{"id":1401,"date":"2011-09-15T22:45:12","date_gmt":"2011-09-15T22:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.arsenaltalk.co.uk\/?p=1401"},"modified":"2011-09-15T23:08:38","modified_gmt":"2011-09-15T23:08:38","slug":"let%e2%80%99s-win-one-for-cesc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arsenaltalk.co.uk\/?p=1401","title":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s Win One For Cesc"},"content":{"rendered":"

They say that the truth always comes out in the end and, even if we knew why Cesc was leaving, and not just because of his DNA, I don\u2019t think that we needed to hear it quite so soon<\/a>, indeed if at al But hear it we have\u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cI still have many feelings for Arsenal, but I fear that they won’t be able to push the other big clubs in England away.<\/em><\/p>\n

“If you look at the team this season I can’t see them finishing in front of teams like Manchester United or [Manchester] City, or Chelsea. There’s just too big a difference between the squads.<\/em><\/p>\n

“I respect that Arsenal don’t have the same financial opportunities as the others, but it was part of my decision to leave that I find it hard to see Arsenal winning the Premier League or Champions League in the near future.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Speaking to Sport magazine, Cesc decided it was time to explain why he REALLY left Arsenal for Barcelona. Yes, we know all about his Barcelona roots, yes we know that they made it almost impossible for Arsenal to keep him with their media campaign of shameful behaviour and yes we know that they are one of the of the greatest footballing sides to have ever played the game, so why couldn\u2019t we simply leave it at that? Why, when things are just starting to get back on track, does our ex-captain and general hero have to admit that, in reality, he left because he didn\u2019t much fancy the challenge of actually having some stiff competition and preferred to swan off to Spain where there are only actually two decent clubs.<\/p>\n

Essentially, Cesc has as good as admitted that he would rather play for Celtic or Rangers than play for us!<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t believe me? Try tis for a quote then\u2026<\/p>\n

“I want to be in a club that is able to win the big titles year after year and I don’t see that kind of future for Arsenal.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ok, ok, I may have been a little facetious there! Yes, I know he doesn\u2019t want to play for Celtic or Rangers really; in fact, he wants to win the \u201cbig titles\u201d of which the SPL clearly is not one. That would make sense, but what happens if, heavens forbid, Barcelona don\u2019t win La Liga or the Champions League this year? What happens if they don\u2019t win either of them next year either? Will he go to Real Madrid? Manchester United? Manchester Citeh?!??!<\/p>\n

With this kind of mentality you simply cannot rule it out.<\/p>\n

Well, I think that there are a few things that your short years have yet to teach you about the world of football my Catalan amigo. Let me enlighten you\u2026<\/p>\n

There was once a club called Blackburn Rovers who in 1995 won the league title beating out huge clubs like Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool and 16 others to become the 3rd<\/sup> ever winners of the Premier League. The season prior to that saw them finish second and the season prior to that saw them finish a respectable 4th<\/sup>. Prior to that they spent 26 years outside of the top flight of football, only being promoted after local steel baron, Jack Walker took over the club and injected millions of pounds into the club.<\/p>\n

With a line-up including Alan Shearer, Chris Sutton, Tim Flowers, Graeme Le Saux, Tim Sherwood and Colin Hendry, Blackburn were clearly buying the success that they were enjoying, but they obviously didn\u2019t care and surely nobody could ever stop them anyway\u2026<\/p>\n

OOPS!<\/p>\n

Fast-forward to 4 years later and the very same club found themselves getting relegated, one season after being in the UEFA Cup and, at the start of the season at least, were tipped as title contenders.<\/p>\n

Now jump to today and Rovers find themselves 19th <\/sup>in the table and their fans are planning a \u201csack the manager\u201d protest prior to Saturday\u2019s game against us!<\/p>\n

In other shocking news, Brian Clough ceased to be able to walk on water and his Nottingham Forest European Cup winners are now just a scribbled note in the marginsof history of this wonderful game. Anybody want to talk about Aston Villa, also European Cup winners? Ipswich Town, UEFA Cup winners? Manchester Citeh who until recently had gone 36 years without a trophy but were previously league, FA Cup, League Cup and UEFA Cup winners and considered to be one of the biggest teams in the world? We could even bring Liverpool into this who in the 70\u2019s won half of the league titles on offer and in the 80\u2019s went one better winning no less than 6 out of 10. In the same to decades they also won 3 FA Cups, 4 League Cups 2 UEFA Cups and no less than 4 European Cups. Surely their reign would never end?!<\/p>\n

Now, I am not suggesting that this will happen to the likes of Barcelona anytime soon and I am aware that Chelsea have been able to buy success for a much longer period than the \u201cflash in the pans\u201d listed above (Liverpool NOT being included in that, obviously!) due to their \u201cSugar Daddy\u201d having a much longer set of zeroes in his bank account and, perish the thought, it doesn\u2019t look like he is going to pass away any time soon as did the late Jack Walker in 2000. I am also keenly aware that the resident Sheik and Vac owner of Citeh is probably not the least bit interested in how much he has invested in the club as he is literally playing his own version of \u201cSoccer Owner 2011\u201d and will undoubtedly find himself feeling big and proud and happy and all puffy-chested when they finally do buy themselves a league title or even a Champions League trophy.Manchester United, for all their \u201ctroubles\u201d continue to spend vast sums on big name players and keep on winning trophies too.<\/p>\n

When will this madness end?!??!<\/p>\n

Put simply, it won\u2019t\u2026EVER. This \u201cmadness\u201d is what happens in a world where individuals have personal fortunes that literally leave them wondering what new toy, car, house, gadget or sports club they can buy to give them something to keep them occupied. In reality society is better off when you think about it. They would only be out stealing hub caps otherwise!<\/p>\n

So where does this leave us? Unable to compete either financially or on the pitch? Well, financially certainly and in terms of winning matches it may certainly seem that way, but as Citeh proved last night against Napoli, you can only put 11 of your squad on the pitch at once and, for all the blood and thunder that they displayed in the opening 25 minutes, it was Napoli who took the lead and, if not for a wonderful free kick, they frankly didn\u2019t even look like scoring. Oh, and in case I forget, didn\u2019t Na$ri have a wonderfully ordinary, back to his Arsenal habits already type of game?!<\/p>\n

So what exactly is my point, I hear you cry\u2026<\/p>\n

Well, put simply, the Champions League will still provide opposition for Barcelona in the shape of the Chelski\u2019s, Citeh\u2019s, United\u2019s and, dare I say it, AC Milan\u2019s of this world, so the only thing that Cesc has escaped from, apart from actually having to play for more than about 20 minutes per week, is not winning the Premier League every other year.<\/p>\n

And to think, I actually believed he was a smart and brave young man. How wrong could I be?!<\/p>\n

So, what we really need now is a year where Madrid win La Liga, anybody else apart from Barcelona win the Champions League (during which we knock them out, finally!) and for us to at the very least, get a decent title bid and cup run going, just to prove the ungrateful little shite entirely wrong.<\/p>\n

When the going gets tough, the money-hungry and the glory hunters go too.<\/p>\n

So, let\u2019s win one for Cesc!<\/p>\n

Come on you competing like warriors and not running and hiding Goooooonnnneeerrrrrsss!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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