tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8328101106494598665.post4761501760209849261..comments2024-03-27T15:34:33.446+00:00Comments on Another Arsenal Blog: Money can't buy you love1979goonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08783799499006052572noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8328101106494598665.post-37303565253569396472008-09-08T07:00:00.000+01:002008-09-08T07:00:00.000+01:00Yo peeps. Great article 1979 - totally agree.Lets ...Yo peeps. Great article 1979 - totally agree.<BR/><BR/>Lets remember that transfers increase every year. I read in the Malaysian press this week (Langkawi is great) that 500m was spent this summer in the premier league. A new record. So that puts the credit crunch into a little perspective.<BR/><BR/>Also, Blackburn spent their way to the league in 1995, Manure have been doing it for years, Tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11195190597835036529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8328101106494598665.post-72005561333218386122008-09-07T17:19:00.000+01:002008-09-07T17:19:00.000+01:00Playing successfull footbal for a century, who are...Playing successfull footbal for a century, who are you talking about, Juventus?Sihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00198639805538341976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8328101106494598665.post-59584168946307179302008-09-06T09:45:00.000+01:002008-09-06T09:45:00.000+01:00If in 3 years time we still have won nothing, but ...If in 3 years time we still have won nothing, but are still self-supporting financially I will be disappointed, but not vitriolic.<BR/><BR/>We won't have had any shambolic manager merry-go-rounds, we would not have signed over-rated players for stupid money and payed them offensive money each week, and we will never have expected that just because we have cash we should win and will become a "bigObsinhohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17682633045526999412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8328101106494598665.post-56212284317557356472008-09-05T14:07:00.000+01:002008-09-05T14:07:00.000+01:00obs,spot on, watching this space will be rather in...obs,<BR/><BR/>spot on, watching this space will be rather interesting................1979goonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08783799499006052572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8328101106494598665.post-7203848564258424652008-09-05T14:02:00.000+01:002008-09-05T14:02:00.000+01:00I find it all a bit bizarre to be honest.I'm much ...I find it all a bit bizarre to be honest.<BR/>I'm much happier with the way AFC is run compared to the other major clubs, but only at this point in time. If, in 3 seasons time we still haven't won fuck all - my opion will have changed to one of absolute vitriol about how the club is being run.<BR/>Reading that Pele said that Robinho needs to see a shrink by going to Man City instead of Chelski isSihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00198639805538341976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8328101106494598665.post-2344211638829430282008-09-05T08:30:00.000+01:002008-09-05T08:30:00.000+01:00In the short term, the teams owned by money boys a...In the short term, the teams owned by money boys are going to be more successful than they would have been without the cash.<BR/><BR/>In the long term the money boys are not going to make any money, and are going to place unsupportable burdens on the clubs themselves.<BR/><BR/>Football does not support the levels of investment being put in if they are not done with some prudence and realism. To Obsinhohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17682633045526999412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8328101106494598665.post-82732586081093228822008-09-04T18:29:00.000+01:002008-09-04T18:29:00.000+01:00k man,you are right, there is a choice to be made....k man,<BR/><BR/>you are right, there is a choice to be made.<BR/><BR/>personally for the time being, at least, i'd prefer to carry on as we are.<BR/><BR/>even with the credit crunch we appear to be doing very nicely financially and we do in fact have a lot of money to spend if the manager wanted to spend it!<BR/><BR/>in the end spending in an unsustainable fashion and then having an unsustainable1979goonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08783799499006052572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8328101106494598665.post-85906014168312308872008-09-04T16:41:00.000+01:002008-09-04T16:41:00.000+01:00I love this article , and I am an Arsenal supporte...I love this article , and I am an Arsenal supporter until I die.. I have watched the matches with Chelsea ,and Liverpool ,etc, and I still believe that how Arsenal plays the game is the way it should be played , and the youngsters should be given a chance.. If we buy all this mega talent , no one will wait on a Walcott , or a merida , they will fall be the wayside , while we create mega wealthy Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17234724036394985732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8328101106494598665.post-87423530239275837912008-09-04T13:43:00.000+01:002008-09-04T13:43:00.000+01:00Great article - finally a well balanced piece of w...Great article - finally a well balanced piece of writing!<BR/><BR/>From my perspective, I consider the buying of premiership clubs by big business to be a regretable situation. At the end of the season, only 1 club can win so it is likley that there is going to be a number of oligarchs, sheiks and rich americans who are going to be disappointed. Disappointment does not sit well with these Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8328101106494598665.post-10815149810454615132008-09-04T11:05:00.000+01:002008-09-04T11:05:00.000+01:00Good article 1979.This is a very difficult area an...Good article 1979.<BR/><BR/>This is a very difficult area and I'm still not 100% on my own views.<BR/>Yes I do appreciate that Arsenal stands out from other clubs for doing things the right way in the transfer market and in the way the club is run. I am proud of that. However, the reality is that football, and in particular the Premier League, is changing rapidly because of the huge amounts of K manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13914600260045669589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8328101106494598665.post-29488019786445441832008-09-03T23:44:00.000+01:002008-09-03T23:44:00.000+01:00Whoops, meant BUYING everyone in the world. Frankl...Whoops, meant BUYING everyone in the world. Frankly, I'm saddened by how much money has invaded football. I didn't used to care so much, but seeing Man City and Chelski's actions, I am.Fab 4https://www.blogger.com/profile/06842477611886254909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8328101106494598665.post-8962862670856699692008-09-03T23:42:00.000+01:002008-09-03T23:42:00.000+01:00Great article. Very insightful. I do think that in...Great article. Very insightful. I do think that in the next two years or so, the fig four will become the big five. With Man City seemingly possesing so much money now, they'll pull a Chelsea on us and go out buting everyone in the world.<BR/>By the way, if you have time, check out my brand new blog at <BR/>http://fab4arsenal.blogspot.com<BR/>I'd love to hear what you think.Fab 4https://www.blogger.com/profile/06842477611886254909noreply@blogger.com