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Dude Ranch

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What SopCast channel can I watch us mercilessly batter Derby on?

:wub:

I'm starting to think that this internet football shit is a waste of time.

Anyway, four points clear.

Reality: Very early doors. The smallest of bad runs brings the good start crashing.

Heart says: Brilliant! Excellent start on all fronts. Looking great for some trophies this season! We look the best team in the country.

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Art Vandelay

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:D

I'm starting to think that this internet football shit is a waste of time.

It just wasn't on was it? Dog shit.

Anyway, really convincing result. Especially since Liverpool did a Liverpool today. They've got a team that can win the league, but are all but guaranteed to fuck things up if they carry on resting their best players all the time.

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Anyway, really convincing result. Especially since Liverpool did a Liverpool today. They've got a team that can win the league, but are all but guaranteed to fuck things up if they carry on resting their best players all the time.

Well, they have a great squad. They seem to have a great manager but he does seem to shoot himself in the foot. His absolute refusal to play his best eleven must drive the fans mad. There's one thing having a good squad and trying to accommodate them all, but another in tinkering til the cows come home. I'm not sure that this early in he can even claim that rotating ensures freshness. They're young, fit men. To drag Fabregas into it, he seems able to play two games a week more or less all season. Arsene wouldn't dream of leaving him out of anything but a dead cert, and rightly so. Today an example, we were always gonna win but he still played.

Anyway, about us. Looking good. We had a far from first choice team out (through injuries) and seemingly walked it. Hard not to get carried away.

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It's amazing to see how much you're *not* missing Henry.

And then again, judging by last season, it's not too surprising. The Carling Cup and then how well you played when Henry was injured should've sent signals. It's so good seeing Fabregas + co continue to blossom into brilliant players playing in a great team.

I'm so fucking jealous compared to the state that Chelsea are in. :D

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Daley

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Just got back from the game not too long ago. Hard not to get too carried away as it's so early.

What I will say however is:

Adebayor = The Man. I would be scared to mark him at the moment. I know it's "only" Derby (no disrespect) but he is in fearsome form. 6 goals in his last three league games.

Cesc. Please God keep him fit.

The team in general. It is really noticeable that everyone is...I don't know how best to say it...but I guess on the same level. This a real team of equals, and this is not a pop at Henry, but there are no stars, nobody feels they have to pass to anyone else or scared of anyone else. At the moment it has to be said, selling Henry has released the pressure on everyone. We may end up the season empty handed but there is no doubt so far, the team have reacted positively to Henry leaving.

Oh and how could I forget...

Flamini. Flamini. Duh duh duh duh duh duh duh duh.

Great atmosphere again today and was nice to win a game comfortably at the new ground, something we haven't really done since moving in. Or not often enough for my liking!

Anyway, still a lot of football to be played...

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g wings

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Nice post Daley.

I've always had faith in Adebayor. I think he's brilliant.

Yep, just got back from the game too! Adebayor could have had more after scuffing a couple of sitters early on.

Overall a great perormance. It all went a little flat for a while after we went 2-0 up and then had to pause for an age for an injury. The second half got things going again though. Shame that Eduardo didn't get a goal (especially as I put him in my fantasy team in place of Adebayor)!

Only downside was Theo who, to my mind, was crap.

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Yeah, great game and atmosphere more or less all through.

Derby were piss awful it has to be said, but the goals still needed scoring. "We shall not be moved" already being sung which is a bit risky in my book but what the hell, enjoy the moment.

Very true, I can't remember a single moment that felt like even a remote danger. Two little kids next to me (must have been 10 or 11) who are at every game were hilarious, up on their seats slapping their arses "who are you?" for the whole 90 minutes...a good effort!

That bad?

I can only hope he suddenly bursts onto the scene. He's way too good for international U21 but nowhere near our first team.

No, I'm being a bit harsh but he certainly stood out as the weak link. He seemed to lack confidence to use his pace when on a couple of occasions he was 1 on 1 with acres of space. He also tends to let the ball go too far from him and loses it. Oh well, let's see how he gets on next time.

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Well, they have a great squad. They seem to have a great manager but he does seem to shoot himself in the foot. His absolute refusal to play his best eleven must drive the fans mad. There's one thing having a good squad and trying to accommodate them all, but another in tinkering til the cows come home. I'm not sure that this early in he can even claim that rotating ensures freshness. They're young, fit men. To drag Fabregas into it, he seems able to play two games a week more or less all season. Arsene wouldn't dream of leaving him out of anything but a dead cert, and rightly so. Today an example, we were always gonna win but he still played.

