@KeenanTodd @Alexlewicki Yeah, definitely not ignoring the context of the crimes.
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Arse2Mouse
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Toe-poked Arsenal opinion served semi-fresh. Currently exiled in 'merica.
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@Alexlewicki @arse2mouse Yep same. I still think he’s a cheque book manager and is stained with 115 charges cheating but ultimately he seems like an ok dude.
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Of all the mangers we’ve had a rivalry with, I really don’t mind Pep at all. He’s obviously the goat, often talks sense, and doesn’t get baited by bullshit like this. Yes it sucked to lose titles to them by I just don’t feel the enmity of a Jose or (worse) Fergie.
City Report@cityreport_
Pep Guardiola responding to @JamieJackson___ probing him about a ‘fallout’ with Mikel Arteta and Arsenal using ‘dark arts’: “If you want to ask a question to try to create some conflict between me and Mikel or Arsenal, I am old enough not to do that. You are how many times here, did I ever use the words ‘dark arts’ about Arsenal? Did you listen to me? You think [they use dark arts?] Go to London and attend Mikel Arteta’s press conference and ask him about that…”
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@arse2mouse Yeah, he seems like a genuinely nice guy.
Also have a soft spot for his brooding, genius persona for some reason.
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@ashton_dan Almost every argument against our approach to set plays falls apart if you try to imagine it being made against any other top club. I mean, we were laughed at for complaining about a player getting elbowed straight in the face from a scoring corner.
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@arse2mouse Once he makes the (should be obvious) point that if you get a corner you have to take it, you do have to wonder what the usual pundits want to happen. Should you actively try NOT to score from the corner?
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Actually remarkable sense spoken by Kyle Walker about our set pieces. Mad that that seems so unusual currently. youtube.com/shorts/fZUqq7B…
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@arse2mouse Difference between people that actively play the game vs people that only play in their dreams and people that haven’t kicked a ball in over a decade.
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Is this what getting mogged means?
Chino@ChinoUTD
🚨 Vitinha on Chelsea trying to score a consolation goal: “At 3–0, the manager told us to calm down and let them play a bit more since we were at their home. We wanted them to get a consolation goal… but the score stayed the same. That surprised us.”
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@timstillman_ Yeah, defenders do seem to adapt more easily. We're on a pretty wild run of hits with White, Mosquera, Gabriel, Cala, Saliba, etc, etc. Tomy was good before the injuries too.
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@arse2mouse for attackers, I think you're probably right.
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Eze and Gyokeres so much more connected to the team now. No longer passengers waiting for a shot or a moment but both becoming much more a part of how the team builds attacks.
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The other Big Six clubs (lol spurs) ought to put more respect on our name, given that it looks like we could be single-handedly propping up the Champion's League coefficient this year.
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@_sash1 Distraction for whom? Dad handled it fine. Means the next spoofer will think twice. I’ve no idea why you’re so determined to protect the rep of someone who was out to exploit the club and a young player for their own gain.
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@arse2mouse Can still be handled without being a controversy on social media. Doesn't do any good to any party involved. Just look at the comments on Robert's post. It's an unnecessary distraction.
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Despite my advancing years, I am still shocked by the shamelessness of people. I would also probably delete my account rather than have to cop to something this embarrassing.
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@smurph1905 What do you think the financial system is tied to genius?
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@arse2mouse 'Gaming the financial system'
You need to read the statement. There was no financial gain.
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Winter is right that CFC got off lightly. The punishment for 36 instances of gaming the financial system is a fine they will barely notice and a suspended sentence transfer ban. If punishment is supposed to act as a deterrent, there is almost none here.
Henry Winter@henrywinter
Good result for Chelsea: club fined only £10m and given a suspended transfer ban after Premier League found 36 separate undisclosed payments totalling £47.5m made “to 12 persons or entities on behalf of the club”. Lenient sanctions. No sporting sanctions. Yet these are serious offences, as the sanction agreement between the PL and Chelsea makes clear, stating “they were not only obvious and deliberate breaches of the rules but also because they involved deception and concealment in relation to financial matters”. Yet no points deductions. Just a manageable (if record) fine and a “suspended one-year first-team player transfer ban (suspended for two years)”. Surely they gained a sporting advantage by recruiting such players? So surely a sporting sanction should be in order? And where's the consistency? In 2008, Luton Town received a 10-point deduction for irregularities in dealing with agents (nb from FA). There still could be some further sanctions by the FA following its "ongoing investigation". PL points to mitigating factors: current owners Clearlake/Todd Boehly in May 2022 voluntarily self-reported potential historical breaches from the Roman Abramovich era. Club co-operated extensively and helped provide (with others) 10,000 documents for PL investigation. PL established “that between 2011 and 2018, undisclosed payments by third parties associated with the club were made to players, unregistered agents and other third parties”. Payments related to the purchases of players including Eden Hazard, Willian, Samuel Eto’o, David Luiz, Andre Schurrle and Nemanja Matic - there is no suggestion any were aware of the illicit payments. The detailed work of the investigators – and level of Clearlake’s co-operation – is impressive. The sanctions less so. It is a legitimate debate: should a club be punished for offences under a previous owner? Yes, most fans of other clubs would scream. It's a deterrent. And the value of those players' contribution and subsequent sales arguably still benefits the club. PL also investigated “potential breaches of the Premier League’s Youth Development Rules, committed by a former senior employee, relating to the club’s registration of Academy players between 2019 and 2022”. Again, self-reported by the club, this time in 2025. Chelsea punished with £750,000 fine and immediate nine-month ban from registering academy players from PL and EFL clubs. #CFC
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@_sash1 It’s not about being nice, it’s about someone going on national TV to talk about they’re influence on your son when you barely even remember them being there. Surely you see the difference between the and the father’s post. You don’t owe a liar politeness.
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@arse2mouse It doesn't look nice to put down someone as "just the cone guy". Infact the coach guy handled it more gracefully than Dowman's father, which came out as bit arrogant.
Both people need to stay off social media when focus should be on a career and keep their heads down.
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