OK the two things we were talking about yesterday did a complete U turn today, Hleb said ‘In some newspapers it was mentioned that I have attacked Arsene Wenger and Cesc Fabregas. But let me tell you: This is not true!‘, and according to Sky Sports news, AC Milan have said Arsenal have written to them and said they are prepared to sell Ade.
Someone is telling porkies! The thing is whoever is telling the odd fib, as an Arsenal fan it’s embarrassing and worrying, Arsenal should come out and show their hand once and for all, let the fans know their intentions.
Someone on here yesterday said it was all lies and just the press causing trouble, well Arsenal should come out and say that then, he did when the rumour was we were after a centre back, christ he even interrupted his lucrative commentating deal to do that, so don’t tell me Arsenal are above all that, perleeeease!
Wenger saying we have to pay back £24 million a year for 17 years is just rubbish, that’s £408 million, how can we have got all that money in from sponsors plus the sale of Highbury, plus treble match revenue for 2 years, plus transfer surpluses, plus prize money and have paid nothing off the £450 million it cost to build the stadium.
And before anyone says Highbury square hasn’t been sold yet, I know that, but deposits have been taken and 90% have been sold, or are the ads just lies as well? And that goes in 2009.
It’s complete nonsense, we are being treated like children, and fed bullshit lines like that, where does all our money go?
We were told we had to move to compete, they forget to add ‘but not in your lifetime’
Anyway ManU have to pay £63 million a year in interest, make less per game than we do and still spend millions every year on new players, if this board don’t watch it, they’ll lose the support of the small shareholder and then they’ll be a takeover and then whoever buys it will plunge the club into massive debt, just like the Glazers did, so all this bollocks will be in vain.
I read somewhere that 7 out of Wenger’s 12 years have been pot-less, that, my friends is a poor return for a club of our stature.
All is not lost though as we can still buy this season and win the lot, and that is what is so frustrating to us the fans.
GMR is trying to get a meeting between Arsene or Danny and us, so we can ask all these questions, so maybe we’ll find out eh? don’t hold your breath, but if you don’t try, you don’t get, so good luck GMR.
Another day of nothing, still no Nasri, but hey! who knows, it could be today.
Have a good’un Grovers!
from memory, this is about 3 rumour stories cobbled together to create 1 new rumour story, the press certainly have a shitload of time on their hands to stich things up!
george
its actually been raining since 10 pm last night ..
its still fans on in every room weather but no need for air con today ..
its cooled the place down to a nice 26 degrees …
a welcome change .. last time it rained like this for so long was march !
but normally anything around 30 degrees is a good cool day….
cloud cover often stops it here from going much over 30 …
but if you get a clear sky morning .. your in for a hot one .. (50% of the time)
yesterday infact …
thats one thing i love about Thailand constantly good weather ….
not even a cold season , and the hot season you get used to ….
i used to get 3 or 4 colds a year ..even with a shot !
now i cant remember the last time i had a cold!!
oh yes i do !!!it was when a mate of mine from australia came over and gave the bugger to me this time last year !
yes i don’t miss May – too July in Australia … in fact i don’t miss December to February either …
Ethan what about dengi fever, cholera, ross river fever, malaria, etc, etc. etc Do you get that up there
Ahhhhhhhhhhh!! I’ve got private health.
evo
this must be your virgin year to blog … because once figures get thrown around
it means arsene is listening ! and when arsene is listening it means hes made his mind up to entertain selling him ! …
also if your as astute to pick up on arsene’s little whine about losing players every year
he is refering too not only hleb but ade also ! 1 time would be an isolated incident ! and arsene wouldnt comment on it !
ade also is enough for arsene to speak publically … as its a trend he wants to stamp out …
but the biggest give away for me is ade’s silence !!!
its golden
Actually I think the last time I got the shits was when I ran out of Captain Morgan rum 9 years, 4 months, 3 days, 35 minutes……… ago.
none mate !
i live just out of Pattaya mate, it has a population thats bigger than perth !
i had private health cover for 4 years didn’t use it !
might do it again in another 5 or 6 years .. but just throwing away good money doing that now..
