Headlights look like diamonds

From: FarrFetchedAndy
Sent: 28 July 2008 17:42
To: DogFace
Cc: dhjackal; ChampionshipJohn
Subject: Re: lucky charms are Farr fetched!

lol
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From: DogFace
Sent: 28 July 2008 16:44
To: dhjackal; ChampionshipJohn; FarrFetchedAndy
Subject: RE: lucky charms are Farr fetched!

I thought it was funny... sorry. I'll include smiles in future.

So - next time we are in a pub and there's some big angry bloke can I tell him that you think he's a bit girly?

;-)
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From: dhjackal
Sent: 28 July 2008 16:42
To: DogFace; ChampionshipJohn; FarrFetchedAndy
Subject: RE: lucky charms are Farr fetched!

There is a lot of anger in your e-mails and anger is a female trait.
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From: DogFace
Sent: 28 July 2008 16:40
To: dhjackal; ChampionshipJohn; FarrFetchedAndy
Subject: RE: lucky charms are Farr fetched!

No - would you like some tissue to clean the shit of your red spectacles?
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From: dhjackal
Sent: 28 July 2008 16:39
To: DogFace; ChampionshipJohn; FarrFetchedAndy
Subject: RE: lucky charms are Farr fetched!

Would you like some tissue to clean your forehead???
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From: DogFace
Sent: 28 July 2008 16:36
To: dhjackal; ChampionshipJohn; FarrFetchedAndy
Subject: RE: lucky charms are Farr fetched!

Well 16 years of backhanders to the refs, economical dominance and the liquidity of the Irish betting markets can certainly buy you a few bits of silverwear... but I digress.

All our best players have left? Are you high?

Your second best player will leave and you just shelled out 32 big ones to keep your best!

Ha!

Also - only a manu fan would come out with the statement: "3 seasons without a trophy" in the pejorative – as if 3 seasons is a long time… well it is a long time if your team successfully cheats its way to trophies that it can't win through merit, yes – but in the real world 3 years isn't that much.

Also – with regards to your bet, I can get better odds with a betting exchange so I would have to have 'mug' written on my forehead to put money down with you... I'll bet you a pint though that Ronaldo is off!
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From: dhjackal
Sent: 28 July 2008 16:24
To: DogFace; ChampionshipJohn; FarrFetchedAndy
Subject: RE: lucky charms are Farr fetched!

And you've always been screwed!!!

3 seasons without a trophy and all your best players have left. Lucky for you Senderos has stayed.

Does anyone want to have a season bet this year? Usual rules apply. My team v yours – or are you all bottlers?
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From: DogFace
Sent: 28 July 2008 16:22
To: dhjackal; ChampionshipJohn; FarrFetchedAndy
Subject: RE: lucky charms are Farr fetched!

...Where as United are screwed now that Ronaldo has left...
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From: dhjackal
Sent: 28 July 2008 16:21
To: DogFace; ChampionshipJohn; FarrFetchedAndy
Subject: RE: lucky charms are Farr fetched!

CHAMPIONS OF EUROPE

Oh

And

CHAMPIONS OF ENGLAND

Altogether now

United
United
United

We love United…we do
We love United…we do
We love United
We do
Oh United we love you
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From: DogFace
Sent: 28 July 2008 16:12
To: ChampionshipJohn; FarrFetchedAndy
Cc: dhjackal
Subject: RE: lucky charms are Farr fetched!

Man Shitty to get 4th – doubt it?

I think Everton maybe… besides – Liverpool are looking at 6th or 7th – behind Portsmouth probably.

;-)
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From: ChampionshipJohn
Sent: 28 July 2008 16:04
To: FarrFetchedAndy; DogFace; dhjackal
Subject: lucky charms are Farr fetched!

Everyone knows Liverpool will be 5th in the Premiership this year.

