Looks like you're going to have to put in a few more shifts yet tho.........Originally Posted by FakeYank
http://www.skysports.com/story/0,,11670_7250411,00.html.Wenger pledges future to Gunners
Arsene Wenger has committed his future to Arsenal by insisting he intends to see out the remaining three years of his contract.
Good three points.
It's better to burn out, than to fade away.
Just realised I put my banker on a 2-1 Arsenal win so got maximum points for this. Arsenal
This is like a new signing.......super quality.......waiting period overWenger pledges future to Gunners
Arsene Wenger has committed his future to Arsenal by insisting he intends to see out the remaining three years of his contract.
SNICKERS you cunt!
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You're only saying that because I'm your best man.I'd vote for you.
It will always be a Marathon bar me.
Last edited by Olivier's xmas twist; 19-10-2011 at 12:17 PM.
You fat bastard.
It's better to burn out, than to fade away.
Yes he did play well against sunderland but thats enough about Arshavin
Of course they're taken seriously as they're a top club now and yes, history will show how many trophies they've won.
It'll also show that they won bugger all (more or less) before Abramovic came along. If you respect the 'achievements' of a club who so blatently bought success then fine, I don't. Yeah, they were a bit higher up than City when Abramovic came along but they'd not have had anywhere near the success they've had without him. City were in mid-table when they were taken over, it shows you can do it with any club if you pour enough money in for long enough.
If all you care about is end result and don't care how it was achieved then, again, fine, but I don't. Hence my ever increasing disinterest in a sport where money plays an ever increasing role. From the start of the season it was pretty clear who the top 3 would be this year. OK, we don't know in which order but still, it's not good for a sport to be so predictable.
With our resources we should be up there in the top 4, if we're not then that is a failing in the way the club is run. With the money we generate and the prices we're paying to go along we should be expecting more but I wouldn't want to be just another billionaire's plaything splashing silly money around on mercenaries.
So much is wrong with football these days and most of it comes down to money. Clubs buying success, players being unlikeable mercenaries from all 4 corners of the globe with no real connection to the club or the fans. If it wasn't for dad wanting to renew and going along pretty much being the backbone of our relationship there's no way I'd have renewed.
Like I said. Football
Last year I went on Blue Moon and asked (genuinely) whether it felt a bit hollow to be a fan of a club whose success had been achieved simply via a benefactor's cheque book rather than any real endeavour on the part of manager or players. I received a torrent of abuse from very chippy and defensive Mancs - most of which went along the lines 'you patronising bastard, you are just upset that your club's cosy monopoly with Manure has been broken by us and the Chavs - you weren't so sanctimonious when you were on top of the rich list...'
To a degree, that's true - we have traditionally been one of the favoured clubs because of our pedigree (although not really amongst the very richest of the EPL clubs, even in the early 00's). But the Citeh fans' argument ignores the real issue that we face with their club now - namely that this is more than simply being able to outspend other clubs - it is about completely re-drawing the boundaries of the game. With the obscene amounts that Citeh are able to spend, they can:
- Stockpile world class players in every position, making injuries and suspensions - things that have always been part and parcel of the game - absolutely meaningless.
- Spend the kind of money that dislodges players that would otherwise have been perfectly happy where they were - something that hasn't really happened before.
- De-stabilise their competitors as a matter of course. An unfair advantage if ever there was one.
- Distort the market so that even players that they don't want become beyond the reach of their competitors.
Citeh fans may think that that doesn't matter a jot as long as they get a Premiership title that has eluded them for 40 years, but as Letters says the rest of us feel otherwise, and untimately Citeh and the Chavs will be the poorer for a financial clogging up of football's arteries that their club is doing more than anyone else to accelerate.
I honestly care far less about the game than even 2 or 3 years ago. And its down to what's happening to the game rather than my own club's lack of success.
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