Archive | 21. May, 2010

Reader Comments: A Review

21. May, 2010 4 Comments

Apparently it’s not appropriate for a guy who writes a blog to speak his mind, especially when it comes to a certain player’s future with our illustrious club. I’m talking about Fabregas.

Let’s look at some reader comments shall we?

Steven writes:

They want our captain and playmaker, he is under contract for 3 more years and he also wants to go. No problem, we have put a price on him: 80 million pounds or no business. The ball is in their court now…the either put up with the way the transfer market is or they simply shut up, Barca players, presidents, press and all! When you want a top player, you pay top dollars!End of.

I couldn’t agree more. Well… maybe the price tag is a bit too high, but I agree with the sentiment. The issue though is that Barca is a massive and resourceful club, who despite having money problems, will surely scrounge up the funds necessary.

A chap named ‘jammer’ provided 5 decent reasons as to why Fabregas has ample justification and reason to leave, if he really wants to.

In my opinion, cesc is going to leave and I can’t blame him for numerous reasons.

1. cecs literally breaks his ankle getting the team back in the game against Barcelona, where they scored 2 easy goals. And we lose 4 1 in the return.

2. when hes on the field, he is surrounded by medicore players, denesion, alumunia, fabiska, silvestre, diaby who blows hot and cold, Bend who needs 10 touches to control the ball, and any talents players at the club are under 20.

3. INJURIES, Ramsey and Edu, cesc was on the pitch when they happened.

4. He actually wants to win something and he is reaching his prime age.

5. This season

Fair enough, and a good supporting list to my main point.

JoeB seems to think that I listen to ‘some sky sports hack’ for all my news:

I can’t believe you’ve been convinced by some sky sports hack that we’ll sell our best player to a club that by their own admission need Arsenal FC to comply in the sale, which we most likely won’t.

It’s just that sky sports hack has such a nice smile! But seriously… these rumors have been swelling for years from multiple sources. It would be terrible for Arsenal to not comply in a good offer for a player that doesn’t want to stay anymore.

QD wants to reel things back in a bit:

So what if fab is leaving and why are you getting so scared of what really. It’s only football and fab leaving will not be the end of the great club Arsenal. So everyone should just calm down and let arsene and the managers at the club get on with it.

Fab is a wonderful player but if he has to go then so be it. Another player, another star will rise again .

And I think that is a great point. Maybe QD has pointed out what I really intended in the first place… let’s all just relax. The club will be fine, with or without Fabregas.

Paul N writes:

Why add to the hysteria? especially as as Arsenal fan and blog. No one is fooling themselves, if Cesc wants to go, SEE YA MAN! well, only for about 70 mil.

Find something to write about other that the flavor of the day, especially in such light.

Fair enough. I didn’t want to add to any hysteria though… I had felt like all the other Arsenal bloggers were actually trying to assert he would stay. I’m ready to not care, either way. I will henceforth do my best to avoid flavors of the day Paul.

gunner17 sympathizes with my wife:

i’m sick of all these down and insecure arsenal fans. i’d hate to be married to them. as soon as barca flashes it’s eyelashes at your boy you fall to bits! it’s all fatalism and hysteria and mad jealousy. grow a fucking pair.

That’s an interesting approach at disagreement. First, Barca has been public about Cesc for a long time. Second, Cesc has not been good at refuting interest. Third, rest assured, my pair is well grown.

My mortal enemy Mike wrote:

Why bother to blog if you have nothing to say?! Have I learnt anything? No. Was it interesting?No.

Don’t think I’ll visit again…

I thought I did say something. Maybe I wasn’t loud enough… but you know, when I started this blog, the one thing I wanted to ensure was that I always taught people something with every post. Because, you know, people read blogs to get educated. Mike, did you check out my review of Tottenham’s Unforgettable Product Line? Maybe you could learn some things there. But again, like I said, as far as I know everyone is writing stories about how Fabregas will stay, he has to stay, we need him to stay… let’s just let it all go.

But user Erik really summed up his opinions must eloquently. Although I disagree with him, he clearly speaks with intelligence and a clear mind.

I don’t think he’ll go to Barcelona this season… I think he’ll go in the 2011-2012 season when he has a year left in his contract and his valuation will lower between £25-30m then.

At the moment he is too expensive for Barca, too expensive for a player who is not even guaranteed a starting place in their current line up.

A player exchange between Yaya and Cesc is not going to happen, Yaya’s agent has said he does not want to join us.

Arsenal will NOT reduce their demands, if anything I think we are the best team in the world for not getting done with crap deals, we got Arshavin for like £15m when Zenit wanted like £25m and we get all our players for reasonable fees.

And another way to look at it, is that Cesc might have the power to get the players we need in the squad… he could easily sit down with Wenger and say: “yes, I beleive in many of our youngsters but we are carrying some deadwood which we need to replace with quality players, you do that and I’ll be happy to stay for another season”

That’s what I’d do if I was Cesc anyway… he is not far from getting trophies here but we might need at least a new GK, 1-2 CB depending on Gallas, 1 DMC to replace Denilson and be cover for Song.

Plenty of valid points Erik.

No more talk about Fabregas at Arsenal until the deal is done, or, through some unnatural fluke, he actually shows up at the locker room for training.

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