The BBC, Sky Sports and the spuds all say qualifying will earn them £50 million.

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A protest on Sunday? It's your call!

So add that to the £30 million we get from the EPL and that means that we earn £80 million before we kick a ball, and that every season. Hmmmmm. Gazidas said we don’t need ECL qualification to survive so presumably the £50million is all bunce? Or did I read that wrong, what Ivan said?

First of all, though it kills me to say it, I have to congratulate the spuds and their manager Harry halfwit, on their performance last night.

They needed to go up north and beat the ‘new chavs on the block’ at their gaff, and did so with ease, a team made up of Arsenal reject David Bentley and one that got away, Wilson Palacios, plus a whole host of ex Pompey players and the Southampton player we didn’t get, that is actually worth his transfer fee, Gareth Bale.

The big difference between their team and ours, is they know how to fight, Harry tells Bentley and Gomes to find another team as they aren’t good enough, and they step up a gear, our manager tells our hapless players it wasn’t their fault as they are young and the other teams are beastly and look what happens.

Ok that’s the spud bit over, but watch it Arsene, they can still finish above us, at that point I would just give up, I have on here been warning you all season, beware the chasing pack and always play your best team.

So we’ll now have to suffer watching Harry spend £60 or £70 million in the transfer market whilst we bring in a free transfer and maybe one other from the French second division and persevere with this team as it’s very young and has great mental spirit, Arsene if you were watching last night, you would have seen a team with great mental spirit and it wasn’t us.

Anyway onto the positive bit, Kolo Toure and Adebayor left us for silverware, ha, ha, you pair of muppets, enjoy the Europa league next season! Oh and that’s if you’re not both replaced by decent footballers, it was great at the end to see the hapless Adebayor keep getting himself offside again, happy days!

We asked you yesterday for ideas that we could use as a protest, a protest for not spending our money, one of our lady Grovers, Queen of Suburbia, suggested a mock £20 note with Arsene’s head on it, something you could print off and leave at the stadium. Nice idea but, I’m not allowed in law to mimic our currency and I can’t suggest you distribute anything at The Grove as that’s also against the law. The litter law.

What I have done though is a funny money note which tells the boss that it’s actually our money and not his and would he please spend some of it, so double click on it, print it off and put on your wall at home as a souvenir. Or you may want to share it with your friends if you go to the game.

Pedro sent me a link where Arsene mentioned his pay was linked to how much money the club makes, and that my friends is why there is a massive conflict of interest between buying the players we need and the managers salary, it’s simply wrong. Find it here.

Finally when the manager tells us he doesn’t need many signings this summer, he’s wrong, we need to get rid of the dross and sign some big lumps that know how to fight to win a game, and not keep playing rubbish keepers and gutless players who are only interested in their next extended contract, which is pointless as he lets them go when they want to.

A CONTRACT SHOULD PROTECT ARSENAL FOOTBALL CLUB, OTHERWISE WHY BOTHER EXTENDING THEM?

The Arsenal board reward people that make them money, they also reward people that win them nothing, the manager walks into yet another improved contract extension for winning nothing, Arsene, have you no pride? The players get extended contracts for winning nothing and watching them play recently shows they have no pride, so I have to wonder why on earth the board run a football club, because ripping off the fans seems to be their only goal.

The goal of a football club is to win things, of course it should be run well, but all we do is make money, we’ve forgotten the other bit.

This is my last whinge Grovers, tomorrow Pedro’s back and we start the countdown, I’m going to the Fulham game to have fun, whatever happens I’ll always support the Arsenal, regardless of what this board and it manager are doing to it, it can’t last for ever can it!

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  1. Stu

    Do we really want anyone taking over? I would rather keep the financial set up as is but just spend some more money.

    This club is already profitable and able to compete with the best. We dont need someone taking over and throwing us back into debt.

    Evening…..

