Traore, you legend 18 September, 2007
Posted by lasagnechef in Arsenal News.trackback
I’ve always been a big fan of our young left back, Armand Traore, but his actions at the weekend has made me admire the guy even more. After not being selected in the squad to face Tottenham he decided to go to the game with a mate. It is customary at the North London derby that the stewards on the turnstile give a quick check to see if you have anything dangerous on you. Armand was said to be acting suspiciously around the ground and the steward uncovered a knuckleduster in his possession!
I’m sure you all know there’s usually a bit of afters at these games and it seems like Traore was ready to get stuck in! The 17-year-old was arrested outside the ground. An Arsenal spokesman said, “He has apologised.” And a ‘club insider’ has said:
“Armand had no idea he’d done anything wrong because the laws are different in France.”
But still…who carries a knuckleduster round? Unless they think they are going to get into a fight. Maybe he thought he might get recognised by a Spurs fan and might be attacked? Fair play if that is the case as he came ready, and armed! Could you imagine if Armand actually got in a scrap and actually started knocking out members of the ‘Yid Army’? Brilliant. Oh Armand, you legend.
On to more serious matters and Red & White are dramatically increasing their stake in our club. Apologies for not really talking about this story much, the truth is that I don’t really understand behind the scene things like this. However, Red & White are now up to 21% and are making very generous offers to shareholders. The worry is that Stan Kroenke will sell up to Usmanov. Kroenke is a businessman too and if Usmanov was to make him an offer for his shares then I bet Stan would be willing to sell at a profit. Red & White still insist that they are not trying for a takeover, just simply increasing their stake. Hmm.
Well it does look worrying. The Board have a significant number of shares that they would not be willing to sell. Also there are shareholders who are associates of the board who are also planning to keep hold of their shares. The only thing we can do is sit back and just watch this develop and I just hope that some of our shareholders are strong, and hang onto their stake.
Finally, Setanta Sports are set to launch an Arsenal TV channel. It will launch in December and will be a part of the Setanta package. Click the link to find out more on this. There’s meant to be six hours or more of programming per day, showing five days a week. It’ll be interviews and behind the scenes stuff. However the best bit is there will be live coverage of Reserve and Ladies games and ‘delayed’ coverage of all first team games. They don’t specify how ‘delayed’ these will be but still at least there is a way of watching them. I suppose we’ll find out more on this towards the end of the year.
Right then, I’m off. Have a nice day.
I subscribe to Sky Sports and Arsenal.com. I am also a season ticket holder. Where does that leave me? Do I now have to subscribe to Setanta, for the Arsenal Channel, which would include their total package? Does anyone know? Or will all be revealed in the fullness of . . .
Let’s see how much you get slated for this article, by the P.C. brigade?
Personally, I think the same as you… Fucking legend! ha ha
Good ol’ bus ride, to the yid scum, weren’t it feller?
Shame about getting there late, but hey… we missed the shite part! Caught the best part… i’m not complaining! ha ha
Emkay,
You will have to buy Setanta upgrade, for your sky! I’ve done the same, this season, for all the extra games… but from next season (or when Arsenal TV starts up), i’m going to switch to Virgin XL package (that’s all the sports & movies)!
you dont have to have any sports or movies for the setanta package with virgin media. the XL package which includes setanta costs £20.50 if you have a virgin phone line as well, the sky sports package is an extra £18 for all the sky sports channels, and the sports and movies package is £25 extra. so for only £20.50 plus a virgin phone line you will get the setanta package, a bargain!
Traore is my hero #1 from now on .. he would have been an absolute legend if he had punched some tittenham spud fan wid it.. or atleast comolli .. that bastard’s been mouthing us off a wee bit too much these days. i wouldn’t have a go at potato head personally as he’s already in deep shite and i dont like to put my hand in shite, neither i wud like any Arsenal player to do the same .. all we did this weekend was shovel him up wid a bit more
a pity that they got him before he handed down a few punches to those unlucky bastards. next time he should get there early enough. thats stipulates a true nutter, loving the young gunner. not forgeting he his skills in martial arts. damn that would have been a nice inclusion in sundays paper…spurs outplayed and armand kicks ass..
I wonder if Setanta in the US will also carry Arsenal TV. That would be brilliant.
Was wondering the same myself… going to call Setanta people over her and find out. My cable company is dicking around saying they’re going to make it available then never do.
[...] in the Daily Mail about Jens Lehmann which looks like it’s been written by Jens Lehmann. The Cannon has a great story about Armand [...]
Traore, better luck next time, BTW, five more joined the ranks.
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fucking kids. all about showing off to your mates. traore is bloody excellent though. shame for him clichy’s the best left back in the league.
what happens to Arsenal TV online? does it stay as it is?
Can anyone explai what is the relationship between Setanta and Sky ?
Does everybody think that Adebayor will keep the same level of productivity that he had on saturday ? When can we expect to see Dudu playing a full game for Arsenal ?
Rick
You are just a prick condoning that behaviour - since when is it ok to caryy a knuckle-duster around with you? Obviously you are an immature little idiot with no sense of responsibility. You have just lost me as a reader. The rest of you who think Traore has done something smart are equally as moronic, or simply juvenile, or both. Grow up.
and no1 cares about us being taken over by a murderous russian crook….?
in Malaysia, for RM 59.90 per month (about 8-9 pound sterling) , we can watch ALL Arsenal games live every midweek and weekend and that include all CL games. Apart from Arsenal games, we can also watch others team’s games live and all the games shown in 2 of their about 40 channels in that package.
Buy a “totally legal” starview box and get the whole lot for free skysports, all the setanta channels , movies the lot. Thats what i did
Happy days
Whatever.
Traore does kickboxing, and a knuckduster would be part of that kit (apparently). He wasn’t actually wearing it - but your right - legend for going to the game anyway!!!