dean – Arsenal Vs Wigan Athletic ( – ) [14/05/2013] If you are new to this site and this is your first visit then please: Read this to fully understand our reviews. Today’s referee is Mike Dean MATCH REVIEW DETAILS – Mike Dean (2013-05-14) Period 1 Min Type From On C/NC Reviewer …
Read More “Match Review: Mike Dean – Arsenal Vs Wigan Athletic ( – ) [14/05/2013]”
By Walter Broeckx When reading the comment section after the article that was partially about Koscielny I found a few interesting remarks. Some which I can agree with and others I cannot. So here are my thoughts about why this impressive defensive performances have been made possible. Because when you look at the possible partnerships …
Read More “Defensive stability is not just about defenders; it is about mid-field cover”
Match Review: Jonathan Moss – Queens Park Rangers Vs Arsenal (0 – 1) [04/05/2013] If you are new to this site and this is your first visit then please: Read this to fully understand our reviews. Today’s referee is Jonathan Moss MATCH REVIEW DETAILS – Jonathan Moss (2013-05-04) Period 1 Min Type From On C/NC …
By Walter Broeckx In Antwerp (my home town) some 30 years ago we had 3 teams in the top division. Antwerp (the oldest club in Belgium), Beerschot (the second club one could say) and Berchem (the small sympathetic club – the one that still is my local club as I lived near the ground that …
Read More “Be careful when a possible new owner promises heaven on earth”