Right behind the usual top 3 and Man City.
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From: dhjackal
Sent: 28 July 2008 16:00
To: DogFace; ChampionshipJohn; FarrFetchedAndy
Subject: RE: lucky charms

Saddened. He's obviously been misadvised. Last year he won the Carling Cup and he's never going to win anything else? It's a shame really as he's better than that.
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From: FarrFetchedAndy
Sent: 28 July 2008 17:42
To: dhjackal; DogFace; ChampionshipJohn
Subject: lucky charms
So how do you feel about Irelands greatest player ending up at Anfield dhjackal? This could be our year!
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[30/07/2008 11:21:31] DogFace says: "Tottenham will splash out £36m to bring Blackburn's David Bentley and Andrei Arshavin from Zenit St Petersburg to White Hart Lane."
[30/07/2008 11:21:53] DogFace says: Ha, ha, they fell for it - Arshavin!!! Stupid bastards!
[30/07/2008 11:23:33] DogFace says: And Bentley too - he's going to get some stick if he signs for the scum.
[30/07/2008 11:25:49] dhjackal says: What you doing for lunch?
[30/07/2008 11:26:58] DogFace says: Dunno – I got nowt.
[30/07/2008 11:25:00] dhjackal says: Spurs are going to run you close next season
[30/07/2008 11:26:04] DogFace says: Get to fuck!
[30/07/2008 11:26:08] dhjackal says: watch
[30/07/2008 11:26:14] DogFace says: They may run YOU close.
[30/07/2008 11:26:29] dhjackal says: are you on crack?
[30/07/2008 11:26:34] DogFace says: No - are you? Saying 'spurs will run us close' is as good as saying we're shite.
[30/07/2008 11:26:42] dhjackal says: how many points did you finish behind us last season?
[30/07/2008 11:26:49] dhjackal says: i lost count
[30/07/2008 11:27:03] DogFace says: Well - we were robbed of way more points last season than we finished behind you... which means that, in actuality, we won it.
[30/07/2008 11:27:14] dhjackal says: course you were
[30/07/2008 11:27:17] DogFace says: How many of your matches were rigged?
[30/07/2008 11:27:20] DogFace says: I lost count...
[30/07/2008 11:27:22] dhjackal says: it wasn't anything to do with you being shite
[30/07/2008 11:27:41] DogFace says: No - it wasn't it was clear robbery.
[30/07/2008 11:27:55] dhjackal says: your not as good as you think
[30/07/2008 11:28:02] dhjackal says: sooner you realise that the better
[30/07/2008 11:28:04] DogFace says: You're right - we are way better than I think.
[30/07/2008 11:28:09] dhjackal says: wake up and smell the coffee
[30/07/2008 11:28:21] dhjackal says: excuses
[30/07/2008 11:28:23] dhjackal says: excuses
[30/07/2008 11:28:27] DogFace says: Denial
[30/07/2008 11:28:29] DogFace says: Denial
[30/07/2008 11:28:30] dhjackal says: we was robbed mate
[30/07/2008 11:28:32] DogFace says: Denial!
[30/07/2008 11:28:33] dhjackal says: WHATEVER
[30/07/2008 11:28:39] dhjackal says: we was robbed
[30/07/2008 11:28:41] DogFace says: ooh well...
[30/07/2008 11:28:45] DogFace says: ...let's see shall we...
[30/07/2008 11:28:49] dhjackal says: you sound like FarrFetchedAndy going on about liverpool
[30/07/2008 11:29:04] dhjackal says: we was robbed govner
[30/07/2008 11:29:08] dhjackal says: fixed
[30/07/2008 11:29:09] DogFace says: ...what would you call it when 12 key decisions (maybe more) go against you back to back?
[30/07/2008 11:29:09] dhjackal says: cheated
[30/07/2008 11:29:12] dhjackal says: robbed
[30/07/2008 11:29:17] DogFace says: Come on?
[30/07/2008 11:29:19] DogFace says: You are a betting man - what are the odds... 1 in 2^12 – that's over 4000/1!!?!
[30/07/2008 11:29:19] dhjackal says: = NOT GOOD ENOUGH