private health cover here you still have to pay for a doctors visit of about 10 bucks
health cover or not … and medicine is so cheap .. the main medicine i buy is children’s pain killer medicine like paracetamol … it costs like 2 bucks a bottle AU !
and buy 1 or 2 a year .. can get 100 nurofen tablets for like 4 bucks AU!
think i still got the original bottle i bought when i 1st got here !
medicine doesn’t carry the same tariffs as AU !
i can even buy vegimite mate so i dont miss out !
and cheezles !
only down fall of Thailand is a cant find Turkish delight !
bummer !
ethan you need to lay off the san miguel….its affecting your sanity! get onto the Stella, that will fix you up a treat!
oh alcohol ,
shite i have a mate of mine that comes here every 3 or 4 months (hes just gone !) and brings 2 bottles of duty free every time he visits , on the way back he gets 2 for himself ..
ive got everything George , jacks- bacardi -wild turkey-kalua – baileys – cointreau – jim beam – white-black
johnnie walker red-blue-black- vodka – German shnaps ! some Italian hazelnut liqueur -
and the big gun OPAL NERA x 3 ! ,all the thai whiskeys mekon – seng thip ,black cat seng som Drambuie plus more ….
a fucking bar … !
evo you wino !
i dont drink beer
guinness is as close as id get …
why drink beer then ive got a bar stocked like the above …
ive got some tawny port and lambrusco red wine from Oz too !
plus the local beer is CHANG or singha …
oh uneducated shines
evo you wino !
i don’t drink beer
Guinness is as close as id get …
why drink beer then ive got a bar stocked like the above …
ive got some tawny port and lambrusco red wine from Oz too !
plus the local beer is CHANG or singha …
oh uneducated shines
hehehe shines..
swines
maybe i need to drink a little for my spelling to improve
fair enough, when you have a top shelf that is actually on all your shelves then you’re set!
Ethan, are on the top shelf now, coz you are starting to repeat yourself.
….and with a bar like that, don’t say it too loud coz evo & i might just drop in. Cheap! Cheap! No not talking about the bird flu, I mean very in expensive sauce.
No Captain Morgan, Mount Gay or Appleton?
im just browsing the flights right now, so ill be over shortly to polish off your stash!
gutted to know gilberto is leaving…. epitome of professionalism.
who is replacing him… that bischoff guy??
That sep blatter loves to tell English football clubs what to do, but won’t say a thing about the disgusting prices Spanish clubs are willing to pay. Is he bias or what.
http://www.tribalfootball.com/article.php?id=101696
BACARY SAGNA has piled on the pressure at Arsenal by admitting: We could be out of the title race by March!
The French full-back is still coming to terms with last term’s dramatic collapse — which saw the Gunners choke in the title run-in.
And he admits things may not be much better next time as boss Arsene Wenger fights to stop a mass exodus from the Emirates.
Sagna said: “There is no point in planning ahead for next March because we cannot be certain that we will still be in the hunt for the title by then.
“Obviously, we all have regrets about last season and are hoping to improve on third place.
“But we need to learn from those lessons and that is why I don’t think it is a good idea to set ourselves a definite target for the new season.”
Sagna, who committed himself to a six-year contract this summer, has been alarmed by the uncertainty surrounding the club.
Midfielder Mathieu Flamini has already left for AC Milan, Alex Hleb is off to Barcelona and Gilberto Silva to Panathinaikos.
Striker Emmanuel Adebayor also seems to be heading for the exit door.
And Sagna added: “It is a shame that Flamini has left because he was an important part of our midfield.
“And it will be a big loss to us if Emmanuel goes, even though we have not yet arrived at that stage for certain.
“These things happen in football. But the uncertainty is all a part of the game so I am not too worried.
“Samir Nasri is due to join us soon and there are a lot of good young players coming through who could be thrown in at the deep end.”
Sagna, 25, signed for Arsenal in a £6million deal from Auxerre last summer and was a big hit in his first season in England.
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Yet he claims his new £50,000-a-week deal does not guarantee he will finish his career with the Gunners.