  2. goonermichael

    Gambon if you is still there

    Wenger got us 3rd (before you call me an akb cock again I know that’s bollocks)
    Moyes has done well on a small budget but that may not mean he can do well on a bigger budget.

    the argument for “ready made” players is the same for ready made managers ie people who have won things no?

  3. akb

    Pedro,

    I’m not worried about 99% of the comments on here, but when you, the blog author, questions the integrity of Wenger, believing he is engaging in duplicitous behaviour, then I think your comments ought to be brought into question.

    For a start, Wenger does not reveal intentions in the transfer market because he knows that the big fat agents and their mercenary players would be licking their lips in anticipation. You know this is the case, but you try to smear Wenger with this idea that he is playing us by consolidating power from the board. What utter nonsense.

    Do you seriously believe that the arsenal board, with etonites and other businessman on a world scale would not react to being undermined. These are ruthless guys who have done nothing but be ruthless all their lives and if they wanted to oust Wenger, or reprimand him for any perceived behaviour where he was acting above his pay scale, they would do so.

    You remind me of Agent Mulder out of the X Files. You believe that there is something out there. I am not saying for any minute that there are not aspects of this seasons’s performance that is open to question, but you still persist with pursuing this idea that we had £40 million, and that would have made all the difference, which is an absolute pittance compared to the expenditure of City and Spurs recently. Once again, Pedro, where is the big picture with you ? You resort to nitpicking and your large posse of sycophants all join in to kick the man while he is down.

  4. Chippy

    David Dein, The Great Debate it’s amazing how popular he’s become since he’s been gone now I’m not for or against him I’m firmly on the fence as he had good points but also some pretty bad ones this is the bloke that wanted us to move to fucking wembley, took 80 mill out the club and who’s son holds us over a barrel with some of his clients that wouldn’t in my book make him Mr Fucking Arsenal now the Good very powerful within the game and wanted Arsenal to be number 1, Was the driving force behind the club and transfers, Was to be seen at the reserve games and I did have the pleasure of meeting him once at colney and he did come across as someone that wanted to push us on,could have taken any number of jobs but seems intent to return,
    I’m still positive he’s in the background and ready to pounce and the longer the board fuck the fans over the louder the calls for his return will become,

  5. Swedish Gun

    “There is a small chance for Clichy, everyone else is still out,” Wenger told TV Online on Thursday. “We always work hard in training and of course when you cannot rotate then you do get those kinds of injuries.”

    —————-

    how about take it easy at the end of the season and mby try some tactics training

  6. Stu

    We cant rotate because they players are over worked and get injured. Lighted the load in training and maybe we wouldnt have so many players missing.

  7. goonerT1m

    AKB, how apt that you make reference to the x files, perhaps the man has been watching too much of it as its clearly a mystery and a conspiracy what’s been going on between the sticks in our team this year. Why shouldn’t things be questioned and examined by the public. why not go and read another blog. FOOL.

  8. gambon

    goonermichael,

    I is back!

    Firstly i agree with you, secondly i never, and have never, said i wanted Moyes.

    I just want a manager that is up to speed with the current game.

  9. Keyser

    akb – Honestly how far are you going to get saying things like that ? He’s probably going to call you a cock and then you’re both left insulting each other.

    If you’ve read the blog and you have a general feeling towards it accept that people have a right to an opinion, however negative, and move on, you’re just going to stress yourself our like that.

  10. akb

    Keyser,

    Don’t patronise me.

    There are comments on here that are beyond the pale and you know it.

  11. akb

    Gambon,

    Where is the debate with you guys ? Just call everybody the C word, tell the AKBs to f*ck off, and that’s it is it ?

  12. Keyser

    akb – I’m not patronising you, mate, if you’ve read the blog and the comments on it for long enough, you’re just not going to change people’s minds by insulting them.

    If they’ve said something completely out of turn, contact word-press maybe ? I dunno.

  13. goonerT1m

    AKB, there are plenty of people who don’t swear on here, furthermore plenty of sensible debate. how come you only see swear words….sounds a bit mulder and scully to me.