[30/07/2008 11:29:46] DogFace says: = MATHAMATICALLY PROVEN
[30/07/2008 11:29:49] DogFace says: fuckwit
[30/07/2008 11:29:50] dhjackal says: how many went your way
[30/07/2008 11:30:19] DogFace says: Well - in the 12 back to back that happened when we were running away with the premiership title; exactly zero.
[30/07/2008 11:30:32] DogFace says: But, more interestingly - how many key decisions went your way?
[30/07/2008 11:30:36] DogFace says: Hmmm...?
[30/07/2008 11:30:59] DogFace says: Was that was equally improbable... mathematically speaking?
[30/07/2008 11:31:16] DogFace says: Still - as a 'thick-as-pigshit' manure or scouse biased commentator might say – 'it all evens out'? Forgive me if I don't subscribe to that.
[30/07/2008 11:46:26] DogFace says: Anyway - fuck all this, it's nearly lunchtime and it's park weather!
[30/07/2008 11:48:41] DogFace says: OK - right, hang on a moment, this is a fucking quality rumour!!!!
"Paul Gascoigne is said to be considering a coaching job with Newcastle. (The Sun) "
(rofl)
[30/07/2008 11:52:06] dhjackal says: :-\
[30/07/2008 11:52:20] DogFace says: They are so relegated!
[30/07/2008 11:52:30] DogFace says: ...it's long overdue...
[30/07/2008 11:52:34] dhjackal says: not happening
[30/07/2008 11:53:12] DogFace says: For what reasons?
[30/07/2008 11:53:28] dhjackal says: theres worse than them in the league
[30/07/2008 11:53:29] dhjackal says: end of
[30/07/2008 11:53:38] DogFace says: Err...
[30/07/2008 11:53:42] DogFace says: ...who?
[30/07/2008 11:53:49] DogFace says: Who is possibly worse than Newcastle?
[30/07/2008 11:53:50] dhjackal says: Fulham
[30/07/2008 11:53:55] DogFace says: WHAT????
[30/07/2008 11:53:57] dhjackal says: West Brom
[30/07/2008 11:53:59] DogFace says: Maybe..
[30/07/2008 11:53:59] dhjackal says: Stoke
[30/07/2008 11:54:01] dhjackal says: Hull
[30/07/2008 11:54:04] DogFace says: HULL!?!?!?
[30/07/2008 11:54:07] dhjackal says: get a grip
[30/07/2008 11:54:15] DogFace says: Fulham and Hull are far better than Newcastle.
[30/07/2008 11:54:25] dhjackal says: okay we'll have a bet on it
[30/07/2008 11:54:39] DogFace says: What's the bet? Fulham V Newcastle?
[30/07/2008 11:54:56] dhjackal says: i'll back Newcastle over Fulham and Hull
[30/07/2008 11:55:13] dhjackal says: no
[30/07/2008 11:55:18] dhjackal says: you said Fulham and HUll
[30/07/2008 11:55:24] dhjackal says: or are you bottling it
[30/07/2008 11:55:24] DogFace says: So if Newcastle finishes above Hull and below Fulham I win?
[30/07/2008 11:55:38] DogFace says: i.e. Fulham AND Hull?
[30/07/2008 11:55:49] DogFace says: We should get this clear...
[30/07/2008 11:56:07] dhjackal says: you said
[30/07/2008 11:56:10] dhjackal says: and i quote
[30/07/2008 11:56:20] dhjackal says: [30/07/2008 11:54:15] DogFace says: Fulham and Hull are far better than Newcastle
[30/07/2008 11:56:30] DogFace says: So - Newcastle over Fulham AND Hull?
[30/07/2008 11:56:35] dhjackal says: so BOTH will finsh above Newcastle
[30/07/2008 11:56:42] dhjackal says: yes
[30/07/2008 11:56:49] dhjackal says: Newcastle over fulham AND hull
[30/07/2008 11:56:54] DogFace says: You are also saying that Newcastle will finish above BOTH!!??!
[30/07/2008 11:57:00] dhjackal says: yes
[30/07/2008 11:57:10] dhjackal says: do you need me to break it down for you?
[30/07/2008 11:57:26] DogFace says: So – the scenario where Fulham finish above Newcastle but Newcastle finish above Hull - who wins?
[30/07/2008 11:57:33] dhjackal says: me
[30/07/2008 11:57:36] DogFace says: Fuck that!
[30/07/2008 11:57:40] dhjackal says: loser
[30/07/2008 11:57:47] DogFace says: Do I have 'crack fiend' written on my forehead?
