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By Walter Broeckx As Tony recently wrote an article about some terrible grounds in the UK I must
say that one of my favourite things during the holidays is going to stadiums. I usually take a tour
when I can and so I have seen some fine stadiums in the world. Most grounds in Holland are [...]
Last week I wrote a piece for an Arsenal web site in India, in return for the piece they wrote for
Untold. It went up, and they said nice things about it. No problem. Yesterday, it reappeared on
another site with a different headline. The author said it was the funniest article he had ever
read about [.
By Walter Broeckx This is a little story of the football in my home country. You have to wait a
bit to see the link with Arsenal but I promise you, it will come. Last year I was appointed as a
ref for a game involving the youth team of a first division club in Antwerp against [...]
On the blogs we should be fighting the media and their attempt to brainwash us all with their
version of reality but most blogs do the reverse. There is something utterly sinister within our
media. The issue raises the question of the news, and how it is created, and through it, what is
happening to [.
No sooner was the Chelsea ban on transfers announced than BBC Radio 5 rushed out an interview with
an ex-KGB player who linked this case with the Eduardo case. It was one of the most sickening
pieces of anti-Arsenal propoganda yet launched in the media war on Arsenal. Chelsea are banned from
signing new players [.
Arsene Wenger: the best manager England never had By Simon Bailey. No work today, the wife was out
getting last minute school uniforms, books, bags, and whatever else they need, so I decided to put
on The Damned United, the story of Brian Clough's six week tenure at Leeds United. It's not really
a 'Football' film in the [.
It seems that West Iceland United might not get a fine over what happened in the match against
Millwall, because the footballing authorities fear it will send the club into total collapse.
Instead, the club will just get a telling off. As one footballing official might have said, "If
UEFA can get away with banning [.
The Sheffield Wednesday manager recently said that it is "inevitable" an EPL club is going to go
bust. The man from the Wednesday's prediction is that a club will go down to the Championship and
will then go bust because they can't afford to keep paying the players. I would not be surprised
if someone actually [.
It was a tedious morning of "Henry is a disgrace" and "Henry, Eduardo, we investigate the cheats in
football." Then BBC Radio Five Live decided to get Republic of Ireland assistant manager Liam Brady
on. Liam sounded as if he had not slept for a week. But he spoke slowly and clearly, and utterly
refused to be [.
This is a simple new reminder to all Arsenal-highlights.co.uk members, contributors and the
general public:
- We will be posting all Arsenal FC news stories throughout the summer so just because there's
no matches it means you won't have to leave
- We will keep you up to date with all transfers and gossip which is occurring by bringing you
regular transfer news
- Informing you of all fixtures like pre season
- FINALLY BEFORE YOU KNOW IT PRE-SEASON WILL BE STARTING AND YOU'LL GET QUALITY HIGHLIGHTS
AGAIN!
In the Old World there were four models for football teams: a) The KGB Fulham approach in which
rich owners spent anything they wanted to buy success b) Manchester IOU and Liverpool I spend more
on new players than they receive each year in the hope that one day someone will buy them out c)
The Arsenal approach [.
Below we print an open letter to Mike Dean, referee, from Walter Broeckx, referee. But just before
that, here's a quick summary of Mr Dean's career... In 2005 he was suspended from being a ref
because he was involved with a betting company. His official crime was "breaching the terms of
his contract".
Just imagine Arsenal without injuries. It's impossible I know because these days we live with
injuries. The news that Theo lasted 45 minutes in an under 21 match before being taken off will
hardly come as a surprise. He'll probably have his name changed to Theo Out-Injured soon. But
still, with no football going on, [.
A word of warning. In this article I will not be hiding my bushel under a 40 watt bulb. I'm over
the parrot. (Sorry if English is not your first language, that's a really stupid play on words.
In simple talk I am happy and I am going to boast). Let me put it another way.
YIPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE The Arsenal [.
It has taken me a long time but finally I have found something to like about Rafael Benítez. When
he answered the question about how he rated the ref and said, "the referee was perfect" I really
did smile for the first time ever in a Benitez interview. It reminded me of Stephen Fry's famous
schoolboy quip, [.
Equifax does reports on the financial health of EPL clubs you may have seen they did a new one this
month. What they do is take a look at the accounts, what the auditor says about dodgy dealings and
dubious debts, contemplate their ability to repay debts, look at working capital, and also [...]
As Adam Smith pointed out yesterday, you couldn't watch last night's game on any sort of TV system
anywhere south of Pluto. In fact if you tried BBC radio you would have found that in the summary
half hour from 10 to 10.30 (when a couple of extra times were going on) the match actually didn't
[...]
When the junk press run almost identical stories twice you know there is something odd going on. We
saw it last season when the story went around that Arshavin was so unhappy with his Arsenal
contract that he was going to re-neogiate straight away and that this would bankrupt the club. It
was pathetic first [.
By Gf60 There are no games in the season that fill me with more terror than the Spuds. It's 90
minutes of having a pulse rate way too high for an old fart, bitten fingernails, and nervous
twitches...and that's when we're a few goals up. Yes it has been 10 years almost to the week since
the scrawny [.
Denilson and The Defensive Midfield Role by "LRV" Quite a lot of football fans in Britain seem only
able to notice and applaud Defensive Midfielders when they bully or break legs. Understanding of
their role and the part which others need to play to enhance it, counts for nothing as far as they
are concerned.