  14. Mr B

    akb what about the fact that arsene says

    “I am on a very good contract. I am one of the few managers who makes money for my club every year. That is the most important. I tell you something, if I would not make money for the club, I would not be on a very good contract.”

    dont u understand.

    The point of Arsenal FC under Wenger is to make money and not win trophies or even games.

    The blame has to be put on wenger for what ever reason, because it’s his responsibility.

    Also I could point out atleast 10 times that he has tried to mislead fans.

    If u worship Wenger and thats all that matters to u fine, but we are fans of Arsenal FC and other clubs who have the financial muscle we have are much more successful because they spend on the team.

  15. gambon

    akb

    You dont debate, you jump on anyone that says anything about your leader.

    Shouldnt you be patrolling outside the emirates with a sword & musket defending Arsenes (questionably) good name?

    Ive made my thoughts clear hundreds of times, i dont like the way he runs the club, i dont think he knows what he’d doing anymore, and as a club we need change, cos right now we’re going nowhere, reliving groundhog season every year.

    For some reason, that perfectly reasonable argument doesnt go down too well with people like yourself.

  16. Swedish Gun

    If some of you want to protest on Sunday here is a tip:

    throw your shoe at him/them when they do their thank you lap after the game

    that would really get some attention don’t you think?!

  17. akb

    Gambon is beyond help Keyser. I think you get to the point when you know that when somebody spouts such consistent rubbish, that they make the speech of a silverback gorilla sound like Shakespeare, then you know that the problem lies with the individual themselves rather than any merit their arguments may have.

    I really love the way you all rally around your mates when the insults start to fly. But the insults are there for a reason. It’s the quickest way of dismissing the argument entirely. And it’s what you lot do on a regular basis when you say f*ck off to the AKBs. So you are not any better are you ?

  18. Keyser

    Swedish Gun – You got any shoes people can borrow ?!

    How about you throw one yourself ?! Fuck it go all out just throw a punch.

  19. akb

    Gambon,

    No that argument doesn’t go down well Gambon. Because it’s complete tosh and it can be systematically refuted on every level.

  20. Mr B

    akb prsent your point in a clear way such as you would in a court of law or a business meeting and it will merit not getting any abuse but saying things like u are, well u are asking for it and I dont think anyone has the time to waste on your sorry self.

  21. gambon

    akb

    Fantastic articulation on why Wenger is the right man.

    But what did i expect from a guy who is probably on the dole, lives in a homeless shelter where you dress up as Arsene and cry yourself to sleep.

    Have a great day pal!

  22. akb

    Mr B,

    Ok.

    To those that said Wenker is a c*nt I should say I don’t think that is fair.

    Is that how I should engage with them ?

  23. akb

    Gambon,

    You seem to think I am here to defend Wenger.

    I don’t need to defend Wenger.

    His record speaks for itself.

  24. gambon

    akb

    No, i wouldnt disgrace myself on that festering shithole of a website.

    Its not an Arsenal website, its an Arsene website.

  25. Mr B

    akb fans pay the heighest ticket price in world football to watch the Arsenal.

    They are mislead into doing that by being told that the team will strengthen and compete.

    yet wenger persists with players that a blind man could tell are walking disasters. e.g. Almunia, Flappy, Denilson, and some that just arent at the level we are supposed to be playing such as Diaby, Nasri.

    When ticket renewal time comes, he says he has identified the areas and will strenghthen but goes back on his word.

    What makes him any different from a person selling a brick of as a camera on the street? They are both robbing the public.

  26. akb

    You guys Jaguar and Gambon are nasty pieces of work.

    You have no respect for the club and manager, and do you seriously believe that anything you say has any credibility whatsoever.

    How you are give a voice on an arsenal blog, of all places, a multi cultural club known for it’s integrity and fairness, to slag off the club with such venom is beyond my understanding.

    Good night.

  27. Mr B

    If wenger was honest and lost u could say he has dignity but tell me one other manager who lies to the fans like he does???

