Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Do the BBC make it up?

Compare the squad published by the BBC in their preview of tonights Semi-Final against Tottenham:

As published by the BBC:

Arsenal (from): Fabianski, J Hoyte, Gallas, Senderos, Traore, Diaby, Denilson, Gilberto, Eduardo, Walcott, Bendtner, Mannone, Sagna, Rosicky, Randall, Gibbs, Lansbury, G Hoyte.


As published by Arsenal:

DIABY, SAGNA,
FABREGAS, EDUARDO, GALLAS, HLEB, DENILSON, FLAMINI, GILBERTO, FABIANSKI (GK), ADEBAYOR, BENDTNER, TRAORE, HOYTE, WALCOTT, MANNONE (GK)

Friday, January 11, 2008

What's happened to Usmanov?

Usmanov hasn't bought any shares for a whileHas Usmanov given up in his pursuit of Arsenal shares? There have been no trades in Arsenal shares since 17th December, where previously trading had been taking place on most days.

He may have reached the limit on who was prepared to sell, as there are still plenty of hard core supporters who have small shareholdings. The Arsenal Supporters Trust has also recently backed the Board's lockdown agreement, meaning there aren't that many potential sellers left.

Or maybe he has just lost all his wealth in the recent credit crunch ;->