[30/07/2008 11:57:53] dhjackal says: you've got balls the size of peanuts
[30/07/2008 11:58:01] dhjackal says: you talk shit
[30/07/2008 11:58:06] DogFace says: You are trying to steal from me!
[30/07/2008 11:58:08] dhjackal says: and then have nothing to back it up
[30/07/2008 11:58:22] DogFace says: Look - I could go to betfair and get 675-1 on that
[30/07/2008 11:58:25] dhjackal says: [30/07/2008 11:54:15] DogFace says: Fulham and Hull are far better than Newcastle
[30/07/2008 11:58:29] dhjackal says: yadda yadda
[30/07/2008 11:58:31] DogFace says: Where as you are offering me 2-1
[30/07/2008 11:58:34] DogFace says: ...so...
[30/07/2008 11:58:53] DogFace says: You could lay it off and if I win I get £10 and you get £3000
[30/07/2008 11:58:58] DogFace says: How is that fair?
[30/07/2008 11:59:10] dhjackal says: it's about backing up what your saying
[30/07/2008 11:59:16] DogFace says: EXACTLY
[30/07/2008 11:59:21] dhjackal says: not about winning loads of money
[30/07/2008 11:59:29] DogFace says: You said that Newcastle were better than both!
[30/07/2008 11:59:34] dhjackal says: yes
[30/07/2008 11:59:38] dhjackal says: [30/07/2008 11:54:15] DogFace says: Fulham and Hull are far better than Newcastle
[30/07/2008 11:59:40] DogFace says: So back it up bad boy!
[30/07/2008 11:59:53] DogFace says: That quote was my RESPONSE.
[30/07/2008 11:59:56] dhjackal says: so Fulham AND Hull will finish above Newcastle
[30/07/2008 12:00:06] dhjackal says: if they don't you lose
[30/07/2008 12:00:11] dhjackal says: £20
[30/07/2008 12:00:11] DogFace says: It was you who FIRST said that Newcastle were better than them
[30/07/2008 12:00:24] dhjackal says: and i'm sticking with it
[30/07/2008 12:00:42] DogFace says: Let's say that you win if Newcastle finishes above Fulham and Hull...
[30/07/2008 12:00:45] DogFace says: ...otherwise I win £10.
[30/07/2008 12:01:08] dhjackal says: that's not what you said
[30/07/2008 12:01:09] DogFace says: You not got the pods?
[30/07/2008 12:01:13] dhjackal says: YOU SAID
[30/07/2008 12:01:16] DogFace says: No - that's what YOU said.
[30/07/2008 12:01:21] DogFace says: And YOU SAID IT FIRST!
[30/07/2008 12:01:22] dhjackal says: both were better than Newcastle
[30/07/2008 12:01:23] dhjackal says: Hello
[30/07/2008 12:01:25] DogFace says: So your argument falls to tatters.
[30/07/2008 12:01:28] dhjackal says: BOTH
[30/07/2008 12:01:33] DogFace says: Yes BOTH.
[30/07/2008 12:01:39] DogFace says: That's my point!!!
[30/07/2008 12:01:39] dhjackal says: how can both be better if one finishes below Newcastle
[30/07/2008 12:01:41] dhjackal says: ?
[30/07/2008 12:01:43] dhjackal says: well?
[30/07/2008 12:01:53] DogFace says: You said that they were better than both...
[30/07/2008 12:02:09] DogFace says: Going on what YOU said - I might as well sling West Brom into it as well to give me slightly better odds.
[30/07/2008 12:02:53] DogFace says: If I may quote back at you:
[30/07/2008 11:53:49] DogFace says: Who is possibly worse than Newcastle?
[30/07/2008 11:53:50] dhjackal says: Fulham
[30/07/2008 11:53:55] DogFace says: WHAT????
[30/07/2008 11:53:57] dhjackal says: West Brom
[30/07/2008 11:53:59] DogFace says: No way!
[30/07/2008 11:53:59] dhjackal says: Stoke
[30/07/2008 11:54:01] dhjackal says: Hull
[30/07/2008 12:03:02] DogFace says: Right; I'll have those 4 then.
[30/07/2008 12:03:16] DogFace says: And if Newcastle finishes below any one of them; I win.
[30/07/2008 12:03:18] dhjackal says: listen the bet is Newcastle v Fulham and Hull
[30/07/2008 12:03:34] DogFace says: The bet is what you said and you said it first.
[30/07/2008 12:03:45] dhjackal says: that wasn't a bet
