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Lies, damn lies, and Arsenal Stats
The blogoshpere is all atwitter (see what I did there?) about the dot com's article detailing
Arsenal's supposed statistics. Ahhhhh, I'm calling bullshiat on this.
I don't trust statistics that are so obviously false.
A West Ham team that is brimming with confidence having dispatched 6 of their last 7
opponents comes in to the Emirates stadium to face an Arsenal team brimming with false hope after
eeking out a 9 game unbeaten run. It's almost amazing to think that the team have remained unbeaten
for 9 matches and on [.
Ugh... remember that lady behind me on the flight back from London? The one who was coughing her
lungs up mere inches away from my face? Well, I think I got her cold. I feel miserable today, worse
than yesterday by far and yet I absolutely must go in to work today. It's not fair [...]
The unnamed Singaporean property developer has committed to the purchase of more than 100 flats at
the site of the club's old stadium for a total of £50m or just under 40% of the total loan of
£135M. The property developer has already put down a non-refundable deposit of 10%.
Furthermore, he has made clear [.
This week saw the annual release of the club's financial reports (The full report may be
downloaded here). After much speculation for the last six months, especially from groups with their
own agendas (i.e., Red & White Holdings, the media, and "Arsene Out!" supporters), we can finally
see the true state of the club's finances.
When Arsenal released their financial results, we were just entering the first throws of a
worldwide economic recession and the pound had not completely fallen through the floor. Arsenal's
balance sheet showed over £90 million in cash, before the summer transfer dealings,
furthermore we were told in October 2008 that the club had sold over [.
Badge kisser.
Back in August, during a meaningless Arsenal v. Real Madrid match, following on the heels of a
summer of seemingly schizophrenic interviews by Arsenal's then 30 goal scoring target man, Adebayor
scored a meaningless goal and promptly ran over to the fans and kissed the badge.
