OH MY GOD TROY DEENEY DOESN’T WANT TO PLAY FOOTBALL DURING THE PANDEMIC THE SHAME.
I cannot believe this has drawn so much criticism. I hate the man’s football, but I can’t knock his rationale for not wanting to put his family in the firing line for something as trivial as football.
The guy has a sick kid, he has a BAME family, he’s seen the numbers, he’s made a decision that goes beyond football. That is fair. I live with someone that has underlying health conditions, will that affect my decision to go rampaging back to the office? Absolutely. What use is a test if I catch the virus?
I think we treat footballers like circus animals at times. They are people doing a job. If the health of their family could be a problem, let them do their thing, his football club hardly matters. You also can’t accuse him of being a wimp. The guy is a powerhouse. This is hardly an expensive player taking away days off because he doesn’t fancy it.
‘but Joe Bloggs who runs a market stall can’t say no’
Yes, he can. Everyone has the right not to work in this moment. Joe Bloggs might have trouble with his mortgage, but he can still say no. Just like the majority of people in offices, they too can say no. That might have career implications. If you’re not seen, it’s tough to get noticed, but that’s the choice you make.
I think this is a great opportunity for footballers that WILL play. There are going to be some top players that won’t risk their lungs, but there will be youngsters that jump right into that position. That’s footballing Darwinism baby.
Anyway, let’s talk about something truly serious.
Wingers.
It’s widely accepted that we need wingers as part of the Arteta solution. Thomas Lemar, a player we looked at 3 years ago when we bid £90m for him at Monaco, is someone that is being touted as a possible Arsenal solution. The player predominantly plays on the left, which is where you’d expect Martinelli to take a bigger role next season, but that hasn’t stopped AS report that they’d like to swap him with Lacazette.
I’d rather swap out for Thomas Partey, but I’d be game for any player that boasts a high level of quality. Lemar would certainly be a project for Arsenal. Things haven’t worked out under Simeone, he’s clocked an incredibe zero goals and zero assists in 1000 minutes of football this season. However, if you believe he can find the next level, this is a guy who had 18 assists and 16 goals when Jardim had Monaco purring.
It’d be an odd move, but what is pleasing is the Atletico stories won’t die. They are in trouble financially and they are game to move players around this summer.
News coming out of Italy has us linked to another winger, this time an exchange deal where we’d take on Justin Kluivert as part of the deal for Mikhi. I can’t for the life of me work out why you’d go so hard at an ailing player and exchange them for a youth prospect, but hey, football works in weird ways. The player is only 21, he hasn’t exactly blown up the scene in Italy, but he no doubt has talent. I also really loved his dad when he was playing. I was devastated when we ballsed the deal. So this could be good for nostalgia.
Granit Xhaka gave this response when asked about Mesut Ozil.
“I see him here as a very positive, likeable colleague,”
“He is an extremely down-to-earth guy, always ready to help, and he works hard in training and in my opinion he really enjoys football.
I love it. Sounds like he’s being interviewed for the first time ever by Business Insider.
‘My colleague who I believe to be good makes nice microwave fishes at the work hole’
Granit also had some positive things to say about Arteta and getting the Champions League.
“After the change of coach I had some very good talks with our new coach Mikel Arteta,”
“He convinced me of his ideas and his philosophy for the number six position and showed me a lot of appreciation.
“I’m glad that I could pay him back for this trust and I hope for the future that we can still make it into the Champions League and finally play in the international top league again.”
Right, on that note, I’ll see you in the comments. x
first
Oh shit I won…. TROPHY!
CL Champ
Prem Champ
First place!
3rd
4th
My concern with being linked to all these LW’s is what about Saka? I’d hate to lose him if we can avoid it.
Could we be looking at Lemar as a No 10? We’re going to need a new one in a years time.
Are the PL still talking about isolating the players if the league is played out?
Because if it is and Deeney is moaning I have one question – if this hadn’t of happened and he’d been called up to the England squad for the Euro’s or the World Cup in 2 years would he have accepted being isolated for that or refused to play?
Lemar isnt worth it, Pep got the right guy from that monaco team Bernado Silva.
