newbie original;2668224 said:
Essentially, you need them to lose as much as you need to win. Unless, of course, you can buy the world, like Chelsea, in which case you don't need help from other clubs. I have a lot of respect for Chelsea but, quite frankly, they're past 2 seasons are a perfect illustration of how they won the EPL. When they decided to cut back spending, they simply couldn't get the job done. Everyone talks about Lampard and Terry...without Drogba, Cech, Carvalho, Makelele, Joe Cole, etc. Lamps and Terry weren't good enough to lead Chelsea to the title. Let's call a spade a spade.....they bought those 2 Premier League titles that they won. Sure, we've spent a lot of, and wasted a lot of, cash on players....Bellamy, Crouch, Keane, etc. since 2006....but it pales in comparison to what Chelsea did in the early Abramovich years. No wonder Arsenal is struggling to be competitive. Money will not ruin the game.....it has already ruined it.
Here we go again, bitterness in every aspect of this post. You make it sound as its easy just to go out and buy players and win the title. But why couldn't Ranieri achieve that in his first season? I don't think I need to reiterate again that changing managers also mean changing personnel. Mourinho bought in the players he trusted(Carvalho, Ferreira, and Tiago), like what Harry's done at Spurs. Ranieri bought a whole lot when he was given money, Mourinho did the same but more effectively.
And you're clearly hiding the fact that Rafa's wasted a lot of money on players by saying that "Chelsea wasted a lot more".
Well, I thought Robbie Keane's purchase was the biggest joke this season, too bad you guys were on the receiving end of it, huh?
And stop defending Le Arse for their inability to buy experienced players and not able to keep players who have come through.(Hleb and Flamini for example)
Arsenal are capable of spending on experienced players but Wenger chose not to, and blaming other clubs for doing otherwise and spend is just plain daft.
Saying that we bought our status as one of the big four is discrediting the fact that we were well on our way to establish ourselves as a top team, you are dismissing the efforts of our players prior to the Abramovich era, the likes of Petrescu, Flo, Hasselbaink, Gronkjaer, Zola, Wise, Vialli, Hughes, Guddy, Lamps, Cudicini, Melchiot and so on.
"Money will not ruin the game.....it has already ruined it."
Are u trying to start part 2 m8? We've already had one about City early on. If your theory is correct, City will win the league next season. And that would do me just fine, more clubs capable of winning the league, more competition, more moaners and whiners from the "long established" top teams.
