Lost a battle, the war is still in our hands

By Walter Broeckx The last person I wanted to see ruled out for this fixture was Per Mertesacker. Alas he was sick and the same happened to Rosicky. Both out with a virus. I don’t know if it affected other players also but we looked a bit flat. Maybe there was another reason to it. …

Away to United | ‘Old Wayne’, RVP and the Extras…

Dominic Sanchez-Cabello My intentions were to watch the Man United game midweek. You know, get a feel for their team, gauge their strengths and weaknesses…  I watched for 20 minutes, realising they had many weaknesses, Madrid were playing Juve and these minutes watching Fellaini recall how to play football, I’d never get back. You could …

It there a level playing ground? Arsene doesn’t seem to think so but do the papers care?

Tony asked me to write something today having seen a piece in this weekend’s Saturday Guardian – an article entitled ‘Arsenal’s moment of truth’ by Daniel Taylor. I don’t buy newspapers any more, to be honest I find their clumsy misrepresentation of the truth annoying and self-serving, even papers (like the Guardian) that I used …

Ref Review 2012/13: Manchester United

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. __________________________ After having dealt with the different teams and after having examined all the refs and this leading to the best ref of the season according to …