Peter Hill-Wood's toff talking smacks of double-speak

Ithought you were being a bit harsh when you said he does not like jewish, but perhaps you are right now thet you mention the fact that the emirates stadium, after all they are harry from french managers/french fottballers/ african footballers/ and an arab based company backing their stadium, it does make you think if your interperatation is correct.. after all americans do speak our language, and lets face it you would rather have an american owned club with the traditions in tact (ie a great stadium like OT) then foreign players, a stadium with no history backed by foreigners and owned by english,, it does seem as broad as it is long. to me

I was one of the people that worried were 600 million of debt would leave us, but since liverpool has got them selves in to 350 mil of debt and another 285 mil to come with the stadium, finding out the chelsea owes 600 million to russion owner abromavich ,it does seem the way ahead. being an accountant does give you the ability to look through the numbers, and believe it or not weather it is share capital or loan capital as long as it is managed right it does not really matter how the company is financed. the power base does now seem to be leaning toward man u and chelsea, perhaps wit big spending this summer liverpool can close the gap, but arsenal are falling behind and one does wonder, will they be overtaken by clbs that arnt saddled with any debt but have big tv cash bonuses to come, lets face it with out rich backers asenal may find them selves behind totenham and everton next season.....

What the hell are you talking about? When he says "these type of people" he's referring to American business, not "jews". Absolutely bizarre. And as for the photo, I'm not even sure that is Hill Wood on the right. But the biggest question of all is, have you got the slightest clue what you're talking about.

A load of old tosh mate. You're talking through your arse. We don't give a shit what the other 3 win, earn or aspire to. We are AFCUK

I think you know full well what Peter Hill-Wood meant and have decided to twist his words. He is right in being concerned with Americans coming into the game and leaving on a get even richer scheme.

what a ridiculous article. written by, at best, a malcious idiot, at worst a raging racist

I'm not sure where you are headingon the anti-semitism point as Hill-Wood has closely worked with the jewish Dein and Fitzman for over 20 years. Still, I for one would now welcome a quick takeover by Kroenke in alliance with Dein.

Mr Hill-Wood is dead right. The Arsenal directors have always done what is right for the club and never taken a penny themselves. They got a favourable deal for the £260m loan and don't think for a minute that Kroenke will put in a bean of his money. It will all be borrowed the way that Glazers have done. It is pretty hard to take this article seriously when you can't even get your picture capture right.

I think you know full well what Peter Hill-Wood meant and have decided to twist his words. He is right in being concerned with Americans coming into the game and leaving on a get even richer scheme.

You've made a few giant leaps there, Mr Rivlin. How do you manage to label a man as anti-semitic (an accusation not to be taken likely)based on a comment about American businessmen? Dein, as i'm aware is Jewish and obviously loves Arsenal. Foreign players at the club probably love it too. Hill-Wood knows this. An American businessman with less link to Arsenal than all of these is logically far less likely to have the same emotional attachment (at present at least) and therefore it is justifiable for Hill-Wood to express a concern that "these sort of people" (i.e. those who might seem to be out to just make a few bucks out of the club, perhaps) are not welcome. And perhaps, because you are not really sure that he is in fact anti-semitic and anti-American, you reference his upper-class background, so as to suggest that stereotypically his "sort of people" are bound to hate Jews and Yanks. Hill-Wood is a silly old duffer who doesn't know much tact, but the Arsenal traditions are as important to him as to

Sorry Mark, I'm not the biggest Hill Wood fan in the world and I'm also a 2nd generation Anglo Indian Brit. However to twist someones word to imply that he is a racist is just wrong. Read it again, all he's saying is that 'WE' as Arsenal fans and local people except the fact that we have foreign players in team...but they are football palyers i.e people who love the game. When he says his sort, whilst they are harsh words, he means people that are only there for the opportunity to make their wallets fatter than they are already and not because they have a love for Man U, Liverpool, Villa et all. Most imporatantly I as an Arsenal supporter would rather come 4th or worse every season then sell out...naming the Grove the Emirates was bad enough.

Edelman, Fisman, Dein - all Jewish names. So I don't think there is any semitism here. "These sort of people" are what he said: people who don't know much about the sport who are not interested in the love of the sport, but in the investment opportunity to make money out if it. The players obviously love the sport and many of them love the club and were fans before they joined - which is why they aren't "those sort of people". no double standards here - just idiotic journalism.

rubbish, u are as daft as the writer

He was harsh, hill woods clearly not a racist...support them in a illegal war, they own 3 big british clubs, f**k it why not become the 53rd state??? We've had one French Manager (likely to be the best thing thats happened to English football in years and possibly the next England Manager)...utd have a scottish (not English) manager...also you french footballers like Saha, Silvestre, Evra etc???? Building a bigger stadium in Scankchester is a bit different to N.London...and as for the language, what a load of crap..how many people in Dubai speak English??? I'll tell ya, most of them.

you guys are full of sh*te and just muckraking. "these sorts of people" means non-English, non-footy fans who don't want to be involved in the game because they love it, but purely to syphon money out of the club.

How can you make ridiculous comment like this: "The unkindest interpretation is that he does not like Jewish people getting involved. How else could you interpret the words "his sort" and "these type of people"? Danny Fiszman's parents are Belgian Jews that fled the holocaust. David Dein is Jewish. Lady Nina is Indian. Get your facts straight you clown.

Haha anti-semitic? Dein, Edelman, Fiszman are of course good old fashioned Christian names.

You are the main stink around here and a disgrace. You know all too well that Hill Wood is not anti semetic. His closest allies on the board are Jewish, and the Club accept advertising from Israel. What he means by these people are people he considers get rich quick Americans. Now he might be wrong about that, but Jewishness is not the issue. Get out of the gutter

so you have your facts wrong there as well. all in all a poorly researched article.

Arsenal are xenophobic now as well as anti-British? I'd call that an oxymoron. And racist eh? Silly me, I thought Stan Kroenke was white. Arsenal actually have the most ethnically diverse fanbase in the country, and you could probably say the same about the playing squad. I'm presuming the anti-semitic accusation was supposed to be ironic - half the Arsenal board is Jewish already! And the clubs in north London, probably the most Jewish place in the world after Israel. Nice work stupid