From Dave Potter : Arsenal fans react to Chelsea winning Champions League
Hello Myles,
Regarding Patrick O’Brien’s comments, I’ve been thinking for a long time now that Chelsea are like Arsenal used to be: Tough, strong-willed, winning mentality, always up for it when the going gets tough.
Nobody likes them except their own fans.
Conversely, Wenger has turned Arsenal into Tottenham: Weak, spineless fancy-dans who always bottle it when it matters, but every neutral’s favourites.
So where does that leave Tottenham – the new Chelsea? Think about that.
I’m glad this season’s over – hated nearly every minute of it.
Keep up the good work mate.
From Ed James : I applaud the players who left Arsenal to win trophies
Hi Myles
After seeing the general reaction of Gooners to Chelsea and Citeh’s fantastic victories, I must say that it has left me somewhat dismayed.
I think the small-club mentality of our board and manager has infected the fanbase too, with a disgusting amount of abuse being dished out in the direction of Ashley Cole and Samir Nasri.
The way these two players left did leave a bad taste in the mouth, but I don’t bear any grudges to them whatsoever. They left because they felt they could win trophies. Sure, the money was better, but so what? If someone offered to double my salary to do the same job, I’d be a fool to turn them down. Why should any player feel any loyalty to any club? They are professionals and when it suits the club to sell, then you’re off.
Well done Cole and Nasri. You have deservedly won the major trophies your talents deserve. I wish you’d won them at Arsenal, but we don’t win anything anymore, so good luck to you.
And good on them for both giving it back to those abusive sections of Gooners too. They can dish it out but it seems they can’t take a dose of their own medicine too well.
No professional should have to apologise for wanting to be at the best club. It just so happens that the best clubs generally pay the best wages – generally.
Keep up the good work, Myles.
Des Byatt : Reaction to Chelsea victory
Myles,
I read your site for a different perspective on what’s happening at my beloved club.
I guess in many ways I’m a Wenger loyalist.
I believe that the interests of football and more importantly Arsenal are served by a financial model which fosters a direct relationship between the funds generated by a business and those expended on the playing and coaching staff.
I have my frustrations with our rather pedestrian board and their lack of clarity in terms of direction, but to compare either Chelsea or the grotesque Manchester City to Arsenal is disingenuous in the extreme.
These ‘super clubs’ suffer no consequence for poor decisions in the transfer market nor for poor performance, they change manager and first team personnel at the whim of their omnipotent owners.
This is not the same league, not even the same sport.
Shame on all who lend a veil of legitimacy to this pillage of the sport I used to love.
From Urbaz : What’s the point?
Myles,
Does your blog or any others on the net make any difference whatsoever to how things are run at Arsene FC?
Nearly every single Arsenal blog repeats the same thing over and over again.
It’s very hard to find anything interesting to read about Arsenal.
I’m living in hope of a regime change but somehow I don’t see it coming and with it exciting topics. No matter who we sign this summer, it won’t excite me.
What makes it worse is Chelsea winning the CL. Not that I’m jealous, well done to them.
But the fact that all the self belief and desire Wenger talks about was shown by Di Matteo’s men.
What he did in 3 months, Wenger hasn’t achieved in 15 years.
All that’s needed is good man-management and a decent game-plan.
Too much to ask?
Myles says:
Yes, that’s too much to ask from AW.
There isn’t enough coaching at Arsenal.
His method is :Practice, practice,practice, let them mark us, keep my pattern, pass it into the net.
In 16 years we’ve never seen ONE rehearsed free-kick that surprised Arsenal’s opponents.
But we have seen absurdity from the great Robbie Pires, when he tried to PASS a penalty kick to Thierry Henry.
It was so nice of TH14 to come back to us for a few days wasn’t it?
Answer: Regime change.
$tan Kroenke is a ploenker.
Arsenal will win zero while he is the majority shareholder. No ambition.
Loves basketball.
Knows zero about football. Doesn’t care about football.
He’s far away and happy for Wenger to have mega-power and win nothing.