Did you hear that cunt Bruce Buck the Chelsea chairman trying to blame it all on Arsenal!! I was fuming!! His argument was that basically we had our own agenda in reporting Chelsea to the FAPL!!?? Saying we had the temerity to make a complaint about members of his staff acting outside the rules of football and in a way that's as far from sporting as you can get.
WTF!! Excuse me Buck, but you were talking to our contracted player, which is against FAPL rules. What did he expect us to do? Say "oh don't worry chaps, it was just a meeting, its not as if you were discussing a contract or trying to sign the player was it? We did what we thought was right, report the cheating bastards!!
At the end of the day, we have come off worse. Chelsea have got away with a fine (oooo thats gotta hurt!) and we have a player who is alienated by his club and the FAPL fine (which he is appealing against) and none of it our fault. Chelsea can now walk away from it content in the fact that one of the best players at their main title rivals is now totally unsettled, and it only cost them £500,000. A drop in the ocean.
As for Cole, wtf is he doing? Why can't he be a man and say "I did wrong, lets just move on now. And can I sign the new deal £55k a week deal please?". Instead he is choosing to appeal against the fine because he still feels he is innocent. Bollocks. He knew the rules before this meeting, its wrong what he did. Yes he has had some bad advice, but surely its time to move on. At this moment, I am pissed off with him. We all thought he is one of us, he's been at the club since he was 9 years old, we all thought he may be a future captain one day. Not so sure now. He wants to ruin everything just because of £5k a week?? He represents everything that is bad with premiership footballers, they get paid too much, they believe their own press too much and they are thick as shit. I will leave the final word to the commission:
"It is still a matter of profound regret that this matter has disturbed a unique relationship between Arsenal Football Club and Ashley Cole. Ashley Cole must also realise that Arsenal Football Club have been a major factor in the development of his brilliant career, without which he may not have reached the heights that he now enjoys.
Rant over...