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Arsenal v Stoke 22 September 2013 – The Officials Andrew Crawshaw I think that by now everyone probably knows this, but for those who might not the Officials are :- Referee – Mike Dean Assistant referees – J Collin and G Beswick Fourth Official – L Mason. So the response of the Dark Lord to …
WHAT HAVE THE BOARD AND WENGER EVER DONE FOR US? (With thanks and apologies to Monty Python) By Peter Northcott [Setting: A meeting between the Black Scarf Movement and the Arsenal Supporters Trust to plot the downfall of the Board and Arsene Wenger] BSM: They’ve bled us white, the bastards. They’ve taken everything we had, …
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Halsey v United – A case to answer? Andrew Crawshaw There are two Halsey games for United reviewed in Referee Decisions for 2012/13 that are worth considering. Liverpool v Man U and United v Everton Liverpool v United 23/09/2013 (1-2) and United v Everton Overall performance: Decisions called correctly 130 out of 155 – …
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HOW GOOD ARE THEY NOW AND HOW GOOD CAN THEY BECOME? by Don McMahon After so many whiners saying that we’ll never win anything with our current squad and that the Invincibles are untouchable, I felt a comparison, player by player, between our best teams in the 2003,2007 and today’s Arsenal squad, might tell us …
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By Walter Broeckx This article is part of the series of the Referee Review 2013. You can find links to earlier articles on the bottom of this article. __________________________ For the next ref in our series we have ref Mark Halsey. Now retired ref Halsey has been in the PL for many years and stopped …
By Walter Broeckx Tinfoil hats they said. We were idiots. We were mad. Crazy, deluded. The usual bunch of nice words you get when you dare to challenge the ‘authorities’ in football. Now it seems that Mark Halsey has opened the box (dare I say Pandora’s box?) and it will be interesting to see how …
Read More “Ref corruption: it is time to start questioning Manchester United”
By Walter Broeckx Last year we had the Nextgen series and Arsenal got to the semi finals to lose against Chelsea with 4-3 in extra time. That was rather an interesting match to see. We then also lost the last game so Arsenal finished in 4th place. But as Nextgen was not organized by Uefa …
Dominic Sanchez-Cabello It must be hard being a Marseille fan at the moment. After breaking Lyon’s Ligue 1 monopoly back in 2010, they could have been forgiven for expecting a return to the glory days. They may have to wait, but that wasn’t a problem, fleeting success can be ruinous for smaller clubs. Bordeaux were …
By Walter Broeckx The part of fans that is never satisfied with Arsenal is rather silent for the moment. But they are waiting out there for the next dropped point to come out in full force. The first dropped point in Europe will result in the usual abuse and of course to throw all and …
By Walter Broeckx This article is part of the series of the Referee Review 2013. You can find links to earlier articles on the bottom of this article. __________________________ For the next ref in our series we have ref Mark Clattenburg. Ref Clattenburg has been in the PL since 2004 and is a FIFA …
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CHEATING ISN’T WINNING by Don McMahon There has been an enormous amount of effort and reflection devoted to the phenomena of cheating and the consequences of such behaviour on sites like UA and others worldwide. Most civilized people deplore, at least publicly, the extent and existence of dishonesty, whether it is plagiarism or data manipulation …
By Walter Broeckx This article is part of the series of the Referee Review 2013. You can find links to earlier articles on the bottom of this article. __________________________ For the next ref in our series we have ref Lee Probert. Ref Probert has been in the PL for a few years now (since 2007 …
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Arvind I started a little series a week or so ago where I’ll look at the games we play in the league and try and understand the little patterns of our offensive and defensive play, as well as how certain opponents seem to play us and how well that worked. The first game that I …
By Tony Attwood The last time Arsenal were top of the league was after the Fulham game on 4 December 2010 – league game number 16 in that season. Here are the results that led up to that moment, and away from it, with the penultimate column showing the position in the league. Game no …
Read More “When Arsenal were last top, a journalist is nice to Arsenal, and the Earl of Sidcup”
By Walter Broeckx This article is part of the series of the Referee Review 2013. You can find links to earlier articles on the bottom of this article. __________________________ For the next ref in our series we have ref Kevin Friend. Kevin Friend came in to the PL in 2009 and has now a few …
Read More “Ref review 2012/13: Kevin Friend. Over 90% right, but a red card disaster.”
Dominic Sanchez Cabello Fresh after the installing of a new F.A. chief, the debate about English football surfaced. And though I appreciate that it is a reasonable thing to debate, the debate was launched in a shabby and rushed way. Like the seal that surfaces for air and instantly submerges again, the debate emerged, was …
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By Walter Broeckx A win on a bad stream on the internet usually looks bad. But on this occasion it made it difficult to talk about a few key incidents at the moment because I really could not see it properly. But now that I have seen it on a good TV screen I can …
After Sunderland 1 Arsenal 3, I went looking to find anti-Ramsey comments on the internet – and it was harder than I expected – what I found was hundreds of people saying something like, “I know lots of fans are calling for Ramsey to go…” It was one of the biggest “I’m not a racist …
Dominic Sanchez-Cabello I’m not sure any of you heard, but apparently, Di Canio has resorted to head-butting his players in the hope that they adjust to the English league that little bit swifter. Yeah. Surprised me as well. A Sunderland spokesperson had this to say on the matter… “Whilst we admit that we weren’t always …
Read More “The ref’s unfit and biased, Özil is everywhere, and now: the match preview”
If you’ve been paying attention you’ll know we’ve already had one referee preview for the Sunderland game. But Walter has just come up with some late breaking news on the ref. The match preview follows shortly. ———————- I was just taking my own personal look at the referee we will see doing the game in …
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Sunderland v Arsenal; the Media Preview By Özil McÖzil – of the Scottish clan McÖzil Poor sad TV execs. They had a look at the fixtures, saw when the transfer window ended, and then had to pick what they thought would be the most exciting matches revealing the new mega talent and unknown arrivals. And what …
Read More “Its Özil to Özil who passes to Özil, out to Özil and now its Özil – and yes Özil scores.”
Sunderland v Arsenal 14 September 2013 – the Officials By Andrew Crawshaw Referee Martin Atkinson Assistant referees R West & H Lennard Fourth official K Friend Martin Atkinson has been a Premier League Referee since 2005 when he started with the Manchester City v Birmingham City game, and has been an ever present since then. …
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By Walter Broeckx This article is part of the series of the Referee Review 2013. You can find links to earlier articles on the bottom of this article. __________________________ For the next ref in our series we have ref Lee Mason. Ref Mason has been in the PL for a few years now (since 2006 …
Read More “Ref review 2012/13: Lee Mason. The ref with penalty area fever and Arsenal phobia”
13 September 2013 I’m running really late this morning, what with having been out dancing late last night, and with the anniversary section of the blog taking longer than normal (its the anniversary of Ian Wright breaking of Cliff Bastin’s record). So this is a quickie, before the posting of the first proper story of …
By Tony Attwood When you sign a new player and he says, “yes we can win the league this season”; when people associated with the club he is leaving express total shock that he’s going; when one of your ex-players, still held in high regard by many says the new guy will “kill” the opposition, …
Read More “Do we have to have more on Mesut Ozil? Err, yes.”
