it was only today that i realised a controversy was raging over arsenal's progress to the last 8 of the champions'e league. a soulless representation of english football. after all, there weren't a single English starter against the galaticos of real madrid. amazing. i am not talking about the fact that arsenal had no english starter. i am amazed that people are actually criticising arsenal for this. frankly, arsenal's style isnt even English, mind you. they are an english club in name only. their style isnt english, their players arent english, you can say their soul isnt english, yes i would agree with you on that. they are arsenal, you see. Arsenal. Globalisation, has reached the football world.
you reach out around the globe to scour for the best talents. your manager might not be local, so what? i think arsenal did what any firm would do. nissan appointed carlos ghosn as its ceo last time round, a brazilian. he turned it around. he introduced unjapanese management style. he did what was necessary. you could say wenger did the same thing to arsenal too, when he took over. he introduced a style, never seen before in english football. maybe it wasnt necessary, but it worked, din it?and he looked for players to fit the system he envisioned. if you cant find it in england, do you sit at the corner, cry and whine? no, you go out into the world and find them. just like any firm.
so pardew, are you saying english teams should all play boring english style football? would u want your england to play only long balls? so dour. but u wanted it english style! maybe he gets turned on by chelsea. WOW.
what do you mean by being english? in these times, identity has become a question mark. who exactly are we? not english, why dont u give him a british passport? then he's english, isnt he?
even italy is trying to play attacking football. times have changed. i understand the concern. there are fears that foreign players will hinder the progress of domestic youngsters. but remember, foreign players can bring more youngsters into the game too. at least those at arsenal, those sharing arsenal's philosophy. imagine i were a kid new to football and i watch chelsea. i think i will go play netball instead.
its the thrill, the joy of football that draw people into the game. give arsenal credit for doing that, english style or not. arsenal reminds us that theres still the beautiful game that we grew up falling in love with.
you reach out around the globe to scour for the best talents. your manager might not be local, so what? i think arsenal did what any firm would do. nissan appointed carlos ghosn as its ceo last time round, a brazilian. he turned it around. he introduced unjapanese management style. he did what was necessary. you could say wenger did the same thing to arsenal too, when he took over. he introduced a style, never seen before in english football. maybe it wasnt necessary, but it worked, din it?and he looked for players to fit the system he envisioned. if you cant find it in england, do you sit at the corner, cry and whine? no, you go out into the world and find them. just like any firm.
so pardew, are you saying english teams should all play boring english style football? would u want your england to play only long balls? so dour. but u wanted it english style! maybe he gets turned on by chelsea. WOW.
what do you mean by being english? in these times, identity has become a question mark. who exactly are we? not english, why dont u give him a british passport? then he's english, isnt he?
even italy is trying to play attacking football. times have changed. i understand the concern. there are fears that foreign players will hinder the progress of domestic youngsters. but remember, foreign players can bring more youngsters into the game too. at least those at arsenal, those sharing arsenal's philosophy. imagine i were a kid new to football and i watch chelsea. i think i will go play netball instead.
its the thrill, the joy of football that draw people into the game. give arsenal credit for doing that, english style or not. arsenal reminds us that theres still the beautiful game that we grew up falling in love with.
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