Anyway, about us. Looking good. We had a far from first choice team out (through injuries) and seemingly walked it. Hard not to get carried away.

Wenger made a few changes aswell but the team performed. ppl just seem to jump on the bandwagon and slate benitez for rotating, and i agree sometimes i feel he shouldn't but he's the manager and i'm just a football fan. As title contenders they need to be winning these games but their home record wasn't the prob last season and provided they improve on their away

form like us, they will be up there come the end of the season.

Hopefully the ppl that said adebayor isn't good enough for arsenal can shut up. As for theo, he is a great prospect and ppl must remember that he has a long career infront of him and he isn't playing in his preferred role- as a striker. How many players asked to play out of position play well? Its the fastest way to lose confidence in yourself. He may not play great sometimes but the promise is there and not every player can come on like fabregas has, remember when ronaldo arrived he had promise but wasn't performing, a few years later and a little stronger and wiser, he was one of the main reasons Man utd won the league. Just give the lad a break.

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Just seen the highlights on Match of the Day, we looked awesome ^_^

It was a great game, I really enjoyed it yesterday. I think Derby are one of the worst Premier League teams I've ever seen though. They gave us acres of space and Derby looked beaten before the game had even kicked off.

Senderos was rarely tested but when he was he looked wobbly. Walcott proved that he's useless once again. At 5-0 the only boos you'd expect would be from the away end but fellow Gooners have now lost patience with him and moaned and groaned every time he fucked up the final ball or made a fool of himself. He's hopeless and makes Glen Helder look decent.

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I'm sure that will give him the confidence he needs. Stephen Bywater said today he looked good and made some decent runs. We should be playing him upfront, he is after all playing totally out of position.

He made lots of runs as if he was a striker and still made the wrong pass every single time. The players were getting fed up with him and the fans certainly had enough. If he had anything about him he should have pissed all over Derby, but he performed worse than them!

I would have loaned him out to a Championship club in the summer. I think a season of playing regularly would benefit him get him so much needed confidence and give him match experience (he's hardly had any).

Wenger makes many great decisions but choosing to play him in league games at the moment won't benefit him at all.

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I wouldn't loan him out. He can play with better quality players in our reserves for a start. He has all the qualities required to become a really important player for us. It's odd because he has looked first rate in cup games, and a few brief cameo appearances in Europe. It's something that will come for him I'm adamant. The fact that fans are booing him has genuinely made me quite angry.

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The fact that fans are booing him has genuinely made me quite angry.

It's always the way though isn't it? If a player looks hapless the fans think it's because he's just being lazy. He just doesn't have any confidence and his final ball is always, always wrong. Theo just makes very bad decisions and I think it's down to a lack of experience.

He was barely out of nappies when he came to Arsenal and I believe we should have signed him and loaned him straight back to Southampton as he was doing very well there.

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The fact that fans are booing him has genuinely made me quite angry.

woah woah woah!

who was booing who? Not Theo, surely?

Nah, down our end we were chanting his name everytime he got the ball, literally willing him to do something productive, but we never booed him ^_^

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Give the kid a break, only stupid fickle fans would boo him and it pisses me off. you can see the kid is trying hard maybe too hard, he never gets a decent run of games and that doesn't do the confidence good at all. He showed glimpses of what he can do, he just needs a little luck.

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Watching that load of absolute bollocks at the extendadrome today made me really proud to be an Arsenal fan. The only good parts were Gigg's cross/Tevez's finish 3 minutes into the 2 minutes of injury time and Ashely Cole being laid out by a fat ginger scouser. The bad parts were too numerous to list (Although Terry trying to grab the ref's hand superseded his usual crying and deserves a mention).

Compare that to our opening games and laugh gooners, long may it continue.

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Arsenal today revealed their status as Britain's richest football club following figures released this morning which show their move to Emirates Stadium helped increase turnover to more than £200million.

The report - for the year ending May 31, 2007 - also revealed group operating profits up by an astonishing 274%, to £51.2m.

These well exceed the likes of Manchester United and Chelsea - whose respective turnover for the same period was £167.8m and £152.8m.

Today's announcement also rockets Arsenal into the same financial league as Real Madrid, whose turnover was £202m for the 2005-06 season.

Arsenal's move to their new 60,000-seater home at Ashburton Grove from Highbury has proved more than a financially sound decision, with the

long-term debt related to the move having also been refinanced into bonds which provide "a significant reduction" in annual service costs.

