Stardog
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Badly downgrading Arsenal and overrating Tottenham here, been like this all season with many on here. Tottenham are hardly better than Arsenal nevermind 10x better. Arsenal have dominated two games against them this season.
Tottenham have not had any bad injury problems this season, yet Arsenal had the worst injury list in the whole league and are still only 4 points behind Tottenham who were apparent title contenders.
Just because a player doesn't contribute many goals means he's average, Arteta is a good player. Modric doesn't score or assist many goals, is he average? Gervinho will turn out to be a very good signing when he adapts to the league, 9 goals/assists in 15 starts is a decent return, 4 more assists than Nasri got all of last season.
Wilshere is a quality footballer and has shown that over the last year or so, played many games and more than enough to see he's the top potential in the league.
Tottenham won't go on near the same run next season, it's a one off, just like Liverpool back in 2008-2009. With European football another issue for Tottenham/Liverpool they will find it even tougher next season.
There is no doubt in my mind if Arsenal didn't have such a bad injury list earlier in the season and albeit were in transition they would be above Tottenham by now and will do so before the end of the season.
As for the wages point Arsenal had the fifth highest wage bill in the league in 2011, this was massively decreased in the summer by selling Nasri/Fabregas and spend millions less than the other four. Tottenham will be increasing towards Arsenal's wages. Would say making the top 4 and coming 3 points short of 2nd place last season was a very good season for Arsenal, that was after such a collapse in the second half of the season.
For all their problems throughout the summer and injuries, Arsenal are doing very well to be closing into third place.
Tottenham are an improving team. Arsenal are going backwards with regards to player quality.
It doesn't matter that Modric doesn't score, because they have Van Der Vaart. Arsenal don't have a VDV. That was my point.
Tottenham will do equally well next season or better if Redknapp is still their manager and they have the same team. Van Persie will probably be gone and Arsenal will slip down the table.
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Arsenal can't win the league, only two teams can and will in the near future and both play in Manchester!
Everyone knew what the future held for Arsenal with their new stadium, it was going to take time for them to compete at the highest level again. Posted a table showing their net spent over the last five seasons and they had spent similar figures to the likes of Newcastle, never going to win championships with such spending. To continually make the top four is fantastic for Arsenal due to their current finance plan.
Disagree about average players, the likes of Koscielny, Arteta, Gervinho, Szczesny, Song, Wilshere, Ramsey, Rosicky are not average. CB partnership is as strong as any in the league, midfield is up there with anything. They certainly lack in key areas such as the full-backs and attacking options.
Liverpool back on track? Liverpool spent £120 million in 2011 and have not improved, Liverpool are the team that will be struggling for a top 5 finish over the next few years. Chelsea need a massive clear-out and could be in transition for a couple of years, especially if they constantly change managers.
Arsenal will continue to make the top 4 for the next few years, IMO, they are in better shape than the likes of Chelsea, Liverpool and Tottenham. Lot's on young players and with having money to spend will only improve next season and going by reports Wenger will strengthen next season considerably.
I don't think the players you listed are that good. Arteta is decent but won't contribute to goals, and neither will Rosicky. They're passers. Gervinho was a waste of money and is not made for the Premiership. Sagna/Vermaelen/Persie/Szczesny/Song are probably their only good players. Ramsay/Wilshere have barely played enough matches to see how useful they'll be.
If Arsenal had Tottenham's players you'd say they were a 10x better team. I think they'll keep Modric too, since he probably wouldn't even want to go to Chelsea now.
Liverpool are rank, but still played them off the park yesterday. Lucky RVP finish again. They missed sitters Liverpool, including a penalty.
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Should've had more time. Sturridge was clean through twice and should've scored yesterday...Drogba played well too.
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The Arsenal hater's seem to have went quiet lately!
So called bottlers who can't do it against the better teams or when under pressure.
Even-though they've defeated Chelsea, Liverpool, Tottenham, Udinese and Dortmund this season and performed well against City.
A goal down at one of the in-form teams(Sunderland away) and score two goals to win three points, 2-0 down to their rivals that many have been wax lyrical towards this season and dominate to win 5-2. A goal down to Liverpool who don't lose many games at Anfield and win.
Currently four points off Tottenham, not bad for a team that are so poor, a one man team that wouldn't make the top four according to majority on here. Can see Arsenal overtaking Tottenham before the end of the season.
The point is are they a team that can win the Premiership? No. They will continue to win nothing.
