Fine Raises The Bar
At last there is some news, of sorts, to comment on this morning in relation to Arsenal.
There is a degree of indignation in the air that both the Gunners and Chelsea have been fined £100,000 for their respective contributions to the world handbag throwing championships at Cardiff.
Double standards at the governing body are coming into play here as people who have criticised the small fines that have been handed out to other miscreants cry foul.
Let’s be honest, that fine will not hurt either club. It does however set the bar that little bit higher for when the next high profile incident occurs. Both clubs will be watching on with interest, assuming of course they are not involved once again.
According to a report on Arsenal News Review Ken Friar has transferred a number of Arsenal shares to Peter Hill-Wood at no cost. The quantity appears insignificant in percentage terms, but once again raises the question of just what is going on at the moment.
The media may be putting two and two together and making seven, but recent activity is certainly not designed to dampen takeover rumours. For now I will content myself in the knowledge that Ken Friar is very much an Arsenal man, and whatever he has done will have been with the best interests of the club at heart.
New 'Holic is just days away!
posted by Goonerholic @ 8:45 AM
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A clear double standard is in place. Have a look at this incident between Tottenham and Middlesborough:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oo4VOhN4K04
Tell me it's not the same type of incident, if not worse than what happened between Arsenal and Chelsea. Then try to understand why Tottenham were only fined 4000 pounds: http://www.thefa.com/TheFA/Disciplinary/NewsAndFeatures/Postings/2007/02/SpursBorocharge.htm
You are right anon, of course. The point I am making (badly!) is that the FA have now set a new standard for future cases. The next time something similar happens we'll see if they maintain the standard that they themselves have now set. We've lost a player we shouldn't have, our manager is about to be hit for telling the truth, and they had to be seen to come down hard on us for fear of implying they had made an almighty cock up. Now they have to deal with future miscreants in a similar fashion, don't they?
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