Who told Hill-Wood he could speak? http://uk.sports.yahoo.com/030327/4/dwdfa.html Every time this doddering old fool opens his mouth to the media, which happens at least once or twice a year, he says something that can hurt the club. Last year he was babbling on again about the wage bill and our disciplinary record; the year before it was something else (can't remember exactly, but I'm pretty sure it was something!). Look, I know his family's been running the team for years, but that shouldn't give him license to pop off whenever he feels like it, especially at the risk of hurting the club. This isn't ManUre, where Kenyon and Ferguson desperately hate each other; this isn't Newcastle where the chairmen disparage the local female population; this is Arsenal, and we do things differently here. I don't know if he feels shunned because Dein and Wenger are the ones in the management spotlight, or if he's a glory hunter who just loves to see his name in the media. But somebody needs to pull him aside and tell him that, with nine games still to go to complete the double-double, and gingerly nursing a two-point lead with ManUre and Newcastle breathing down our necks, this isn't the best time to start unsettling our best players.
If Arsenal ever wants to win in Europe, the management needs to "get real" about quotes like that and re-sign their best players. Letting Viera and Pires go would be criminal.
The management sure acts as if we are a small club. I understand that making a 30% profit is important but I believe Pires has signed a multi-year deal already. Cant renegotiate on what has already been done.
Honestly, quotes like this scare the hell out of me. I'm sorry Mr. Hill-Wood, but the profit margin may have to go down 10% or so, otherwise there won't be a need for a new stadium.