As you may know, Team Talk often take articles from here and publishes them later under other
people's names. I was discussing this with TT yesterday and patiently explaining the software they
need to install to stop this, when it suddenly occurred to me that if I reversed the polarity (as
we used to [.
The general view among the more thoughtful fans of Arsenal (well, my mate Ian and the two guys I
met down the pub) is that the Lord Wenger really has had a masterplan and has not deviated from it.
And it is now being revealed in all its glory. And in common with earlier Wengerian [...]
The not so simple life of a referee, by Walter Broeckx How many times do we wonder how is it
possible that the blind c*nt in the middle didn't see that? I must confess that being in the
stadium or behind my television I curse that blind man in the middle a lot. In the [...]
A review of "Forward, Arsenal" by Bernard Joy Bernard Joy was the last amateur player to play for
England. He played for the University of London, Casuals (with whom he won the Amateur Cup which
I should add for younger readers was a very big deal in earlier times, getting huge crowds, and
sometimes being [.
This is just about the biggest story there is at the moment and of course no newspaper is touching
it. In simple terms it is this... The big clubs (not Arsenal) are trying to tap up kiddies from
all over the world to do a patch and mend job on their teams, as their finances [...]
Starting next season all EPL clubs will have to name 25 players over 21 before the season begins as
their registered players list. Eight of those players must have been developed for at least three
years by an English or Welsh club before their 21st birthday. The clubs can also have a limitless
list of [.
As usual Phil has done an excellent, well-researched piece which tells us all we need to know (see
last post if you haven't read it you really can't watch the match without it). Which naturally
allows me a chance to do my usual jink around the fringes of reality and consider the delicate
matter of [.
I think I might be getting too old for this football commentary lark, because it is only now that
the magnitude of the Lord Wenger's achievement is starting to hit me in the face. I should have
had faith in what I saw at the Celtic game but I got no further than, "I [...]
Ten insane events from the weekend. 1: England blast ref and security (BBC) England joined FIFA in
1905, and you'd think they would have got the hang of things by now. But in case this helps guys:
everything FIFA does is a shambles, aimed to make a profit for those in power (well over £100m
from this [.
Last time Birmingham "Evil Empire" were at the Ems we watched their manager direct players to go
down, lie down, roll around... anything and everything to break up play. It is a testimony to the
magnitude of the Wengerian revolution that we can now saunter past the "Team coach in the goal"
clubs like Blackburn and [.
Liverpool and Injuries by Jonny Neale Benitez "We have just too many problems, I cannot remember an
injury situation like this." http://www.football365.com/story/0,17033,8652_5641497,00.html By my
reckoning Liverpool are 'potentially' missing 6 players for the next game - Gerrard, Torres,
Johnson, Aquilani, Kelly, Kyrgiakos Of those, two players wouldn't normally make the first team
anyway (I [.
Editor's note: Living in the Midlands I tend to set off early for Arsenal games, and don't get back
until after midnight, which means if I leave up the predictions about tonight's game as the lead
story, it is going to look fairly dumb at 10.30pm UK time where I have predicted a 6-1 victory,
[...]
The line up against Wolverhampton Wibbleyous will be much as we saw against the London Street
Directory (the A to Z do try and keep up). Carlos Vela and Armand Traore are just about ready
for action, but not quite. Denilson hasn't started training yet, but will do so while the silly
internationals are going [.
By Walter Broeckx What is the difference between The Arsenal this season and Arsenal last season?
For this and last season Arsenal were written off by almost all the pundits and it was sure we were
the one who would fall from the top 4. It is not happening. Why not? Last year around this
time, the championship [.
These days watching a Royal Shakespeare production is a bit like watching Arsenal at Barnet. The
players are there, the skills are there, but the auditorium isn't. If you are not devoted to
Shakespeare, or you don't live in England, you'll not know that about three years ago the Royal
Shakespeare Theatre [.
Last season for our opening league game of the season against West Bromwich Wobbleyou we played
Almunia Sagna, Gallas, Djourou, Clichy Walcott (Toure), Eboue, Denilson, Nasri Adebayor, Bendtner
(Van Persie) From that line up we have now lost Toure, Adebayor and Nasri (for the moment) We have
gained Cesc (late returning from summer matches) Eduardo (injured) Arshavin (not yet signed)
Vermalen (not yet signed) Song [.
And of course by that I mean the coverage on ESPN. We had all the junk rubbish about Arsenal being
weak, struggling to make the top four, slipping behind the others, having sold players, Wenger
refusing to buy. It was as if ESPN had watched Sky and instead of seeing it as a dire warning of
[...]
If you are a regular reader you are going to get so bored with me on this, but let me have my day.
This is, after all, my finest hour. At 10am Saturday I predicted Everton 1 Arsenal 7 Click on the
score to see the whole article. No one else came anywhere near that. [...]
According to Sam Wallace writing in the Independent, "Celtic were the victims of a wealthier club,
one that can afford better, slicker players as well as a manager any team in Europe would covet."
Although the second part was true, the first part isn't and several regular contributors to this
site (Matt and Jonny Neale need [.
Ah the joys of football. A year ago, after seeing off the club curiously known as Steve Umbrella
and having won 2 and lost 1 in the EPL we were written off. A top four finish was not possible.
The end was nigh. Mid-table beckoned. Aston "Hold Your Head" would overtake us. And you know
what? [.