  28. gambon

    Lol, akb, as always doesnt justify why his lover is the right man for the job, just the normal incoherent rant.

    Lay off the whiskey son.

  29. Mr B

    Why are u running away akb???

    We were just starting a debate???

    Who has slagged the club??? The supporters are the club not the manager board or players. None of them spend money on the arsenal, they make money off the Arsenal.

    It is the board, Wenger and his players that are disrespecting the club and it’s fans.

  30. E12 GUNNER

    The board will never ever sack Wenger.The boardroom is full of yids,and we all know that yids are stingy and do not like paying interest.This my friends is why the yids want to pay off the mortgage asap.

    WENGER IS TOO VALUABLE TO THE YIDDIES!!

    Anybody here not get me???

  31. goonermichael

    akb
    Keyser was trying to help you out. he is the opposite of gambon and jaguar. he can debate with them without calling them names. I don’t agree with the way they put thier case but I don’t agree with you either.

  32. gambon

    You cant really blame the players TBH, if they arent good enough its not their fault, they arent gonna refuse a paycheque cos they feel they dont deserve it.

    If they are substandard they should be replaced, but thats not their call to make.

  33. Mr B

    But honestly 2013 is too long.

    We seriously need to start contemplating a way to get wenger out.

    I think its time the blogs start collaborating. they cannt cancel 3000 odd memberships.

    All together now, we need to do this for the Arsenal.

  34. E12 GUNNER

    If Lady Nina loves the Arsenal then she should sell her shares to Usmanov and NOT to the Yank.

    ONLY THEN LE SENILE WILL GET THE BOOT!!

  35. Mr B

    But honestly if we are to get more support for le-grove, we have to start being more civil.

    It’s nothing personal just business.

  36. Mr B

    Well then encourage Usmanov to buy.

    1) Mail him.
    2) Start a poll and get people to vote.
    3) Sing his name at games. I know it sounds wrong but what other choice do we have?

  37. Stu

    I dont want Usmanov at the club. Honestly i dont want Silent Stan either but its the lesser of two evils i guess.

    I would rather chant the name of players i want, or positions that need fixing…not who i want to own the club.

  38. Mr B

    “It is not any more as it was 15 or 20 years ago,” said Wenger, speaking before the weekend.

    “Everybody knows everybody now. It is more about shrewd buying now in taking a gamble than in discovering somebody.”

    So thats what we have come to Gambling.

  39. Mr B

    I think the reason players arent performing is because they dont like wenger.

    Hell even they want him out.

  40. Stu

    Thats just rubbish MR B. Surely you cant believe that the players dont like Wenger.

    E12, that may not be a good thing. We need sustainability from whoever the next manager is. With Usmanov wanting a ROI there would be a rorating door for managers. Fail after 1 season and you’re out the door. We’ve seen it for the most part at Chelsea, every season at Real and 3 at City in the last 3 years.

    Wenger needs a kick up the arsenal to get back to his old ways rather than a kick out the door.

  41. Jaguar

    If Usmanov will get rid of Wenker,who is a bigger evil than Usmanov himselft,let him take over the club.Under Wenker,the club will never move forward

  42. Stu

    Why do ye think Usmanov is going to get rid of Wenger? Is there any reason to think this or is it just blind hope?

  43. zeus

    As if to reinforce the message to Arshavin, Wenger again sought to paint a picture of financial restraint at Arsenal. The club might have trumpeted at their AGM the statistic that they had the second-highest wage bill in the Premier League but Wenger took issue with that, nodding, with some mischief, towards creative accounting elsewhere.

    “Do you really believe that?” he said. “Believe me, that is not true. Because many clubs hide their wages. But at our club, every single wage is structured in a very simple way. For example, if a player [at another club] has a 25% image [rights] contract, which is allowed in England, it is not in the wages. If you multiply that by 10, that divides the wage bill by 25%.”