[30/07/2008 12:03:48] DogFace says: Yes it was.
[30/07/2008 12:03:50] dhjackal says: it was an observation
[30/07/2008 12:04:00] DogFace says: You not got the balls - is that what you are saying?
[30/07/2008 12:04:18] DogFace says: You can't back up your observations with cash?
[30/07/2008 12:04:27] DogFace says: I'm disappointed in you - I thought you were a man.
[30/07/2008 12:04:42] dhjackal says: you're doing what you always do
[30/07/2008 12:04:42] DogFace says: ...but you're just a little girl...
[30/07/2008 12:04:44] dhjackal says: wriggle out
[30/07/2008 12:04:51] DogFace says: My bet is on the table.
[30/07/2008 12:04:54] dhjackal says: change the bet
[30/07/2008 12:05:03] dhjackal says: and than wriggle
[30/07/2008 12:05:03] DogFace says: I pulled up a seat and slapped it down...
[30/07/2008 12:05:14] DogFace says: So you got to ask yourself – are you man enough?
[30/07/2008 12:05:20] dhjackal says: lets tak at lunch
[30/07/2008 12:05:25] DogFace says: ok
[30/07/2008 12:05:34] DogFace says: We'll come to some agreement.
[30/07/2008 14:21:15] dhjackal says: when are you going to buy me my pint
[30/07/2008 14:21:16] dhjackal says: http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=558496&sec=england&cc=5739
[30/07/2008 14:32:06] dhjackal says: well
[30/07/2008 14:32:11] dhjackal says: (beer)
[30/07/2008 14:32:22] dhjackal says: a nice cold Heineken please
[30/07/2008 14:35:17] DogFace says: what's that got to do with anything?
[30/07/2008 14:35:23] DogFace says: Ronaldo is midfield!
[30/07/2008 14:35:48] dhjackal says: so is Van Der Vart
[30/07/2008 14:35:55] dhjackal says: right midfield
[30/07/2008 14:36:06] DogFace says: Ronaldo can play all over the midfield
[30/07/2008 14:36:43] dhjackal says: so can Van Der Vaaart
[30/07/2008 14:36:49] DogFace says: "down the left, down the right" as I recall
[30/07/2008 14:37:09] dhjackal says: it's actually "on the left, on the right"
[30/07/2008 14:37:11] DogFace says: so - he'd be really good with Ronaldo then? They could keep swapping
[30/07/2008 14:37:12] dhjackal says: but close
[30/07/2008 14:37:25] dhjackal says: as in
[30/07/2008 14:37:31] dhjackal says: He plays on the left
[30/07/2008 14:37:33] DogFace says: They don't sing it much when he plays Arsenal as he's always OWNED
[30/07/2008 14:37:36] dhjackal says: he plays on the right
[30/07/2008 14:37:42] dhjackal says: that boy ronaldo
[30/07/2008 14:37:49] dhjackal says: makes England look shite
[30/07/2008 14:38:08] dhjackal says: owned?
[30/07/2008 14:38:16] dhjackal says: we rested him the last time we played you
[30/07/2008 14:38:19] DogFace says: Yeah - owned and in the pocket.
[30/07/2008 14:38:20] dhjackal says: and still hammered you
[30/07/2008 14:38:24] dhjackal says: 4-0
[30/07/2008 14:38:28] DogFace says: You rested him because if we made him look shit again it might affect the transfer fee for when you sell him to Real Madrid.
[30/07/2008 14:38:44] DogFace says: FA cup... oh right - big match
[30/07/2008 14:38:57] dhjackal says: we hammered you in the league and all
[30/07/2008 14:38:59] dhjackal says: twice
[30/07/2008 14:39:06] DogFace says: UTTER SHITE
[30/07/2008 14:39:30] DogFace says: A draw and a victory via a dubious penalty after we played you off the fucking park is not a hammering.
[30/07/2008 14:39:39] DogFace says: It was fixed!
[30/07/2008 14:39:44] DogFace says: And you know it!
[30/07/2008 14:39:45] dhjackal says: here we go again
[30/07/2008 14:39:51] dhjackal says: the same old shit
[30/07/2008 14:40:02] DogFace says: ...indeed it is...
[30/07/2008 14:40:09] DogFace says: Same old shit for 16 years!

