Spur of the moment
Frederic Kanoute
There are other ways to do it of course. Remember Willian?
First time I've seen it admitted (never mind so explicitly) that that was Chelsea's strategy. Deprive your rivals.
There are other ways to do it of course. Remember Willian?
That's my point, you can't suppress an equal footing club anyway, that never really happened, for all of their success dortmund are still a poor relation to bayern, you can only punch down with such tactics, and I don't think the increased tv money in the game changes that, it's still a viable tactic to stop a limited club building something.
Levy's win was in realising that you couldn't stop it so you had to make sure you maximised the opportunity, many of the fans (myself included at times) were aghast to lose certain players, unable to see the bigger picture, look at all the talent that we've sold, yet we unquestionably have the strongest squad we've ever had under ENIC.
There are other ways to do it of course. Remember Willian?
Oh, they still do it. See @Spur of the moment 's post -
Thought with today's announcements re the Stadium, the support for the tribute trust and our squad and season.
Levy deserves a bit of appreciation
Without a doubt, for me he is and always has been the best thing that has happened to us for decades.
Credit to Levy
Will never forgive Levy for sacking George Graham before the FA Cup semi final in 2001.
what if we'd won that FA cup in 2001 but have no plans to move in to a new stadium and poch is manager of arsenal today?
If we had won the FA Cup in 2001, we would have won the FA Cup in 2011 as well, continuing our proud tradition of winning a trophy when the year ends in "1". And maybe GG would have made us fighting for the league title and Rebrov would have gone on to score more goals instead of becoming an expensive flop. Remember, Rebrov had just scored 2 wonder goals when we beat West Ham 3-2 in the FA Cup quarter finals of 2001. Levy simply changed history by sacking GG untimely.
i conceded that its possible.If we had won the FA Cup in 2001, we would have won the FA Cup in 2011 as well, continuing our proud tradition of winning a trophy when the year ends in "1". And maybe GG would have made us fighting for the league title and Rebrov would have gone on to score more goals instead of becoming an expensive flop. Remember, Rebrov had just scored 2 wonder goals when we beat West Ham 3-2 in the FA Cup quarter finals of 2001. Levy simply changed history by sacking GG untimely.