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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Manchester United Fan Thread! We Are The Red Devils! by Sauron1: 9:02pm On Jan 07, 2010
debosky:
Ok - they have foreign kpali so they are diluted.  grin

Mame is still fresh off the boat.  cheesy
I still don't get the point. . . . United have signed African players in the past. . . .
Just because we don't have Eboue, Adebayor and Toure in our line-up don't mean shyte!!!

United is about QUALITY. Players that can win TITLES.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Manchester United Fan Thread! We Are The Red Devils! by Sauron1: 8:56pm On Jan 07, 2010
debosky:
They are diluted. . . .we're talking pure African blood here. tongue
Evra is from Senegal.
Nani is from Cape Verde.
Welbeck is from Ghana

What are you talking about?
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Nairaland Fantasy League 2010 by Sauron1: 8:48pm On Jan 07, 2010
tkb417:
hmm
are we safe here?
Gnashing of teeth from the LOSERS(as usual). grin grin grin
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Manchester United Fan Thread! We Are The Red Devils! by Sauron1: 8:47pm On Jan 07, 2010
BlueDiva:
At last, United gets a niggy.
Evra
Anderson
Nani
Welbeck
Da Silva Twins
Valencia
Obertan

What are those? Wiggies?
PoliticsRe: Miserable U.k Facing Gas Shortage As Cold Weather Continues by Sauron1: 5:04pm On Jan 07, 2010
Omo Ibo keeps running from pillar to post to defend his earlier claims than Russia supply the gas in the North Sea.
He got owned and he is denying what he said even when his quotes show he actually mentioned these untrue statements.

I tire for Naija boys. grin
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Manchester United Fan Thread! We Are The Red Devils! by Sauron1: 5:01pm On Jan 07, 2010
RuuDie:
Mame diouf (abi whatever that his name is) handed jersey #32 (carlito's old number). . . . hope he comes good, nows not the time for another djemba-djemba!
If he learns to stay in the box when United attack, he will score plenty of goals.
MBD can use both feet and he's aerially decent. . . .

Fingers crossed!

https://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00847/diouf_280x390_847773a.jpg
PoliticsRe: Miserable U.k Facing Gas Shortage As Cold Weather Continues by Sauron1: 2:04am On Jan 07, 2010
OMO IBO:
Last I checked, we were talking about Transportation and usage of gas.
And not who's got licence and whatnot.

undecided  huh  undecided  huh
Am I missing something here?
Russia have no business in the North Sea.
If you have anything to dispute this claim, kindly produce it. . . . . . .

That their gas travel through the pipelines VIA North Sea does NOT mean they come FROM the North sea.
FamilyRe: I Want To Quit This Marriage by Sauron1: 2:00am On Jan 07, 2010
!amebo no1:
still too little tongue tongue
Great!!!
PoliticsRe: Cia, Mossad, Indian Intelligence Behind Mutallab’s Terror Act - Reports by Sauron1: 1:59am On Jan 07, 2010
yeswecan:
Source : http://www.tribune.com.ng/06012010/news/news3.html

THE United States (US), Indian and Israeli top security agencies have been fingered as conspirators in the Christmas day attempt by Umar Faruok AbdulMutallab, son of former chairman, FirstBank of Nigeria Plc, Dr. Umaru Abdulmutallab, to detonate chemical explosives aboard Delta Airlines flight 253, from Amsterdam Schiphol to Detroit, the United States.

According to Intelligence sources’ reports gathered on Prison Planet networks and “Forums” of Pravda, a Russian news and analysis medium, Abdulmutallab’s flight from Amsterdam Schiphol to Detroit was said to be a false flag operation carried out by the intelligence tripartite grouping of the United States’ CIA, Israeli’s Foreign Intelligence Agency (Mossad), and Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) of Indian Inteligence.

As stated in Rupee News, the intelligence report also indicted CIA, Mossad and RAW as being behind the December 28 terrorist attack on Mumbai, three days after AbdulMutallab’s foiled attempt.

The three agencies with former Afghan KHAD intelligence agents, the report also said, were behind the assasination of former Pakistani Prime Minister, Benazir Bhutto.

The India’s Rupee News had reported that the Israeli prime minister recently publicly admitted helping India in Kargil, and the aim of this was to distabilise Pakistan after the International Monetary Fund (IMF) failed in 2000 in its attempt to create a provincial autonomy, which would make the Pakistani centre bankrupt and trigger an implosion.

Consequent upon AbdulMutallab’s terrorist act, the US, on Monday, announced new security measures, principal of which was the deployment of privacy-invasive millimeter wave (MMW) equipment to conduct full body scanning at airports in North America and Europe.

This measure has since been defended by the ranking member of the US Homeland Security Committee, Representative Peter King, an ardent defender of the Catholic Church and its prelates in Ireland.

He said the MMW scanning system, which can image the unclothed bodies of passengers, including children and babies, was an increase in the US military and intelligence presence in Yemen.

Also, this new security measure supports retention of US USAPATRIOT Act surveillance provisions,” but it was seen as “an increase in racial profiling of Arabs and Muslims — and because Mutallab is African — blacks in the United States, and more cumbersome travel restrictions for airline passengers.”

But the neocon propagandists in US, who kicked against this development, said such indicated that AbdulMutallab was “a witting accomplice of a larger plot cooked up by American, Israeli, Indian intelligence agents to carry out yet another false flag terror operation on American soil.”

They used the eyewitness testimonies of Michigan attorney, Kurt Haskell, and his attorney wife, Lori Haskell, as criticised by the corporate media after the two featured on major US television networks and said they saw “a well-dressed Indian man arrange for Mutallab to board Delta 253 without a passport at the check-in desk at Schiphol.”

Haskell said on CBS News that: “Only the Indian man spoke, and what he said was, this man needs to board the plane, and he doesn’t have a passport. And the ticket agent then responded saying you need a passport to board the plane, and the Indian man then said he’s from Sudan. We do this all the time.”

The Intelligence report thus affirmed that: “WMR has learned that the Indian man is suspected by Asian intelligence services of being a RAW agent, who used his influence to convince airline and airport security personnel that Mutallab was a bona fide Sudanese refugee.”

According to the report, “Mutallab reportedly spent several hours in a Schiphol airport lounge before boarding the Delta flight and Dutch agents are reportedly scanning Schiphol CCTV footage and have reason to believe that Mutallab had accomplices at the airport, which bolsters the witness accounts of the Haskells.”

It stated further that: “The FBI has interviewed the Haskells and the bureau, as is its modus operandi, appears to be intimidating witnesses and pressuring them to support the government’s party line.”

Against the earlier circulated report that AbdulMutallab travelled to the US without a passport, as stated in the Intelligence report: “The neocon spin machine is also refuting reports that Mutallab travelled to the United States without a passport and that his ticket was only one-way.

“The facts emerging are that Mutallab was not travelling on a Nigerian passport but on an Italian passport.” It said this was possible because his father, Dr. Mutallab “happens to hold the Italian Order of Merit.

“In addition, Mutallab’s ticket was purchased in Accra, Ghana, with $2,831 in cash and was later re-issued, on December 16, with a different itinerary at the KLM office in Lagos.

“The original itinerary was Lagos-Amsterdam-Detroit-Amsterdam-Accra but the return leg on January 8, 2010, was changed from Amsterdam to Lagos instead of Accra.”

All these, the report said could only be made possible by conspiracy from top security agents.

As gathered: “Previously, WMR reported that the security company that cleared Mutallab in Schiphol is ICTS, a firm that is headquartered in Israel and Amstelveen, Netherlands.”

This same firm, according to the Intelligence gathering, also cleared the attempted shoe bomber Richard Reid, for a Miami-bound American Airlines flight from Paris in December 2001.

Reid is currently serving a life sentence in the US.

The report said: “Reid had previously travelled to Turkey, Pakistan, Israel, Egypt, the Netherlands, Belgium and France and he obtained pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN), a component of the explosive Semtex, and his specially designed shoes in Amsterdam.

“Reid was linked by French authorities to French convert to Islam, Jerome Courtailler, who, in 2004, was sentenced in absentia by a Dutch court to six years for plotting to attack US targets in Belgium and France. Mutallab’s undershorts also contained PETN.

With similarities cited in Reid and AbdulMutallab’s tactics, the Intelligence gathering indicated that “There is a possibility that Mutallab was recruited to carry out a false flag attack after another one failed on November 13.”
I have always suspected this was a set-up by the powers that be. . . . . .
FamilyRe: I Want To Quit This Marriage by Sauron1: 1:51am On Jan 07, 2010
4 Play:
As we're running out of gas, would be good for heating the fireplace as it will serve as substitute for coal. Burn the shoes. This is what is wrong with the modern woman!
They value those shoes more than their husbands.
90% of those shoes have never been worn. Some women are just wasteful.
PoliticsRe: Miserable U.k Facing Gas Shortage As Cold Weather Continues by Sauron1: 1:49am On Jan 07, 2010
OMO IBO:
Debosky, will u shut your ori.fice? I was responding to Sauron.

By the way, I'll be picking you up on something i've seen in the link you provided.
Grab a book and read.
Only 5 countries are licensed to produce oil/gas in the North Sea.
Russia have no business in the North Sea - stop fibbing.

Raise your hands up when you goof. Be a gentleman!
FamilyRe: I Want To Quit This Marriage by Sauron1: 1:44am On Jan 07, 2010
michelin89:
Maybe when the man throws the money at her face!!!! cheesy cheesy cheesy cheesy
Maybe when the man whips the woman's butt with a wad of cash. grin

4 Play:
When hubby is not providing her weekly supply of Louis Vuitton and Christian Louboutini shoes/handbags. Met a Naija girl last week who has 150 pairs of shoes! shocked
I know of many with 250 pairs of shoes.

!amebo no1:
IF the guy refuse to give me money na violence i call am naaa grin grin ehn sauron

yes i earn my own, but i am not a feminist, and will always rely on himf for somethings

There is this feeling of protection, joy, happiness alot of women experience when their husbands spoil them silly wink, or comes home and says " baby i want you to go get yourself some more pairs of shoes" i tell you when we go out and someone admires the issue, the way we say " HUSBAND BOUGHT IT FOR ME" will make alot of people green with envy, i tell you it is a cosy feeling

Anyway he knows better than to leave 50 dollars change on the room fridge, he never sets his eyes on it again grin grin grin grin
Now i fully understand!!!!
PoliticsRe: Miserable U.k Facing Gas Shortage As Cold Weather Continues by Sauron1: 1:38am On Jan 07, 2010
OMO IBO:
Not true Hombre
Not true.

It is actually Russian gas, delivered by/through Ukraine.

The countries you mentioned above have zilch to do with anything.
U obviously don't know what you are talking about.
It seems you are on a wind up.
CrimeRe: From Hajj To Jail by Sauron1: 1:35am On Jan 07, 2010
Aloy.Emeka:
Pilgrim Bags 8-year Jail Term in S’Arabia
By Gboyega Akinsanmi, 01.06.2010
Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Lagos

A Lagos State pilgrim arrested during the last hajj exercise in Saudi Arabia over illegal possession of fake $22, 000 has been convicted to serve a jail term of eight years.

http://odili.net/news/source/2010/jan/6/209.html

The pilgrim, simply identified as Alarape from  Agege local government,  had gone for last year’s pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia with about 3,900 other pilgrims from Lagos state to perform the hajj, but  had ulterior motives, which led him to carry along  fake $22, 000.

While the last batch of Lagos pilgrims returned last December, Alarape did not return with them as he was detained by the Saudi police in connection with the offence.

A source in the Lagos State Muslims Pilgrim Board told THISDAY last week that the pilgrim had been convicted and jailed for eight years.

In his reaction, Commissioner for Home Affairs and Culture and leader of the Lagos pilgrims to Saudi Arabia , Alhaji Babatunde Balogun,  said Alarape broke the laws of Saudi Arabia and should bear the consequence of his dastard action.

According to the commissioner, “He (Alarape) broke the law of the land and there is nothing we can do about it.   We warned them, we had seminar for them before we left for Saudi Arabia where we taught them to be good ambassadors of the state and the nation while in the holy land.”

Alarape was arrested in November 2009 by the Saudi Police for being in possession of fake $22, 000 from which he had been spending undetected.

He was said to have successfully exchanged $100 out of the fake money to Saudi Riyadh, while he was later caught as he tried to exchange more of the fake dollars to Saudi currency.

