Comments on: Just a few of the incredibly stupid things people say about Arsenal and football

By: iminujoxyh

iminujoxyh — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 22:15:20 +0000

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By: MatteJerry

MatteJerry — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:35:41 +0000

Arsenal started very strong, but I can’t be fooled by the results. To be Everton were caught off guard. If I saw similar performance against Celtic i would start believing they are really in business. Celtic game was more crucial, they game you need lots of goals but wasn’t impressive. All my eyes on Chelsea now. They finish last season very strong and haven’t change the squad.

By: shotta-gunna

shotta-gunna — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:49:47 +0000

Cape Gooner @ 10:42 am – I concur 100% with you and was going to post something along those lines. The fact is the media and journalists who have been cheer-leading the indebtness by clubs to finance leverage buyouts (Hicks & Gillet, the Glazers etc ) or to finance the purchase of expensive transfers are simply furthering the interest of the big-banks and hedge funds who themselves have a financial or corporate stake in the self-same media. Most “successful” journalists have a finely attuned sense of self-preservation and are keenly aware of their paymasters. They know there is no payoff bashing Man U, Liverpool and Portsmouth for their profligacy; easier to assail Wenger and Arsenal for being frugal and penny-pinching. Frankly it is the heights of irresponsibility that even today, in the midst of a recession caused by the excesses of the financial sector, the majority of the media regard it as acceptable to blithely advocate that clubs “splash-the-cash.” This is at a time when the spectre of insolvency and bankruptcy hover around great clubs such as Portsmouth, West Ham, Newcastle, Livepool and Man Utd.
Given the the great sway that neo-liberal economics and politics now have over the majority of western society I doubt that any time soon there will be any change in the attitude of the media towards Arsenal FC and Arsene Wenger. Hopefully our fans will resist the temptation of going down the same road as the majority of these clubs.

By: walter

walter — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:12:33 +0000

I don’t have any clue who Fem Dee is but must say he/she is right.
I’ve got a feeling we might see the likes of Ramsey and Wilshere on the pitch at some stage of the game.
I think Van Persie will be rested as well and be on the bench. You don’t want to risk him being injured just before the MU game. Maybe even Cesc on the bench wouldn’t surprise me.
And if it does fail with the young youngsters then AW can put the old youngsters on to deal with the situation.
Maybe next year Tony would use this for the examples. LOL.

By: Ian Trevett

Ian Trevett — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 10:50:06 +0000

There was a quote from yesterdays comments from Fem Dee which I think is worth repeating. it sums up so much in one sentence.
“What is more disappointing than lazy, simplistic jounalists sprewing their stuff is Arsenal fans, seeing beautiful football every year … baying to be like other unimaginative and backward footballing clubs in EPL and in Europe.”
Spot on Fem Dee

By: Cape Gooner

Cape Gooner — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 09:42:46 +0000

Tony, do you really think it is stupidity? When I watch any financial journalist, I take anything positive they say with a big pinch of salt as they, and their employer, have a direct financial interest in talking up the market. The better the market does, the better all of the “financial experts” do.

Cannot the same principle apply to football pundits and journalists? The more money that goes into football, the more money there is for the people employed in the football industry. Arsenal run counter to this trend. They are financially sound – no quantitative easing at The Emirates. On the other hand, Man City has poured massive money into the game. It must be in the industries financial interest to talk up Man City and talk down Arsenal. What do you think?

By: team spirit

team spirit — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 09:03:53 +0000

7-0 to the arsenal… although i will humbly take a 5-0 hee hee

By: Darius Stone

Darius Stone — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 08:28:16 +0000

The following are on my punditry watch list for the award of best whanker.

In no particular order (though I’m seriously contemplating using their continued arrogance and offensiveness as a weighting for positioning in the whanker award)

Alan “I know all about champions” Brazil
Mickey Mouse “I scored a hat-trick on my debut but won nothing” Quinn
Phil “I hate anything to do with Arsenal” Thompson
Alan “you can’t win anything with kids” Hanson
Jamie “I used to be a football star” Redknapp
Adrian “ginger boy I know it all” Durham
Alvin “I can’t kiss enough of Alex Ferguson’s buttocks” Martin
Stan “I confess I’m a girlfriend beater who keeps an axe under my bed” Collymore

..And I haven’t even thought of the hacks in the print media yet – though Matt Hughes is likely to win this one hands down.

By: dj eboue

dj eboue — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 07:31:21 +0000

We could have a cricket score for prediction when Rosicky and Nasri return