He added: “The fact that I have just extended my agreement is not especially important. Most of the players who move clubs are under contract.
“But I am certainly not looking to leave Arsenal at the moment and being voted into the PFA team last season confirms it was a good choice to join this club.
“Of course, having so many French people here has helped me to settle.
“I am lucky that nobody at the club distinguishes between the French players, the English players and the other nationalities.
“That’s not the case at other clubs, where there’s some sort of boycott of the foreign players.”
Sagna, who missed the final two months of the season after suffering an ankle injury in March, said: “I started training again last week, a few days before everyone else, just to get back into the rhythm.
“I am already able to do some work with a ball and, all being well, I should be ready for the start of the season.”
Morning all……….
gg9 – Cap’n M, Mount Gay, Appleton’s……………filth! You wanna try Royal Oak from Trinidad……………yum yum yum!
And, as for Sepp Blatter, silly old cunt!
Hmmm. At least one circus is over.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/article1402131.ece
Mandingo Dkembe Dkembe for The Arse NOW!!! lol.
DDM,
Long glass, filled to the top with ice, 5 -6 nips of The Skipper, touch of lemon, and a pince of coke. Chamone!!!!
Slim,
The latest with Dkembe Dkembe is that spuds want him, & have said they will out bid Arsenal no matter what it takes.
Chamon indeed gnarley…………i like your style fella!
* pinch of coke. sniff!
DDM, oh! you must be English, you dropped your “e” in chamone. We in Oz have kept the “e”
Guys – Did you not see that our 4′ 10″ saviour actually logged on at 5:37 yesterday afternoon and left us al la message…………
Chaaaaaaaaaamon……………
who was it?
Dkembe Dkembe!
ah very good, what number will he be wearing?
25
13
and 10
at this rate i reckon i will be personally wearing number 13 as there will be no one else to trade for and i could just as easily be picked up!
Dennis – Yepp your man Dkembe Dkembe is defo coming!
Abdenor – I’d love to take credit for this find of the century, but i can’t, it was Odub……
im off to the pub lads, ill have a captain morgan for the lot of you!
Morning all!
Ethan – Didn’t realise you were an Aussie as well! Saw your post in the middle of the night – I’m an optimist! I drink on accasions but rarely so don’t get the depressions of booze which might cause some of your negatives NOT that there’s nothing to be negative about. I’ve just read Hleb & Gilberto going and we know Ade’s round the corner.
Personally I didn’t see Bert with us for next year anyway and Hleb & Ade have been going all summer so we should have replacements in mind.
I can see your crisis thoughts and it will be IF these replacements are not bought in but as I said give it a fortnight and I feel new stars will appear because AW can’t replace ‘stars’ with kids, he needs proven players in most of these cases. We have enough gambles for a MUST WIN season going on currently!
Courtesy of the BBC:
Arsenal have today admitted on their official website that they are tracking down the football gem by the name Dkembe Dkembe who plays for Wagadougou Fc
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This comes as a knee jerk reaction to the imminent Departures of Hleb & Gilberto as Wenger has faith in him that he’ll bring that flambouyancy and stylish football that The gooners are dying to find.
But should Arsenal make such a hefty move for the versatile attacking player, they’ll have to break their banks and and pay Wagadougou a hefty sum of £35.9 million.
However this shouldn’t be much worth moaning as AC Milan are willing to pay 40 million Euros upfront for Adebywhore and should pay an extra 10 million depending on appearances!
More to follow soon……………… Keep tuned……….
Evo – This lad is multi-funtional fella. He can play in more than one position at the same time, so he can play up front replacing Ade, he can play the midfiled role vacated by Hleb, and play at the back, so bye bye Big Willie!Imagine the savings on the wage bill, PHW must be moist in anticipation!
499
500 Hoorah !
I lied !
Morning chaps…… what shit have the media stirred for us today then?
Bud – The wee man is coming!!
DDM, Spurs have said they will out bid Arsenal, no matter what.
gnarley – this cannot be, AW cannot let this happen, we must sell The Emirates to secure this fella’s signature………
No hold on Dennis, it’s not yet official…The Spuds are in for him aswell.
