We are not in a court of law MM99, there is no burden of proof for one side as opposed to another. The whole point of my COPS skit was precisely that. The cops don't have the final say over guilt or innicocnece they simply objectively the evidence and present it to the prosecuotrs who decide whther to present the case for arraignnment, and if the case is held over for trial then we get into the issue of reasonable doubt so many seem to want to hange their hat on here.MM99 wrote: But he's not the one that's banging on about his 'theory' all the time. The onus is on you to produce the evidence as that is all you talk about and you claim it to be the absolute truth without giving thought to other people's views. The fact that you don't realise this just shows how much of a pain it is to 'debate' with you.
The problem is that standard is based on a far more complete presentation and examination of far more evidence than the initial investigation often turns up that leads to arrest arraignment and finally trial.
Basically there are three real components to look at and we all know them just watching any old cop show - motive, means and opporunnity. Both the Board and Arsene Wenger can be said to have the same - the decision not to spend more money. They can both be said to have the same opporutnity perhaps.
But the motive is the rreal issue. What makes more sense as a motive? A manager with a big ego proving a point that might cost him millions if he gets sacked for dioing it, or a group of business man and women with an opportunity to make millions of pounds?
The fact that undenaibly the Board has a far stronger motive to have limited howw much money the manager had to spend proves nothing more than that. But it does prove that we should not ignore or discount that possibility just because we would rather deliberately perhaps blame someone else for something we know may not be their fault . What does knowingly choosing to hang an innocent man may do for Arsenal? And what does it say about all of us who chooose to do so?