Arsenal Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread

TheNorthBank · 17-12-2008 06:02PM

tred wrote: »

Yeah i wonder how much of a sell on clause is in that?. thats why bentley went for so much i believe, Arsenal had a good sell on clause with bentley.

What difference does it make? He won't spend it.

Evil_Clown · 18-12-2008 09:47AM

There are some major developments going on at board level at the moment that could lead Arsenal into American(Kroenke) or Russian(Usmanov) hands
Nina Bracewell-Smith has up and left the board over the new appointment of the Chief Exec apparently so she is out of the share lockdown and can sell her shares to the highest bidder.
It's gonna be an interesting few days.....

http://ohtobeagooner.com/bracewell-smith-exit-opens-door-for-kroenke/

yahoo_moe · 18-12-2008 11:33AM

Evil_Clown wrote: »

Nina Bracewell-Smith has up and left the board over the new appointment of the Chief Exec apparently so she is out of the share lockdown

Just coming on to post that. BBC have it too: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/a/arsenal/7788895.stm

The family seem to have been involved forever though - would she possibly remain a shareholder but just not a board member? Also, can she really sell to the highest bidder or does it not have to go at whatever the market price is?

My own feeling is I'd like to see the club stay in similar ownership. Seems Danny Fizsman would have the cash to snap some up if he wanted but given that he voluntarily dipped below 25% (and the veto rights that came with that mark) I guess it's not likely.

EDIT: Also, just remember that even if Kroenke buys these shares, he's agreed not to go beyond the 29.9% takeover threshold till sometime next year so a takeover would seem unlikely now.

Evil_Clown · 18-12-2008 12:11PM

From the blogs and articles I have been reading this morning they seem to pointing towards Kroenke getting the shares and bring his total share percentage to 27.9%
From reading about both I would rather Kroenke than Usmanov tbh

L'prof · 18-12-2008 12:26PM

I think I'd prefer Selleck to The Hut too!

Frisbee · 19-12-2008 11:19AM

Arsenal vs Roma

I suppose about the best we could have hoped for...

yahoo_moe · 19-12-2008 11:23AM

I was sure we were about to draw Barca there...

Frisbee · 19-12-2008 11:24AM

Aye, it was getting very scary alright...

yahoo_moe · 19-12-2008 11:28AM

Actually I think the best part of that draw from an Arsenal point of view is the amount of 'big' ties - only four of Barca, Lyon, Real, Liverpool, Chelsea, Juve, Utd and Inter will be in the next round.

Of course it only matters if Arsenal beat Roma!

Evil_Clown · 19-12-2008 12:02PM

Also glad it's Roma, they play a more attacking based game than other italian clubs so should suit Arsenal (hopefully)

Fuzzy_Dunlop · 19-12-2008 12:29PM

Happy enough with that draw. Roma are good enough for the team to up their game and take them seriously, but they're not as good as some of the other teams we coulda drawn. Plus our record in Italy is very good too

DenMan · 19-12-2008 01:26PM

Roma is a very good draw for us. Have to make the first leg at the Emirates count and not give away a stupid away goal and hopefully go out to Rome and finish the job.

Galvasean · 19-12-2008 01:35PM

Galvasean wrote: »

For me it's:

1. Roma
2. Bayern
3. Panathinaikos
4. Juventus
5. Barcelona

Wooo!

Galvasean · 19-12-2008 01:39PM

tony1kenobi wrote: »

Do Arsenal reserves play at White Hart Lane these days or is it a different sh1thole?

I think it's called The Underhill.

Evil_Clown wrote: »

Nina Bracewell-Smith has up and left the board

Good. Never liked her anyway.

yahoo_moe · 19-12-2008 02:02PM

Galvasean wrote: »

I think it's called The Underhill.

I think it's just Underhill - it's Barnet's ground.

Galvasean · 19-12-2008 11:06PM

Wenger on january transfer window:
http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/wenger-i-will-call-the-shots-in-january
Basically he's saying he's probably not going to spend

Also apparently Chelsea want to offload Alex... how about a swap for Gallas? :P

I read in today's Mirror that Wenger said he expects Wilshire to take on the Bergkamp roll in future. No pressure so.

Frisbee · 20-12-2008 01:44AM

Galvasean wrote: »

I read in today's Mirror that Wenger said he expects Wilshire to take on the Bergkamp roll in future. No pressure so.

Aye it was on the website the other day.
He really could have done without saying this, put more hype and expectation on the lad why don't ya..

mayordenis · 20-12-2008 02:25AM

On the other side the guy has shown very mature shoulders already and a comment like that would really be about as big as a morale boost as you can get.

Frisbee · 20-12-2008 02:35AM

mayordenis wrote: »

On the other side the guy has shown very mature shoulders already and a comment like that would really be about as big as a morale boost as you can get.

As long as he doesn't get an England call up anytime soon...

Galvasean · 20-12-2008 11:10AM

Frisbee wrote: »

As long as he doesn't get an England call up anytime soon...

That reminds me the draw for the U21s World Cup is today. I wonder if young Jack is in contention. Apparently Pearce wants Walcott to play in it - typical, burn him out why don't ya?

cson · 20-12-2008 02:04PM

Galvasean wrote: »

Wenger on january transfer window:
http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/wenger-i-will-call-the-shots-in-january
Basically he's saying he's probably not going to spend

To be fair he's not gonna say he's in the market > inflate the prices of the players he's after and all that. The same thing was said the year we bought Reyes. And iirc Diaby and Adebayor came in after similar remarks.

That said, if he is being honest.....the man could do with a good cup of cop on or else we're in a spot of bother.

20-12-2008 06:08PM

Digging a hole lads but expect a smiley face in this thread tomorrow.

DenMan · 20-12-2008 07:19PM

I spent about 10 mins yesterday sifting through the Liverpool thread about the game tomorrow. I have never read so much bull**** ever. About 20 pages back there was a reference to it. About 15 pages on Babel/Champions League draw. What the hell to they be on over there.

jesus_thats_gre · 20-12-2008 07:26PM

DenMan wrote: »

I spent about 10 mins yesterday sifting through the Liverpool thread about the game tomorrow. I have never read so much bull**** ever. About 20 pages back there was a reference to it. About 15 pages on Babel/Champions League draw. What the hell to they be on over there.

It's horrible!

mike65 · 20-12-2008 07:30PM

Liverpool thread is not too worked up about tomorrow (we've already agreed its a write off with an OG from Carra as he falls over having been turned inside out by Van Persie).