The Pacific will pacify us when we're done

Well... there is not much going on at the moment so I might as well just make some stuff up to suit my own agenda and sell a few blog posts to the mugs... oh wait – no, the media has beaten me to it!

 

In that case there is something going on at Arsenal to blog about - I'll just bitch about the media... is that irony?

 

The campaign continues – the other day the current bun ran an article penned by Mark Irwin on Hleb, quoting that he said all sorts of defamatory shit about Wenger and Fabregas.  This story was carefully constructed to cause maximum outrage in the fan base and a maximum destabilisation in the dressing room, check it out:

 

"Hleb's new Gunners blast" – synopsis: can we all please just agree that Hleb is a cunt yeah?

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/article1392828.ece

 

Where as Hleb immediately denied it:

http://setanta.com/en/Sport/News/Football/2008/07/08/Premier-League-Hleb-denies-quotes/

 

Let's consider a moment some of the other Sun gems that have crawled onto the sports pages over the last 10 days and put this into the perspective of what their motives might be:

 

"Gunners exodus worry for Sag" – synopsis: Arsenal are shit... yeah? Sinking ship. Blah. Get onto your agent.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/article1403210.ece

 

"Robin gets up close Van Pers-onal" – synopsis: Van-Persie is a homosexual... or just very confident in his sexuality (I can't actually work this one out).

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/article1402924.ece

 

"Aaron reveals his dark secret" – synopsis: Aaron Ramsay actually thinks Man-u are way better than Arsenal despite snubbing them.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/article1391426.ece

 

"Arsenal hit by Gael warning" – synopsis: All agents that represent Arsenal players; cash in while you can!

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/article1315244.ece

 

"Manu wants 400% pay increase" – All Arsenal players must call their agents now and cash in while they can!  And by the way all you Arsenal fans should really hate him, I mean – just look at his smug fucking face, no 'respect' init or something (Meanwhile the Sun's fat hero Lampard gets a 'totally deserved' £140,000 a week).

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/article1341176.ece

 

Enough – I could go on and on!  I would encourage anyone with the slightest interest in football to boycott this divisive little gutter-rag at their earliest convenience... this is something that I admire the population of Merseyside immensely for – never forget, rip it up and burn it... talking of which i.e. the 88/89 season – have you seen the new away kit?  I have heard a lot of people slating it but I think it's a corker... it brings back memories of Michael Thomas breaking Hansen's cold black heart in the last minute of the last game of the season... hey - maybe that's why he hates Arsenal so much?  Maybe that's why he (and the Sun) laid into Gallas so heavily when he decided to sit on the St. Andrews turf in the despair and injustice of a tragic day of a tragic season... painful memories indeed.

 

The media frustrates me in many ways, not just because of the unified hate campaign against Arsenal, that has strengthened over the last few seasons, for having the audacity to not sell out to the Murdoch Empire and/or bookmaking industry (yet) but also because of the unified web of lies and utter disrespect it has for its consumers.  We are here as mere fucking livestock while the big boys muscle it out for their own personal agendas... the next time you pick up a paper or watch the news, think to yourself... is this actually news or am I just being distracted, pacified and isolated from a better life?

 

The other day a 'news' story caught my ear on the BBC – some celebrity married/shagged some other celebrity (in the celebrity world of 1+1=3 a gestalt celebrity was born) and produced a child (which became one with and inherited celebrity status from the gestalt whole 1+1+1=5).  The news was that the child had finally been given a name... a stupid fucking name (more stupid = more 'special') at that – so, what... was I supposed to be on the edge of my seat here waiting for the next spoilt brat fuck-nasty cocaine Hoover to be issued with a moniker? 

