Arsenal Banter Archive April 29 2016

29 Apr 2016 22:25:05
Mopo agrees a new 5 year contract with the spurs, also the biggest stadium in London is being built right now and we have all the classy kids at our club with big signings due in the summer. The Empire is being built and we AR going to be the top club in England within 2 years time. beep mind the gap chaps.

29 Apr 2016 23:05:57
You said exactly the same thing 3 months ago, you also said you are going to win the league.

Wrong again Raver me old mukka.

29 Apr 2016 23:05:56
Are you sure it's the biggest stadium in kondon.

29 Apr 2016 23:29:40
Slow down raver lol.

29 Apr 2016 23:32:08
Raver we used to believe everything you said but we now know it was all fibs.

29 Apr 2016 23:42:52
Sano wherever it is, the only time it will be full is when they use it for car boots or monster trucks.

30 Apr 2016 06:38:21
RAVER
You maybe right, big stadium. Mopo says he is going to sign.
But is it free, or do you guys have to pay for it.
Watch your season tickets.
Levy is panicking, Mopo comes out and issues a come and get me to PSG.
When you sat top club in England, does that mean you will be runners up to Swansea
You don't become a big club over night it takes years. And the big English five will pick off your young starlets as we wish.
Watch you don't do a Leeds. Champions league, O'Leary signs a 5yr deal, Built on young English lads.

30 Apr 2016 10:46:41
I see raver is stalking us Gooners again.
May I remind him that the Toot have won absolutely nothing this season and their manager hasn't won anything in 8 years as a manager. Their stadium isn't built, they are still housed in a 36,000 championship style cowshed. Although in all likelyhood they will finish above us for the first time in decades, it is not yet guaranteed.
Even this season, they have failed to beat us, they were knocked out of the League Cup at home to us and fell in an earlier round in the FA Cup. We can't compare European competion as we were in the Champions League and they were only in the second rate Europa League.
Next season will be far harder for them and Leicester for that matter. Most of the Toot's players will be at the Euros and expectations will be higher in general. With the big boys hiring new top managers an Liverpool likely to improve under Klopp. Arsenal will hopefully have major players fit next season, poorer players released or sold and at least a couple of signings, which should improve the team.
Can anyone remind me when the Toot last won a competition, never mind the title, way back in 1961, when most us weren't even born! The pain at the lane, just goes on.

30 Apr 2016 14:09:29
They might not finish above us!

Just saying.

{Ed025's Note - and maybe shergar will win the derby SLB.. :)

30 Apr 2016 16:11:28
Arsenal Win at home to Norwich - Toot draw away to Chelsea - gap closes to 3 points
Arsenal win away to Man C - Toot draw home to Southampton - Toot 1 point ahead
Arsenal win at home to Villa - Toot draw away to Newcastle - Arsenal finish 1 point ahead.

Arsenal should win both home matches - The City game is the tricky one, but City will have had a difficult away match to Real Madrid, possibly losing, suffering fatigue from recent schedule and injuries. Silva is already injured, as is Toure.
Toot - Chelsea will do them no favours. Southampton are fighting for a Europa League place and the Toot may have already lost the title, they are without Alli for the final 3 matches. Newcastle away will be difficult as they are fighting relegation and have improved under Benitez.

I doubt the above will happen, but it is not out of the question yet. It would be the funniest thing if we somehow scrape 2nd place.

30 Apr 2016 16:41:26
It's not that far out ed! Loose to chavs then head down disheartened and no smelli alli it could all go tits up with nowt to play for . Agreed long odds but this is the year Leicester won the EPL.

{Ed025's Note - are they straws i see you clutching at mate.. :)

30 Apr 2016 21:36:35
I'm not clutching at them ed but it is not as impossible as you think and the thought is nice. If the foxes seal the deal tomorrow it would squeeze the last bit of air out of the toots already deflated balloon coupled with the fact of the teams they are playing and if there isn't enough incentive anymore for the toots and all three remaining opponents will be fighting no deli Ali it really isn't do unthinkable. Just imagine! I would torture those toots all summer long 👍🏻.

29 Apr 2016 18:24:45
Since 2007 we've spent £231m on stadoum financing £147m on interest and £85m debt repayment.

This seems like madness to me. We're paying nearly twice as much in interest than the debt. By the time we pay off the loan we could have build the stadium nearly 3 times!

Obviously I'm no investment banker. Is there anyone that can explain to me if we've gotten a good or a bad deal in terms of such a loan. And the penalties for early payment are supposed to be massive also.

29 Apr 2016 18:49:58
That is just how finance works, its the same for everyone. The first years are spent paying off interest before the balance is cleared in effect. As far as i'm aware the funding from highbury and emirates airlines are paying for the stadium. All clubs borrow money wether it be for new stadium or upgrading. When we have paid for the stadium there will be something else, there always is.

29 Apr 2016 18:52:16
Galway have you got a mortgage, if you have work out what you will pay for your house and at the moment interest rates are rock bottom.

29 Apr 2016 23:11:35
Im only young still steve :P I hadn't realised that interest is front loaded, i thought it was almost 50% interest rate that we pay every year which seemed absurd. Thanks for the answer.

29 Apr 2016 23:35:17
You've got it all to look forward to then G.

30 Apr 2016 06:50:45
GALWAY
Hold onto that change you have in you pocket, because when you get a wife, kids and a mortgage. they will all want that,

30 Apr 2016 10:53:05
Loans are structured in different ways, I am not certain where you obtained your figures from? However, I can assure you at the time Arsenal did as good a deal as they could. Don't forget, in any event the interest part of the loan is set against tax, so our tax liabilities have been greatly reduced, The amazing thing is that we have built the stadium at a very difficult time and have £200m in the bank.
Money isn't a problem at the club, it is Arsene Wenger's willingness to spend it. He believes, quite rightly, that football clubs are businesses and should be run as such, with a profit at the end of each financial year. However, a couple more signings in the summer, wouldn't have gone amiss.

29 Apr 2016 11:31:18
I feel like the media is making a story out of nothing here.

Wenger is NOT blaming fans.

He is saying "let's stick together".

Any changes we want won't happen now anyway.

29 Apr 2016 12:40:54
Press want his scalp
its a story to sell papers. When he has gone they will, say how much he did for football.

29 Apr 2016 16:39:08
" the home atmosphere cost us the title " youve got to admit it does sound ever much like he's blaming the fans?
Obviously it wouldn't even occur to him his own 3 summer months of total inaction had part to play in our usaul non competitiveness this season.
Whos advising him on what to say to the media, Ant and Dec?

29 Apr 2016 17:30:15
In the away only league we are 3rd 7 points worse than leaders Leicesters despite playing 1 game more than them,
In the home only league we are 5 points behind top team Leicester but having played a game less which if we win would put us in 2nd place 2 points adrift of top spot.
I fail to see as Arsene says this makes us away league champions or how it's home form that's cost us the title when both Spurs and Leicester have better away records than us but only Leicester have a better home record?
Ant and Dec been writing his material on this too no doubt.

29 Apr 2016 18:12:16
Gunner, its not wengers fault, he has done everything right. The fans have lost us the title, they buy the players, pick the team, do the tactics, oh sorry no they dont, they put them silly banners up that has ruined our chances again, just like other seasons when we failed to put a challenge in. let's change the fans. Arrogance of the highest level.