Without Van Persie they would be a average team in most areas of the pitch.
Continuing the way they are will see them struggling for 4th every season, especially when Liverpool/Chelsea get back on track. You seem to be fine with that, but I imagine their fans won't be.
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There's no point in sacking him. They've been through tons of managers since Mourinho, so they need to settle down.
Write this season off and build for the next. When Drogba and co are gone it'll be easier.
It's a PLG + Ferguson situation right now. They need to ride it out.
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Waste of money. Let's get video replays.
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Get rid, get rid, get rid.
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I hope Al Jazeera get the rights and Sky die a slow death.
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Worst penalties I've ever seen...
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Yessss well deserved.
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2-0 Liverpool.
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Some of you need to get a grip.
Agreed. Nutcases.
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Ok.
The takeover cost £1 and no Ticketus money was used. "To complete the deal" meant putting it in a bank account to show he had money available.
Kthxbye.
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Nobody knows what's going on yet. It's the usual case of people taking the same view that the rhags peddle.
Wait until we are in full possession of the facts before making judgements for fuck sakes, you're too impatient.
Exactly.
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the way i see it
Whyte comes to rangers in an attempt to buy them, murray and Lloyds ask for proof of money and he shows them 33mill
A few months later Whyte, after seeing the books of the club, realises that we are overspending by 10mill a season normally, more with the fact we owe ticketus for this seasons books
Whyte knows all about the big tax case, his advisors claim that rangers are onto a winner with it, we just need to suck up any shite until we win it
Whyte finds the small tax bill, and agrees to deal with both and Murray sells him the club for a quid
because we had an overdraft with lloyds, this was also cleared in the takeover, Whyte gambles on some euro income by using ticketus again
Whyte gets the club but immediately has a pre-takeover deal with ticketus to settle and with the overdraft cleared by the previous regime, our season ticket income is vastly lower than we require to fund the season
With a black hole of 10million and less ST revenue, the club is running at a massive loss, Whyte cannot get a credit line due to the tax case, hence why he states that win or lose he wants it done by xmas time, whyte doesnt pay PAYE etc to keep us going month to month
HMRC drop the bombshell that if they lose they will appeal for god knows how long, meaning we are stuck in limbo for how long they wish, Whyte realises that throwing money (the 33million proof of funding) wont make a difference and will considerably cripple our future finances (post taxcase)
Whyte decides to put us into administration to fuck off HMRC from our books, and having kept his money aside means it is free from any creditors looking for their cash
Rangers exit administration with HMRC all but gone, The club is then running a lot better and ticketus are either still here or whyte pays them back from his other proof of funding or whatever, either way Whyte has money to put back in
Or else he sells the club for a quid, keeps the money he "made" but tells any prospective buyer that the 30mill they had saved up for the club is to be out back into the club, hence why he is selling for a quid again
either that or he's done the off with a cool 24mill
Please don't write shit unless you know what you're talking about.
He looked at the books before buying. "We" do not "owe" Ticketus anything. It's not a loan.
This voids the rest of your post.
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Do you want to explain? Or just post more vague statements as if you're all finance experts?
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There was also a decision where Wallace was getting his shirt pulled for about 5 seconds 2 metres from the linesman, but he gives a free-kick to Kilmarnock...
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The baldy linesman was fucking disgraceful when Wallace's shirt was being pulled for 5 seconds, yet Killie win the free-kick?? How did he come to that?
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Fuck off ref. Worse than Papac's.
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See my previous post.
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WTF IS THAT LINESMAN UP TO??
CHEATING FUCKING CUNT REFEREES. ALL OF THEM.
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Wallace needs to quit chipping these poxy little crosses into the box.
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Shit refereeing as usual.
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Easy, ticketus are up shit creek and they know it, once Whyte liquidates the holding company they are fucked, and then forms a new one next day, long firms my cockney mates called them.
Am I right here? Ticketus aren't owed anything. They forwarded the cash and Whyte has it in one of his companies? Ticketus own tickets that could be worthless.
Is the issue now what Whyte is doing with that cash? Liquidate Rangers then run with the money, or put the money into the new Rangers company? And he would get season ticket money from the new company, alongside the forwarded money from the old Rangers.
David Moyes advocates 20% pay cut to make game more affordable
in Jimmy Bell's Kitroom
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The wage cap should be £50k. £2.6m a year minus tax. Even 50% tax they are millionaires over a 3/4 year contract.
Bonuses should also be limited.