It was gathered that a further search in the room where he lodged in Saudi Arabia led to the discovery of the rest of the fake dollars, leading to his arrest.
Now i know why Naija was blacklisted. . . .
FamilyRe: I Want To Quit This Marriage by Sauron1: 1:32am On Jan 07, 2010
!amebo no1:
Please enough of all marriages go through challenges

As you lay your bed so will you lie on it

i CAN TAKE ANYTHING FROM A MAN, BUT VIOLENCE BOTH EMOTIONALLY, PSCHOLOGICALLY, PHYSICALLY, FINANCIALLY E.T.C

If any of this things happen, i am gone, marriage is not by force it is a choice, i choose to stay alive than allow one useless man beat me to death
Amebo go kill person o.
So there's financial violence?

Biko, explain this to me o. grin

debosky:
Then I shall bear the cross for my lifetime - divorce is wrong. sad

One thing I know is that she won't be able to beat me in heaven. grin grin grin
MINT!!!!!!!!!!!!
PoliticsRe: Miserable U.k Facing Gas Shortage As Cold Weather Continues by Sauron1: 1:29am On Jan 07, 2010
OMO IBO:
Debosky, what you need to clarify or better still understand is that the same gas you claim comes from the Northsea is supplied by Russia.
This is untrue. . . .

Five countries control what happens in the North Sea.

UK
Netherlands
Denmark
Germany
Norway.

Russia have no business there.
FamilyRe: I Want To Quit This Marriage by Sauron1: 1:24am On Jan 07, 2010
debosky:
I will pray to God and ask for her forgiveness - she must've beaten me for something I did wrong.  sad
. . . .And if the beating persists eternally righteously or unrighteously?
FamilyRe: I Want To Quit This Marriage by Sauron1: 1:18am On Jan 07, 2010
debosky:
railuway crew - it's a new year can we please allow the man discuss his marriage?  grin

Na beg I dey beg una oh!
If your missus beats you up, would you walk out of the marriage? grin
As a moderator-in-chief, i will like to know your reaction to this question. cheesy

eldee:
Me?? It's Sly that drags him to clubs.
I like to spend time in church, I even tried to get him to join the ushering department cheesy cheesy

Hmmn . . . I know, it's not me, it's the Lord that's using me to touch you grin grin
What are you?
Moses? Elijah? Nebuchadnezzer? grin

michelin89:
Me envious ke? I am just trying to get back the old you! kiss
Get the new me.

TOPE2000!:
This is a new tope too grin
no more strip-tease tongue
u sef show am LEGS . . . . i hear u have hawt legs wink
Hot legs ke?
Make i see am to approve, biko.

Who dash u? grin cheesy
Selassie I

Me beat my husband? olorun maje shocked shocked
God 4bid bad thing cool
Wow!!!
FamilyRe: I Want To Quit This Marriage by Sauron1: 1:12am On Jan 07, 2010
agabaI23:
I don't have to know who the she is. When a he-goat known to roam the streets begins to stay indoors, it means the owner has either provided a she goat for company or  tettered it. The former more likely applies to this case! grin
Unfortunately for you, Sauron is not a billy-goat.
No nanny-goat can tame this half man-half amazing dude.

!amebo no1:
sauron sweetheart kiss kiss kiss happy new year kiss kiss
Happy New Year, Darling. kiss
We made it!!!!!

TOPE2000!:
We better not sweat sauron too much else he might snap and go back to his old ways grin grin
Tope, stick to the topic.
Na women like you dey beat up their husbands.

michelin89:
I knew it. Let Tope post pics of her bosoms and you'll be forgetting marriage sef, talkless of divorce.

Tope, strip tease!!!! cheesy cheesy cheesy
It seems you are envious of Tope's chesticles.
Michelin, why are you trying to fight, you will never WIN. grin grin
FamilyRe: I Want To Quit This Marriage by Sauron1: 1:09am On Jan 07, 2010
michelin89:
Sauron, wetin happen? Oh my lovely one eyed bodiless fire!

Shey as Frodo don destroy the ring, the source of your evil powers, you don turn to Christ? tongue
Frodo ko? Poldo ni.
The ring is ALIVE!!!
FamilyRe: I Want To Quit This Marriage by Sauron1: 1:06am On Jan 07, 2010
eldee:
I've been rubbing off on him grin grin
You ke?
Tufiakwu!!!