Im telling you for free!
No thanks to Kluivert, sons of great men are more often than not lesser than their fathers
Im telling you for free!
Tommy Lemar for Balloon boy is a fair exchange for me. Lemar’s stats have been dry as a desert bone since joining Athletico, but anyone who knows Simone’s philosophy can see why.
He’s basically a left wingback playing just ahead of the fullback. I’d prefer a Party but wouldn’t turn my nose up to Lemar
if Deeney feels it’s not safe enough for him to return then fair play to him. At least he’s got the nutsack to come out publicly and say what many other play are to afraid to say.
The fact that 3 Watford players/staff tested positive yesterday kind of proves his point
*Players
The Guardian –
Premier League clubs fear there will be huge financial ramifications in the likely event that broadcasters demand heavy refunds even if the season is completed.
Top-flight clubs were told last week they will have to give between £300m and £350m back to TV companies even if the 92 games still to be played take place and their anger deepened after discovering broadcasters are due an extra £36m in rebates for every week the 2019-20 season extends beyond 16 July. It is understood some clubs are concerned those demands could lead to severe cost-cutting and job losses.
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/may/20/premier-league-clubs-fear-impact-after-learning-of-extra-broadcast-rebates-tv-companies-season
I think much pressure will be put on Deeney, and many others, to finish the season. Sounds like clubs are going to be in much financial danger, it is not good enough for highly payed players to refuse work while collecting their salaries. If Feeney refuses to work, void his contract and he can go on benefits like everyone else while stay at home declining to work. Have there been any cases of virus transferring from one person to another outside? There have been few, if any, so playing sports outside is not all that dangerous. And I’ve seen a… Read more »
jwl I reckon this is all a bit of sabre rattling, Sky will be aware that there will be new players when the next round of TV deals come are decided and will be desperate to keep as much PL football as they can. They threaten the clubs with what they’ll have to play back and then look like good guys if they don’t enforce it providing the PL remembers all this when it gives out the next round of TV deals. It also of course puts pressure on players who are whinging – Troy Deeney can put his family… Read more »
Un
For fucks sake will you please stop talking football on a Covid blog!
Sid
Just like Haaland right.
I’m charging your ass for that one ya dum dum
@jwl
I’m not advocating for Deeney to be paid whilst staying at home, what i’m saying is if he feels it’s too high of a risk then the choice should be his regardless of the punishment.
And if this virus hates sunshine then why have we been on lockdown?
We’re fine for wide players, even if we lose Aubameyang, we fixed that area for the long term last summer.
Right wing Pepe, Nelson
Left wing Martinelli, Saka
Ozil will likely squeeze every last penny out of his current deal, and Smith-Rowe can play wide as well.
We need a goal threat from centre mid, Lemar as a No8 maybe?
I’m certainly not keen on blocking the path for our current wide players, particularly as there’s more pressing concerns throughout the squad needing addressing
Rich
I agree there is no logic in recruiting yet another winger.
If we lose either Aubameyang or Lacazette this summer then we need to bring in an experienced goal scoring replacement.
Arsenal’s priorities this summer should be in midfield. Our midfielders underperformed this season. The goalscoring and assists stats in EPL were
woeful.
Torreira wants to leave so we will need to find a suitable replacement in DMF
position as well. If AM want Lacazette then we should negotiate with them
on basis of a swap with Partey with possible cash adjustment if required.
That Monaco team with Mbappe, Falcao, B. Silva, Fabinho, Lemar, Moutinho, etc. was one of the most exciting title winning sides in recent years. Shame it got completely dismantled only a year later. Mbappe, of course, was the best of the bunch but at the time I wouldn’t mind getting any of the players mentioned above. However, I think we dodged a bullet by not getting Lemar back then, and especially at the quoted 92mil dollar (or quid?) price. That was just ridiculous, IMHO. And now, after watching him fail miserably at Atleti, I don’t think I want him at… Read more »
Hi Marc
Pedro took of my positive reply to China today saying it’s about time for politicians to be more positive with progress on vaccines around the world.
Premiership players need to show their paying public positive attitudes to get over this. They are not in the danger zone like old folks like me.
