Incidentally, what is the difference between this and what the Man Utd players did to Balotelli and Platt last week?

Why hasn't THAT been shown day in day out on the media for the last week?

A constraint the business has to work within. It is still a business not a charity or a philanthropic enterprise. Many years ago it was different but with the money in the game now is all about the $$$$$$$$$$$$$

I think if you look back through history it has been about money since 1893. So much ...

antgel wrote: When was the last time you heard a manager tell the media that his players are shit?

I think Mick McCarthy might have done it. But I'm not sure he is the sort of manager that we want.

treygoony wrote:Please tell me a club this season that has been humiliated more than us,

Probably all of them except Man Utd and they've had their moments.

under George Graham.

Those cup games against Millwall and Bolton.

McGoldrick, Hillier, Kiwomya, Flatts, Campbell.

A George Graham team would never let a 2 goal lead go. Well, except for our very first Premier League game against the mighty Norwich.

And his teams would never let a third rate ...

marcengels wrote: Context my friend, context.

What tosh.

The method is irrelevant.

Put our back 5 in another team and you would get a different picture entirely



Yes, the other teams would end up with a much better defence!

The problem is that you don't see how bad every other team's defence is in the games that they don't play against Arsenal.

We can now watch every ...

Yes, the saviour of English football that is known as Gary Cahill that wasn't even capped by England at the start of the season.

Like Joe Cole, the man whose absence cost us the World Cup and has made Liverpool a major force once again.

Go do some research. Arsenal's defence under Wenger has been ...

Sorry to be pedantic but Arsenal has been a PLC since 1893.

I'll admit that I've not been able to trawl through all of the posts so sorry if this has been posted before (although highly unlikely as most people are just regurgitating what the media are spewing out).

Kroenke will only be laying out £125m to start with. He has agreed to buy the shares of Lady ...

stevie_b_19 wrote:Good news tonight that the supporters trust have rejected the offer for the shares - unsurprising, but good.

Wahoo!!. I'm sure their 0.07% stake in the club is going to sway things.

A couple of questions for Ian Henry?

Who the fuck are you?

What experience do you have in managing a football club?

I must admit when I first heard of the Premier League's squad policy and "homegrown" players I was worried. However, it is very easy to misinterpret the rules.

I've tried to make them as simple as possible so here goes.

1.Each team has to submit a squad of UP TO 25 players OVER the age of 21.

2 ...

I remember going to Chelsea in the mid 80s with a couple of mates from work - we were all 18. One of my mates was Chelsea & the other was Everton (??!!) and they convinced me to stand in the shed.

I spent 90 minutes shitting myself (I'm not built to fight) especially when I could hear the Chelsea ...

David Bentley was sold because he wanted to leave.

The problem with the academy is that we can only take on British kids that live within 1 1/2 hours travelling time of the training ground. We can sign as many foreign kids as we want and after a certain age the travelling doesn't come into it ...