TOPE2000!:
You? I will die tongue
He has changed because he has been goin to church regularly, i need you to stop takin him clubbing angry cheesy
This is a new year. . . . .Old things have passed away.

agabaI23:
Or may be there is a she that is calling him to order. Never underestimate the power of shes
Which SHE?
FamilyRe: I Want To Quit This Marriage by Sauron1: 12:59am On Jan 07, 2010
agabaI23:
The African gene in him has refused to mutate. Thank God ooo!
eldee:
He's actually changed you know.
We went clubbing the other day and he refused to pull. cheesy cheesy
TOPE2000!:
Lol . . . . Hallelujah grin

Twist it however u want
all we knw is that the old sauron woudnt have said what u just said tongue
May God forgive una. smiley
PoliticsRe: Miserable U.k Facing Gas Shortage As Cold Weather Continues by Sauron1: 12:55am On Jan 07, 2010
4 Play:
@Omo Ibo

You are obviously a verminous slowpoke. Let me break it down for you one more time. Russia supplies a 'negligible' quantity of gas to the UK which is transported across the North Sea. However, this gas is separate from the gas produced from the North Sea, otherwise known as North Sea gas.

Plonker, gas transported across the North Sea is not the same as gas produced from the North Sea, the latter is what Debosky is referring to. That you can't understand this exposes you for what you are, a first grade cretin.
This is MURDER.
U wan kill am? grin
FamilyRe: I Want To Quit This Marriage by Sauron1: 12:51am On Jan 07, 2010
TOPE2000!:
I knw sauron didnt write that bull . . .did he? must be the new yr grin
eldee:
shocked shocked shocked shocked shocked shocked shocked shocked shocked shocked

SAURON??
The world is finally coming to an end, the Mayans predicted this!!!
It's 2012!!! cheesy cheesy
This is someone's MARRIAGE not a relationship.
A man cannot just walk out of his marriage - that will be selfish of him.
He must consider his kids. . . . .A trifling wife can be dealt with accordingly.

I just can't stand the concept of DIVORCE.
FamilyRe: I Want To Quit This Marriage by Sauron1: 12:46am On Jan 07, 2010
woman_issu:
PLEASE I NEED YOUR ADVICE.

WE HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR ALMOST 4 YEARS NOW.BUT WE CANNT STAY TOGETHER FOR 24 HOURS WITHOUT ISSUES I.E. FIGHTING.SHE INSULTS ME EVERY NOW AND THEN AT THE SLIGHTEST PROVOCATION.WORSE STILL IS THAT SHE CURSES ME, WHICH TO ME IS THE MOST ANNOYING.ALL SORT OF VERY SERIOUS CURSES OVER  ISSUES.

EVERY YEAR END I WILL CALL HER THAT I CANNT TOLERATE HER CURSES THIS NEW YEAR.SHE CANT EVEN GUARANTEE THAT SHE WONT CAURSE ME THIS NEW YEAR.IF NOT FOR GOD MY LIFE WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY MISERABLE DUE TO HER INCENSANT CURSE ON ME.BUT WHAT I OBSERVED IS THAT SHE HAD NEVER MAKE THE MISTAKE OF CURSING OUR LITTLE DAUGHTER.I HAVE CONFRONTED HER WITH THIS FACT.AM NOT SATISFIED WITH HER EXPANATION.

SHE WOKE UP ONE MORNING ABOUT A WEEK AGO THAT IF I DONT ESTABLISH THE BUSINESS I PROMISED, SO SO AND CURSES,
AM REALLY FED UP WITH THE WHOLE THING.WE ARE LIKE STRANGERS----NO CLOSENESS AT ALL,NO INTIMACY AT ALL.ITS FIGHTING AND FIGHTING EVERYDAY.

AROUND OCTOBER,SHE WENT FOR HER BROTHERS WEDDING,ABOUT 30K OF MY MONEY WENT INTO IT.WHEN SHE CAME BACK THE THIRD DAY,SHE INSULTED ME THAT AM A SlowPoke THAT WHY DIDNT I CALL HER BROTHER ON SATURDAY WHEN EVRYBODY WAS CALLING HIM.
SO MANY ISSUES LIKE THAT.

