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[REB]

not everyones favorite I know but I like it, wondering how much truth in this

http://www.arsenalnewsreview.co.uk/inde ... for-Suarez



ANR EXCLUSIVE: In a heated board meeting, Wenger was told to offer £40m for Suarez

By Myles Palmer



Thanks, guys, for writing ANR this summer.


Today it’s my turn.
August is here and it’s time for another ANR EXCLUSIVE on the same scale as Song and Van Persie have left the club.


You didn’t see that shocker on the BBC and or in any newspaper, and you won’t see this one either.

Right now, I can’t give you all of it. But I can give you enough to chew on.


In a heated board meeting, Wenger refused to spend big on Suarez.

Chips Cheswick and Phil Harris are pushing him to do deals.


But Wenger said : I’m not paying that for him.

Then the board ordered Wenger to make an offer of £40 million. They said, “Go to £40 millon. We’re instructing you to go to £40 million.”


And Liverpool have said: He’s yours for £50 million.

Centreback prices are so high that Wenger was looking at two centrebacks who are unknown to you or me or anybody else. He’s decided not to buy either of them.

He thinks Sagna can do the job and that’s not as crazy as it sounds. The mobile Sagna is great in the air for his size and is the best natural defender at the club.

Fellaini's clause is August 15 and nothing will happen before then.

Wenger has Kroenke’s ear and Stan says : You’re in charge, do whatever you want. I’ll make sure the board support me.


It’s stalemate.

Wenger is saying: I’m not paying more than 40. And Liverpool are saying :He’s your player for 50.

You all wanted to know what’s happening at your club. Now you do.

The Board are telling Wenger : We’ve lost all credibility with the fans, you have to buy Suarez.

And Wenger is able to stall because the owner has told him to do what he wants to do.







Aug 1, 2013

[QuartzGooner]

Always thought Wenger was a dictator who speaks to the board only when neccessary.
BUT, the last minute summer 2011 signings were odd, and I wondered if Gazidis went and spent without Wenger's say so?

Always used to be stories of the board pushing Wenger to spend, but he would refuse.
Never knew if they were cover stories though.

Maybe one day we will find out what really went on in the years since the boardroom upheavals, but I doubt it.

[officepest]

Red it the other day Reb, it could be ITK guff but it seems to fit with Wenker's way of doing business.

Quartz,

Agree, I think he always was a dictator, even in the good years. Perhaps because he is so single minded (wiflull? Stubborn?) he was a strong enough character to impose his will in the early days, to great effect, but he is now unable to change and continues to operate as if it's circa '98.

[DB10GOONER]

Reads like the usual Pyles Malmer rubbish.

The "Throw enough shit around and some of it will eventually stick to the wall" school of "journalism" is alive and well!

[northbank123]

Reads like the usual Pyles Malmer rubbish.

The "Throw enough shit around and some of it will eventually stick to the wall" school of "journalism" is alive and well!

Yep, I have a deep sense of mistrust in these sorts of articles and I'm not going to ditch that just because I'd like to believe what one says.

For starters I don't think any of the ancient toffs on our board have ever had to work a telephone or send an e-mail on their own and therefore are incapable of leaking the story.

[QuartzGooner]

Officepest

It could be that years of dictator like behaviour have made him resentful "opponents".
They kept shtum when things were good, but now have the chance to speak up?

DB10Gooner

Myles Palmer gets some wrong gets some right.

Northbank123

Sir Chips Keswick and Lord Harris of Peckham are far from befuddled old soaks.
Successful in business and educational charity, they are very sharp and not the types to have the wool pulled over their eyes.
I think they are probably more in touch with fans than might meet the eye, there is nothing to stop them asking friends and relatives as a litmus test of fan feelings, reading blogs and forums, and above all, using their eyes to see what happens on the pitch.

But another ANR article about an algorithm might be the truth, especially determining the ration between spend on players versus potential gain from prize money and sponsorship?

http://www.arsenalnewsreview.co.uk/inde ... fer-policy

[DB10GOONER]

DB10Gooner

Myles Palmer gets some wrong gets some right.

Exactly. Just like anyone else that throws enough shit at a wall - some will stick, some will not.

Pyles putting himself across as an ITK is just attention seeking bullshit. By it's very definition all this ITK bollocks is just that; bollocks. There is NO ONE on an internet forum or blog that knows what goes on behind the scenes at any club, (apart from maybe a one-off) because the minute the person that leaked the info to them finds it splashed everywhere and a witch hunt begins at the club that person stops telling the ITK anything.

I couldn't be arsed doing it but I bet if someone put all Pyles' ITK stories together the number he got right would be around 50% or less.

[officepest]

DB10Gooner

Myles Palmer gets some wrong gets some right.

Exactly. Just like anyone else that throws enough shit at a wall - some will stick, some will not.

Pyles putting himself across as an ITK is just attention seeking bullshit. By it's very definition all this ITK bollocks is just that; bollocks. There is NO ONE on an internet forum or blog that knows what goes on behind the scenes at any club, (apart from maybe a one-off) because the minute the person that leaked the info to them finds it splashed everywhere and a witch hunt begins at the club that person stops telling the ITK anything.

