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Friday, December 2, 2011

Arsenal Football club or Arsenal Management club?!?!!

(Warning- this contains a lot of personal opinions which you may agree with or not. Whatever it is , this is for me..to let out all what I feel since 2-8th August has left me sleepless and that too on my vacation, where I thought I left all my stress and worldly tensions behind..why did I have to check the score man!)

Yes, Arsenal is the most well managed and financially sound clubs in the present situation. Lot of money coming in, from everywhere..tickets, player sales,merchandise,property,etc.

But the point is whether all the future planning is worth it when you're losing(prospective as well as present) Arsenal supporters just because you don't want to spend higher wages,transfer fees,bonuses.

Not just that, the primary motive of being a football club is not just to make profit, if you don't want to pay those 'inflated rates' for players then you should call yourself Arsenal Management Club, because paying for new or retaining the old players is more important for maintaining the consistency of your game than going against the system and refusing to over pay. The market is such, deal with it.

Okay you have injuries, suspensions, players leaving, but the transfer window is totally open..go ahead and buy. Don't worry about expensive players on the bench, having bench strength is a good thing and problem of plenty is a far better option.
Man city are dumb, but they had a back up for tevez even before he left(was suppose to)! Liverpool, united all have much more than they require..but don't the results show that its worth it?

And the worst part about 28th was not the loss, the worst part was there not being a solution for avoiding further losses like these , forget challenging for the trophies. The defeat means nothing ,I'll just cut off from the world and avoid reading newspapers,watching t.v,etc for a while till I have recovered from it(its not the defeat,its the pain..I have a weak heart). The issue is that its been like this since last few years, don't want trophy..just solve problems.

One more thing, Arsenal play amazing football yes, but even a cricket fan would know that they need the following things since the last million years
1) Physically strong players!!!!!
2) 1 proper experienced goalkeeper
3) More defensive options
4) Defensive mid fielder(look at yaya toure man)
Now we are just back to where we were 4 years back. And this time with RVP being the new fabregas (prior to which. It was Henry). And I don't know but the captains selected should have some leadership skills, performance based or time spent at arsenal or popularity should not be a criteria. Vermaelen would be a better captain than RVP. Fabregas had way too much pressure to handle without the captaincy headache. (P.S I don't blame nasri and fabregas at all, infact fabregas used the perfect word..his game had become 'Stagnant')

In wenger we trust, but sometimes too much. He has to stay but Decentralize the power he has.

I have and will always be a loyal supporter and would rather stop following the EPL than support another club. And I have been one of the most ardent believers in the system(since I am myself a efficiency and productivity freak management student) but ,I think that you need to read 'who moved my cheese' and learn to deal with change, and soon. 3 days for end of August. This 8-2 could be a blessing in disguise and MU could have done us a big favour if you think of it.

Hence Arsenal, since you are not a management club and we can't resign as supporters , stop playing with our emotions and please find a solution.
And let me sleep peacefully one day.

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