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Untold injuries: those hurt in actionUntold Absences updated 14th March Cesc Fabregas: hamstring injury, exacerbated by playing for Spain. Waiting for news re West Ham Tomas Rosicky: minor groin problem caused by playing for his country within a hectic Arsenal schedule. Probably ok for WHU Alex Song: has […] Hull Spitty v Arsenal: predictions, prognosis, possibilitiesBy Phil Gregory After an awe-inspiring win against Porto, Hull away is next up on the agenda and with it the end of our recent week-long rest periods. I can empathise with the players, I really can: fixture congestion is a blight on the game extending as far down the footballing pyramid as Intramural League Two for […] It’s one set of rules for Blatter, and another for everyone elseBy Walter Broeckx This saturday: Spit Brown – the man with more conduct warnings than any other and founder of rotational foulingBilly The Dog McGraw previews Arsenal at Hull, and our reunion with Spit Brown. Yesterday the football world received some incredibly good news.Yesterday the football world received some incredibly good news. By Walter Broeckx And by this good news I don’t mean us sending Porto back home with a 5-0 defeat in their bag. That is some very good news for Arsenal and maybe also for the football world in general but you can’t expect fans of Chelsea or […] Illegal police activity is destroying football in EnglandIn what was (I think) Leicester’s final season in the EPL we drew 1-1 with them away. Gilberto scored. I got very angry. Could Man U or Chelsea have won a game like this? No chance!By Walter Broeckx I have read somewhere over the internet that the pundits in England had a hard night. I can understand that. How can you explain Arsenal beating Porto with 5 -0 when you have been saying a whole season how bad we are. And then to realise we played without Cesc, Gallas and Van Persie. […] Cesc, Van Persie, Gallas could be fit for Champs League finalAnd why not plan in this way? The Glorious Double – Champs League and EPL. The fact is that once again with half the team missing we managed to outwit and outsmart the doom and gloom brigade, the media and the opposition. What Arsenal would be like with a full squad would be like, well Everton away […] Tonight’s ref: the inside story, plus the journos prepare their excusesTonight the ref is the number one ref in Belgium. Or as Zafod Bebblebrox says in the Hitchhikers’ Guide “Belgium Man!” Here’s the assessment of our resident Belgian Referee: Walter Broeckx…….. ———— I really hope he doesn’t screw up on us. Last season he had the Liverpool – Real Madrid game and before the game there was […] Tottenham could decide the ChampionshipTottenham could decide the Championship Paul Collins The final weeks of the 2009/10 season are shaping up to be fascinating. When was the last time we had 3 teams in serious contention for the Championship at this late a stage in the season AND at the same time saw the battle for 4th, and the final Champions […] The ArsenalStar, The Brookes Clan, Hot Chocolate, the Auld Triangle. It’s another home game.Walter Broeckx comments on Antwerp to the Emirates – and back – in one day Another day at the Emirates for me and some of my family. I must say that I really don’t know how to start this time. It was a day of great emotions once again. We left Brussels right on time with the […] Arsenal, life, death and play acting.This is a story of life and death. And acting. And celebration. It is the story of a club from the Russian Premier League side FC Moscow which has gone bust just a short while after their oligarch owner, a man in the Roman Abramovich league, pulled out, having decided to switch sports. And it is the […] Man U’s plan is for global domination, and this is why it might all end in tearsManchester United win things. That is undeniable. They have a big support (even if it is largely located in Cornwall) and they fill the ground. That’s undeniable. And they have an extraordinarily successful manager – something we have to admit even if we don’t like some of his behaviour. A game of three halves as Arsenal beat the wheelbarrowHello hello, that was fun. As the industrial sludge dwellers of the north pick up their knuckles and prepare their black puddingsOh what a week, what a day. The chauffeurs are chauffed, the postilions are in position, and the trusty Austin 7 is in the drive ready for the 88 miles from here to Arnos Grove underground station. And there I was a few days back thinking that these Burnley people were jolly nice folk who would respect […] Slowly, very slowly, the media are starting to realise that in football terms, they have utterly screwed up.Ever since I first studied sociology (in about 2 million years BC) I have known that the media’s first need is to see to the continuation of itself by keeping up its audience. It does this by telling the audience “this is how it is” and then, having got the audience fixed on this version […] You’re not very well: football stumbling along in an alternate reality“You’re Fucked and you know you are….” By Simon Bailey. I think we are all caught in one of those moments where we are living an alternate reality. You sort of recognise what’s going on, but it all feels a bit surreal. A week ago everything was normal. Respective managers were briefing their respective teams about the […] Arsenal Burnley: a delightful and insightful fistful of pratfallsIt’s been months since we talked about players and matches, what with midweek dribble ball and the invasion of the hatchet men last saturday, so here’s a quick run down on this saturdays team, before a quick review of the opposition and their semi-illustrated history. —————- Almunia Sagna Vermaelen Silvestre Clichy (Eboue, Traore) Ramsey, Denilson, Ramsey, Cesc, Ramsey, Nasri […] Football needs fixing: an open letter to the FATo the Football Association, from Simon Bailey Sir, I am writing to you as a concerned supporter of both England and of a Premier League football team. The history of football in England is rich and diverse, but at the root of it are the clubs that make up the leagues. Clubs that have existed more than a […] Clubs in debt: you ain’t seen nuffink yetTrying to stay in touch with the financial morass that is the EPL, is tough. In this article I am trying to pull together some of the latest facts, figures, and then conclusions. I am hopeful that if there are factual errors these can be pointed out and I will produce an update a bit […] What the rule book says about the Shawcross tackleBy Walter Broeckx Much has been made of Shawcross being a nice man and therefore not to blame. And behind this has comes the argument that all the fuss is about nothing because what Shawcross did was a legitimate tackle. So let us clear this up for once and for all. At least until the next Arsenal […] Why Shawcross can’t say, “I didn’t mean it” and a review of his previous assaults.A review of the issue of assault, and the previous convictions of Shawcross By The Law Back when I was a Law Student, we were taught an interesting rule in Criminal Law, called The Eggshell Skull Rule. This rule stated that if you struck someone on the head which resulted in a shattered skull and death because […] Stupidity week again and again and againUntold Arsenal is published two or three times a day. There’s an list of recent articles on the right in date order, followed by a month by month drop down menu. At the end of the main piece there’s an abbreviated contents section (just in case we published something while you weren’t looking.) Stupidity Week By Walter […] Irrationality and footballPrelim note in case you don’t normally look at the end of the blogs. I am doing some re-arranging of the ending of the blogs, as we move fully into a three post a day mode. Please do take an occasional look at the foot of the article, and let me know any ideas for […] English football’s omertà: a time for Clean HandsEnglish football’s omertà: a time for Clean Hands By Brian Baker I was listening to the radio in the car, driving back after family commitments, when I heard that Aaron Ramsey had been assaulted on a football field in Stoke. I was emotionally thrown back to the day of Eduardo’s injury, ten minutes after which I told an […] |