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 what is the next step after madness in English. Bonkers? Crazy? I think someone has to invent a new word to describe the craziness that has taken over at Fick FUFA headquarters over the years. If you thought that after having had two summers with no rest at all …
By Walter Broeckx I think it must have been 7 or 8 years ago I wrote on Untold that if you appointed me as the ref of a match between let us say Manchester United and a 3rd division team I maybe could force a win for the 3rd division team. I said “maybe” because …
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By Walter Broeckx This morning when I drove to work I heard on the radio that in Colombia a plane had crashed and that on this plane was the selection of Chapecoense. A Brazilian team that was on its way to play the final of the Copa Sudamericano. What we would call the Europa League …
Read More “And then suddenly football is not that important anymore”
By Walter Broeckx After a few matches in which we didn’t play that well we managed to get back to winning ways with the 3-1 win over Bournemouth. One would think that everyone would be happy and satisfied in Arsenal circles. But after having had enough sleep I went on the internet and searched for …
By Walter Broeckx When our oldest reader and probably oldest Arsenal supporter in the Arsenal internet world kindly asks me a question I cannot but give him what he asks. To say I had a tough 24 hours is a bit of an understatement. Being the president of an official supportersclub in a country is …
Read More “Arsenal – Bournemouth: the travels, the catering, the laughter and fun”
By Walter Broeckx Sorry to have been keeping you waiting for this match report. But as you know I have been travelling a bit and so was in the stadium and not in my comfortable seat at home. So no seeing things and typing with looking further at the match. So the events may have …
Read More “Arsenal Bournemouth 3-1: the view from block 110”
By Walter Broeckx With Tony away to foreign parts and our Bulldog seemingly not barking today it is up to me to write anything that can be regarded as a match preview. A quick look at the league tables shows that Bourmenouth is sitting in 10th position in the league after having gathered 15 points …
By Walter Broeckx At last. At last. At last. It took me a while this season but finally I can come over to see my beloved Gunners play in the flesh. Okay I have been to Lens in our first pre-season match and have been walking around for hours with a few hundred other Gooners …
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MANCHESTER UNITED vs. ARSENAL COMPETITION: English Premier League MATCH NO. 12 DATE: 19th November 2016 VENUE: Old Trafford (Manchester, England) MATCH OFFICIALS: REFEREE: Andre Marriner 1st LINESMAN: Simon Beck 2nd LINESMAN: Andy Garratt 4th OFFICIAL: Michael Oliver First Half Fouls, Advantages, Cards, and Penalties Time Foul by Foul For Description & Decision Points 00:38 Ander …
By Walter Broeckx A number of changes compared to the team that started at Manchester United last weekend. In goal we have our CL keeper Ospina as expected. Jenkinson stayed at right back but at left back we had Kieran Gibbs in the place of Monreal. In midfield we had the pairing of Ramsey and …
By Walter Broeckx Okay I hope my wife doesn’t read this and gets in to wrong ideas. No I still am the same my dear, still love you in the husband and wife life we live. But most football supporters have a player that they love as if it was their own son or brother. …
By Walter Broeckx Over the last 10-15 years we have seen many different players play for Arsenal. Some were great, others ended up somewhere else because they didn’t want to be with us anymore and earn more money somewhere else. Others were not so great in the long run and found that Arsenal had other …
Read More “More options up front than we had over the last seasons”
By Walter Broeckx Sorry for the delay but as I had to be in the TV studios with our supporters club I couldn’t get to a computer earlier. Lots of doubts before the match about the fitness of Alexis. But he started. So was he fit? Probably yes in the way that Alexis always is …
