we are owned by 2 billionaires yet they haven't invested in any players like other club billionaire sugar daddys.
Even if we had some solid alternatives we'd have saved a few points against lower teams this season. We had no options on the bench in many games. Like I've been saying all season we needed solid squad additions (Piskie, afcftw, Toledo know about this too well, though they don't berate me so much for it now), as we weren't ever just one or two world class players away from challenging. Like I said even after the Ozil signing, the transfer window was horrendous, considering how **** our squad depth is. Chance is if Wenger ****s off this season he will leave us with a team that needs at least 6 reinforcements in the next transfer window. (considering the players likely leaving)
We are not owned by two billionaires.Usmanov may well own 30% of the club's shares but it means **** all.
I've been to both, and met the people on countless occasions, and can quite confidently say that the racism in russia is more based on a lack of knowledge of the unkown, rather than vitriolic hatred, at least when in my case. And even in repsect to muslims, its not like they're exactly loved by the Americans is it? When it boils down to it, I fail to see any major differences between American and Russian imperialism, and at least the russians haven't resorted to bombing civilians yet.
they would as long as it was fought on European soil. People saying 'oh the economy is too ****ed in Russia and America' isn't that's how WW2 started, the economies of Europe were ****ed which let in the 'it's the fault of foreigner' parties? And nothing diverts the thoughts of the populace than a good flag waving war.
Russia is playing a terrestrial power game. It is using military might to regain the territory that it lost upon the breakup of the USSR. However, it has run smack into the reality of living in the 21st Century. With just the lightest of sanctions the US and EU exposes Russia's true economic weakness. So now we have a reality check in the Kremlin. Push some more and feel the economic stranglehold tighten or limit your ambition to Crimea and watch the EU (and pretty soon NATO) establish itself even closer to the Russian heartland. On of the things that we now know more about is the fragility of the Russian supply chain ie they have lots of forces but lack the ability to keep them supplied. Remember, it was not until the break up of the Warsaw Pact that we found that the US and UK tank forces in West Germany were outnumbered 8:1 but that less than 1:10 od the Warsaw Pact tanks actually worked!!! Things haven't changed too much in Russia today.
Cfc fan - if we lose our sugar daddy and proceed to a Leeds two-step so be it.I'm not sure the Russians would turn a blind eye to this "cherry-picking" sanctions and would retaliate in kind by shutting down its gas & oil supplies to Western Europe. On the question of Crimea the Russians were always ready to secure their vital warm water port in the Black Sea unless they decided to scuttle their meagre flotilla of 170 ships. Flip side of the coin: if Scotland voted for independence and invited a hostile power to set up shop in the Scapa Flow do you think we would turn a blind eye?
mmm secure their deep water port .? It was already secure and protected under international agreements . Hostile power ? The New Ukraine might have not been the best of friends with russia , with good reason , but they cant be described as hostile. They are extremely reliant on the russians and the New prime minister had said he wanted good relations with them . The Russians always had the OPTION of military takeover if and when it became necessary , who could stop them . To take such pre-emptive action is more about Putins approval rating than "saving the ethnic russians in crimea" Im sure doesnt give he a monkeys about them . Its the old adage " when their are problems domestically , divert the peoples attention with some nationalist action "