 

"Family, come quick – they are about to announce the name of the newest Celebrity!  Gather round!!" - Dogface

 

One day all news will be 'celebrity news' and the real issues of the world that absolutely, directly effect you will be kept well outside of your cosy little bubble.  Your kids will just accept it because you tolerated it like a good little piggy.

 

Call yourself an 'individual' - ha!?  Don't say that I didn't warn you!

 

Anyway – back to Arsenal and football.  The Celebrification of football players by the media is a device that is pushed onto targeted players directly or the perception of that player indirectly; it is a device that, if accepted, can not only sell a lot of media product but it can also exert an element of control on that particular player for a hidden/obvious agenda i.e. certain expectations can be built in the player (direct), fans and club (indirect) with a few well aimed half truths and outright lies.

 

"...I gotta make my move, 'cause I'm a renegade

I recognise when mind techniques are being played

It's a plot they use to keep down another

Here comes another brainwashed brother..." - Ice-T

 

So before you all start slagging off Hleb, Adebayor and Wenger (and whoever's next on the hit list) and bang on about how Arsenal is falling apart and why isn't anyone doing anything – try to think back and remember where these thoughts came from.  It isn't 'common sense' and it isn't even 'your' opinion – it was constructed from the chaotic flood of information and disinformation that has been targeted to isolate you from your actual opinion.

 

Do not accept it and think – what are the real issues with Arsenal?  What should actually concern me here?  Let me remind a few of you of the facts as there are some who seem to have lost the plot: 

• We were cheated out of the Premiership title last season (call it a conspiracy or call it business).
• We were (and continue to be) the victim of a directed media smear/destabilisation campaign (try to think back at just how angry you were watching MOTD or listening to that little cock-sucker of a commentator blow smoke up the referee's arse).
• We have the likes of Stan Kronke (and hence the bookmaking industry) gaining a seat on the board.
• We have the personification of Jabba the Hutt and his cackling minion (David Dein) attempting to mount a hostile takeover of our club.
• We have the best team on the planet.
• We have the best manager on the planet.
• The newspapers are lying to you.
• The pundits are lying to you.
• The agents are lying to you.
• The moneymen are lying to you.

This coming season is going to be important for Arsenal in many ways... the question is – how will we play the game?

 

Oh yeah - *Arsenal News* – we just signed Nasri... but you already knew that.

We try but we don't have long

It's finally over – Spain played a great game of football and won and Fabregas got some silverware - Hoorah! He was up first to collect his medal too... let's hope he can get a few more this season with Arsenal!

With regards to gambling... well – I lost overall. It's very hard to predict these things without first knowing all the variables. I did have a fiver on Russia as a 'wildcard bet' before the tournament started (as recommended by The Joker on his blog); I got terrific odds and if they had got to the final then I'm pretty sure that Germany would have been robbed... thankfully (for the sake of the game rather than for the sake of my wallet) Russia got no quarter from the ref in the semi final and Spain were just too good for them. So – my advice is to avoid betting unless you have some inside info... and if you must bet then do your research and consider all the variables you can discover – some teams will agree a draw to gain a point and gather stamina for the next fixture, some teams will under-perform to get the draw they want in the next round and some teams will have a corrupting influence over the officials, some teams will take a little something to give them extra pep... and, last but not least, some teams will have a political influence over the governing bodies of the sport – it all adds up!

*Adebayor News*

It looks like I might have been a bit hasty about Adebayor... right after I posted my last post (and an irate call from his agent about the diminishing value of his 10%) he started umming and ahhing... there have also been figures bandied about circa £30,000,000! I would say that Wenger would be tempted – after all, he's only had 1 good season and a lot of that form was dependent on the Eduardo factor. So – is the uncertainty about Ade's future now down to Vincenzo, Adebayor or Arsene?

There are many options on the table now...

Adebayor has a choice, he could be the next Henry or he could be the next Anelka... it's as simple as that really... let's wait and see.