Football Focus

[woofmarkthedog]

Ahhh AAAAhhhhh

ARSENAL

Praise be...

REV.W**F

*Be seated....*

[Atila Reincarnate]

I wouldn't say the chavs, Citeh, or anybody else that matter, is safe. If Abramovich were to walk away from the chavs I think they would be in serious trouble.

However, Wenger has always maintained that the financial well being of the club has always been upper most in his mind when dealing with transfers and players wages, so fair play to him. It seems that the Prem has encouraged an environment where we pay over the odds for average players, hence the influx of players from abroad, and over the top wages. We only have oursleves to blame. You would have thought we would have taken heed and not made the same mistakes made by the Italians and the Spanish in recent years, but hey ho.

[Atila Reincarnate]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/league_cup/8469774.stm

Is the older half of the Chuckle Brothers in trouble with the powers that be?

[Keef]

Sol Campbell to sue Pompey. What a c**t, he's not short of a few bob, and the club are in such trouble.

Shows how much the shirt meant to him.

[Atila Reincarnate]

Loyalty is an alien concept to players and has been for the last 15/20 years. Remember Wayne Rooneys statement that he was a blue for life or words to that effect, Henry that he would always be a gooner, Ronaldo jumping ship, Fat Boy Lampard holding the chavs to ransom during the summer. Don't expect loyalty from anyone Keef even players in your own team, it merely invites disappointment. I wouldn't be at all surprised if Torres and Gerrard jump ship in the summer or if Cesc buggered off to Barca. It happens mate, we might not like it, but what can you do.

[matthew123]

Once a Blue always a Manc is what he really meant to say..

I think it works both ways with players quitting, you can't blame a player for walking when he has previously been treated like a dog, and that is why no Liverpool fan holds it against Alonso for forcing a move to Madrid.

As for Sol Campbell I have no sympathy in the regard he is held up and down the country.

[SeanMacGabhann]

if the story about Campbell suing is true then he is indeed, as keef says... etc

But something about that story, on top of the court decision yesterday makes me think this is the work of somebody else. I have no idea who or why but i wouldn't be surprised to learn that Campbell hasn't sued anyone in weeks to come

[Mick Mac]

If my employer did not pay me, I would not be very happy.

['bout now]

Oh whats 1.7 million between friends. If it was ?20,000 I'd say put up and shut up Sol but it's a hell of a lot of money to just say "lets forget it".

[kpc]

Whenever I hear of 'image rights', that's when I reach for my revolver. That and unspecified 'bonuses'. And this from someone who entered into a five year contract for an absurd sum with Notts County and walked away by 'mutual consent' after having to actually play a game.

[ratty]

Sol is simply getting his debt registered before Pompey go into Administration. It's a nothing story. Sol will end up with 2 bob in the pound like everyone else! :( Pompey wind up on 10th Feb so will enter admin on the 9th I expect.

Beyond caring tbh!!

BTW the whole image rights think is easy on the tax for both club and player - usually paid in lieu of wages.... just a tax dodge really!!

[Mick Mac]

Had to check what that meant Ratty

Image Rights are taxable - but are paid to the players company rather than as wages (apparently);

what has actually happened is that the club will have made gross payments to a players image rights company, which declares the income as taxable...and pays corporation tax accordingly.

the company also has expenses that it offsets against the income that the player would otherwise be unable to do if the income was employment income....eg. the image rights company may employ members of the players family.

so both player and man utd save on the nic and the player also has access to expenses that he would otherwise be unable to claim relief for.

thanks

Posted by Anonymous on Tue, 12/01/2010 - 13:03

Not really a football matter but anyway.

[Mick Mac]

Back on topic.

Cam on you GANNERS....

We are top a da league.....???

[kpc]

Mick Mac Wrote:

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> Not really a football matter but anyway.

Shouldn't be a football matter but sadly these things are nowadays.

And yes, give Bolton the sound thrashing they deserve....

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Mick Mac Wrote:

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> Back on topic.

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> Cam on you GANNERS....

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> We are top a da league.....???

Not if it carries on like this.....

[Mick Mac]

What are arsenal doing? 2 down. Eh?

[Mick Mac]

Nice comeback shows Arsenal's title credentials perhaps? Nah.

Team P GD PTS

1 Arsenal 22 34 48

2 Chelsea 21 34 48

3 Man Utd 22 30 47

4 Tottenham 22 18 38

5 Man City 21 12 38

6 Liverpool 22 14 37

7 Aston Villa 21 11 36

8 Birmingham 21 2 33

9 Fulham 21 2 27

10 Everton 21 -4 26

11 Stoke 21 -7 25

12 Blackburn 22 -16 24

13 Sunderland 21 -8 23

14 Wigan 20 -21 22

15 Burnley 21 -21 20

16 West Ham 21 -9 19

17 Wolves 21 -21 19

18 Hull 21 -22 19

19 Bolton 20 -14 18

20 Portsmouth 20 -14 14

[Bluerevolution]

I feel like singing the Blues !

[SimonM]

I just hope Bolton have now been softened up and thorougly demoralised for their FA Cup tie on saturday....:))

[matthew123]

Glad Arsenal won last night but their behaviour over the Gallas tackle was desperate. Arsenal are the first ones to blubber like babies when play continues (remember Spurs scoring a goal at Highbury few yrs back). It leaves a sour taste in the mouth when Wenger compounds matters by dismissing the Gallas ankle breaker on the grounds of worse challenges had allegedly taken place over the two games by Bolton.

In the end Liverpool deserved 3 points against Spurs and on reflection they were probably the ideal team to build confidence such was the lameness of Tottenham .. still I wish I'd done a split screen to have watched the 10 goal bonaza on the BBC!

[ruffers]

Gallas should get a ban for that, shocking challenge.

[ruffers]

Just heard the FA have said they'll not be doing anything about it. I can't understand that.

[Atila Reincarnate]

My two sons and I went to the game last night and managed to catch the last 6 minutes of the Spuds game, great evening all round.So the FA will do nothing about the Gallas tackle. It shows they are consistent if nothing else. They did sod all about the leg breaker on Eduardo, so they've shown some sort of consistency. Taylor giving it large to Arsenal fans after he scored soon had his celebrations rammed down his throat. Come on you gunners, tough games coming up but I think we'll do well. We might not win the league but coming from 2 nil down WITHOUT a fit recognised striker shows we're not in a bad way and have confounded the soppy so called "expert pundits". Sour grapes Coyle should have stayed at Burnley.

[SeanMacGabhann]

Wasn't there a Bolton player on the ground for several minutes about 10 minutes after that incident, with Bolton in possession and they never once kicked it out of play? Seems a bit hypocritical of them to shout "unfair"

[Mick Mac]

Atila. If i had a pound for every time you have said its chelsea's title this season. Now you seem more bullish. Great comeback by gunners though.