When nothing else makes sense simply look for the tell-tale signs of who has gained and who has lost. The shareholders have gained massively, for very little investment and risk. So they are the big winners. Kroenke stands to gain potentially more if the debts are secure. He's bought a CL club with its own world class stadium, a large fan base and a healthy balance sheet. In football terms the ideal investment EVEN IF THE CLUB BEGINS TO DO BADLY ON THE PITCH. Remember the Channel 4 documentary that exposed the foreign ownership scam. What were they looking for above all else? Clubs on the wane that for a small investment could be turned into cash cows, in the short term at least. We don't know the details of Kroenke's takeover so we can't really speak about the levels of risk he has taken on. But if he's managed to hedge those risks by whatever method we can say that Stan is set to be a big winner too. And face it, why would he even bother if that's not the case? Is it a love of Arsenal?

So who has lost. That's simple to see because it's more in the open. The team has lost, not the individual players but the quality and entertainment value of the team as a whole. With ticket prices up and value for money down, the fans have been the big losers. People getting fucked over by the rich, so what's new there? And there's one other loser. A man who is undergoing the process of seeing his five star reputation transformed into a vehicle for the tabloids to shift their daily rags, Arsene Wenger, the "Wally Without the Brolly". He's mad you know.

If I had to guess, what we're experiencing here is withdrawal symptoms. We've just spent the best part of a half a decade being fucked by the shareholders in preparation for the big sell-off. Now that's happened there's an empty space where PHW and friends used to plant their tools. That space is ready for some American style fresh meat. So get ready because I'm betting what went before was just foreplay.