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| Tweet Topic Started: Aug 26 2012, 12:22 AM (228 Views) | |
| Homer | Aug 26 2012, 12:22 AM Post #1 |
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I am the King
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As a philosopher, economist and social worker, Arsene Wenger is the finest football manager the world has ever seen. “I believe part of our club is to influence people’s lives in a positive way,” he said last week, referring to how raw, rough-edged youngsters such as Cesc Fabregas, Gael Clichy, Emmanuel Adebayor, Thierry Henry, Samir Nasri and Alex Song had been moulded into responsible adults. So, Arsenal fans. When your team goes an eighth season without winning a trophy, you have always got that. Which is nice. You have also got the comfort of knowing the club – in a world of monetary turbulence – is run along impeccable financial guidelines. Which is nice. And forget about silverware, if you pay £100 for a seat at the Emirates, you can sit easily, knowing that a minimum of 15 passes will precede an attempt on goal. Which is nice. Practicality and purism reign supreme at the Emirates. Robin van Persie only has a year remaining on his contract? Sell him to a rival. Alex Song has a bit of an attitude? Flog him to a club that has inflicted humiliation over the past few seasons. But it is OK. Because Wenger is a man of principle. Only here’s the thing. Punters do not follow football clubs, part with hard-earned dough or go to extreme lengths to support their team because they admire men of principle. The real world Wenger inhabits is the one they are trying to escape from. And that is what he just doesn’t get. After drudgery all week, there is nothing wrong with a bit of Disney at weekends. Escapism is the essence of sport. And success sweetens reality’s bitter pill. In a moment of triumph, the practicalities are forgotten. The 29 gold medals for Great Britain rendered the worthy debate over the £9billion it cost to fund the Olympic Games completely redundant. The outlay, which came out of your hard-earned wage packets, became an insignificant footnote to the magical tale woven by Mo Farah and his team-mates. Libraries are being boarded up but the £27million pumped into the minority sport of rowing goes through on the nod because of the victories on Eton’s lake. It is a glorious irresponsibility. The plight of Portsmouth Football Club is a terrible one – a grim story of greed, mismanagement and financial recklessness. But fans were not beating an angry path to the offices of Harry Redknapp and Peter Storrie as they lavished cash on players who took them to an FA Cup Final victory. Any right-minded individual would be offended by the way the Glazers have loaded debt on to Manchester United while making serious money for themselves. But glory on the pitch, signings such as Van Persie, relegates right-mindedness to relative obscurity. The players listed at the top of this article were mentioned by Wenger as he ushered Song out of the door. Those players were traded at a profit of around £80m. If that figure is discussed in the bars around the Emirates, it would not be in a complimentary manner – despite what Wenger thinks. In grasping the financial and social realities outside football’s cocoon, Wenger probably likes to think he is alone amongst the managerial fraternity. And he is. Because the rest realise success at any cost is what fans crave most. They don’t want to cheer the character-building of young millionaires, to laud fiscal genius, to salute a manager’s social morality. They want that moment of bliss when nothing else matters. The Mo Farah moment. The priceless moment. It is a moment Wenger has lost sight of. |
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| AntMcfc | Aug 26 2012, 12:30 AM Post #2 |
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POTY
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| I BOW TO RAIDZ | Aug 26 2012, 12:42 AM Post #3 |
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living la vida loca
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Brilliant article. |
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| DaG | Aug 26 2012, 12:50 AM Post #4 |
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Top Button Wanker
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No it's not, it's absolute nonsense is what it is. |
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| AntMcfc | Aug 26 2012, 01:03 AM Post #5 |
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POTY
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Eight years Best manager in the world
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| Vardy’s Mum | Aug 26 2012, 01:03 AM Post #6 |
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I'll tear your throat out
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Yeah fucking shit. How happy are those Portsmouth fans now hey, fucking thick cunt? |
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| Lusitania | Aug 26 2012, 01:16 AM Post #7 |
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K den
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I agree with him, Wenger is shit.
Edited by Lusitania, Aug 26 2012, 01:17 AM.
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Best manager in the world

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