Post by Salem6 on Nov 7, 2003 9:23:47 GMT
SO, THERE you have it, a heavy fine for the club and five players as well as massive suspensions for four of them. Did Arsenal deserve such heavy penalties imposed on them? Without a doubt, I can say no! Were their actions wrong? I will be the first to stand up and say yes, for the most part. (I am referring to the players here, not the Football Association.)
But I do not want to digress to that incident for, as I said before, I believe as a life-long Arsenal supporter I will naturally look at it from an Arsenal viewpoint first, and that would not be fair to you readers. Just as you MU fans out there would do for the past and recent sins of MU players, on and off the pitch.
But as we all know, that’s football – like life. It’s full of s--t and sometimes you just have to take it. Who said that life was fair?
Whether the club makes an appeal or not, that’s left to be seen, and it is not for me or anyone here in Malaysia to comment on that, especially MU fans.
Remember, I respect the institution that’s MU for what they’ve achieved, but I have no respect for a lot (not all) of their so-called fans (those that go where the wind takes them, hence ”fans”, not supporters).
Now that I’ve got that out of the way, let’s go back to the Premiership campaign. I have to admit that the win against Leeds United was much easier than expected, considering how both MU and Liverpool were stretched in their respective games by the now-bottom club in the EPL.
Moving on to this weekend, I don’t relish Arsenal’s North London derby against Tottenham. They don’t keep to form when they play against us, but we are at Highbury after all, and subject to how the team fares against Dynamo Kiev on Wednesday, I think it will be a very small margin of victory, or even a draw.
Once again, I would like to thank my ardent readers (fans?), such as P.C. Wan and others, who enjoy reading and quoting my articles. To all Arsenal supporters, chin-up, we’ve got a great team, destined for great success, now and in the future. – K. Anand, president of the Malaysian Arsenal Supporters’ Club
A Gooner for life
I SUPPORT the letters written by Resha and Sherry on Oct 31. Many fans of the EPL have been criticising Arsenal and I am getting sick of it! All those Manchester United fans keep criticising Arsenal for their disciplinary problems. Undoubtedly, what they did in Old Trafford was absolutely stupid, but they have been punished for it. So what is all the fuss about, P.C Wan?
I am irked by the comments made by P.C. Wan about the mayhem in Old Trafford. The Arsenal players reacted emotionally. Emotions can never be controlled.
The MU fans keep pooh-poohing K. Anand’s prediction that Arsenal will beat Man Utd. It is not impossible! Don’t forget they beat Man Utd in Old Trafford in the FA Cup last season without Thierry Henry and MU had a full strength team. If it was possible then, why not now?
Another major discussion is the Gunners’ form in Europe. I know it is ridiculous to be top in the league and a flop in Europe, but the important thing is they gave it their best shot. They worked hard and results do not always favour you.
I applaud the views of Resha and Sherry, and above all, the confidence and defiance of K. Anand. I will be an Arsenal fan until my last breath. Long live the Gunners. – Hardave Singh Bhall
A clear stand
I HAVE to make my stand very clear this time. My comments on Oct 10 were solely to criticise K. Anand’s previous articles and until now, I still respect Arsenal FC and their players (although some of them really lack discipline) but I fear that I failed to stop K. Anand from continuing to write egoistic and rather hypocritical articles.
There is nothing wrong for K. Anand to make his stand for his club, but he has gone too far. Do you ever wonder why some enthusiastic fans of other clubs spend time and money to contact him? It’s not because of the club he supports, but it is because they want to express their dissatisfaction with his pride and ignorance of other fans’ feelings.
Although his attitude last week seemed more humble, he hurt and angered Leeds’ fans by saying “if he (Peter Reid) is still the manager by the end of the week”.
To all MU or any other clubs’ fans annoyed or even hurt by K. Anand’s words, his article was just propaganda to attract more people to support his club – considering that Arsenal don’t really have much global appeal even though they do have hard-core fans in London as they are long derided for their dull defence before Wenger’s era, and their arrogance has endeared them to few neutrals despite the attractiveness of the way they play. Again, for those MU fans who lost their faith in Cantona after reading K. Anand’s words weeks ago, remember Lord Ouseley, Chairman of the Kick-Racism-Out-of-Football Campaign said in August: “Eric Cantona should have been commended for kicking a racist out of football. Instead he was punished by the FA and vilified.”
Even if it’s a bit late to comment on the Old Trafford Brawl incident, I have to give full credit to van Nistelrooy for being calm. He is not only a world-class striker but also a true player with sportsmanship. Even Dennis Bergkamp was quoted as saying: “I’ve always been a fan of Ruud. He is a natural target man with terrific strength and attitude.”
Although Arsene Wenger did say RVN was a cheat, RVN reacted in the best way: he ignored it! Anyway, who cares what Wenger said! It also makes Sir Alex look good as he has developed such a well-disciplined and controlled team that won the fair play award year-in year-out. Another good thing about the ugly incident was seeing our “hot-tempered” Roy Keane being the peacemaker. Ex-Arsenal player Alan Smith reacted after the brawl saying: “I’m afraid to say that Arsenal let themselves down badly on more than one count. United on the other hand did absolutely nothing wrong.”
