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 Well I was there in Wembley as you could have guessed if you have read my article about living the Wembley dream. Yes the trip was smooth and we arrived at our hotel near Wembley well in time and just in time to take the last parking space at the hotel parking. …
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By Walter Broeckx When I was some 8-9 years old my parents bought our first TV. An old black and white TV that took ages to warm up before you first could hear a voice coming out of it and then the image would load where you first would see the face in all kinds …
By Walter Broeckx Another last match of the season in the Emirates and again I was there. Just as in recent seasons. Alas that gave me no chance to write the fast as lightning live match report Untold readers are used to for most of the time. And so no real live feeling about the …
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By Walter Broeckx Arsenal team: Cech, Holding, Mustafi, Monreal, Bellerin, Ramsey, Xhaka, Gibbs, Ozil, Alexis, Giroud On the beach: Ospina, Gabriel, Coquelin, Elneny, Iwobi, Walcott, Welbeck Sunderland trying to press high but the first shot was from Alexis but well over the goal. Alexis has a shot from distance that is diverted by the arm …
By Walter Broeckx Arsenal team: Cech, Mustafi, Koscielny, Holding, Bellerin, Coquelin, Xhaka, Monreal, Ozil, Alexis, Giroud On the beach: Ospina, Gabriel, Elneny, Ramsey, Iwobi, Walcott, Welbeck A long ball from Mustafi finds Alexis but he was offside and wasted the chance anyway. Arsenal monopolizing the ball in the opening stages and Stoke defending in numbers. …
By Walter Broeckx Koscielny didn’t make it in the end and so we had one change as Mustafi took his place. Arsenal starting line up: Cech, Holding, Mustafi, Monreal, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Ramsey, Xhaka, Gibbs, Ozil, Alexis, Welbeck On the beach: : Ospina, Bellerin, Gabriel, Coquelin, Iwobi, Walcott, Giroud. Southampton with the brightest start in the match …
There are clips included in the report for every wrong decision and every major decision in red bold text ARSENAL vs. MANCHESTER CITY COMPETITION: English Premier League MATCH NO. 28 DATE: 2nd April 2017 VENUE: Emirates Stadium (London, England) MATCH OFFICIALS: REFEREE: Andre Marriner 1st LINESMAN: Simon Beck 2nd LINESMAN: Richard West 4th OFFICIAL: Craig …
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There are clips included in the report for every wrong decision and every major decision in red bold text ARSENAL vs. WEST HAM UNITED COMPETITION: English Premier League MATCH NO. 28 DATE: 5th April 2017 VENUE: Emirates Stadium (London, England) MATCH OFFICIALS: REFEREE: Martin Atkinson 1st LINESMAN: Stephen Child 2nd LINESMAN: Adam Nunn 4th OFFICIAL: …
By Walter Broeckx A bit different this match report as I was away on a family party but I could still watch the match but was not able to write things down during the match. Arsenal team: Cech, Holding, Koscielny, Monreal, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Gibbs, Xhaka, Ramsey, Özil, Alexis, Welbeck On the beach: Ospina, Bellerin, Gabriel, Coquelin, …
By Walter Broeckx Being a football supporter of a club is not an easy task. Being a supporter of two clubs is even more difficult. I have supported Arsenal since 1979 the day I visited Highbury with a few friends from my school. We lost 0-1 to Wolverhampton of all teams. Luckily I was not …
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By Walter Broeckx The Arsenal team at the start: Cech, Gabriel, Koscielny, Monreal, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Ramsey, Xhaka, Gibbs, Ozil, Alexis, Giroud On the beach: Ospina, Bellerin, Holding, Coquelin, Iwobi, Walcott, Welbeck So the Leicester combination of the defence not the Man City defence…. Holding only on the bench. The ball goes from end to end at …
There are clips included in the report for every wrong decision and every major decision in red bold text WEST BROMWICH ALBION vs. ARSENAL COMPETITION: English Premier League MATCH NO. 27 DATE: 18th March 2017 VENUE: The Hawthorns (West Bromwich, England) MATCH OFFICIALS: REFEREE: Neil Swarbrick 1st LINESMAN: Scott Ledger 2nd LINESMAN: Constantine Hatzidakis 4th …
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There are clips included in the report for every wrong decision and every major decision in red bold text LIVERPOOL vs. ARSENAL COMPETITION: English Premier League MATCH NO. 26 DATE: 4th March 2017 VENUE: Anfield (Liverpool, England) MATCH OFFICIALS: REFEREE: Robert Madley 1st LINESMAN: Peter Kirkup 2nd LINESMAN: Marc Perry 4th OFFICIAL: Andre Marriner First …
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By Walter Broeckx Starting team: Cech, Gabriel, Koscielny, Monreal, Bellerin, Coquelin, Xhaka, Gibbs, Özil, Walcott, Alexis On the beach: Martinez, Elneny, Ramsey, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Iwobi, Welbeck, Giroud After a free kick for Leicester Arsenal lose the ball after a back heel from Alexis just in front of the own penalty area but Vardy his shot went …
Arsenal going forward with too many players leaving them vulnerable on the counter. Aguero in a one on one with Cech and he lifted the ball over Cech. 0-1 for Man City. Arsenal trying to go for it now and Monreal with the equaliser after a cross from the right and Monreal with a shot …
By Walter Broeckx A few big changes both in players as in tactics for this match. Cech back in goal after his injury. At the back 3 central defenders with Gabriel – Koscielny and Holding. The first big surprise. I didn’t see that coming. Then we had a 4 man midfield with Oxlade-Chamberlain – Ramsey …
By the Referee team There are clips included in the report for every wrong decision and every major decision in red bold text First of all sorry it has taken so long. But we followed the order of a few people who said we should get a life and took a break from a very …
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By Walter Broeckx Over the years we have seen many names being given to our manager. Abusive words, insults, swearing and shouting. What people say on the streets or in the stadium is their prerogative. We live in a (kind of) free world and can say what we want as long as it isn’t something …
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By Walter Broeckx After a painful defeat it is always difficult to keep perspective. Yes it was a bad result. We could point at some decisions from the ref not going our way that cost us. But I will leave the ref out of this. So no need to comment on that. What I find …
By Walter Broeckx No changes in the starting line up for Arsenal compared to our last match against West Ham United. On the bench we had a change with Coquelin returning in the place of Iwobi who had played with the U23. Arsenal team : Martinez, Bellerin, Mustafi, Gabriel, Monreal, Elneny, Xhaka, Walcott, Ozil, Alexis, …
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By Walter Broeckx A lot of changes compared to our last match. Özil returned after missing with injury against WBA. Also no Ramsey and Oxlade-Chamberlain who are out with a calf and a hamstring injury. Coquelin returned to midfield and partnered Xhaka. Up front we had Welbeck and Alexis and Theo on the flanks. In …
By Walter Broeckx Some nine years ago Tony started Untold Arsenal. One of the main reasons then was that he was getting sick of all the abuse aimed at Wenger. We were 2008. Hardly 4 years after the Invincibles. Hardly two years after Arsenal being beaten in the CL final when they had to play …
By Walter Broeckx The Ox recovered from his injury that forced him off early against Lincoln and he remained in the team. No Özil however not on the bench as he had been reported to have a hamstring problem. A player that has recovered from his illness was Welbeck and he started in the team. …
By Walter Broeckx As Ospina had a little injury from the Bayern game when the assistant missed a blatant offside and he had to go out to the corner flag to prevent another Bayern goal we got Cech for this match in goal from the start. On left back we had Gibbs who came in …
