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 know that yesterdays result was painful and I am not happy about it at all. As a supporter you don’t want your team to lose. And as per usual the moaning has start all over again. Let us first take a look at the league table Pos Team Played Points 1 …
By Walter Broeckx Did we all jinx it this week? We probably did. Talking about a record of being unbeaten when Per and Kos are on the field for 90 minutes is tempting fate. Arsenal did it, I did it. And as was said in one of the comments: this doesn’t fill me with confidence. …
D. Sanchez-Cabello I am confident that we will beat Liverpool, though that could be because in recent times Anfield has been a cheerful place. Not since the Crouch hat trick of 2007 have we lost there. How relevant that is, who knows? But it is comforting going to a place I don’t associate with angst …
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By Walter Broeckx It seems that every season we are discovering or seeing a player joining the first team from within the youth teams. Of course in some cases we see new talents that have been in the mix of the first team before like Oxlade-Chamberlain. Last season one could say was his first one …
By Andrew Crawshaw Referee – Michael Oliver Assistants – S Burt and G Beswick Fourth Official – R Madley As an aside, I notice that Manure v Fulham have R West as Assistant and R East as fourth official, just thought it interesting (just need a North and South for a full set). …
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By Walter Broeckx Earlier on this site appeared an article from Pete where he gave a very well written summary of things that might influence refs. In case you didn’t read it, you should and it can be found here One of his points, in fact the first point he made was the point about …
By Walter Broeckx We all remember the days that Koscielny came to Arsenal. Well I do. It was in 2010 and he was bought one year after Wenger had bought Vermaelen. The moaners were up in arms. Another unknown French guy. Only one year top flight experience in France. Another example on how Wenger had …
By Pete The refereeing analysis pioneered by Walter and his colleagues over the last few years continues to provoke discussion. From the analysis undertaken, it is very clear to me that the biases demonstrated can not conceivably have arisen by chance fluctuation – and that is leaving aside the really poor decision accuracy which, as …
By Sammy The Snake This is probably the shortest blog ever! Just wanted to share with you the fixture list for the rest of the season for all contenders. I leave it to you to imagine possible outcomes for each team. I’m starting to develop OCD with all the calculations in my head! …
by Tony Attwood Monday 3 February 2014 17.42 GMT The Guardian Swansea chairman dismisses rumours over Michael Laudrup’s future ————————– Tuesday 4 February 2014 19.52 GMT The Guardian Michael Laudrup sacked as manager of Swansea City ————————— In true “1984” spirit the former headline does not appear as part of the backstory, although to be …
Mesut Ozil can be a star you notice, or a star you don’t notice. Either way he is still there, still doing it, still putting in the passes that make the difference – if you know where to look. Give Me Sport, however, doesn’t quite see it like this, and has come up with an alternative …
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Written by Duduspace What Type of Arsenal Fan are you? I’ve done an analysis of Arsenal supporting friends in the real world and acquaintances on the internet and I’ve come to the conclusion that there are 3 types of Arsenal supporters. 1. THE FIRM Those able to to logically access and discuss the true situation …
By Walter Broeckx When I woke up last Sunday I had a feeling that this was maybe one of the most important days in our season. Not that the opposition was of the standard of Manchester City or Chelsea. After all it was only Crystal Palace (with all respect) we were facing later that day. …
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By Walter Broeckx In our earlier articles we have already talked about some proposals to improve refereeing and football. Things to make football fairer for all. Part 1 can be found here and part two can be found here So on we go with the proposals and again the proposal is written like this and …
By Tony Attwood Will they, won’t they? They being Uefa, and the subject matter being, “deal with Monaco, PSG and Man City over FFP.” Monaco I just can’t get my head around. They have a stadium that holds 18500 and their average crowd this season is under 9000. They are second in the league (having …
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By Walter Broeckx Ah this is what it is all about: the green pitch and two teams of 11 players who try to win the match. Forget all the transfer boring moments on who we should buy, surely should not buy and who has lost it, who is too stubborn, who doesn’t want to spend. …
It was once sung that “Tony Pulis is a wanker, he wears a wanker’s hat…’, which needless to say isn’t your textbook piece of lyricism, even if it’s descriptive. A clumsy blow made heavily, if you will. In its heaviness it stumbles upon a profundity that is rarely acknowledged. Tony Pulis is indeed a wanker, …
ARSENAL’S INJURY APOCALYPSE by Don McMahon It has been roughly 14 years since I began following the Arsenal in earnest, and there has been one constant, other than Wenger, which has appeared to mark those decades, our seemingly perennial injury crisis. This season seems to be the most promising one for our Gunners since 2008 …
by Walter Broeckx As in the earlier article which you can read here we will continue with analysing some proposals to improve refereeing and football in general. As these proposals were made in the comment section in an earlier article I have taken the liberty to give my opinion on them. The proposal itself is …
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Blacksheep63 I am a university lecturer and occasionally I get invited to give research papers (talks) at other institutions. So when Solent University asked me to come and talk to their criminology and law society (about a strange murder case in 1791) on Wednesday last I looked at my calendar and saw that I now …
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