I HAVE BEEN TELLING HER ALL ALONG I WANT TO QUIT BUT THIS TIME AROUND ITS LIKE MY MIND IT MADE UP.SHE DOESNT BELIEVE SHE IS WRONG IN ANYTHING.SHE HAD EVEN INSULTED MY MOTHER SHE NEVER KNEW IN HER GRACE.
BUT AM A XTIAN BUT AGAIN I CANT CONTINUE TO LIVE AN UNHAPPY LIFE WITH A CURSING WOMAN.WHAT DO I DO?
As a Christian, you need to persevere!!!
No one ever said marriage was an easy thing.

Be patient. cheesy
PoliticsRe: Miserable U.k Facing Gas Shortage As Cold Weather Continues by Sauron1: 12:39am On Jan 07, 2010
TOPE2000!:
craze dey catch u, abi u no wear your glasses ni? grin
I was meant to quote that sheep shagger called paddy lo.
PoliticsRe: Miserable U.k Facing Gas Shortage As Cold Weather Continues by Sauron1: 12:28am On Jan 07, 2010
paddy_lo:
why let me harzad a guess or two. . .
colo-mentality. . .self hatred. . . huh

the funny thing is that some of them defending,havent even travelled out of naija b4
some havent been to uk. . .and others like sauron will sell their fatherland for the queen. . .

now tell me how did slavery start again?
Shut up you [i]c[/i]um-bucket!!!
PoliticsRe: Miserable U.k Facing Gas Shortage As Cold Weather Continues by Sauron1: 12:19am On Jan 07, 2010
TOPE2000!:
Hahahahahahaha . . . .biko u guys shud pls stop with the dissing grin cheesy
The rate at which simpletons are running amok on this Politics section lately is alarming.
PoliticsRe: Miserable U.k Facing Gas Shortage As Cold Weather Continues by Sauron1: 12:11am On Jan 07, 2010
paddy_lo:
@sauron
sorry dude but that pathetic little overcrowded island u call home is a shithole. . .
keep deceiving yourself that its ok. . .its a welfare,council flats basket case
people from there that know better are busy migrating to australia,canada,kenya and yes nigeria
your brain must be on deep freeze. . .
Of course, when you are unfortunate to be related with the Oga Bensons of this world, UK would appear to be a shithole for scums like you.
Migrating to Australia, Canada and Nigeria is because your folks can't work with their fake documents. grin grin grin grin
PoliticsRe: Miserable U.k Facing Gas Shortage As Cold Weather Continues by Sauron1: 12:02am On Jan 07, 2010
paddy_lo:
na today . . . .?
b4 u finish to dey speak big grammer,make u make sure say cold no finish u for there
U have a better chance of seeing snow in Sokoto than the cold killing me here. . . . .
Don't compare my breed with your kind.
Ewu Ara!!!
PoliticsRe: Miserable U.k Facing Gas Shortage As Cold Weather Continues by Sauron1: 11:53pm On Jan 06, 2010
paddy_lo:
mister no 1 UK defender,welcome to the thread. . .just dont freeze to death as u take off your gloves to type rubbish
What a retard. . . .
You are comparing United Kingdom to the hamlet you stay where gas is a rare commodity.
Has anyone complained that they turned ON their gas and nothing came forth?

It's a disgrace the so called graduates Nigeria produce are half-baked.
You cannot decipher a simple article less than 300 words. . . .All you conclude was there is scarcity of gas in the UK.
I don't join issues with morons whose IQs are at par with their shoe-sizes.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Manchester United Fan Thread! We Are The Red Devils! by Sauron1: 11:49pm On Jan 06, 2010
debosky:
@ Sharon
the point of my post is this - Arsenal is in a healthier position than you are - the only asset tied to a long term loan is the stadium at the Emirates, but even that is being serviced and the debt being reduced. In that regard, even if we were to suffer a drop in revenues, it would not threaten our stadium as it were since we have been servicing debts as when due and REDUCING them.
Arsenal are nowhere healthier than Man Utd.
You have humongous debt hanging around your neck and if the Emirates don't sell those flats, your future is bleak.
United on the other hand have a serviceable debt. . . . .Stadium expansion projects would commence this season and the winning mentality is still there. Nothing has changed!!!

