From James LeBlanc : Re: Klopp on MNF
Perhaps your sneer at Arsenal was deliberately provocative but in aspects is unfair.
History & longevity counts regarding the stature of a club.
Nearly an unbroken century in the top division. A golden era in the 1930s with an innovative manager ahead of his time who had a profound impact on the game, as Wenger did in the first half of his reign.
If the European Cup had been around back then who is to say how many Arsenal may have won.
We were denied an attempt at the old European Cup thanks to the disgraceful conduct of the ‘great’ Liverpool fans at Heysel. It was a time when the visit of fans from Liverpool & Manchester United was dreaded by the whole of Europe.
In November 1934, 7 Arsenal players were members of the England team that beat World Cup winners Italy 3-2.
Great players ……… so Arsenal have not had any then?!!
I expect Liverpool to have a good season & maybe next.
They have no European football, which enables plenty of rest & recovery from injuries
‘Gegenpressing’ is new to the players he has but, as was proved at Dortmund, it wears down players who eventually get turned off by it, especially ball players it doesn’t suit.
Mourinho suffered the same problem at Chelsea where he lost his players.
Regarding ambition, Danny Fiszman & David Dein were fiercely ambitious.Without Danny’s tragic passing the ownership status would be a much happier one today.
Myles says:
The Arsenal of Herbert Chapman, Bertie Mee and George Graham existed at Highbury.
What you have now is a U.S. corporation with a big stadium facility that makes loadsamoney in London, the capital of the world, and also globally in the satellite TV football era.
In one of my interviews with George, maybe the first one, he said, “When I played , it was a sport. Now it’s a business.” That was in Thatcher’s Eighties.
Last Saturday morning, as I watched the first half of Swansea v Liverpool, I began to believe, for the first time this season, that Arsenal’s quick-passing style will enable them to finish above Liverpool in May.
Arsenal also have more defensive stability than Liverpool right now.