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By Walter Broeckx Lots of debate last night about Koscielny being given a red card. It was correct the pundits and media screamed. As they always do when an Arsenal player sees a red card. In the aftermath of the discussion people on Untold gave their undoubtedly expert opinion on why it was a red …
Read More “Why the refs and the media made a mess of the Koscielny decision that cost us this match”
By Walter Broeckx Back in action after spending the weekend in Brittany at the end of the world but now sitting comfortable with a good working (I hope) channel to watch this match. A few changes with last weekend match. Alexis back in the starting line up and also Walcott made the starting line up. …
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By the referee team There are clips included in the report for every wrong decision and every major decision in red bold text CHELSEA vs. ARSENAL COMPETITION: English Premier League MATCH NO. 24 DATE: 4th February 2017 VENUE: Stamford Bridge (London, England) MATCH OFFICIALS: REFEREE: Martin Atkinson 1st LINESMAN: Stuart Burt 2nd LINESMAN: Adam Nunn …
By Walter Broeckx I must say that I am not quickly to feel down about football. I am a rather optimistich Arsenal supporter. Things will only get better in the future for me. Even after a defeat I just look forward to the next match and hope we will win that one. In fact I …
By Mike From time to time I’ve done the odd bit of research to find evidence to show whether AFC are as good or bad as the media circus claim. Clearly this doesn’t always convince some people and to be quite honest I don’t know how Tony, Walter and the more regular contributors put …
Read More “EVIDENCE TO PROVE ARSENAL ARE THE WORST TEAM IN THE WORLD”
By Walter Broeckx I must say that I did produce a big sigh of relief when the match Sutton – Arsenal ended. Not because it was a bad match. Not because I feared that we would go out. No, mostly because of no players getting injured apart from Elneny. He was tackled early in the …
Read More “The FA cup experience, not all was as it should be”
By Walter Broeckx A lot of changes as could be expected for the FA cup match against Sutton. Ospina kept his place in goal and Gabriel, Holding and Monreal came in next to Mustafi. In midfield we had the pairing of Elneny and Xhaka. Up front in the attacking positions we had Lucas, Reine-Adelaide and …
By Walter Broeckx Well this round of the FA Cup sure went off with a bang. The first match in this group of games and Burnley who played at home to Lincoln lost 0-1. A goal right at the end for Lincoln. And the first upset of the round. And not the last. A few …
Note: There are clips included in the report for every wrong decision and every major decision in red bold text ARSENAL vs. WATFORD COMPETITION: English Premier League MATCH NO. 23 DATE: 31th January 2017 VENUE: Emirates Stadium (London, England) MATCH OFFICIALS: REFEREE: Andre Marriner 1st LINESMAN: Scott Ledger 2nd LINESMAN: Sian Massey 4th OFFICIAL: Kevin …
By Walter Broeckx What was a rumour for a few days now is looking to be real: Mark Clattenburg is quitting his job as a Premier League official to become Saudi Arabia’s new head of referees. He will be the new man after Howard Webb has resigned from this function some 11 days ago. I …
Read More “Clattenburg leaves the PL and the PGMO has almost no refs left now”
By Walter Broeckx Last night I was watching the match on the German TV channel ZDF. This is a channel that is a standard in the packet we get from our cable TV provider. On rare occasions when Germany play and with a few German players on our books over the last years I have …
By Walter Broeckx A few changes in this CL match. Ospina continues to be the keeper in the CL and so far he has done nothing wrong in his CL matches to not give him the starting place. A bit more unexpected maybe was the fact that Gibbs was chosen over Monreal. Maybe because to …
By Walter Broeckx If you have read the first part a few days ago but not sure about it anymore: Part 1 can be found here We continue: And that is where I think we might have a chance that the video ref will clean up football from its terrible behaviour of the players. In …
Read More “There is maybe an even bigger problem than referee errors in football – part 2”
By Walter Broeckx On the Arsenal.com website we could find this from the post match press conference and I must say Arsène Wenger hit the nail on the head there: on the first goal seeming to be a handball… Honestly, I don’t know. I’m responsible for many things, but not for the referee’s decisions. I …
By Walter Broeckx What seemed impossible and what was laughed away by some when I first wrote about it on Untold is coming closer. Yes video refereeing is more and more likely to become a reality in a few seasons. To be honest it should have been here already but I accept that this takes …
Read More “There is maybe an even bigger problem than referee errors in football – part 1”
By Don McMahon Once again a defeat has left me questioning the sanity and rationality of some of our supporters. Most mature Gooners take the latest result with a shrug and the healthy realization that this happens to every team, but there are far too many who see every defeat or draw as the foreshadowing …
By Walter Broeckx One change in the team compared to our last match. Gibbs starting at left back and Monreal dropped to the bench Bellerin had recoverd from his concussion and could start again. On the bench we had Elneny back after his trip to the Africa Cup. Also Welbeck, Lucas and Giroud on the …
by The Brickfields Gunners Having been a very devout reader of UA almost from its inception , I have observed the various characters that come on here to either share observations and/or contribute in a positive and informative way , or just come here in an attempt to ridicule us and dampened our spirits . …
Read More “A COMPREHENSIVE MEDICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION OF ‘them’”
This article is based on the numbers that has been given by Vince. So credit must go to him for researching this. Some of the text has been edited by the Untold team to make this an article as it has been taken from the comment section but this deserved more than just a comment. …
By Walter Broeckx I have to come back to the first goal from Chelsea. A lof of things have been said about the Alonso-Bellerin assault that went unpunished by the ref. And a lot of rubbish has been said. Now before I come to the point of this article I will start with a few …
Read More “Pundit talk: Intention and only eye for the ball. What say the laws of the game?”
By Walter Broeckx In trying to ignore the Atkinson antics people said it didn’t matter because we were played off the pitch. Now I must say that I had the impression that it was a more balanced match. But hey, what do I know I could be wrong. I thought it started as a more …
By Walter Broeckx Untold Arsenal has predicted it before. We have seen it all before. We knew it would happen if the chance would arise and lo and behold… Atkinson did it again. Arsenal started rather bright and got the first chance. Özil winning the ball high up field, gave it to Iwobi whose shot …
Read More “Atkinson – Arsenal 1-0, Chelsea – Arsenal 2-1: coincidence, useless or just plain bias?”
By Walter Broeckx Again a lot of changes, in fact the same number (10) of changes compared to our last starting line up. The only player to keep his place is also the same: Mustafi. Welbeck was not on the bench and I think this might be a wise move from Wenger to not burn …
Read More “Arsenal – Watford 1-2: a costly defeat in points and personel”
By the referee team SWANSEA CITY vs. ARSENAL COMPETITION: English Premier League MATCH NO. 21 DATE: 14th January 2017 VENUE: Liberty Stadium (Swansea, England) MATCH OFFICIALS: REFEREE: Mike Jones 1st LINESMAN: Richard West 2nd LINESMAN: Mark Scholes 4th OFFICIAL: Oliver Langford First Half Fouls, Advantages, Cards, and Penalties Time Foul by Foul For Description & …
By Walter Broeckx A lot of changes indicating that Arsenal finds the PL more important than the FA cup at this moment in time. I’m not going over all the changes but only Mustafi held his place in the starting line up compared to the Burnley match. The most important fact maybe was the …