No one is saying Utd will go bust - the crux of the matter is that the debt level is getting out of hand - even the Glazers recognise this and is the primary reason why they are seeking out a bond so the debt gets more manageable.
They are seeking out a bond because of the clampdown UEFA/FIFA are about to initiate on Club Owners.
Roman has written off Chelsea's debt. . . .
Just this morning, Abu Dhabi converted Citeh's debt to equity.
Something is about to happen and this is why club owners are active all of a sudden.

TV earnings will pay more, but if you have a significant dent in commercial income and gate takings, it will cause issues.
It won't. . . . .stop predicting gloom and doom.
We have been here before.

How daft - they pay to watch Utd play itself? huh If Arsenal also break off, we will be able to make comparative revenues from our TV rights as well.
How profitable was your Arsenal TV on SKY when it was launched.
Is it still functioning? The TV station was starved to death!!!

If ticket prices sky-rocket and the fans are unable to pay, Utd's gate takings will reduce and that WILL be a problem. Given the recession and job losses, we might not see the effects of the recession on ticket sales till the next set of season-ticket renewals.
There are more than 100,000 United fans ready to pay £500 to see a match at OT!!
If the ticket prices sky-rocket, the die-hard fans will only be priced out by the prawn-cracker brigade fans.
That is happening already. . . . .The last time i went to OT, there were more tourists with their digicams than the OT faithfuls.
As long as money is made, who cares?

A heck of a lot of people - the day Arsene agrees to an Asian tour, Man Utd's dominance there is finished.
I laugh in Ijesha.
United didn't get there in one night. . . . .It took decades to arrest the Asian market.
Arsenal should start from Africa. grin

Without trophies we remain the third most valuable football franchise - with the new team of Ivan Gazidis working hard to improve the club with top marketers from Fox Sports and others on board, the sky is the limit for Arsenal FC.
You don't spend big in the transfer market and you don't win titles.
The club cannot grow in this circumstance and the brand itself adds no value.
Football fans have given up on Arsenal. . . .Y'all are better off breaking away from the league. . .Y'all should be playing STRICTLY exhibition games.

Don't be so sure - we need to watch the next year or so before being so gung-ho. The next set of season-ticket renewals will be key.
I know for certain there are millions of fans waiting to cop their season-tickets.
When the regular fans get priced out, money bags will replace them.

That is if someone is seeking to buy. If someone isn't, the argument above is irrelevant. The Glazers have already said they aren't looking to sell so let's discount that.
The Glazers have their work cut out.
If the Glazers continue to pay their debts United will tick along nicely as they are now. If they find that they can't, they'll sell for a profit, pay off all Glazer-related debts and, assuming the buyout isn't as highly leveraged, United's debt payments will be reduced or removed.

United have huge operational profits, great cashflow, are well managed and stable.
Red Football have the debts and if they can't pay or want to cash in they will do so without significantly affecting the club.
It's quite clear that there are plenty of potential buyers willing to stump up the best part of a billion for United.

This is in two parts - they need Utd to keep being successful, but the power to do that does NOT lie solely in their hands. As Real has shown, they can up their game MASSIVELY and threaten the dominance of the premiership clubs. If Citeh gets their act together, they'll challenge Utd's dominance in England, not mentioning Arsenal and Chelski.
I heard the same thing when Roman took over in 2003. . . . .
Money can't buy class and history. grin grin grin grin
This is Man Utd we are talking about. . . . .not Arsenal!!!!
SAF halted the Roman machine as soon as there was parity in the quality of both teams. . . . . .United is a giant!!!

Yes they need to support revenue generation, but IF they cannot do so due to constraints in the external market - i.e too expensive to lend money or the banks want increased payments, they get into a quandry - hold on to a depreciating asset or sell off some portions of it in order to relieve the debt? It's happened before - Real had to sell it's training centre. Once you start selling off aspects of the club it loses some of it's allure.
If they cannot support revenue generation - they will sell United at a profit to another potential buyer.
Letz face it. . . .If a spastic club like Citeh can attract Abu Dhabi. . . . .Think about the calibre of Billionaires Man Utd will attract.

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