Covid blog like it.lol
Upstate Gooner
That £90 million for Lemar would have been offset by the £60 million in for Alexis, and the £300k p/w we’d put aside to try and renew Alexis’s contract.
The little I’ve seen Lemar he’s looked like a good player, and Pires has spoken in glowing terms about him.
We need some mobility and a goal threat from midfield.
I’d prefer Maddison or Grealish, but wouldn’t be against a punt on Lemar, providing he was signed to play centrally, and not block the path of Saka or Martinelli
I don’t think we need another winger.
Pepe, Saka, Martinelli and Nelson are until we address other glaring weakness in the squad.
“Don’t understand lockdowns myself, it safer outside than in.”
Recycling other people’s jokes is your lane. You should probably stay there.
Upstate
“And now, after watching him fail miserably at Atleti”
So you wouldn’t have taken Bergkamp then? After his time in Italy was awful as well.
Dave I agree we need some leadership in this and positivity – PL players are held up as role models for everything else in life why not this? Of course precautions need to be taken but life is not and has never been completely risk free. After all London posted zero new Corona cases in the past 24 hours – we are on the way out of this it’s important not just for people’s sanity but to help get the economy going as well – football might behave as if it’s in a bubble but it’s not. People without incomes… Read more »
alex
If someone put a gun to your head would you be capable, if it meant saving your life of making a comment that wasn’t full of spite or criticism?
Maybe it’s just the mood I’m in…
But neither partley or kluviert appeal to me to enhance the team.
We need to sell..
Oh and lemar ,, I’m 50/50 on that one…
Marc
I see where y’all coming from on lemar…
Damaged goods with a bit to prove…
Ok
But only in a swap…
No cash plus give them 20 per cent of sell on…
Rich
Good point…
Must be disheartening to the young players seeing players potentially coming in and blocking.
Would rather lemar then dememble
Stroller
Before he is lodges out.
I would like to see amn given a run there instead of xhara ..
Think there is a player inside
Marc
Esr
Number 10.
Maybe not next season but don’t block…
RSPC I have no idea whether Lemar would work out at No 10 but buying him takes the pressure off ESR – he’s not even 20 and will need time to step up. 2 – 3 years down the road ESR’s looking the biz then we can sell Lemar and put the funds into another position, in the meantime how many matches do we play in a normal season? At least 50 there’s enough football to go round. We’ve seen too many young players who are going to be the next “Henry, Pires, Vieira or Bergkamp” who all fall foul… Read more »
I’d rather go with the inexperience of Smith-Rowe or Willock than continue with Ozil.
At least ESR and Willock look to get into the box, Ozil has become so flat and one paced
Yeah maybe
We pump up the expectations of the yoot,,,
Still it’s a long wY off till football starts.
I don’t believe Martinelli’s future lies as a winger. The closer he is to goal the better for us. He has instinctive movements and a nose for goals. But he lacks the ball manipulation skills and building to play as a winger. If Lacazette leaves and Auba stays we need to move Martinelli to CF to back up Auba. We would need a 4th Wide player to Back Pepe Nelson and Saka. Lemar was great before but not now. He need to take a step back to a smaller team to move forward again. We need to look elsewhere for… Read more »
Un
A) Stop flirting with me – no means no.
B) The French Navy is still pissed off we sank most of it in 1940 at Mers-el-Kébir.
Valentin
Stupid question but why aren’t they just “escorted” back to France to cut out a shit load of paperwork?
Marc, Two reasons, the first is that those boats refuse to come back, some people even jumped into the sea, there has been a few drownings. Even more paperwork to investigate their death. Same thing happen to the British Navy. Remember when the British government recalled some ship to patrol the Chanel. Lots of noise about patrolling British water! Then they had a few drowning, the policy was discreetly changed to escort illegal boats to shore and then send them back. The second reason is that under maritime law, most of them are in international water when caught and that… Read more »
Marc
I strongly suspect that Valentin is right. You’re not going to try to stop those desperate people stuffed on a dinghy without risking their lives.
