Is that from the same 'fact factory' that had us believe Salz and Crouch would be at the game on Saturday, or is this a different type of "fact" ?
The usual apologies ion advance for my cynicism.....
Wasn't very thick wool....it was 'common knowledge' on here at the time that there was a strong likelihood that Arsenal had a finger in this particular pie from the beginning.
Does that 11,800 include everyone in the ground? (i.e. including non-paying staff etc) or is that a 'fans only' figure?
Anyway, take away the 1,169 away fans and that leave 10,631...which brings us back to the title of the thread I guess....
If his omission from the team on Saturday was down to a fitness doubt I would have expected the OS to have mentioned this. The OS saying nothing simply adds fuel to the rumour fire, which is surely the opposite effect that the club wanted....?
I was going to ask why he didn't play but then assumed I'd missed a report about him being injured or suchlike.
Even the OS match-day article doesn't mention why he was left out when they nearly always (if not always) give this sort of team change info.
I'm getting fed up with all this subterfuge about player availability (the lack of tangible news about Skacel last month being another case in point).
How can any club get away with and/or justify quoting an untrue attendance figure? What's the point of quoting an attendance figure if it doesn't actually reflect the number of people in the stadium?
If this was any other industry the local trading standards office would be down on us like a shot.
Maybe we should start counting shots that nearly went in as goals?
Unbelievable.
Good question, but more importantly....how will we on here know that you were right?
Unless, of course, you plan on posting some tangible proof that Salz was indeed Leon's guest (later tonight after the game)....