إِنَّا لِلّهِ وَإِنَّـا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعون آرسنالOriginally Posted by Japan Shaking All Over
إِنَّا لِلّهِ وَإِنَّـا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعون آرسنال
When is the burial?إِنَّا لِلّهِ وَإِنَّـا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعون آرسنال
somebody put something in my milk
لم نفقد الأمل, ومهما كان الدعم للجانب لكإِنَّا لِلّهِ وَإِنَّـا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعون آرسنال
Aye. I guess if we're honest with ourselves we'd have to concede that our club's malaise is a factor but it's not the main one, not for me anyway.
There have always been haves and have nots in football of course and no regulations can entirely prevent that.
We have a bigger stadium and fan base than a lot of clubs, we're in London, we're a historically big club.
And money playing its part in football is not new, i believe even as far back as the 1930's Arsenal were known as the 'Bank of England' club for the thousands () we used to spend.
BUT. Never in ths history of football has the gap between the haves and have nots been so large both financially and in terms of ability, the chances of a club moving between levels been so small (billionaire takeovers aside) and the amount of money being spent on transfer fees and salaries been so obscene.
Sky promised a "whole new ball game" when they launched the Premier League and boy did they deliver.
They neglected to mention it wouldn't actually be that much fun.
Your face is not that much fun.
Harsh but fair.
Not really sure what to make of some of the posts here.
NQ seems to be advocating a move for the Billionaire Boys Club approach while slating our current model, but Letter’s is totally against such a move and being some billionaire’s plaything.
So where does that leave Arsenal? How would we all feel if Stan suddenly freed up some cash for Wenger to spend or if Usmanov threw some money our way? Would that somehow tarnish our future achievements? If that’s the case, are we prepared to continue paying for Wenger’s wages and the useless players he backs?
No doubt our club's malaise is a factor - but for me its the 'malaise' in the sense of groundhog day; lack of character in our team individually and collectively and a style of football that I don't find particularly exciting rather than any lack of trophies. This is a real issue for me. being a football supporter is about having heroes to admire on the pitch, who share your passion for the club and we don't really have many of those.Aye. I guess if we're honest with ourselves we'd have to concede that our club's malaise is a factor but it's not the main one, not for me anyway.
There have always been haves and have nots in football of course and no regulations can entirely prevent that.
We have a bigger stadium and fan base than a lot of clubs, we're in London, we're a historically big club.
And money playing its part in football is not new, i believe even as far back as the 1930's Arsenal were known as the 'Bank of England' club for the thousands (
BUT. Never in ths history of football has the gap between the haves and have nots been so large both financially and in terms of ability, the chances of a club moving between levels been so small (billionaire takeovers aside) and the amount of money being spent on transfer fees and salaries been so obscene.
Sky promised a "whole new ball game" when they launched the Premier League and boy did they deliver.
They neglected to mention it wouldn't actually be that much fun.
And beyond being able to see the world's best talent on show, I wonder whether some of those issues would not exist even if we were owned by a billionaire. Do Citeh fans really think their players give a damn about their club? Does it matter to fans of a successful team that your players are only really playing for themselves and their bank balances. Not the manager; not the club and certainly not the fans? Like you, I think it would matter to me.
As for the EPL in general - it is almost devoid of any interest beyond our club where the 3 richest clubs join a procession to the top of the EPL. In relation to the latter - doubtless the same applied for other fans when we and Manure used to swap titles, but was the game generally as soulless and saturated as it is now?
Last edited by IBK; 19-10-2011 at 04:30 PM.
Putting the laughter back into manslaughter
I am guessing u did that my some translating software because the sentence doesnt make a lot of sense.
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