I just realized that by had a video with Lionel Messi and not including Ronaldo, I was disrespecting the immense talent which Ronaldo has. His goal scoring rate since transferring from Manchester United (BOOOOO) to Real Madrid has been unbelievable. He has an incredible 117 goals in 121 competitive matches. Here’s a video of some of […]
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Arsenal has become a feeder club
In the past week, Arsenal has sold their captain, Robin Van Persie, and one of their most consistent players, Alex Song. This continues the trend of Arsenal selling their best players. Most of Arsenal’s big sales were to Barcelona or Manchester City, but during Arsene Wenger‘s time at Arsenal there has never been an Arsenal player sold to Manchester United.
What makes the sale of Van Persie to Manchester United so different? Simply Manchester United is one of Arsenal’s most hated rivals (Tottenham is right up there as well). There was a period not too long ago, way too long ago if you are an Arsenal fan, where Arsenal and Manchester United the two top dogs in England and fighting each other tooth and nail for major domestic trophies. So, that Arsenal was willing to sell their captain to Manchester says a lot about how far down the totem pole Arsenal has fallen.
If you are a team who is truly competing for trophies, you don’t sell your best player to one of your chief domestic rivals, especially one who has had your number in recent seasons. Arsenal has not won a major trophy since the 2005 FA Cup– if Arsenal keep on selling their top players to the teams who are finishing ahead of them in the table, it’ll be another seven years until they win another major trophy.
It’s nice that Arsenal has good economic sense in these rough financial times, but fans want trophies. 8-2 defeats to Manchester United cannot happen again.
Related articles
- What Robin van Persie’s move to Manchester United will mean for Arsenal (telegraph.co.uk)
- Robin van Persie has already been replaced, says Arsene Wenger (thesun.co.uk)
- Arsenal had ‘no choice’ over sale of Robin van Persie to Manchester United, says Arsene Wenger (telegraph.co.uk)
- Song may leave Arsenal – Wenger (bbc.co.uk)
- Arsenal Transfer News: Why Song’s Departure Should Serve as Catalyst for Change (bleacherreport.com)
- Robin van Persie secures £22m move after Manchester United and Arsenal agree on a fee (telegraph.co.uk)
So Much For Respect Says the FA…
So, the FA’s “Respect” campaign is a joke. I stated in a post after Luis Suarez of Liverpool refused to shake the hand of Patrice Evra of Manchester United that hopefully there would be a punishment for Suarez’s action. The FA in a statement said that the refusal to shake hands was not a disciplinary issue. What kind of issue is it? I am seriously confused.
Prior to the match the FA could have scrapped the “obligatory” handshake, but they refused to stating that doing so would negate the point of handshakes. Does anyone else find something seriously wrong with this?
The FA forces players to shake hands before the match to show ‘respect‘ to their opponents and then say that this Luis Suarez/Patrice Evra situation is basically the principal purpose for the pre-match handshake. So, Suarez who was found guilty of racial abuse, something which shows a lack of respect, on Saturday refuses to shake the hand of the man who he was found guilty of racially abusing thus disrespecting Evra yet again and the ‘respect’ campaign is not charged with anything by the FA because ‘it’s not a disciplinary issue’. What’s the purpose of this ‘respect’ campaign?
Why does the FA mandate the pre-match handshake? It’s obviously a complete joke.
Note: I had to write this about 15 times to drop the curse words which I initially had in the post.
Related articles
- “No, no, no,” say Liverpool, “you’ve got the wrong end of the stick” (themorningbabel.wordpress.com)
- Suarez-Evra Saga: FA to Take No Action Against Either Club, but Should They? (bleacherreport.com)
- Suárez misled us over Evra handshake, say angry Liverpool (guardian.co.uk)
- Gordon Taylor calls for FA to step in following Luis Suárez snub (guardian.co.uk)
Luis Suarez is a Disgrace to the game of Football…
The much-anticipated match between Liverpool and Manchester United happened earlier today. This was Luis Suarez’s first match against United since being found guilty of racially abusing Patrice Evra. Before the match the FA stated that the obligatory hand shakes would occur unlike what happened in the rematch between QPR and Chelsea after the John Terry incident. Kenny Dalglish, the Liverpool manager, said that Suarez would shake Evra’s hand before kickoff, So what happened?