  44. Martin Hayes Never Missed

    I think AKB was on his Iphone, heading home on the tube after a few beers and a couple of lap dances…thanks for that random rant fella.

    I think this site Police’s itself quite nicely and its a great debate with some good characters!

    Feel free to come back some other time then AKB if you want an intelligent debate…there’s plenty on here!

  45. gambon

    I really dont understand that quote from Wenger.

    In their financial report every club has to state their total costs, if they lie about their wage bill you can easily track this down.

    yet the club with (BY FAR) the largest non wage costs are…….Arsenal.

  46. Dutchman

    We are going to lose against fulham because we miss song!! We now have an absolute joke of a team.

    fabianski
    sagna-cambpell-silvestre-traore/clichy
    diaby-eastmond-nasri
    walcott-RvP-arshavin

    This team isn’t even better than wolves!!
    We are going to lose!!! And it will be the worst day of my life!!

  47. zeus

    He said that the club had entered negotiations with Theo Walcott and it is understood that image rights will feature prominently in the discussions. The forward, who has only 18 months remaining on his existing deal, is the lowest paid England regular by some distance and he will seek a rise to reflect not only his status but his marketability.
    ****************************

    Whoever wants to pick up on that gem, feel free to do so. I’m to tired to even start.Pfffffff.

  48. Martin Hayes Never Missed

    I dont want Usmanov to totally own our club, I like that some supporters own shares.

    Id like him to be on the board though…grunting, with Nasri in a cage next to him as his pet!

  49. Martin Hayes Never Missed

    Pedro said that anyone who manages to pass off Geoffs Banknotes as legal currency gets a free TShirt…

    Good Luck and Good night!

  50. Martin Hayes Never Missed

    Jabba was the thought in my head as I wrote it ;0) Great minds think alike lads…

  51. E12 GUNNER

    Germany squad
    Goalkeepers: Hans-Jorg Butt, Manuel Neuer, Tim Wiese.

    Defenders: Per Mertesacker, Heiko Westermann, Philipp Lahm, Jerome Boateng, Andrea Beck, Arne Friedrich, Serdar Tasci, Marcell Jansen, Holger Badstuber, Dennis Aogo.

    Midfielders: Michael Ballack, Sami Khedira, Piotr Trochowski, Marko Marin, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Christian Trasch, Mesut Ozil, Toni Kroos.

    Forwards: Lukas Podolski, Miroslav Klose, Stefan Kiessling, Cacau, Thomas Muller, Mario Gomez.

  52. Mr B

    1005 to be exact. I think the profit to be made at arsenal is through share price and not dividends.

    Who ever buys might sell at an oportune moment.

  53. Mr B

    gone up from 67500 in june.

    Price has gone up quite a bit, good chance for a billionaire to make half a billion.

  54. Mr B

    Our stock has been rocketing since we moved to the Emirates, sad one cannt say the same about success on the pitch.

  55. Alco

    @Stu
    Just kidding mate
    Hate Mr. Gay for Wenger Attwood though

    A bit frustrated by the condition
    Watching those overated overpayed youngster
    At the blackburn game
    Playing like the badge they wear does not matter
    My god i know Wenger is a genius
    But Fabiansky? World Class?
    I just knew he’ll be our no.1 next season
    Just because he is crap
    And Wenger wants to risk anything to prove we are wrong
    Just like Abou Fucktardy

    And also sick of those fanboys who keep saying “Ah they will come good”
    It’s not FIFA 10 where every season they improve extra attribute

    Damn Arsenal need more than just a player
    We need gladiators!

  56. gambon

    I reckon he got a bit too ambitious, after successfully hacking into wordpress he went for the big one and tried to hack NASA.

    Probably doing a stretch now.

  57. SUGA3

    choy,

    protecting failures had to backfire at one point…

    just like lack of discipline – Le Hairdryer worked at Anfield, no?

