Comments on: Who owns Arsenal? Just don’t ask!

By: Brickfields Gunners

Brickfields Gunners — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 07:29:26 +0000

With the shit hitting the fan at Pompey ,I think its time for those in charge to do a proper report on who owns what and to do a detailed financial study on each clubs monetary health .
I belive many of the clubs are poory managed and are about to go into meltdown.Those who were prudent will survive [like Arsenal ] and those who
have had imaginative accountants cooking the books ,it may be the end.
I hope this does not come to pass but changes are inevitable.

By: pig

pig — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:23:39 +0000

kroenke is certainly the lesser of two evils when it comes to large foreign investors.(i dont mean chubby fellows, nor am i xenophobic).

as for the fit and proper thing, do we, as joe public, have the right to see the outcome of the test? how public is the process? are the fa legally obliged to inform us about any of this?

i mean, we all know who owns arsenal, its in the public domain, so the fa can answer questions about our situation. the principal shareholders may have been in touch with the fa on the qt and assured them of their worthiness, whilst choosing to remain invisible to the public.

however if the fa have to tell us all the ins and outs, and havent, cant we (the concerned public) take legal steps ourselves to compel the fa to squeal.

surely all this cant sit in a grey legal area.

By: Tony Attwood

Tony Attwood — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:45:49 +0000

Arsene has no part to play in the ladies team at all as far as I know.

Meanwhile I have been trying to find an organisation that can rival the FA for crass idiocy and incompetence.

Found this headline. It is from the Mirror. Which means it is probably untrue, but it is a good laugh…

“Convicted hacker given the keys to prison computer system shuts down the mainframe”

By: Abhishek

Abhishek — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 07:35:31 +0000

I also did not want to break the flow but Tony has already done it. I would just ask if Arsene has got any role with the ladies team. I was going to post it on BBC606.

By: grand funk diaby

grand funk diaby — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:33:36 +0000

If Kronke takes over, I won’t be worried about whether he’ll put any cash in, cos we’ve proven that we can progress without splurging. It’s just weird to think it was Dein’s idea right from the start.

We shall continue to show good example of transparency for the organization.

By: walter

walter — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:29:31 +0000

I can see a pattern in the conduct of FA’s over the world. They make rules (some of them good rules in fact) and then….. they forget about it.
Or even worse they only apply the rules when it suits them. In my country we have rather strong financial rulings and when a footbal club has for example a debt by the governement (tax payments or social security debts regarding players salary) then you don’t get a license and you are put back 2 divisions lower. But this ruling does not count for every club in the same strict sense. Oh no. When a club has a big influence in the FA they can walk away with it and a, mostly, smaller club is hit hard.
So maybe its a bit of a consolation but these things happen in most countrys, at least in the one I follow football.
The call of resign the FA is justified but then again we all know that this is the last thing they will do. Only people who can look at them self in the mirror and want to see an honest person do these things.
Directors in an organisation such as the FA’s over the world are like politicians. A few honest man but the rest…. as corrupt as can be.
So this is of my chest.

By: LRV

LRV — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:47:08 +0000

The FA is corrupt and two-faced. They are negligent and incompetent. Above all, they are arrogant. The only thing that they are expert at is how to manipulate fixtures and matches in favour of ManUre and Chelski. If they had done their job properly, the owners of those clubs would not be the mysteries that they are. I agree with Tony that the most decent thing for them to do is resign and let ‘fit and proper persons’ run football.

By: Tony Attwood

Tony Attwood — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:45:10 +0000

I don’t want to interrupt the flow, because I think the issues about ownership are very important indeed, but just in case you miss it elsewhere, here’s the European Cup result

PAOK 0 Arsenal Ladies 9

Now, back to the finances

By: don't believe the hype

don't believe the hype — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:33:08 +0000

Incompetence, corruption or fear – how else to explain the lack of action on these issues? As you point out Tony, if you can find this out without too much trouble, what exactly is the F.A.’s excuse with all their resources?

By: Ole Gunner

Ole Gunner — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:14:35 +0000

I think the FA should set a rule that anybody acquiring a club should state upfront how much they would invest in the club per year for the next 5 years, and present a promissory note for the stated amounts.

The likes of Manchester Arab might really find out that after this £200M spent so far, the owners won’t be putting in more money, whereas the club’s wage bill and overheads would have exploded.

The Premier League is behind the game.