That did make me laugh, Arshavin fears that if the government doesn’t reduce taxes, people that earn £50k a week plus will leave as it’s not fair.
Andre, join the queue mate, how do you think people feel that only earn £100k a year feel? And anyway, how on earth do you think Gordon Brown can pay for all the people in this country on benefits if he doesn’t screw the rich?
And I don’t include all those poor sods that have lost their jobs and have mortgages in the above statement because those people will only be getting £60 a week jobseekers allowance.
It’s only the bums and people that have contributed jack shit to the economy that get decent money.
It did make me laugh though, if he thinks that any government will lower the taxes so we don’t upset Premiership footballers then his must live in a world where pigs fly, forget it Andre, it won’t happen.
I also read that Theo thinks we will win some silverware this coming season and that Robin thinks that Jack Wilshere’s talent is scary, I like the sound of both of those comments, what I don’t like though is the deafening silence coming from Arsenal as far as new signings are concerned, it’s only a week until pre season starts, come on Arsenal!
Interestingly the board think we don’t need Usmanov’s money as we are doing Ok financially and Wenger has a healthy transfer budget, great, so no more talk of we’re skint and we have no funds, get out there and buy someone then Arsene.
I think we can discount Melo, if they want Eboue and £15mil they must be kidding themselves, I would sooner we bought Matuidi or even Diarra, though Diarra will go missing around the ACN so perhaps that’s not too smart.
I said some months ago that we don’t necessarily need a defensive midfielder, just one that’s big enough and strong enough to win those midfield battles, there has to be a few out there like that, like an Edu or a Petit, or maybe even giving Vieira a two year contract to babysit Denilson and Diaby, or maybe Diaby will come back stronger and fitter and we can try him.
There are many combinations we could play, but if Wenger has stopped buying, I wish he’d tell us and stop torturing everyone.
Have a great Saturday Grovers, one week to go and the season begins in earnest!
Going off on a tangeant – I actually feel really sorry for Lee Hughes now. Obviously he made a terrible mistake and there were awful consequences because of it, but it would be hard enough having to live with yourself having done something like that, but then everytime you step foot onto a pitch having murderer chanted at you, by your own fans as well at times must be fucking hard to deal with.
Though i’m just going on myself here, as this is internet land you guys might all be mass murderers for all i know, desensitised to issues like that!
anyways, it’s past my bedtime now
night people
A Says:
July 12, 2009 at 01:25
Jimbo Usmanov was CHARGED with rape, but never convicted, because the witnesses and victim dissapeared. He was CONVICTED of bribery and extortion.
Ok well Jimbo, if you choose to try and make out that the mistake in my wording, with his being President of the Gazprominvestmentholdings rather than Gazprom itself, to mean that every other thing I link to, and all the rational debate is simply untrue, then it undermines your ability for rational debate in my eyes!
A Says:
July 12, 2009 at 01:27
I take it back, Usmanov was never charged with rape, the people who made the accusations had to pay him compensation for the wrongful claims, I was wrong there. He was just accused of rape, but never charged.”
This is slander.
Geoff/Pedro contact your lawyers immediately
“A” dont post again until you have taken legal advice.
“Jimbo” do the “limbo” near a “bimbo” just before “crimbo”
or you may also be charged.
oh i dont see what business and some hear say about being a rapist has to do with one another .
if this is some public campaign to discredit a board member and at the same time fill your own personal agendas’s then fine
anyone who is, or has been in upper management know that BUSINESS is BUSINESS .
im sure if there was a cop around the corner
of any blogger on here when you were doing something wrong you would be tried and convicted just the same if not worse ..
i believe what usmanov was proposing was to float the shares and increase the business by 100 mil, and therefore water down the other existing shares as a % but adding capital to
the club in the form of 100 mil..
this would also mean he would get 100 mil in shares and possibly enough of a % to be over 30%
he wouldn’t be doing it for nothing , he essentially is expanding the amount of shares at the club to total 100 mil’s worth ..
he would possibly get lets say another 20% of the club and more shares would be added to the existing float ..
and thats the reason why the board said a categorical NO !
because then the Russian would have created the addition shares to form a take over at some later stage ..
or maybe not later … probably sooner !
also by doing so if the board agreed to his proposal krankies % would drop from 28.5% to possibly 25 % or even less ..
its what business men do !
they try and buy out companies with potential ..
watch a movie called wall street if you have a problem with the concept…
AA23;
you are a freaking legend fella! Are you as off it as I am???
Nitey nite
Morning all on this fine and sunny Sunday!
Morning geoff.
Song to city.!!!!
The tabloids systematically go through our players one by one linking them to other clubs.
I would love that Kelsey but there’s as much chance of that as us selling Cesc.
New post.