aimaad22

Disappointed and gutted, expected or not. Class player thats probably on his way and we wont replace him with anyone near half as good.

Apparently Robbie Savage said it on some radio. Hope its crap.

Look nothing's foolproof. Just because someone else has done it doesnt mean Ashley is doing it. He may or may not be, the things you are getting worked up about dont prove anything. About the capital, do you anything about the way companies are set up or work in the modern day? For instance I hope you never see a modern derivative instrument at work then because something with a nominal value of 10 quid could get or lose you hundreds of thousands.

Romours on twitter Cabaye's been left out. FFS

Good lord, so a good performance will be because he has a move to play for. And a bad one because he's unsettled and wants out Poor sod

Aye, well I dont expect Ashley to be an angel businessman the issue here is scooboos & co. getting confused about corporate accounting. I would try to explain but its a subject in itself so people would probably be better off reading a proper book on it

I agree, and Im sure it would not be practically possible to 'save' tax that way as it is being described unless the HMRC are complete bellends.

Taxation authorities usually have strict transfer pricing rules. Also the fact SD is listed means all related companies will be under public knowledge and dealings will have to be disclosed in the accounts. Their are tons of accounting standards that have to be complied with here. While I am not suggesting companies still cant get away with murder its not as easy as you guys are making it out. And quarterly and annual profits really dont have to 'match', there could be tons of reasons, actually I doubt they ever 'match' as you are expecting them to.

Thats puts him in control though, the company basically does what he wants.

This was expected but Im still gutted. They'll eventually bid over 20M and then we'll sell. And we wont see a fifth of that money being respent. Btw Wenger can fuck off with the timing of this. I hope Spurs do the cunts over this season and they finished 6th or something

I agree. We'll probably put in a grafting performance and get beat 2-0 or 3-1. If we manage to scrape a point I'll be over the moon.

Yes but it still pisses you off doesnt it? Clubs that were stuck in the championship for years suddenly way more superior to us. Ashley can just twat off.

You're lucky then because it still pisses me off no end. Especially when the likes of Southampton spend 15M on a striker.

Im sure we will try very hard but that cursed line will prove just to hard to cross.

Sheesh, imagine being 6-0 down and watching Iniesta, Neymar and Alba warming up on the sidelines

Is he being paid or something to advertise that herbalife thing?

Yeah I was speaking in general. Thats why I thought they'd be in for him, their style of player despite the physical presence, would give them a bit of steel in defending (and attacking I suppose) set pieces. Thats why they are apparently in for Luiz too, the very definition of a footballing centre half. Puyol is no nonsense but I think if we made a list of defenders who were comfortable on the ball from his generation he would be right up there.

Are they going to be able to withstand the likes of Bayern though? That raw physical power? Im surprised they havent beefed up considering what happened last season. I love their style of play and personally dont get why some people get annoyed with the 'tika takka' or whatever they call it, but there's no doubt teams like Cheslea and Bayern have learned to bully them out of games. I really thought they would go for someone like Hummels in defence and a strong physical runner in attack to cover that part of the game they've been lacking since Toure and Ibrahimovich left.

I'll be happy enough if we see one or two of those things at the Etihad.

Did not I make that sarcastic enough? Ah I forgot the smiley

They kept us entertained at least What is there but hope? Anyway there was truth in some of them wasnt there? Abumeyang, Bent etc? Dont know whether we went in for them with everything but at least something seemed to be going on. Media's busier now that the season's starting so arent making up that many stories. Im sure Kinnear's working his arse off to get that striker 'over the line'.

You've got to be kidding me. Oh wait Jonas will be fit? Well thats solves all problems nothing to be worried about then.

Not even any rumours any more. Shambles.

Dont think it will be whopping, something like a comfortable 2-0 or 3-1 to them.