There are agreements between the UK and French authorities that neither the nor Unai na are party to. The UK border force knew exactly what to do which suggests that the French boats weren’t being deceitful.
You don’t even know if those people will be deported back to Calaise the following day.
Nigel Farage is likely just starting shit as usual.
Buendia is a better option centrally than Lemar, cash for Laca is the best option once they sell Saul.
This: And it will cost nothing!
ABU
SAKA PEPE
MARTINELLI
ESR TORREIRA
SALIBA MARI
TIERNY BELLERIN
LENO
There was an awful lot of utter bollocks posted in the comments of the previous blog. I know this is a footy blog, ideal worlds and all that we wouldn’t be talking about viruses and we’d be arguing the toss about how actually shit Denilson was … but this was just one of many … “It’s the reason healthy children pose no risk with coronavirus, because children need to have stronger immune systems to survive into adulthood, but as we age our immune systems weaken, making us more susceptible to disease and fatality.” Honestly, the level of ignorance is pandemic!!… Read more »
“Arsenal’s Granit Xhaka claims he and the club’s fans both overreacted during his outburst back in October”.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/granit-xhaka-lifts-lid-x-22060349
Well let me overreact – Fuck off and ply your ‘trade’ elsewhere – you are surplus to requirements at Arsenal!
“If someone put a gun to your head would you be capable, if it meant saving your life of making a comment that wasn’t full of spite or criticism?”
The same could be said about you and your fucking endless stream of unclever posts made up of platitudes, bad science, and drivel.
Thankfully you post so often that they become like the chimes and ticking of a household grandfather clock that eventually become unnoticeable due to their sheer repetition and monotony.
The players with nothing much to offer on the field are the ones singing A cappella about the manager
Im telling you for free!
Aussie Gooner
Do you want to get relegated?
alex cutter
I think you suffer from anger management issues.
🙏🍺
Samir “Do you want to get relegated?” No – I just want to watch an exciting team that is not afraid to move the ball forward at pace. You may wish to see the tired sideways/backward moves of Mustafi/Zakha/Ozil & co but I don’t. And it has not been very successful for us to date. Remember we have flirted with the relegation zone recently. If Arteta is half the coach some people believe then he is surely capable of getting results out of the players that are keen to play for the club rather than the continuous use of players… Read more »
So next season…
Leno
Bellerin Saliba Mari. Tiernay
Partley . Amn
Pepe Saka
Martinelli. Eddie.
A possibly
Mar with a c
Keep your far right posts to the far right bloggers
Football not politics…
RSPCA – Would have Willock over AMN every time.
Aussie Gooner
I’d just like to watch a game of football with a packed stadium again.
That’s not going to happen too soon.
Ins and outs are irrelevant at present.
The only positive is that every other team in world football is in the same boat at present.
AMN in midfield? Is this how low the Arsenal gas sank
GRAHAM 62
Interestingly Arsenal phoned me yesterday, a call I missed. So I suspect that
the purpose was to discuss next season’s arrangements.
I will return call today.
Due to the Pandemic a lot of clubs and not just Athleti are under huge financial pressure. They have to cut costs no matter how its done. And the best way to do that is to sell your players. You also cut cost as well as get transfer fees . Other clubs in such condition include Roma and Lyon . And Im sure a lot of French , Italian , Spanish , German and maybe some Prem clubs belong to this category too. We are more financially stable right now and I think the club HAS to take advantage of… Read more »
Some posters are still in cloud cuckold land with regard to valuation. We won’t make money on most of the players we are trying to get rid. Roma can’t afford the £10 millions that we want for Mhkitaryan and they can’t afford his salary so they wants us to subsidise his wage for the next three years. Basically even in a free they can’t afford him. Besisktas is willing to take Elneny on a free on the same salary. If we demand a fee, then he has to reduce his wage demand. At least it looks like Elneny is willing… Read more »
Rumour circulating that we’re in the mix to sign Orkan Kokcu.
