Van Persie the fraud

[Marc Overmars]

Footballers are not very bright.

[Syn]

Footballers are not very bright.

They're not, but he, in particular, doesn't seem to fit the normal description. I'm not taking about footballing genius like Rooney who end up being stupid off the pitch. I have mentioned many times that Van Persie gives the best interviews. It's not cliche driven bollocks - he appears to be very smart in general. I could be wrong.

[Kano]

quite simply? because footballers are stupid and naive, wrapped up in their bubble world still believing they hold that 'connection' with the common guy. they have no track record of handling their own PR in the correct fashion and those that attempt to, usually end up with egg on their faces. he thought he would try the 'honest' approach, that all the fans were praying at the RVP altar after his star studded season, Mr Big Schtuff Captain, coming out all honest like, one-to-one, man-to-man type shit and we'd all get it. he fucked up basically.

[Marc Overmars]

They're not, but he, in particular, doesn't seem to fit the normal description. I'm not taking about footballing genius like Rooney who end up being stupid off the pitch. I have mentioned many times that Van Persie gives the best interviews. It's not cliche driven bollocks - he appears to be very smart in general. I could be wrong.

I think he was badly advised.

[Letters]

Maybe he was just being honest

[GP]

After the talks he held with the board and Wenget, maybe he harbored some resentment towards them? I can't remember exactly what he said but didn't PHW also come out and allude to him possibly being after the money, which he might have taken exception to?

That's not really what happened. Some less bright posters like to bang on about that but it was simply a case of PHW being asked if Arsenal could match a City wage offer, with the answer being obvious.

[GP]

Maybe he was just being honest

That doesn't really make sense. If those were his honest thoughts he can say it privately. There was no need to release his statement 'for the fans. Which was for no one but himself.

[Ollie the Optimist]

He's a judas **** who spat everything arsene wenger gave him back in his face. He stood by the injury prone dick, when many fans were saying to sell him because he knew how good he was, he believed in him and was proved right and that **** spat everything back in his face. He's a fraud, a **** and left because he forced the club to sell with that fucking statement

[Power n Glory]

The only thing I don't understand to this day is why Van Persie chose to damage his reputation by announcing on his website that he didn't agree with the club policy and that he won't be signing a new contract. If we weren't going to sell him, that wouldn't have stopped us. And if were going to sell him, he didn't need to do it and could've kept the respect of the arsenal fans knowing it was purely araenal's decision to sell. You guys like to argue about loads of stupid things but I haven't heard a logical reason for this.

http://www1.skysports.com/football/n...-s-RVP-warning

Arsenal chairman Peter Hill-Wood admits that Robin van Persie will quit the club if he wants big money.

The Gunners captain and talisman has just a year left on his current deal and he is in talks about an extension.

But a host of clubs from across the continent are showing an interest with the likes of Manchester City and Manchester United strongly linked in England.

And Hill-Wood admits that if money is the deciding factor then their captain will most likely leave.

"He is vital to us and has been an extremely good captain," said Hill-Wood in the Sunday Mirror.

"But if somebody comes along and offers Robin £250,000 a week then I am afraid we cannot compete with that.

"With players, you never know what they are going to do.

Loyalty
"Some players say they want silverware but when they have the chance to earn extraordinary money that has been pumped into the game, then you just have to hope they will stay because they are happy and loyal where they are.

"There are players like Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes at Manchester United who have been loyal to one club but players like that are few and far between.

"Hopefully we can reach agreement with Robin and ideally he will extend his contract.

"We have already brought in one new player in Lukas Podolski and I believe we will bring in more. I am confident we will, in fact.

"I just hope that Robin will be with us next season because I genuinely feel we can make a real challenge for the Premier League title.

"We had an atrocious start to last season but we recovered to finish third which was a marvellous achievement when you look at the problems that we had with injuries."

I said when this was released that he was right and on the money. It’s true, we can’t compete. But why release this into the press and link him with a move in the heat of the speculation about where he was going? With so much spin and PR stunts, you have to question why he’s said this and it’s not a case of the media asking a question and PHW giving a simple answer. If so, then he’s a very foolish old man that needs to steer clear of talking to the press. There was a slight backlash from the fans when RVP was linked with City and I could sense this story would cause trouble. I believe RVP wanted to make the fans aware of the fact that he’s not leaving the club for money. Maybe he should have kept his mouth shut but it wouldn’t have changed the outcome of the fans reactions. Cesc kept quiet and let other people talk for him and there was a huge backlash. It would have made no difference.
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[Niall_Quinn]

The only thing I don't understand to this day is why Van Persie chose to damage his reputation by announcing on his website that he didn't agree with the club policy and that he won't be signing a new contract. If we weren't going to sell him, that wouldn't have stopped us. And if were going to sell him, he didn't need to do it and could've kept the respect of the arsenal fans knowing it was purely araenal's decision to sell. You guys like to argue about loads of stupid things but I haven't heard a logical reason for this.

Maybe he calculated there was enough bad feeling towards the club's policies he'd get support from the fans. That way he could leave and have the fans nodding in understanding rather than calling him a traitorous ****. He calculated correctly in many cases.