It’ll be a tug of war between us and them to secure his services i guess!
Morning all, I’m not around much today, so that means we’ll sign someone eh???
I read lots of blogs: ACLF is OK but Arseblog is normally entertaining and puts out well informed ‘steadying’ thoughts with a bit of Irish patter but the Grove has the up to the minute info’ from its bloggers even if extreme views are expressed from time to time. I only ‘discovered’ blogs recently due to my son and prefer this one now!
I’m a Londoner now living in France!
Geoff, you are never around anymore………. I would usually understand, but the rakes of abuse you give me when you see me for being a part time Grover…….. fuck it, why bite my tongue anymore……… Geoff you are just a bit player in the Le-Grove Empire……. Pedro is our real King !!!!!!
Morning Geoff – you bet we’ll sign someone….. the one and only Dkembe Dkembe, but we’ll have to hurry as Spuds are also interseted.
It’ll be a major coup if we can pull it,
If you listen you can actually hear Ramos spilling his Paella in fear.
One things for certain: with Benitez improving his squad and the others like Portsmouth doing the same there’s a lot more tougher matches out there so we can’t go into the season without some experience renewed in our ranks!
Apparently the Spuds icon Sir Alan Sugar has come out & said that he has had enough of be turned over by their much bigger neighbour down the road, now they were going to take a stand. They had never heard of Dkembe Dkembe but fuck it they will take him anyway.
Sir Alan got all upset coz he overheard the press gallery talking amongst themselves asking who the phuck is this bloke Sugar. & whats he got that the Dkembe wants.
Adbenor – You got the 500th Post, you done me !!!!!!
I am a broken man now, only the signing of Dkembe Dkembe is going to cheer me up now !
Thanks for that Patrick, I hope the weather is better where you are.
Bud, one swallow… I’ll give you that with Pedro, but I am playing golf so it’s not my fault.
I have to go and meet for breakfast now, but I’ll be back in 30 minutes, your mrs will be up soon so you’ll have to stop for a while too, shall we re-convene a bit later?
patrick7
im not an aussie my friend born in north london mate !
but came over on the 5 pound ticket in the 70′s !
lived in perth for 20+ odd years .. then had enough of aussie laws and taxes and decided
to move over to thailand as i found myself holidaying more here than living in perth !
so i made it official !
and gnarly .. im not repeating myself , but my internet we upgraded whilst i was away geoff or pedro proably noticed the change in I.P ..
its too quick and i hit send before i gave ‘G’UINNESS its rightful capital letters !!!!
no im not a drink alone kind of guy i leave that to the aussies !
aussies are the only men in the world who dont class themselves as alcoholics yet drink alone every night !
Geoff how was sunny manchester?
Ethan, I have drink with my wife, not every night, How is gary glitter, does he live in your neighbourhood?
Sorry about that Ethan – I just associated your middle of the night blogs with Oz. Tell me more of Thailand as it’s a place we’re interested in! My sister moved to Oz about 2.5years ago near Freemantle, about the same time we moved here.
It’s 18.5 degrees and rising at 9am with a clear blue sky in the centre of France. It’s been to England like weather-wise for us even though it’s warmer in the summer and 14 degrees with the right wind is tee shirt weather so spring is normally good but you still spend months waiting for winter to end. So we’ll be moving further south Nimes way unless something interesting attracts us – Thailand?
Gnarley – saw the finish of the Tour yesterday – worth it for one visit. Waited 1.5hours plus for a 30 second sighting. On the 300m mark so saw the lone sprinter and thought he had been caught before the line later confirmed as a Brit on TV! Was just an inflated version of the speed skating I used to compete in here in the 70s – the was 4-5 days town to town!
…..a Brit winner that passed him that was!
Post will be here soon… A Pedro special today…
P7 Where I am, its cold @ the moment, certainly not 18+ degrees. As for Fremantle, I’ve never been there, but I’ve heard from many that its a top spot. I’m sure your sister will love it.
…..Fremantle & Perth are the most isolated cities in the country, separated by desert from the rest, although that doesn’t mean the blokes there drink alone
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