Half Shark / Half Bird
Wasi “””And if Stan puts in even a 50 mil into the transfer budget”””” The only £50 million Stan is pumping is to his latest 2 personal vanity projects. 1) His Malibu mansion 2) His stunning state of the art ranch. ( truly breathtaking mind) He would not even know about any one of those players you have mentioned in your post. As for Edu and Raul being smart. Didn’t they outsmart the market last year? And didnt we win the transfer window trophy ? Do you think if these 2 dopes were sacked today any other serious clubs would… Read more »
Only the submissive ones Valentin…
Valentin May 21, 2020 09:36:20
Some posters are still in cloud cuckold land
Valentin
Although it pains me to say it, let’s make do with what we’ve got.
All this ‘who’s got to go’ and ‘who we need to get in’ is doing my head in.
If in a years time things have improved, then maybe we can look at making the needed adjustments.
Players will not be keen to move anyway.
“Rumour circulating that we’re in the mix to sign Orkan Kokcu.
Half Shark / Half Bird”
Fairly solid material for a first post. I like it. Half whale, but still decent. Welcome.
Graham 62
I have just spoken to Arsenal.
1. It is confirmed that they will provide credits for all unplayed home games or
cup games not used.
2. Season Ticket renewals are in process of being discussed with final
decisions on prices for next season likely to be concluded next week.
3. Season Ticket Renewals period will be extended either to end of June or July.
4. The club may entertain financing arrangements for those who are not
able to pay cost of tickets in a single payment.
Cheers Jamie
Have been on Le Grove for the past 10 years or so, only posting very occasionally over the past 5. Started right back in the glory days of Geoff’s -Pedro’s Dad – rantings about Wenger.
All the other sites are quiet so here we are!
Recognise a few names Andy1886 form ACLF – Hi Andy.
Whatever happened to Gambon? He was really special
My bad, Pete. I don’t read all the comments, so you must’ve slipped through the gap.
gambon still posts occasionally. There aren’t too many around from 10 years ago though.
CG
Im just saying that this would be a great time if Stan were to ever put in money into the club. Its highly optimistic and probably not gonna happen.
Saliba , Martinelli , Pepe , Tierney are all Raul’s signings and im sure all of these players will be important players for us in the seasons to come.
Jamie, I can’t believe you don’t read all the comments!
There was a poster years ago called Queen of Suburbia on here and a few other sites. Pretended to be a girl and flirted with a number of the posters on here (with a lot of success). Turned out it was a bloke using his wife’s identity to post as a woman.
Yeah that was good.
@Emiratesstroller
Interesting info from the club. I haven’t heard a peep from them. What about returning the money for the season ticket? I think there are 6 games left on mine.
I’d much rather get the money back than have a credit. I don’t trust this bunch of jokers running the Club at the moment.
“I think you suffer from anger management issues.”
That, or a lack of patience for loudmouth, longwinded idiots.
What do you think, old man?
Valentin I agree with your last post. Arsenal will reach agreement with both Roma and Besiktas and offload Mkhitaryan and Elneny. I suspect that Arsenal will insist on nominal transfer fee for both with players likely to accept adjusted wages in return for 3 year contracts. That is likely to be trend with other unwanted players on our books unless we do a swap deal. Arsenal’s dilemma is that we have at the moment too many players on our books with inflated wages . The idea that we are able to sell them at imaginary transfer fees is delusional. Most… Read more »
Pete the Thirst
I don’t know the answer to that question, but obviously if you do not plan to renew Arsenal will be probably compelled to provide refund.
I think that you will need to look at small print in conditions.
Overall I think that the club are endeavouring to behave correctly with both
customers and staff. They have not furlowed any of their staff to date.
No problem with Deeney not wanting to play during the pandemic. Watford should be under no obligation to pay him his wages during the time he is refusing to play though.
Wasi “””””Saliba , Martinelli , Pepe , Tierney are all Raul’s signings and im sure all of these players will be important players for us in the seasons to come.”””””” How are you sure? We all thought Genduzi was a sure thing.And he has turned out to be totally hopeless. That is what Arsenal are now? Allow a Spanish tubby bloke who has never kicked a ball, coached or managed a team buy an assortment of unproven but very expensive young players that MIGHT turn out OK? I thought the name of the game was to win? Silly me. We… Read more »
@Emiratesstroller
I find it intriguing how the Club haven’t mentioned ST refunds at all when other clubs have. Usually when June comes around they demand up front payment for season tickets with little flexibility.
