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The world cup final: being bald does not make you into a good refBy Walter Broeckx Finally the world cup is over. Time to start looking ahead and think about real football, club football and Arsenal. But just a final word from my point of view on the refs in the world cup. We all have seen the big mistakes some refs made and I am going to […] All is perfect in fifa’s worldBy Walter Broeckx Another lovely page seems to be written in the lovely way of perfect live as it is according to Fifa. A few days ago claims have been made about Australia’s team bidding to host the 2018 or 2022 World Cup. They seem to have been given some gifts to try and influence votes. […] From good to bad in just a few secondsBy Walter Broeckx Every now and then you have such a game where in a few minutes so many things happen in a game that you can write a whole article on it. Paraguay – Spain was such a match. Before we go to the penalties let’s look at the disallowed goal from Paraguay. A […] Theo and Jack: when they come knocking, just say “No!”“They are evil, dreadful, disgusting, moronic, the lowest of the low.” By Tony Attwood England’s “golden generation” have now had their final, finest hour. As the great guru, Sir Trevor Brooking, the FA’s director of Brooking, said recently, “There is an immediate void in the standard of the team. World Cup 2014 will be difficult […] For England and the FA, it is time to choose which way to goBy Walter Broeckx In the last decades we have seen that the more technical ability and skill you have in your team the more chance you have of winning something. You also need other things but without these first two key points you are hardly going to win anything these days. If we take the […] The best thing to do is to kick these foreigners. That shows them who’s who.By Adrian Raffill On 23rd February 2008 Birmingham City’s Martin Taylor launched himself into a challenge that took Eduardo’s foot clean off the end of his leg. Arsene Wenger had barely finished his post match criticism of the thuggery that had just been broadcast live all over the world before the English football world rose […] England – Germany, who is to blame for the not given goal?by Walter Broeckx I think most of the English media will be starting a crusade against Mauricio Espinosa. Off course he is the one that had to make the decision but let me come to possible other responsibles later on. Just to clear things it was not a disallowed goal as it was called, it was […] Who exactly makes the rules in football? And why won’t they allow goal line tech.. By Tony Attwood The rules of football are established by the International Football Association Board (IFAB). It calls itself the “guardian of the Laws of the Game”. What it says goes. There is only one IFAB, (just like there is only one monopolies’ commission) and everyone buys into it. The first set of […] FICK FUFA; how disorganised crime runs world footballBy Tony Attwood (not really an Emperor; he’s just a very naughty boy). When journalists want to talk about crime, they often choose to talk of “organised crime”. I’ve never heard a discussion of “disorganised crime” but if it exists, I suppose we can say it’s what the gang that runs the illicit international football […] Send all the French homeby Walter Broeckx Despite the urgent plea from the President of the Medical Committee which we have mentioned in an article a few days before the start of the World cup the way most of the referees are doing their games is the opposite from this plea. His plea was to ban all dangerous tackles […] Arsenal in a world cup for club teams?by Walter Broeckx I’m not a big fan of international football. Well, maybe that’s an understatement as I think it cost us the title this season with the injury from Robin Van Persie. When I was watching the world cup today I was wondering: if the world cup would be played with club teams would it make […] The Mourinho revolution and the death of footballBy Walter Broeckx When I saw Mourinho win against Barcelona and Bayern Munich with his very defensive tactics I feared the worst for football. I feared that we were in for a lot of teams trying to stick to his tactics. Park the bus in front of goal and hope for a counter attack and […] Does the F in Fifa stand for fascist?By Walter Broeckx Some people who have seen the game Holland – Denmark might have noticed them. A group of Dutch girls in orange mini dress. They sang and danced and well they were a very nice thing to look at. I would say almost better than most world cup matches I have seen so […] Inter to be stripped of Euro Cup? Italy enters the world of a huge new football scandalBy Walter Broeckx Last summer Inter Milan bought the Argentine striker Diego Milito and the Brazilian midfielder Thiago Motta from Genua. Both had a great season with Inter that won the league, the cup and off course the champions league. Both players played a major role if we only look at the final of the […] How Arsenal players will get on in the world cupBy Walter Broeckx So here we go again, the world cup has started. I have let you know on many occasions that I hate international football. I don’t give a damn about it and I think the world could be a better place if Fifa and the national teams would suddenly disappear from the planet. […] Untold world cup: football with altitude. What the mainstream media never tell you.By Tony Attwood The last post (the one from Walter on what you can and can’t say to a ref) was about football with attitude. So this is about football with altitude. Clever eh? Oh well… Anyway, as you would expect, the issue of playing 10 miles up in the air is one that FIFA […] Fifa’s finally promise that leg breaking fouls will be properly punishedby Walter Broeckx An injury free world cup? Who’s responsible? Since Tony has given my the opportunity to do some writing on Untold I have on occasionally tried to provide some information on the rules in football and how refs should act according the guidelines given by Fifa. As with every World Cup Fifa is […] How Arsenal came to the rescue of English footballHow Arsenal came to the rescue of English football. By Tony Attwood I started researching this article with three questions in mind: a) Why is England so bad at football b) Why does Arsenal under Wenger use so few English players? c) Why does the Netherlands, with its small population seem to do better than […] New financial regs approved, so I don’t look a total pratI laid my cards on the table, put myself on the line, laid my body on the tracks, and generally risked ridicule. After a lot of Untold readers had previously written in and said that the new UEFA regs on financial doping would hit the dust, they went through unmolested. UEFA Club Licensing and Financial […] Uefa’s new regs are about to be voted through, and they will change the whole face of footballThe last time I wrote about the new Champions League anti-financial-doping regulations that are being voted on today, 27th May, a lot of people wrote in saying that they had already been watered down, and wouldn’t work because clubs would find a way round them. I know it is bizarre for me, a person who […] Uefa to pass financial doping rules on 27 May; most of EPL won’t qualify for EuropeTODAY’S SPONSOR: Picklive the new football game that you play on your laptop while watching football on the telly launched its new look this week ahead of the Championship Play Off final and Champions League final at the weekend. There will be free and pay-to-play versions of the game available for every match during the […] Business as usual at Fifa’s headquarters as Tottenham bid for the world cupby our special reporters in Switzerland and all over the world: R. Ubbish and E.M.P. Tyhead May 18. The new FA chairman has accused the Belgium FA of helping Holland to bribe refs on the coming World cup to make sure Holland win it. Holland and Belgium are bidding together for the world cup 2018. […] Rewarding the loyal refs for their dreadful decisionsBy Walter Broeckx Congratulations and celebrations, When I tell everyone that you’re going to the world cup Congratulations and jubilations, I want the world to know I’m not surprised at all. ————- Forgive me to have changed the lyrics of this old Cliff Richard song a bit. The refs that are going to the world […] Where’s Tony Adams?Tony Adams, Mr Arsenal, won the league four times, the FA cup three times, the league cup twice, the Cup Winners’ Cup, and is only player in English football history to captain a title-winning side in three different decades. Tony Adams is in Gabala, three hours drive from the capital of Azerbaijan. Most British fans […] Financial fair play: how Uefa’s new regulations will be run by a plumberBy Walter Broeckx In September the UEFA’s Executive Committee approved the Financial Fair Play concept for the well-being of European club football. The major objective of the Financial Fair Play concept is to improve the financial fairness in European competitions, as well as the long-term stability of European club football. In order to achieve this […] |
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