The club generated match day revenues of £90.6m in their first season, representing some £3.1m-per-game - which was more than double that of Highbury.

Meanwhile, some 91% of the units at "The Stadium - Highbury Square" redevelopment are already pre-sold, with final completion sales expected to comfortably exceed £300m.

Arsenal - currently top of the Barclays Premier League - saw their cash balances up to £73.9m, from £35.6m in 2006.

The figures are "before player trading and depreciation", and as such do not take into account the £16million sale of Thierry Henry to Barcelona during

the summer or other recent transfer dealings as manager Arsene Wenger reshaped his squad.

They would also more than back-up the stance of the current board that the club does not need a wealthy backer to compete with the best.

Russian businessman Alisher Usmanov increased his shareholding in the club last week via Red and White Holdings Limited to around 21%, which makes the

investment company Arsenal's second-largest shareholder behind director Danny Fiszman.

Meanwhile, American billionaire Stan Kroenke remains another significant investor, with a stake of just over 12%.

Commenting on the figures, Arsenal chairman Peter Hill-Wood said: "The best way that Arsenal can continue to deliver success is by maintaining a business that pays its own way.

"This philosophy helped establish our objectives for the club's move away from Highbury and Emirates Stadium now provides Arsenal with the increased

income, profitability, cash generation and firm financial foundations from which we will continue to build trophy winning Arsenal teams for many years to

come."

Hill-Wood added: "We have always pursued, and intend to continue with, a policy of re-investing profits and surplus cash into team development.

"Emirates Stadium now provides the club with the firm financial foundations from which we will continue to build trophy winning Arsenal teams for many years to come."

Repeat after me:

We do not need a takeover. We have enough money. Fuck off David Dein and take your dodgy mate with you.

We do not need a takeover. We have enough money. Fuck off David Dein and take your dodgy mate with you.

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More results stuff:

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has been promised a mammoth £70m transfer kitty after Arsenal revealed themselves to be one of Europe's richest clubs.

Figures unveiled this morning show the Gunners' move to the Emirates Stadium has driven a near 50% increase in turnover to more than £200m for the

year ending May 31, 2007. That sum means they are only edged into second place in the continent's money league by Real Madrid. But with operating

profit of £51.2m up an amazing 274%, the Barclays Premier League club now have a level of profitability far in excess of Real.

Match-day revenues of £3.1m per game at their new 60,000 home are double those generated at Highbury, and have seen the Gunners leapfrog main domestic rivals Manchester United and Chelsea - whose respective turnover for the same period was £167.8m and £152.8m.

The revelation of Arsenal's wealth is an ample response to those critics who questioned the effect the cost of relocation to Ashburton Grove would

have on the club, and in particular Wenger's transfer funds.

But after reiterating that Wenger did not spend all his budget this summer, delighted managing director Keith Edelman claimed the Frenchman would now

have previously unheard of sums available to reinforce his squad.

"I think we are in a very good position," Edelman said. "Clearly Arsene's performance and the team's performance on the pitch has been outstanding, obviously backed up by our very strong financial position.

"We gave Arsene a budget in the summer and he didn't even spend all of it on transfers and hopefully we'll be able to carry that forward into future

years."

He added: "We have got plenty of financial firepower to makes the transfers Arsene wants to make.

"We had over £70m of cash at the end of the year and if Arsene wants to spend that money we will make it available."

The results posted this morning have been achieved despite the lack of a mega-rich foreign owner, the source to which most rivals have turned to

increase their clout.

With Red and White Holdings Limited, backed by Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov, recently increasing their stake in the club to around 21%, rumours have abounded of a possible takeover bid. But Edelman insists the results show there is no reason to change the way in which the club is run.

"We think it's very important as a board that the club develops revenues it generates itself and is not dependent on people putting money in every year, because that's not a very stable basis on which to run a club," he told www.arsenal.com.

"We regard ourselves as custodians of the club and fans as well. It's important that the club does have a stable financial base." He added: "If you look at the shareholders and the look at the board, we are all here because we love the club. Yes we want to run it well as a business, but only because we want to be a great club. That could be contrasted with what could be called financial owners, who come to purchase clubs to make money out of them and they don't have that affinity to be a rabid fan - to live, breathe and eat Arsenal Football Club."

With the new Premier League TV deal yet to be reflected in their figures and the Gunners also set to launch their own TV channel in the new year, it seems everything is in place for the financial success to continue.

Good stuff. How good does that feel? £70m and it's all our own hard earned cash.

Repeat after me:

We do not need...

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