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ARSENAL vs. TOTTENHAM COMPETITION: English Premier League MATCH NO. 11 DATE: 6th November 2016 VENUE: Emirates Stadium (London, England) MATCH OFFICIALS: REFEREE: Mark Clattenburg 1st LINESMAN: Jake Collin 2nd LINESMAN: Simon Bennett 4th OFFICIAL: Andre Marriner First Half Fouls, Advantages, Cards, and Penalties Time Foul by Foul For Description & Decision Points 00:48 Assistant Referee …
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By Walter Broeckx No live match report this time as I had to be with a rather large group of Arsenal Belgium members who gathered in Leuven to see the match against our neighbours. So this is written a few hours after the match and not during the match as usual. So the shape and …
Read More “Arsenal – Tottenham 1-1: If you can’t win it, make sure you don’t lose it”
SUNDERLAND vs. ARSENAL COMPETITION: English Premier League MATCH NO. 10 DATE: 29th October 2016 VENUE: Stadium of Light (Sunderland, England) MATCH OFFICIALS: REFEREE: Martin Atkinson 1st LINESMAN: Stephen Child 2nd LINESMAN: Stuart Burt 4th OFFICIAL: Craig Pawson First Half Fouls, Advantages, Cards, and Penalties Time Foul by Foul For Description & Decision Points 00:05 John …
By Walter Broeckx A few changes as we already knew as some players had to stay at home. Walcott, Bellerin, Monreal and Santi amongst them. So we had Jenkinson at right back and Gibbs came on at left back but he did that in the last matches also. Xhaka also came back in the team …
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ARSENAL vs. MIDDLESBROUGH COMPETITION: English Premier League MATCH NO. 9 DATE: 22nd October 2016 VENUE: Emirates Stadium (London, England) MATCH OFFICIALS: REFEREE: Mike Dean 1st LINESMAN: Simon Long 2nd LINESMAN: Ian Hussin 4th OFFICIAL: Tim Robinson First Half Fouls, Advantages, Cards, and Penalties Time Foul by Foul For Description & Decision Points 06:16 Daniel Ayala …
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By Walter Broeckx Arsenal was forced to make a few changes after some late fitness test failing on Walcott and Monreal. So The Ox and Gibbs came in their place at the start. Still no Cazorla back in the team. As a result we also had a few new faces on the beach that we …
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By Walter Broeckx As expected a lot of changes compared to the starting line up against Middlesbrough for this League cup match. In fact the only 2 survivors of that match are Iwobi and Elneny in the starting line up. Lucas, Oxlade-Chamberlain also starting this match. At right back we find Carl Jenkinson for the …
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By Walter Broeckx A few changed compared to the team from our last match. No Santi Cazorla so he will not have been completely fit and maybe a bit of rest for the Spanish midfielder. Elneny taking his place. Cech back in goal for Ospina. Monreal came back at left back. And Iwobi came in …
Read More “Arsenal – Middlesbrough : 0-0 too slow and not precise enough in the passing”
By Walter Broeckx Are you still buzzing from Wednesday evening? I am. That surely was one hell of a match. One of the most interesting matches even I thought. Not just because we won with 6-0 but because it was a team performance that needed all players to be at their best. Oooooooospina was magnificent …
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ARSENAL vs. SWANSEA CITY COMPETITION: English Premier League MATCH NO. 8 DATE: 15th September 2016 VENUE: Emirates Stadium (London, England) MATCH OFFICIALS: REFEREE: Jon Moss 1st LINESMAN: Harry Lennard 2nd LINESMAN: Marc Perry 4th OFFICIAL: Neil Swarbrick First Half Fouls, Advantages, Cards, and Penalties Time Foul by Foul For Description & Decision Points 06:16 Jordi …
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By Walter Broeckx A few changes for this match against Ludogorets. Xhaka paying the price for his red card maybe and Coquelin takes his place. We have Ospina in goal as expected with Cech sitting on the beach. Furthermore one change in the defence as Gibbs comes in the place of Monreal. And up front …
Read More “CL Arsenal – Ludogorets: 6-0 with an Özil hattrick”
By Walter Broeckx On August 6th Arsène Wenger said this about Theo: “Theo is intelligent, he analyses well what’s happening to him and he’s mentally very strong, and the way he practises, the way he works since the start of the season, I think I’m very positive that we can get a great season from …
Read More “How Arsène Wenger’s faith in Theo Walcott is paying off this season”
