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Offline Akka-Wakka

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Why Arsenal are the best football team!
« on: February 28, 2008, 10:39:41 PM »
It has come to my attention that some philistines on this forum support some pretty abysmal football teams.  Teams like Chelsea and Man United.

I would just like to inquire as to why, so that I can prove to you that Arsenal are better.  O:-)

NOTE:  This thread is part of an educational experiment.  O:-) O:-)

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Re: Why Arsenal are the best football team!
« Reply #1 on: February 28, 2008, 10:40:15 PM »
lol, Arsenal.



Re: Why Arsenal are the best football team!
« Reply #2 on: February 28, 2008, 10:45:26 PM »
Arsenal, only cuz Akka told me to!



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Re: Why Arsenal are the best football team!
« Reply #3 on: February 28, 2008, 10:49:27 PM »
LMAO --- Very funny Akka.



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Re: Why Arsenal are the best football team!
« Reply #4 on: February 29, 2008, 12:52:35 AM »
Damn your soccer talk.

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Re: Why Arsenal are the best football team!
« Reply #5 on: February 29, 2008, 12:54:41 AM »
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Re: Why Arsenal are the best football team!
« Reply #6 on: February 29, 2008, 08:08:39 AM »
LMAO --- Very funny Akka.

Well we are winning :D  O:-)

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Re: Why Arsenal are the best football team!
« Reply #7 on: February 29, 2008, 08:15:19 AM »
They just are, well idk, while Henry was in Arsenal I've grown some sympathy for them, mainly because of ManU and Chelsea not being as fancy. Arsenal is my favorite english team but I don't think they're the best. Cristiano R. scores too many goals, maybe if Arsenal had Cristiano...and some others...naw that would spoil the magic of Arsenal.

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Re: Why Arsenal are the best football team!
« Reply #8 on: February 29, 2008, 11:29:05 AM »
Everyone knows Chelsea is the best football club in England. Arsenal and United suck.






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Re: Why Arsenal are the best football team!
« Reply #9 on: February 29, 2008, 02:05:57 PM »
funny, but it happens in other clubs where Morinho was, FC Porto was already very corrupt and those who fancy Porto are those who see Porto's effectiveness, and what actually counts are the footballs in the goalie, but many others that see them as an immoral club, and that happened with Chelsea, and ManU. Funny that both Porto and Chelsea use blue. Manchester United is not as immoral, since it's all business, from administration to player, to goals. I've had several British friends saying they rather support Manchester City and hate Manchester United, probably for the reasons I'm trying to explain.

Like in many other games, there's some affinity from the public/adepts to another team for any sort of reasons. Manchester United doesn't play a traditional tactical game the British love so much, it's business, they have the best players from all the world corners for a reason. I'm not very informed about Chelsea before Morinho, only knew some results and player progress, it was a team of players that participated in the national team, the trainer wasn't good enough to pull tactics. Now Arsenal, is all about tactics, they have players that have never been heard out of Arsenal, they play well, their tactics only needed a very effective lancer to finalize it, Henry was perfect. Sometimes not enough for the teams with bigger budget and better players, but with their magic they could win Chelsea/ManU.

Chelsea is now effective, or at least was with Morinho, and became very well oriented. It is now not a bad club, but I was marveled with Arsenal's magic before, I rather be loyal to a team I know and I can trust, although Henry is gone already...that trust is starting to fade, don't ruin the team please...

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Re: Why Arsenal are the best football team!
« Reply #10 on: February 29, 2008, 04:23:19 PM »
OK. A Little bit of lesson time goes into history...


I figure I might start this at about when Alex Ferguson took over at Manchester United, a mere 22 years ago. Back in the 80s, there was really only one power in English football: Liverpool. With Kenney Daglish as player-manager, Liverpool won the League in 86. Manchester United had a poor season and eventually finished 11th but Ferguson's work paid off and in the following season, they finished second. Chelsea, under Ken Neal, had recently just got back into the Premiership after a poor couple of seasons in the early 80s. They struggled again in the later 80s and eventually, in 88 I think, were relegated a second time, only to bounce back immediately. Arsenal were under new management as well in '86. The new coach, George Graham, did better than Ferguson and won a league cup. Shortly following it up with a league win in the 89/90 season.

But this is just background because the golden league era of football in England began in 1992, with the forming of the Premier League.

The first big thing to point out is that it is officially the most watched football league in the world. 20 teams compete each season and a total of 40 different clubs have made it into the Premiership but only 4 have ever won it.

These teams are: Arsenal, Blackburn Rovers, Chelsea and Manchester United.

United's dominance of the league was based on a golden generation of players, such as Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes, who came into the team as youngsters replacing some big names in the United line-up, which infamously led to pundit Alan Hansen (who was a player in the dominant Liverpool squad mentioned previously) on Match of the Day saying "You'll never win with kids." Ferguson proved him wrong and went on to win the league. Several times. 9 in fact, with the latest being the 06/07 season. They also famously won a treble in 1999 which included an incredible victory at Bayern Munich in the Champions League.

The next team to win the Premier League was Blackburn Rovers. Spurred on by quality players such as Alan Shearer, Chris Sutton and Graeme Le Saux, Blackburn won the league title in the 94/95 season.

In 1996, Arsenal gained a massive boost when Arsene Wenger was appointed manager and acted quickly, securing Arsenal a League and Cup double in the following season. They have won the Premiership a total of 3 times. Players such as Nicholas Anelka (Now at Chelsea), Ian Wright and Dennis Bergkamp were certainly a prolific strike force.

The last team to win the League were Chelsea. They had a torrid time in the 80s but in the 90s, under newly installed player-manager Ruud Gullit, they brought in some great players, such as Gianfranco Zola and established themselves as a very positive, exciting attacking squad. Unfortunately, often supporters of teams like United forget that, even in their treble winning season, they lost by 5 goals to Chelsea. They won cup competitions, including a very impressive Cup Winners Cup win against Stuttgart with a goal by Zola with practically his first touch after coming on as a sub - if you didn't see it, it's worth looking up on Youtube - and they went on to win the UEFA Super Cup against Real Madrid.

They also managed to gain a regular champions League squad, which led to Roman Abramovich, a very affluent Russian businessman buying the squad. He replaced then manager Claudio Ranieri with Jose Mourinho and the self dubbed "Special One" went on to win consecutive league titles in the '04/'05 and '05/'06 seasons, playing a more efficient brand of football.





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Re: Why Arsenal are the best football team!
« Reply #11 on: March 06, 2008, 03:24:56 AM »
I have little interest in football, but I choose Chelsea.

EDIT: No, wait, Glasgow Rangers! That's the name, right?
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Re: Why Arsenal are the best football team!
« Reply #12 on: March 06, 2008, 05:10:37 PM »
heh - yes but they tend to be just called Rangers, or "the Gers".

They're playing Werder Bremen of Germany tonight - I take it you'll be watching ;)



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Re: Why Arsenal are the best football team!
« Reply #13 on: March 06, 2008, 06:16:06 PM »
Bah, no team can compare to the mighty Fulham.

We may be complete crap, and getting relegated but we have something no other team has.
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Re: Why Arsenal are the best football team!
« Reply #14 on: March 06, 2008, 11:27:45 PM »
A mad owner?  :fight: