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by Andrew Crawshaw The PGMOL have spun the dice and our officials for the week are :- Referee – Michael Oliver Assistants – S Burt and S Long 4th Official – Andre Marriner So it’s not Dean, Taylor or any of the other obvious villains, however his figures for us last year …
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What Makes Teams Title Contenders? By Bootoomee One of the hottest debates currently going on in football Chatosphere is about Arsenal being contenders for the English Premier League title; although the biased Gooner in me thinks we are only having this debate because Arsenal is currently topping the league. No one would be asking the …
By Walter Broeckx As this game was played in Germany and those of us living in Belgium have the major German TV stations in our basic media package it was very interesting to have the view of German football pundits concerning Arsenal, the game and of course Mr Wenger. First of all the club. I …
Read More “Dortmund – Arsenal: the German view on Arsenal and Wenger”
By Walter Broeckx I mentioned before that I also did have a few not so nice experiences at the Dortmund game. Having reviewed the two matches it is time to turn to the negatives… First of all a general feeling about Germany. I must say that it is all going downhill. German efficiency they said… …
By Walter Broeckx The Uefa youth league is a competition between the youth teams from the teams that play the Champions League. The groups are based on the same groups in the real champions league and so Arsenal U19 had to travel to Dortmund to play their German opponents on the same day as the …
Read More “The youth league: Dortmund – Arsenal a game of missed chances”
Untold likes to send its correspondents off to overseas matches. Unfortunately things happen to them. Phil went to the Marseilles game and it took him five days to recover and file his report. Walter made it to Dortmund – and filed his copy 20 hours after the match ended. See – we’re getting better at …
Read More “An historic evening in Dortmund. Untold was there. (Warning: containts Bratwurst)”
Strange. very strange. Charles Veritie. I have noticed that there has been a new approach to the criticism of Arsenal and Arsene Wenger. It sort of crept up on me. At first I swallowed it not realising what was happening. The voices of the blogs. media and pundit land are doing something strange, very strange. …
Read More “Strange. very strange, this world we now inhabit.”
Thoughts following a wonderful night in Germany… Yesterday on the Arsenal History Site we published a review of the world of Stewart Robson, the Arsenal midfielder who after a brief flirtation with coaching and management became a pundit on Arsenal TV. It was Robson you may recall who then used that platform, rather bizarrely, to …
Read More “The Anti-Wengerians have not gone away, they are just hiding”
Unbelievable!
Brendan Roger’s choice of suit the other night sums up Liverpool. Black on black was fashionable in the 80’s, but has since become dated. Sure 16-year-olds wear it to their prom, but it doesn’t make it cool, Brendan. Neither is it cool to play 3-5-2 when you have Flanagan and Cissokho playing. The last team …
Read More “Dortmund away | Liverpool and Brendan’s Suit | Beer…”
By Walter Broeckx After Saturday’s great win over Liverpool most of us will still feel a bit high I guess. Well I do anyway. But even more excitement is creeping in. Since yesterday I am the lucky owner of my match ticket for our Champions League match at Dortmund. And once you get that ticket …
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. __________________________ Having dealt with the different teams and after having examined all the Premier League refs (leading to the best ref of the season according to the …
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By Tony Attwood At the Arsenal AGM Arsene Wenger made the point that “‘Our world is changing quickly. Europe as a continent is becoming poorer, the rest of the world is becoming richer, especially Asia, and these people invest in football in Europe.’ As many commentators noted, this coincidence with the news that Erck …
Read More “Be careful what you wish for in an era of endless change”
By Tony Attwood That first part of the title line is the basic message from the media and the disbelievers. The squad is too thin and one injury could cause us to tumble through the floor. Now we’ve lost Gibbs and Wilshere from the squad (at least so it seems at the moment) everything is …
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. __________________________ Having dealt with the different teams and after having examined all the Premier League refs (leading to the best ref of the season according to the …
Read More “Ref Review 2012/13 : Norwich. It mostly balances.”
By Walter Broeckx Last week when we lost to Chelsea we had the usual people and a even a new one coming to tell us how rubbish we are in the big games. Now I do think that there is only one big game in the League cup and that is the final. All the …
By Tony Attwood On 27 January 2002 a coin was thrown onto the pitch at Highbury from the crowd during the FA Cup match with Liverpool. It landed near Jamie Carragher. I don’t know if the perpetrator of the offence was caught, but I hope so and I hope he/she was banished from Arsenal games …
By Tony Attwood There have been times when I’ve thought that Arsenal was the only club which had an organised anti-club grouping within it – we named it the Anti-Arsenal Arsenal (AAA). Now it seems Tottenham has its own version and they are making themselves heard at games. Maybe it’s because thus far they …
Read More “An Anti-Tottenham Tottenham at WHL? It seems there is, and the manager’s annoyed.”
Recently we shared the tragic news that Adam Brogden who had written a variety of informative and entertaining pieces for Untold, had passed away. Many of us expressed our sincere feelings for Adam and his family on this site, but I wonder if I might offer one final additional thought by suggesting that as a …
Read More “Let’s dedicate yesterday’s win to Adam Brogden and family”
By Tony Attwood On September 28 2013 Michael Owen gave his assessment of Arsenal in the Telegraph. Some readers picked it up and commentated on it. Of course the “eight years without a trophy,” was there. Plus the “fact” that Arsenal “no longer have the strength of Vieira and Petit, the pace in wide areas …
Read More “Arsenal invent Rotational Football. Michael Owen wishes he’d never got into journalism”
By Walter Broeckx I can imagine that Tony at the moment I move my trembling fingers over the keyboard will be signing in full voice in the Emirates, that Arsenal are top of the league. After our loss earlier this week in the league cup I said that maybe we didn’t give our all in …
Read More “Arsenal – Liverpool 2-0, Who had predicted this league table in August?”
Dominic Sanchez-Cabello To save time, I’ll condense Liverpool to the one player that really matters. Sturridge has been in fine form, but is still rough and Gerrard is almost so polished that no edge remains whatsoever. My feelings about Suarez haven’t changed; he would complete our team, whilst irreparably damaging Liverpool’s. He is the most …
Read More “Arsenal v Liverpool, and why Koscielny dislikes Suarez (Atkinson please note).”
Arsenal v Liverpool – 2 November 2013 – The Match Officials Referee – Martin Atkinson Assistants – S Burt and M McDonnough 4th Official – M Jones. Mr Atkinson is 42 years old, he is a Yorkshireman, home county West Riding FA and has been Fifa accredited since 2006 and is one of three UK …
Read More “Arsenal v Liverpool match ref preview: It’s going to be tough.”
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. __________________________ Having dealt with the different teams and after having examined all the Premier League refs (leading to the best ref of the season according to the …
Read More “Ref Review 2012/13: 10 QPR; a positive bias especially from one ref.”
With the prayer that this piece does not tempt fate in future games. By Charles Veritite My stream for the game against Crystal Palace was slow all I could see was oblongs dancing in slow motion. I endured the ‘sweet’ monotones of ‘young’ Michael Owen giving us the benefit of his hindsight pearly gems of …