  58. Stu

    Speaking of Fifa 10, i dont have it but, my friend started a league or whatever with Arsenal and has a starting line up of:

    Neuer
    Sagna Kjaer Vermaelen Clichy
    Fabregas Song
    Schweinstiger Gourcuff Arshavin
    Van Persie

    Subs:patricio, Tasci, Santon, Vieira, Ramsey, Chamakh, Bendtner. Although i havent a clue why he doesnt start Bendtner..he’s fucking brilliant!

  59. David

    Spot on Stu

    Only way Bendy will be decent is on a Video game..and even then he’s still on da fukin bench ;)

    I think we can buy Kjaer if we had a great defensive coach…seeing that nobody knows wtf they are doing defensively

  60. Honest Bill

    If Fifa was an accurate reflection of real football, i would recommend we buy Balotelli from Inter.

    because i can guarantee he will score at least 70 goals a season

  61. ethangunner

    i don’t quite understand why wenger was so eager to get rid of pv04 and alike… th14 … yet persevere with all the faith in the world, about average players …

    Either your fucking ruthless for the good of the team or your not ..

    to spend or not spend is not just a wenger decision , in fact he has created a rod for his own back by making money every season in the transfer market , now the board expects another return , when we clearly need players IN …

    if the board still have to pay off 131 mil or something .. you can bet there wont be that bigger change in club spending !

    not for some time yet …

    Nasri quality and above wenger …
    one day diaby might be as good in the purple patch of his career … but either side of that nasri has more class and more potential !

    so if i can see it ..
    well….

    you need to procure players of caliber , because without a change in this team , the team will still be minus a ‘back bone’ when the time is needed to step up …

    this team needs 2 or 3 key players who can change the game …

  62. ethangunner

    anyway what is the rush to pay off the club , when you sacrifice the football which is so clear to see ????

    what is the urgency ???

    that is my biggest burning question ?

    its obviously dressing it up to sell !! …

    maybe the mindset is get the club debt free then work on the team …. by that stage wenger should have close to enough options anyhow within 2 years ..

    its next season with fab2 – almunia and the marmites that bothers me …

    logic would suggest he gets a goal keeper ,bare bones..At the very least !!!
    mind you i said that about a striker last season !

  63. Meneurdejeu10

    We will not see many changes next year.

    Chamakh, Diakhate and an over 30 GK on a free.

    Transfers are done.

  64. Meneurdejeu10

    On the other hand congratulations to Olympique Marseille, French Champions after 18 years! I have always had a great love for them. Gooner Legend Robert Pires used to be their Captain and Gallas use to play there, along with Nasri.

    Didier Deschamps was a serial winner as a Captain and now as a manager. He is the reason why I did not want Arsene to re-sign.

  65. ethangunner

    “I think we have been in the race this year with the team we had. We will be stronger next year just with the internal improvement and with the experience these players will have.
    ——————————-
    Oh please !

    ive heard rap songs repeat shit less !

  66. Duke

    They still wouldn’t make the majority needed…

    So far they would have 297 seats in coalition, but you need a 326 for majority.

    It’s going to be bad. Probably another election in half a year or a year because it will be so bad. Unless Lib Dem go with the Tories, but that won’t happen.

  67. Duke

    In Arsenal it’s a French guys fault…

    The Government it’s Scotland’s fault, they all voted Labour…

  68. Duke

    Hundreds were turned away without the change to post. I am disappointed Pedro.

    bnsb Says:
    May 7, 2010 at 09:39

    No government, no post.

    Fucking class. Pissing myself here. Joke Friday is on.

    —————————————————–

    Knock knock ……

    Who’s there ? ……

    David ……

    David Who ? ……

    Gordon open the fucking door and get out of my house

  69. Duke

    I’m just back from casting my vote.

    I voted for the Green Party.

    I was only in the polling station for ten minutes, so I just left the engine running.

    BOOOOOOOOM :D

  70. chippy

    Geoffs hiding outside Number 10 waiting to take a snipers shot at the scottish cunt i reckon :-) Hence his post will be late !!

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