The show is now on the other foot and they are struggling with the laces.
The Virus has changed football. How can Arsenal possibly be asking for season ticket money for next season when fans may not be able to attend games until 2021?
I have stories of how Arsenal run their business and it ain’t ‘correct’ I assure you.
Emirates There’s no way the club can start asking ST holders to renew when as it stands we don’t know when net season will start and when fans are going to be allowed into the stadium. I think it’s currently looking unlikely but you could have a situation where the whole of next season is played behind closed doors. At the moment the club owe us 6 match credits that could turn into 32! My guess is they’ll refund money to those who demand it but will try to encourage fans to take the current credits against next seasons ticket,… Read more »
I hate it when people offer you a credit rather than just give you a refund.
The customer ought to have that opportunity to choose a refund. The money may come in handy now.
Pete
At the moment the club have not contacted me re my ST and renewing, if the club is making preparations that is not a bad thing it actually means the club is doing things the right way.
Isn’t this the same Troy Deeney that talked about Arsenal lacking Cojones? And the same bloke that served a prison sentence for an assault outside a nightclub?
The irony seems to have passed him by…the delicate flower
Jim Lahey May 21, 2020 10:42:38
No problem with Deeney not wanting to play during the pandemic. Watford should be under no obligation to pay him his wages during the time he is refusing to play though.
Marc I suspect that clubs are having discussions with Government about what will be allowed next season and when it is likely to start. I don’t know if you have read the Latest stats for London, but apparently there have been no Corona Virus Deaths in last 48 hours and the number of new cases has fallen dramatically in Capital. The main issue for club like many other businesses will be the number of customers who are no longer in a financial position to spend 4 figures on season tickets. That was a question I asked the Arsenal rep and… Read more »
Dissenter
Right now the club haven’t ruled out giving refunds – I believe that under normal circumstances ST holders can get a refund on any cup credits owed or take the money for tickets sold on ticket exchange. Of course the club prefer to credit against future ST’s but that’s not some terrible thing that only Arsenal do.
I wonder if Emirates stroller still thinks Arsenal just have a ‘cash flow’ problem? There’s a possibility that Arsenal and the rest of the league may be forced to play a substantial part of next season behind closed doors. That’s going to devastate Arsenal since we get a substantial portion of our income from gate takings. Then you factor in the reduced revenue from TV because TV companies aren’t going to pay as much for playing behind closed doors. The income from preseason games/travel won’t even be there this season. Arsenal is going to be in some deep shite for… Read more »
Emirates
I heard the stat of no new cases over 24 hours in London I didn’t realise we also had no deaths over 48 hours as well.
Good news – hopefully we’ll see this thing blow out as quickly as it came in but at least we still have the vaccine and treatment research going on a well.
Dissenter
It obviously won’t be good but if next season was played out behind closed doors more matches will be screened on TV making up some of the short fall.
You do like taking the worst possible scenario whenever you can – the Spud’s will be in a worse position and ManU have the Chevrolet deal expiring at the end of next season – I couldn’t see them improving on that deal before all this started.
Why not try to take some small positives? We have some really promising talent coming through the ranks for example.
Sorry? How was Gambon special??????
“We all thought Genduzi was a sure thing.And he has turned out to be totally hopeless.“
There are two small problems with this statement.
One, we all didn’t think he was a sure thing – what 19 year old midfielder from the second tier French football can?
And two, he hasn’t turned out to be totally hopeless yet, since the club he had joined has been under a rebuild and in transition, and without a single world class midfielder to learn his position from.
Other than that your statement is perfect.
I’m not expecting to be able to attend that many games next season. For the sake of argument. let’s say ST can go to games from 1st Jan. Last season we played 10 home PL gams and 3 EL up to this point. The season is likely to start say a month later so shall we say 11 home games can’t be charged for in next seasons ST (8 PL and 3 cup ties). With 6 credits to carry over and 11 games unattendable, that means the club can only charge for (26-17) 9 games. If that is the case(and… Read more »
Bob
There’s a change that could be where we are but again I will say that if there’s no attendance prior to the turn of the year more matches will be televised – how much can we raise from those matches being shown on TV? I have no idea how many fans do we have that will pay to watch a match? If the club offered a half season TV ticket at £200 could we get 150,000 fans to take it up that would half the deficit?