Source:-
www.thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2003/11/7/features/6631603&sec=features
But I do not want to digress to that incident for, as I said before, I believe as a life-long Arsenal supporter I will naturally look at it from an Arsenal viewpoint first, and that would not be fair to you readers. Just as you MU fans out there would do for the past and recent sins of MU players, on and off the pitch.
But as we all know, that’s football – like life. It’s full of s--t and sometimes you just have to take it. Who said that life was fair?
Whether the club makes an appeal or not, that’s left to be seen, and it is not for me or anyone here in Malaysia to comment on that, especially MU fans.
Remember, I respect the institution that’s MU for what they’ve achieved, but I have no respect for a lot (not all) of their so-called fans (those that go where the wind takes them, hence ”fans”, not supporters).
Now that I’ve got that out of the way, let’s go back to the Premiership campaign. I have to admit that the win against Leeds United was much easier than expected, considering how both MU and Liverpool were stretched in their respective games by the now-bottom club in the EPL.
Moving on to this weekend, I don’t relish Arsenal’s North London derby against Tottenham. They don’t keep to form when they play against us, but we are at Highbury after all, and subject to how the team fares against Dynamo Kiev on Wednesday, I think it will be a very small margin of victory, or even a draw.
Once again, I would like to thank my ardent readers (fans?), such as P.C. Wan and others, who enjoy reading and quoting my articles. To all Arsenal supporters, chin-up, we’ve got a great team, destined for great success, now and in the future. – K. Anand, president of the Malaysian Arsenal Supporters’ Club
A Gooner for life
I SUPPORT the letters written by Resha and Sherry on Oct 31. Many fans of the EPL have been criticising Arsenal and I am getting sick of it! All those Manchester United fans keep criticising Arsenal for their disciplinary problems. Undoubtedly, what they did in Old Trafford was absolutely stupid, but they have been punished for it. So what is all the fuss about, P.C Wan?
I am irked by the comments made by P.C. Wan about the mayhem in Old Trafford. The Arsenal players reacted emotionally. Emotions can never be controlled.
The MU fans keep pooh-poohing K. Anand’s prediction that Arsenal will beat Man Utd. It is not impossible! Don’t forget they beat Man Utd in Old Trafford in the FA Cup last season without Thierry Henry and MU had a full strength team. If it was possible then, why not now?
Another major discussion is the Gunners’ form in Europe. I know it is ridiculous to be top in the league and a flop in Europe, but the important thing is they gave it their best shot. They worked hard and results do not always favour you.
I applaud the views of Resha and Sherry, and above all, the confidence and defiance of K. Anand. I will be an Arsenal fan until my last breath. Long live the Gunners. – Hardave Singh Bhall
A clear stand
I HAVE to make my stand very clear this time. My comments on Oct 10 were solely to criticise K. Anand’s previous articles and until now, I still respect Arsenal FC and their players (although some of them really lack discipline) but I fear that I failed to stop K. Anand from continuing to write egoistic and rather hypocritical articles.
There is nothing wrong for K. Anand to make his stand for his club, but he has gone too far. Do you ever wonder why some enthusiastic fans of other clubs spend time and money to contact him? It’s not because of the club he supports, but it is because they want to express their dissatisfaction with his pride and ignorance of other fans’ feelings.
Although his attitude last week seemed more humble, he hurt and angered Leeds’ fans by saying “if he (Peter Reid) is still the manager by the end of the week”.
To all MU or any other clubs’ fans annoyed or even hurt by K. Anand’s words, his article was just propaganda to attract more people to support his club – considering that Arsenal don’t really have much global appeal even though they do have hard-core fans in London as they are long derided for their dull defence before Wenger’s era, and their arrogance has endeared them to few neutrals despite the attractiveness of the way they play. Again, for those MU fans who lost their faith in Cantona after reading K. Anand’s words weeks ago, remember Lord Ouseley, Chairman of the Kick-Racism-Out-of-Football Campaign said in August: “Eric Cantona should have been commended for kicking a racist out of football. Instead he was punished by the FA and vilified.”
Even if it’s a bit late to comment on the Old Trafford Brawl incident, I have to give full credit to van Nistelrooy for being calm. He is not only a world-class striker but also a true player with sportsmanship. Even Dennis Bergkamp was quoted as saying: “I’ve always been a fan of Ruud. He is a natural target man with terrific strength and attitude.”
Although Arsene Wenger did say RVN was a cheat, RVN reacted in the best way: he ignored it! Anyway, who cares what Wenger said! It also makes Sir Alex look good as he has developed such a well-disciplined and controlled team that won the fair play award year-in year-out. Another good thing about the ugly incident was seeing our “hot-tempered” Roy Keane being the peacemaker. Ex-Arsenal player Alan Smith reacted after the brawl saying: “I’m afraid to say that Arsenal let themselves down badly on more than one count. United on the other hand did absolutely nothing wrong.”
Source:-
www.thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2003/11/7/features/6631603&sec=features
