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Listed below are comments made by jmb between Friday, 19th June 2009 and Thursday, 17th September 2009.

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The secrets of football's Inner Circle 07:54am on 17 Sep 2009 You put the paragraph about the effects of the global financial crisis meaning a shift to Asia in twice, does that mean its significant? ;)

I cannot fathom how come all the rich people who want to own football clubs are not British? Surely there must be an even share of wealthy individuals on these shores, so why don't they want to invest in the clubs?
Briatore bows out in unsavoury style 07:44am on 17 Sep 2009 It's like wacky races, anything goes, whoever wins is the cunningest person with bravado and guts, not necessarily the quickest, but the most ruthless.

I think they should say that anything goes and let them get on with it!
Adebayor madness mars Man City win 10:25am on 13 Sep 2009 There was nothing wrong with the actions of Adebayor, incitement my foot, what were the arsenal fans doing throughout the game and ever since he left then?

If you can't take it then don't give it out...simple really.
Chelsea will suffer if transfer ban stands 2:18pm on 07 Sep 2009 Chelsea should appeal immediately and not wait 21 days. I expect the punishment to be reduced to one window and they would not want to miss a summer window.
Stately Perez defends big spending 10:50pm on 09 Aug 2009 Can I have your job...?
Has Arsenal borrowed too much? 12:13pm on 14 Jul 2009 Rothschild were never going to agree to this proposal as they were hired by the current board whose interests revolve around remaining as the current board for some time to come.

The figures don't really add up, the 5m saving is dubious, the outstanding debt is 140m and if that produces interest of 5m a year then the implied rate is 3.5% which sounds rather low to me.

Meanwhile the notion that the property financing is firewalled from the football side of the business would not stand up in court as Southampton discovered when their holding company went into administration and their football club got hit with the corresponding 10 point penalty. They argued that it was not the club but the holding company that was in administration, but the court held that the two were inextricably linked. The same would be true here when the property loan holder suggests they might like to sell some players to generate money to pay off the debt due.

Arsenal are not in as bad a position as Man Utd or Liverpool but then again they have been fairly conservative with their spending and as a result haven't won a trophy since 2005.

Man Utd have spent hardly any of the 80m generated by Ronaldo's sale (received in 4 installments of 20m over 4 summers) but seem to be able to hold off interest in players such as Vidic while Liverpool are already being hit on for their best players by other clubs who sense they could be vulnerable to large bids given their debts (Torres, Mascherano and Alonso are all either subject to interest or have been bidded for, they are 3 of their best players).

Football finance has never been so interesting as it is right now, the global tussling for ownership of players and clubs is having direct effects on the fortunes of clubs on the field. Every fan should be aware of the situation around their club and sensitive to how this is affecting their prospects for the coming seasons.
Alonso provides distraction from F1 row 08:04am on 10 Jul 2009 That is a 404 page, try putting the url in without the full stop at the end :)

Mosley and Ecclestone are both finished, time for them to be replaced completely, Fota needs a bigger say but in a strictly regulated framework hand in hand with the FIA.

As for Ecclestone, it says a lot that his position does not even need filling, his role is a complete anachronism.
The fallout from Setanta's collapse 09:58am on 24 Jun 2009 I look forward to Setanta getting hammered in courts of law in the near future, and some of the rogues behind the company being brought to justice.

- hard to cancel subscriptions
- hard to get them to pay up for rights

not a great combination is it? With the stories of passing the buck around, making things as hard as possible for people to stop paying/get paid I think this company is getting it's just desserts.
The park, the roof, the bunker and the Stich 4:12pm on 23 Jun 2009 Mr Stich is correct. and people outside the "tennis bubble" are also called "fairweather fans", now why is it these types get treated with distain in football circles, but are treated as the norm in tennis circles?

Says a lot about the place of tennis in this country in my opinion, which is in turn reflected in the win percentage of British players in the first round this year.
Behind the scenes at a TV pit stop shoot 4:14pm on 19 Jun 2009 Soo, was that mole in the car? Nice eyeliner there...

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