Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Arsenal News Review: October 13, 2009

Today's drivel from Myles, (whose site is renamed "Myles Talks Shit" when viewed via Rocky NewsNow) concerns Arsene Wenger's Statement that he won't be naming his successor. According to Myles, that's "great" news as it means Wenger won't recommend Paul Le Guen, Arsenal will no longer be a French team in England, Arsenal will no longer sign kids to play with kids, and Arsenal will no longer have a "Phrench" captain, and a "Phrench" dressing room.

Have you ever read such racist, xenophobic, bullshit in your entire life? Outside of some White Power website, that is.

For Myles' information, since he seems to have been under some rock the past several months, our captain is Cesc Fabregas, who happens to be Spanish, and not French. And while I understand all foreigners looking alike to racist folk, those such as Myles who have pretensions upon journalism should at least get such "irrelevant" details right, or is it that he can't be bovvered?

Myles goes on to tell his readers that Wenger pays millions of their pounds to players like Almunia, Clichy, Bendtner, Eboue, Song, Denilson, Walcott, and Diaby when they've won nothing. Begging, the esteemed Mr. Palmer's pardon (as I'm only an Arsenal supporter and not an all-knowing god like himself) but weren't Almunia and Clichy part of the 2005 FA Cup winning squad? Wasn't Clichy part of the Invincibles in 2004? I know the others haven't won anything yet, but surely football is still a team sport?

It is also not surprising that Myles is on the "Gazidis Gives Wenger Trophy Ultimatum" bandwaggon. When the CEO says it is "our" ambition to win a trophy this year, he is only restating the position of Wenger himself, and thereby indicating to the world at large that himself and the manager are on absolutely the same page. Gazidis declared, "We have created a team playing fantastic football. Now our focus is to win something for the fans." For Myles to describe that statement from as an ultimatum to the manager is beyond ludicrous. Who, exactly, does Myles think Gazidis means by "our" and "we" in his statement? Gazidis and a bunch of little green men?

I wonder what Mrs. Palmer put in the tea this morning...

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