Evra put his hand out and Suarez refused to shake it which lead to a very tense situation between the players on the pitch and the fans. In the end United won 2-1 with Rooney scoring two goals and unfortunately Suarez scoring for Liverpool. The result of the match was irrelevant to me, the actions by Suarez and Dalglish are what mattered most in this situation.
For someone who’s apparently an adult and claims to not have racially abuse Evra, Suarez should have shaken Evra’s hand just to end the ordeal. Instead he decided to not shake Evra’s hand, who is United’s captain with Vidic out. This is just unacceptable.
In addition, Liverpool’s manager, Dalglish (if I hear “King Kenny” again I will lose my mind, doesn’t attend the post-match conference and claims that he didn’t see Suarez refuse to shake Evra’s hand. Dalglish is full of it. He’s obviously in some type of denial. It’s one thing to support your player when he’s going through tough times and not playing well and even through his suspension, but it’s a completely different thing to not show up to your mandatory post match news conference and claim that you didn’t see what EVERYONE was looking at before the match started. What the hell was he looking at then?
Sir Alex Ferguson, United’s manager, in a statement said that Suarez is a disgrace to Liverpool Football Club, should never be allowed to play for them again and that Suarez’s actions could lead to a riot. Typically I am not a Sir Alex fan at all, but he has very good points here. Liverpool and United play in the early afternoon because of their respective fans and the fact they’ve been many large-scale fights between United and Liverpool supporters. Suarez is a not only a disgrace to Liverpool, but as this post title states, he’s a disgrace to the game of football. In terms of not allowed to play for Liverpool again, that’s not going to happen, so I won’t go on further.
Luis Suarez is a dirty player who’s has done multiple ridiculous things on the pitch. He’s a talented player, but come on! Here are two incidents which show Suarez, well being Suarez.
#1 Last week Suarez kicks Scott Parker of Tottenham in the ‘stomach region:’
#2: In Holland, Suarez bites a player, Twilight style:
Woooooo, I am done venting!
Related articles
- Man Utd v Liverpool: Luis Suarez says he’s ready for hate mob (thesun.co.uk)
- Why no Suárez appeal, asks Ferguson (guardian.co.uk)
- Evra and Suárez handshake not an issue, says Sir Alex Ferguson (guardian.co.uk)
- Patrice Evra and Luis Suarez handshake ‘not an issue’ says Alex Ferguson (independent.co.uk)
The Game Before the Game…
Today there is a huge match in the Barclays Premier League between Manchester United and Chelsea. I am excited for it not only because, football (soccer), is my favorite sport, but it’s the perfect prelude to the Superbowl.
Chelsea this year have been as weak as they’ve been in a few years, and somehow against all odds United are still in the thick of the title race.
Chelsea according to the bookies are a slight favorite which is understandable although they’ve already lost three times a home this season. On the other hand, United have the best away record in the league.
Prediction: This reeks of a 1-1 draw which both teams wouldn’t be too upset about prior to kickoff. Bring on the snow!
Goals for Torres (yea I said that!) and Rooney.
Bring on Super Sunday!
Related articles
- Chelsea vs. Manchester United: Live Blog, Commentary, Goals as They Happen (bleacherreport.com)
- National Sport: Chelsea game on (coventrytelegraph.net)
- Chelsea Manchester United Odds : Hernandez and Berbatov to fire Reds (footybunker.com)
- Chelsea Vs. Manchester United, 2012 Premier League: Despite Snowy Conditions, Match Is On (sbnation.com)
- 2012 Chelsea Vs. Manchester United WAG War [PHOTOS, POLL] (coedmagazine.com)