Untold Arsenal: Supporting the club, the manager and the team
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By Walter Broeckx As this game was not live on my sports channel I had to open my computer to see the game. I thought why not write down my thoughts as they happened during the game? A new Untold way of covering all that involves Arsenal. 4 mins: Giroud header too straight and too …
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By Walter Broeckx After what seemed an eternity we are back in football business. And our next game brings us the visit of Reading to the Emirates. The ref in charge will be Chris Foy. Foy is 50 years and one of the old refs and with an experience of around 12 years in the …
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By Walter Broeckx Sometimes there is news that makes you so sad that it feels as if the bad news is about yourself. This is how I felt when I read on arsenal.com that Abou Diaby will be out for at least 8 to 9 months. The full statement was: “The Club can confirm that …
By Walter Broeckx Next in our series as we cover each and every Premier League team we have READING. Now before any Reading 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 …
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By Mal Davies ENDANGERING THE SAFETY OF AN OPPONENT There has been such a positive response to my article two weeks ago on Nani’s red card that, after three incidents in the recent FIFA World Cup qualifiers, here are a few more of my thoughts, with the three incidents that produced three …
Read More “Endangering the safety of an opponent: “intent” and “but I got the ball””
By Walter Broeckx Next in our series as we cover each and every Premier League team we have QPR. Now before any QPR 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 …
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By Walter Broeckx Monday evening I was delighted that Arsenal Player was showing the game against CSKA Moscow live so I could watch the game as it unfolded. I don’t know how many Gooners made it to the Emirates (estimation of some 7.000) but I sure wish I could have been there. But living abroad …
Match Review: Martin Atkinson – Arsenal Vs Aston Villa (2 – 1) [23/02/2013] 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 Martin Atkinson MATCH REVIEW DETAILS – Martin Atkinson (2013-02-23) Period 1 Min Type From On C/NC Reviewer …
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By Walter Broeckx Next in our series as we cover each and every Premier League team we have Norwich. Now before any Norwich 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 the PL Refs? Case study Norwich City”
By Walter Broeckx Next in our series as we cover each and every Premier League team we have Newcastle United. Now before any Newcastle 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 …
Read More “The Premier League Refs analysis: Newcastle United”
Match Review: Jonathan Moss – Swansea City Vs Arsenal (0 – 2) [16/03/2013] 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 Jonathan Moss MATCH REVIEW DETAILS – Jonathan Moss (2013-03-16) Period 1 Min Type From On C/NC Reviewer …
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By Walter Broeckx Next in our series as we cover each and every Premier League team we have Manchester United. Now before any Manchester United 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 …
Read More “What is wrong with Prem League Refs? Case study – Manchester Utd”
By Walter Broeckx Next in our series as we cover each and every Premier League team we have Manchester City. Now before any Manchester City 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 …
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Match Review: Mark Clattenburg – Tottenham Hotspur Vs Arsenal (2 – 1) [03/03/2013] 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 Mark Clattenburg MATCH REVIEW DETAILS – Mark Clattenburg (2013-03-03) Period 1 Min Type From On C/NC Reviewer …
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By Walter Broeckx Next in our series in which we will cover each and every team we have Liverpool. Now before any Liverpool supporters comes on here and start wondering what this is about I would be much obliged if you would read the introductory articles on this first to understand what we are trying …
Read More “So what is wrong in the PL? Episode 5: Liverpool”
by Walter Broeckx Next in our series as we cover each and every Premier League team we have Fulham. Now before any Fulham 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 the PL Refs: Case study 4: Fulham”
By Walter Broeckx Next in our series as we cover each and every team, we have Everton. Now before any Everton supporters comes on here and starts questioning what we are doing, I would ask you to read the other articles that started out this series so you can see what we are trying to …
Read More “Refs and the Premier League: Case study 3: Everton”
by Walter Broeckx Next in our series as we will cover each and every team we have Chelsea. Now before any Chelsea supporters comes on here and start wondering what this is about I would like it if you would read the other articles on this first to understand what we are trying to do. …
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By Walter Broeckx The hard life of a blogger. After the Arsenal match today I had to go to my own game and so I couldn’t write my usual after-game thoughts. And because of other things I had to do I couldn’t even write my ref preview. So another Untold novelty : the first ref …
By Walter Broeckx Next in our series as we will cover each and every team we have Aston Villa. Now before any Aston Villa supporters comes on here and wonder what we are doing reviewing their club I would like it if you would read the other articles on this first to understand what we …
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By Walter Broeckx Let me start by saying that the title of this article is not about how close we came to qualify for the next round. But more on that later. I think our win at Bayern Munich has made a few things clear. And maybe we can put some things to bed now. …
By Walter Broeckx After a long time finally an Arsenal game today. The return leg of the CL game against Bayern Munich. Lots of players are out. At first the bad news came for Bayern Munich with the fact that Schweinsteiger would be out. And then it was confirmed that Ribery also would be out. …
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PART 3 : A team analysis This is a continuation of our series of the way PGMOL is handling the referee crisis. The previous parts are here: Part 1 Part 2 After having pointed out a few of the things that are wrong with the refs in the PL or more particularly with the way …
Read More “Arsenal are 38 points down each season before a ball is kicked”
By Walter Broeckx We have already have seen the first thing that is wrong with the referees in the Premier League, by showing we don’t have enough referees. But it gets worse. Because of some refs not being allowed to do games from certain teams. This could be because the ref has let the PGMOL …
Read More “So what is wrong with the Premier League? – part 2.”
By Walter Broeckx All kinds of things are really wrong in the PL of course. Clubs spending money they didn’t earn or simply don’t have. Wage inflation followed by ticket price inflation. And then we have the referees. Making mistakes on the field. But what will follow is not that much about ref’s mistakes. In …
Read More “Is it right to have referees doing two Premier League games over a weekend?”
