Random Arsenal Shit (When it's not worth starting a thread)

[Grebbo]

The difference with Bramo is this seems like a genuine little escape for him. he's at most matches and puts his money behind it to live out his fantasies. where was he for the terry and recent race thing? doing other shit cos he doesn't care about what any fan thinks. you see him at matches jumping up and down with the movement of the game but the best we'd get from usmanov is a dick race with roman for a while.

this is business for him, nothing more. so it's an investment that will have to pay off one way or the other.

ultimately the shares in our club had to go to someone, someday. whether passed on to family members or sold it would still be amongst the elite few far out of our day to day and why they would give a shit about what we want is anybody's guess. football ownership changed because it entered the mega rich arena once sky money started coming in, which was inevitable but no-one really gave two thoughts about it until it was too late.

But Usmanov is at Arsenal games, he has a box.

All I'm saying is people don't like Usmanov because he's a big fat stinking rich Russian crook. But he'd spunk his ill gotten gains on Arsenal and would probably have a willy waving competition with Abramovich which could only be a good thing for Arsenal.

We have a board full of stinking rich crooks but they're not fat or Russian so nobody cares.

[Grebbo]

you would be happy with a board member/owner who is heavily involved with a company that sponsors chelsea. i dont give a shit what other dealings he has done in the past, i dont want a board member/owner having anything to do with another club.

Yeah I'd be happy makes no difference to me. The Gazprom link would be the least of my worries.

[LDG]

But Usmanov is at Arsenal games, he has a box.

All I'm saying is people don't like Usmanov because he's a big fat stinking rich Russian crook. But he'd spunk his ill gotten gains on Arsenal and would probably have a willy waving competition with Abramovich which could only be a good thing for Arsenal.

We have a board full of stinking rich crooks but they're not fat or Russian so nobody cares.

Fair play

[Olivier's xmas twist]

A British PR firm has deleted details of a Soviet-era criminal conviction and freedom of speech row from the Wikipedia entry of Alisher Usmanov, Britain's second-richest man, according to reports. The Russian billionaire is preparing a £1.25bn London flotation of between 15pc and 20pc of mobile phone Megafon. Mr Usmanov, who is also Arsenal Football Club’s second-biggest shareholder, owns just over 50pc of the company.

According to The Times, PR company RLM Finsbury edited Mr Usmanov's Wikipedia entry to remove mention of a freedom of speech row, where the Russian billionaire had allegedly threatened bloggers who repeated allegations that he was a "gangster and rackateer", first made by Britain's former ambassador to Uzbekistan, with legal action.

Details were also removed of a Soviet-era criminal conviction that was later overturned by the Uzbekistan Supreme Court and a description of the disappearance of a former Megafon shareholder, reports the newspaper.

The PR business replaced those sections with text outlining Mr Usmanov's philanthropy and art collection. Mr Usmanov had hired the PR firm to neautralise reports of his colourful past.

The company apologised for the edits after being approached by The Times. It said: “This was not done in the proper manner nor was this approach authorised by Mr Usmanov. We apologise for this and it will not happen again.”

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales told the newspaper: “It is a disappointment that PR firms or lobbyists think that this is what they have to do when we’re here, we’re free, we’re open. We have a community very keen to correct errors.”

The Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) worked with Wikimedia UK, the company behind the online encyclopedia, to develop a set of guidelines for PR professionals for making edits to pages relating to clients.

Jane Wilson, CIPR's chief executive, said: “Wikipedia’s rules on conflict of interest editing are clear. Public relations professionals should not directly edit Wikipedia for a client or employer, and should instead suggest amendments for consideration by Wikipedia’s community of editors – a point which today has been clarified by Jimmy Wales, and also recognised by the team at Finsbury.

"Importantly, this isn’t a special rule, only applicable to those who work in public relations. This applies because they, like any other employee or consultant, would have a conflict of interest. The same Wikipedia rules would apply if you worked in finance, strategy or HR for an organisation. The difference is that reputation is our business."

"I’d urge those who haven’t read our latest guidance on how PR professionals can work with Wikipedia, to do so today."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/n...edia-page.html

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Arsene Wenger has been considering adopting a new three at the back system to solve Arsenal's defensive problems.

Wenger has seen the Gunners leak 12 goals in their last four games, including three at home at Fulham last weekend, a frailty that has contributed to a string of disappointing results.

Now, the Frenchman and his coaching staff have looked at using three centre-halves - Per Mertesacker, Laurent Koscielny and Thomas Vermaelen - plus wing-backs.

That would be the biggest shake-up in Wenger's tactics since he took charge in 1996.

His new No2 Steve Bould has tried to help shore up the defence but recent results have led to the coaching staff looking at different ways to shut up shop.

It has not helped that Koscielny and Vermaelen have suffered dips in form, and Wenger is desperate to get the club's season back on track.

Wenger is likely to stick with a traditional back four for the North London derby against Spurs in Saturday, but they are looking at solutions.

Meanwhile, Kieran Gibbs is hoping to return this weekend at left-back after an injury lay-off.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/footba...-backs-1434373

[Fist of Lehmann]

has a box at Arsenal which he pays for unlike our board members.

Only because they won't give him a seat in the directors box.

Different types of vampire don't mix apparently.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Only because they won't give him a seat in the directors box.

Different types of vampire don't mix apparently.

[Letters]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20220153

Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis has assured fans the club will be able to compete with any side in the world over the next few seasons.
The Gunners have not won a trophy since 2005 and have made their worst start to a Premier League season.
However, Gazidis argues the club is in a powerful position for the future.
"As we look to the next two, three years we will have an outstanding platform on which to compete with any club in the world," he told BBC Sport.
Gazidis says Arsenal should pull off major commercial deals that will strengthen their financial standing next season. The Gunners moved to the 60,361 capacity Emirates Stadium in 2006/7 and have increased their turnover from £177.7m then to £243m in their latest set of figures
Arsenal's shirt sponsorship and manufacturer deals are due for renewal next season and they can expect big improvements. At £5.5m per season, their shirt sponsorship deal with Emirates is dwarfed by the likes of Manchester United, who have a deal with Chevrolet worth about £28m a season.
They are also expected to be able to double the £13m shirt manufacturer deal they currently have with Nike.
"Now we are in that stadium, the first part of our vision has been realised," said Gazidis, speaking before Arsenal's annual general meeting last month. "Now we are at the stage where some of the commercial deals that were tied into the construction of the stadium, and enabled us to take that first big step, will be renegotiated.
"When that happens, we will take the second big step forward and that will be comparable in magnitude to moving to the stadium itself. At times it's been a challenging project, but we will have catapulted ourselves into the elite clubs on the European scale and that, for us, has been what the last 10 years has been about.
"Very clearly, it will push the club forward and put us into the top five clubs in the world in revenue terms, which will be a fantastic position to be in."

etc

[Gervinho's Forehead]

Only because they won't give him a seat in the directors box.

Different types of vampire don't mix apparently.

I did notice when I did the tour there were no mirrors in the directors area.

[Gervinho's Forehead]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20220153


etc

More crap from Ivan the terrible.