“””””And two, he hasn’t turned out to be totally hopeless yet, “”””””
55 games = 0 Goals
55 games =1 Assist
he has more tantrums behind the scenes than either goals and assists.
You find me a premier midfielder with worse stats.
Just one.
Hopeless Tom
As for that Zaha tackle -that is exactly what a ‘Hackney Marshes’ player would make.
CG
Guendouzi is 21 .
Its a general consensus that Saliba , Martinelli , Tierney , Pepe are high potential players.
And even if they dont become world beaters they will at least be cash cows except Pepe.
Marc, I agree there has to be some creativity to deal with the shortfall.
I’m not sure how happy Sky and BT will be if a whole load of extra games are made available in club specific packages. The price that they are paying was surely negotiated with the knowledge of how many games were available to be broadcasted. I would understand if they would want to pay less for a less exclusive package.
Wasi
If any of those players come good as expected suddenly they’ll be Sven signings and nothing to do with Sanllehi at all.
Bob
Well the easiest thing to do would be to bring them in to show the matches and keep certain matches that would’ve been shown under normal circumstances by them exclusively to them.
It’ll be a complicated thing to sort but it can be done.
Wasi “””””Its a general consensus that Saliba , Martinelli , Tierney , Pepe are high potential players.””””””” I could write down 50 names of young players with potential Wasi in 3 minutes. And you will still say the same. Every club in Europe has young players. The assumption that ours are any better is just nonsense. We only assume ours are better because they have ridiculously expensive price tags. While you are here Wasi….. Do you think if we have a scorching summer and games are played in July – MA will still want our players running and pressing like… Read more »
Marc The live broadcasting rights to all PL games are the intellectual property of the PL as a collective . Clubs under the existing rules and regulations can not go their own way in terms of selling access to games on the day they are played . The same applies to CL/EL games. At some point in the future we might we’ll see all live games available but I very very much doubt there would be majority agreement to allow home clubs to keep all the generated monies from those games. If they did keep all monies in respect of… Read more »
ES
Thanks for the input.
What are you planning to do?
🙏🍺
“As for that Zaha tackle -that is exactly what a ‘Hackney Marshes’ player would make.“ Is this the real reason you’re so crossed with Guendouzi, CG? Ha ha. I can just see it too……Guen doesn’t tackle Zaha , who goes on to run the entire length of the pitch to score for Palace , and you get to use this as a stick to beat Pepe with and to justify Zaha’s 80m price. Oh well, wasn’t to be. I thought it was a great fucking tackle lol. As for his goal and assist drought, I’m not looking for goals from… Read more »
Terraloon
I’m not suggesting that this is done on a permanent basis just a temporary period until fans can get back into the stadiums. Of course the bigger clubs will benefit more but it’s in the best interest of teams such as Southampton, Burnley, Watford etc for the Premier League to remain an attractive commodity – overseas countries do not pay a fortune for the TV rights who show their matches and neither do Sky / BT for the domestic rights but those clubs still benefit massively.
Who the Castlemaine xxxx is this alex cutter geezer?
Comes across as a really friendly guy.
Is he from over the pond?
Bob N16 I am sure that Arsenal’s main focus this season will be to hold onto as best they can their regular clients [season ticket holders] and make concessions. No club in world football is not going to have to take a financial hit this season. However, I think that Arsenal do have more liquidity than most other clubs in EPL and elsewhere to bite the bullet. I am sure that there will be a cost cutting exercise. If Arsenal finish outside the Europa Cup places then I am sure that they can reduce their first team squad to perhaps… Read more »
Mekelele went 80 games for Chelsea in 06-08 seasons with 1goal and 1assist.
In 02-04 seasons he went 89 games for Madrid and Chelsea with 1 assist.
There I looked it up.