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 think that the most used word this week on any Arsenal blog, twitter account, facebook group will have been “guard of honour”. Hell we even wrote about it. I have stayed out of this debate for a while. Because well I think that this “guard of honour” thing is irrelevant. First …
Read More “The best solution to that irrelevant guard of honour”
Match Review: Michael Jones – Arsenal Vs Norwich City (3 – 1) [13/04/2013] 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 Michael Jones MATCH REVIEW DETAILS – Michael Jones (2013-04-13) Period 1 Min Type From On C/NC Reviewer …
Read More “Match Review: Michael Jones – Arsenal Vs Norwich City (3 – 1) [13/04/2013]”
by Walter Broeckx Next up in our series where we look at the refs and the performances with all the teams in the PL we have Chris Foy. A man who must by a cyclists best friend. If you know what I mean. The lot down the road will know what I mean. Or do …
by Walter Broeckx Next in our series is a ref we will see very soon at the Emirates. Famous for the, well, famous game at Newcastle and probably the reason why most Gooners have the “oh no” reaction when they hear that Dowd is the ref. But is this sentiment a sentiment that is backed …
Read More “So what is wrong with PL refs: case study – Dowd”
By Walter Broeckx After the former articles about Calciopoli I want to use this one to give a kind of resumé about what cheating is happening or could be happening, taking Italy as the model. As you will have seen the cheating was not that much that the ref appointers phoned a ref and told …
Match Review: Howard Webb – West Bromwich Albion Vs Arsenal (1 – 2) [06/04/2013] 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 (2013-04-06) Period 1 Min Type From On C/NC …
Read More “Match Review: Howard Webb – West Bromwich Albion Vs Arsenal (1 – 2) [06/04/2013]”
By Walter Broeckx After part 1 and part 2 which can be read when you click on the links I now want to talk more specific about the referees. I have said on a number of occasions that the referee’s world is a closed world where pressure can be put on referees. They will not …
Read More “Calciopoli – Can corruption happen in the PL? – Part 3”
By Walter Broeckx As we approach the end of the season it is time to have a look at a few things. After playing 34 games how do we compare to last season? If we look at the most important criteria we see that we have one point less than last season. We then had …
By Walter Broeckx I hope you have read part 1 and if not please do. You can find it here. Now Moggi and his accomplices Pairetto and Bergamo had a lot of power over the referees. It is said that they could make or brake a ref. One example is Gianluca Paparesta. He was under …
By Walter Broeckx As you know I have been talking a lot about referees on this site and on our website Referee Decisions. As I have gained the feeling that there is something rotten in the state of football in the PL, I have tried to gather as much data as possible on as many …
Read More “Calciopoli – Could it happen in the Premier League? – Part 1”
by Walter Broeckx Next in our series about the refs we come to Untold Arsenal’s most unpopular ref: Mr. Mike Dean. As I have said before this and the other articles are primarily meant as a potentially handy instrument which you could use if you are a gambling man or woman. When you gamble and …
Read More “How knowing who the referee is can help you beat the bookies. Mike Dean: a case study”
by Walter Broeckx Hi all, after being exiled from the Untold websites because of the Zombies attack I’m back now and will try to work further on the referees and their results with all the teams who are currently in the PL. So what is the meaning of this article and the others about the …
Read More “What is wrong with PL refs? Case study: Clattenburg”
By Walter Broeckx After having finished the articles in which we tried to find out under whom the teams did better than usual (or to see under which ref they have a bad to terrible win record) we now are going to have another look at those numbers but looking at it from the point …
Read More “So what is wrong with the PL Refs: Case study Atkinson”
By Walter Broeckx In the last few weeks we have shown you how for each team we could make a division between good and bad refs based on the win percentage of each team. In those articles I also referred on a few occasions to not only the numbers themselves but also I pointed at …
Read More “So what is wrong in the PL: The Mike Riley Factor”
By Walter Broeckx Looking at the headline you may think that we have bought a player outside the transfer window and who for some unexplainable reason is to be allowed to play in the remaining fixtures. Or that all our competitors suddenly are ill, sick, injured and all have to play their U15 side for …
Read More “Arsenal receive amazing boost in their drive for a European place”
by Walter Broeckx Next in our series as we cover each and every Premier League team we have Wigan which if you don’t mind will from now on call just Wigan. I hope you forgive me a little joke as we are now at the end of this part of looking at the refs in …
Read More “Wigan and the refs. You won’t believe what we’ve found”
By Walter Broeckx As you will know (assuming that you have not just stumbled on this site by pure chance) Untold Arsenal represents the optimistic branch of Arsenal supporters. Of course we have not been the only optimistic group, but we’ve perhaps been among the most unswerving in our support. But of course there have …
Read More “Others see it, so why can’t all Arsenal supporters see it?”
by Walter Broeckx Next in our series as we cover each and every Premier League team we have West Ham United which if you don’t mind will from now on call just WHU. Now before any WHU supporters comes on here and suggest that it is not the averages but the actual decisions that count …
Read More “So what is wrong with the Refs: Case study West Ham”
by Walter Broeckx Next in our series as we cover each and every Premier League team we have West Bromwich Albion which if you don’t mind will from now on call just WBA. Now before any WBA supporters comes on here and suggest that it is not the averages but the actual decisions that count …
Read More “On the eve of the West Bromwich match – it’s WBA and the Refs…”
Match Review: Chris Foy – Arsenal Vs Reading (4 – 1) [30/03/2013] 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 Chris Foy MATCH REVIEW DETAILS – Chris Foy (2013-03-30) Period 1 Min Type From On C/NC Reviewer Comment …
Read More “Match Review: Chris Foy – Arsenal Vs Reading (4 – 1) [30/03/2013]”
by Walter Broeckx Next in our series as we cover each and every Premier League team we have Tottenham. Now before any Tottenham supporters comes on here and suggest that it is not the averages but the actual decisions that count (as some fans of other clubs have done) may we suggest you take a …
Read More “What’s wrong with PL Refs: Case study – Tottenham Hotspur”
by Walter Broeckx Next in our series as we cover each and every Premier League team we have Swansea. Now before any Swansea supporters comes on here and suggest that it is not the averages but the actual decisions that count (as some fans of other clubs have done) may we suggest you take a …
Read More “So what is wrong in the PL? Ref Case study: Swansea”
By Walter Broeckx Next in our series as we cover each and every Premier League team we have Sunderland. Now before any Sunderland supporters comes on here and suggest that it is not the averages but the actual decisions that count (as some fans of other clubs have done) may we suggest you take a …
Read More “What is wrong with the PL Refs: Case study – Sunderland”
by Walter Broeckx Next in our series as we cover each and every Premier League team we have Stoke. Now before any Stoke supporters comes on here and suggest that it is not the averages but the actual decisions that count (as some fans of other clubs have done) may we suggest you take a …
By Walter Broeckx Next in our series as we cover each and every Premier League team we have Southampton. Now before any Southampton supporters comes on here and suggest that it is not the averages but the actual decisions that count (as some fans of other clubs have done) may we suggest you take a …
Read More “So what is wrong with Refs? Case study: Southampton”
