Title: Wenger Trying To Convince Arsenal Are Hard Done By
Description: From The Hatchet Tw*t For The Mail
adzzzbatch - January 18, 2009 12:01 AM (GMT)
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HATCHET MAN: Wenger is still trying to convince the world that Arsenal are hard done-by
The Arsenal manager has been the harshest critic of the money injected into Chelsea by Roman Abramovich and now he has turned his ire on Manchester City.
He says his club live in the 'real world' while their rivals owned by super rich benefactors are 'not in connection to today's world', but that is self-serving garbage.
Critic: Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has turned his ire on Manchester City
The manager who said his club have to sell every season for 17 years while they service their debt, is probably just upset about the prospect of another club finding the potential to gatecrash the gang of four his team were once automatic members of.
Wenger's funding rants are designed to convince the world to see Arsenal as hard done-by.
They are always the same : his club do the right thing by not spending the same sums as some and if they end up second best it is because their richer, baddie rivals are moral 'cheats'.
In the real world Wenger says his club live in, people are losing or living in fear of losing their income. Does anyone think that is the same for Emmanuel Adebayor or Cesc Fabregas?
They are living within their means and that is why Wenger's argument is flawed.
Companies everywhere are cutting back, trimming wage bills and other costs. Has Wenger done that for Arsenal's first-team squad?
Football and the real world are two totally separate planets - that has been the case for a long time - and all City and Chelsea have done is take the sport into another orbit.
The money that is being offered for Kaka is mind-boggling, obscene, and it may not be good for the game, but City's owners can afford it.
Mind-boggling: City will smash the world transfer record if they sign Milan's Kaka
He says that if you can generate the money then you are not entitled to spend it. Yet Arsenal borrowed hundreds of millions of pounds to pay for Emirates Stadium, a vital part of their long term plan to generate income.
Chelsea have 'borrowed' their money from Abramovich, the difference between him and Arsenal's bankers is that he doesn't appear to be paying interest and may not want it back.
City's money seems to be investment and while it may not be part of a sustainable business plan like the one Wenger's paymasters think they have adopted, it is still a business plan, and Arsenal should stop moaning about it. |
bergstar - January 18, 2009 08:01 AM (GMT)
Whats wrong with saying any of that ?
In Lehmanns Terms - January 18, 2009 08:08 AM (GMT)
It's not what is said, it's HOW it's said, with such disdain and venom towards AW, it's disrespectfeul and journalists are supposed to provide the truth, not their own biased view on things.
Mr Brighterside - January 18, 2009 09:14 AM (GMT)
the thing is citeh and chelski are playing within the rules of the game - which is why the rules need changing. clubs should be restricted to spending within their means and fifa or uefa needs to find a way to make this happen.
McNamara That Ghost... - January 18, 2009 11:04 AM (GMT)
Well that's taking Wenger's comments out of context - Wenger specifically says the money we use is from three streams of income, which obviously is in complete contrast to Citeh.
Also, why is it only Wenger this article focuses on when he is not the only one to have criticised Citeh? And is this 'hatchet man' really suggesting Wenger doesn't do his utmost to try and save pennies at every opportunity? :lol:
Grimandi's Perm - January 18, 2009 11:58 AM (GMT)
Who is this 'Hatchet Man'?
I couldn't find a name in the article.
Coney - January 18, 2009 12:32 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Grimandi's Perm @ Jan 18 2009, 11:58 AM) |
Who is this 'Hatchet Man'?
I couldn't find a name in the article. |
I think he's a moral coward who hasn't the balls to come out and say it without hiding behind mummy's skirt. :good:
Darth Vela - January 18, 2009 12:42 PM (GMT)
So, over a 100m IS the real world then? Shit, I guess we should get out of this 'toilet paper for £1' fantasy world hadn't we :doh:
Do they realise how petty, antagonistic and generally low and intellectually incompetent churning out shite like that makes them sound? Papers are there to sell I guess but it still makes them look like complete and uitter tossers which tbf they probably are.
dazthegooner - January 18, 2009 12:46 PM (GMT)
Jumpin' Jack Wilshere - January 18, 2009 02:31 PM (GMT)
Personally i would storm the daily mail building, kill everyone inside and then burn it to the ground.
Grimandi's Perm - January 18, 2009 02:32 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Jumpin' Jack Wilshere @ Jan 18 2009, 02:31 PM) |
| Personally i would storm the daily mail building, kill everyone inside and then burn it to the ground. |
Harsh but fair...
In Lehmanns Terms - January 19, 2009 10:36 AM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Jumpin' Jack Wilshere @ Jan 18 2009, 02:31 PM) |
| Personally i would storm the daily mail building, kill everyone inside and then burn it to the ground. |
That's a bit left-wing innit? :coffee:
UchihaJax - January 20, 2009 12:11 AM (GMT)
Erm no, it's what was said, it doesn't feel like a consistent argument to me.
"Companies everywhere are cutting back, trimming wage bills and other costs. Has Wenger done that for Arsenal's first-team squad?"
No, because then the Chelskis and Citehs just use their magic money to buy/lure the better players. Wenger is stating that top football teams rolled by magic money billionaires isn't healthy because the numbers don't add up. He is worried in the future that there will be no way to be a top team to exist without external funding. If this is the case then you won't be in the top X through prudent business only by having a multi-billionaire on hand which turns the entire league into a rich man's playground.
Can you imagine a league that is run by a bunch of guys like this? Has anyone considered that it makes the power of the fans (especially their £££) more or less irrelevant?
Dr. Gaius Baltar - January 20, 2009 12:41 PM (GMT)
To be fair, i think the point is that football is not living in the real world, and to suggest that you live there and City do not, is rather odd.
City have taken it somewhere new, but still within a world completely different to this 'real world' that Wenger speaks of, and a world where Arsenal also reside.