I couldn't be arsed doing it but I bet if someone put all Pyles' ITK stories together the number he got right would be around 50% or less.

Like that Bin Dipper fan on Twatter that just posted made-up transfer bollocks which got into the papers and caused a proper media shit-storm for them.

Like you say, 50/50 chance of being correct.

[Steve_I]

DB10Gooner

Myles Palmer gets some wrong gets some right.

Exactly. Just like anyone else that throws enough shit at a wall - some will stick, some will not.

Pyles putting himself across as an ITK is just attention seeking bullshit. By it's very definition all this ITK bollocks is just that; bollocks. There is NO ONE on an internet forum or blog that knows what goes on behind the scenes at any club, (apart from maybe a one-off) because the minute the person that leaked the info to them finds it splashed everywhere and a witch hunt begins at the club that person stops telling the ITK anything.

I couldn't be arsed doing it but I bet if someone put all Pyles' ITK stories together the number he got right would be around 50% or less.

well said DB

[QuartzGooner]

There is NO ONE on an internet forum or blog that knows what goes on behind the scenes at any club, (apart from maybe a one-off) because the minute the person that leaked the info to them finds it splashed everywhere and a witch hunt begins at the club that person stops telling the ITK anything.

That would be logical but is not always the case.

- Newspapers, blogs and Forums can be used to intentionally "leak" information as part of the transfer game, trying to "unsettle" a player or smoke out any potential buyers.

- Information could be told by a couple of people at a club to another couple of people, so yes, a story could find it's way online, but it might not be clear who spilled the beans?

- When I first joined the forum (Jan 2008) I made a thread about "What happens to midfield when Flamini and Gilberto leave?"...and (then later on, Hleb also).
I was attacked on here with either "How do you know?" or "They are not all leaving".
But I knew Hleb was leaving because a steward told me, he knew because Hleb's agent went round the stadium saying goodbye to stewards two weeks before officially announced he would go, so it was an open secret.

Flamini I was told would leave by someone close to the squad. It was not hard to guess though he had stalled on signing a contract extension, and when he got injured at Anfield and stretchered off near the end of the season, it was suspicious. I was in the crowd and he looked to be making a big deal out of it...I think he wanted an easy end to the season as he was off.

Gilberto I had no information about, but it did not take a genius to see his form had dropped and his being overlooked for the captaincy was clue that he did not have a long term future at the club.

I have heard things about other players but never put them online out of respect to the players.
But i can say that what I have heard is always about who will leave, or incident sin the squad, and never about new signings.

[BournemouthRED]

It's in the same league of bullshit as all the other ITK guff! Although this one is more in tuned with what people on here want to hear so most will believe it.

Fuck knows what goes on at arsenal, I dong think anyone truly know, not even wenger

[g88ner]

I have heard things about other players but never put them online out of respect to the players.
But i can say that what I have heard is always about who will leave, or incident sin the squad, and never about new signings.

Just out of interest, what's the strike rate of that information like? - how many rumours have been correct?

[QuartzGooner]

I have heard things about other players but never put them online out of respect to the players.
But I can say that what I have heard is always about who will leave, or incidents in the squad, and never about new signings.

Just out of interest, what's the strike rate of that information like? - how many rumours have been correct?

As for who will leave, I heard about three players.

For one player, I heard it from his family that he was leaving, and he left. This was four months before it was made public, and to be honest I am not sure he had even told Wenger at that point!

For another player I heard from someone close to player X, that player Y would leave.
He left.

There was one time where player's A family member said player B would stay, but a steward said he was definitely off.
The player left.

As for incidents in the squad, one just has to take people's word for things.

What I can say is that knowing an agent, players meet with agents and other clubs a fair bit for discussions that lead nowhere.

[augie]

DB10Gooner

Myles Palmer gets some wrong gets some right.

Exactly. Just like anyone else that throws enough shit at a wall - some will stick, some will not.

Pyles putting himself across as an ITK is just attention seeking bullshit. By it's very definition all this ITK bollocks is just that; bollocks. There is NO ONE on an internet forum or blog that knows what goes on behind the scenes at any club, (apart from maybe a one-off) because the minute the person that leaked the info to them finds it splashed everywhere and a witch hunt begins at the club that person stops telling the ITK anything.

I couldn't be arsed doing it but I bet if someone put all Pyles' ITK stories together the number he got right would be around 50% or less.

For the record DB, I was tipped off that sven was at the Arsenal training ground and would be calling up the wally for the world cup a few years ago and I actually made a few bob on his selection with the bookies

[Jonny_Gooner]

As seems to be the general consensus, no one can be really sure what of these things are true and what is total crap. The amount of information that gets thrown around now means that while there may be some truth in things, there's also far too much sh*t that surrounds it.

There may be some truth to this stuff, but how will we ever really know? I for one hope that it is true! I mean if the board are really pushing for Wenger to spend big, and yet he is refusing in a way, surely if the coming season is a failure then he must leave?! Or is that just blind optimism on my part?