haha thanx for the wishes guys =) sakaito, u too? happy birthday!

TOMAS ROSICKY GETS CHANCE
Midfielder will have one more season at Arsenal to prove fitness


source: http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/sport/3593...ve-fitness.html
means if he dun do well next season, bye bye tommy?

WHAT DA FARK IS HAPPENING?

"Football has lost it's soul. It has become commodity and tool for political agenda."

Ronaldo will earn 106mil pound in wages over a six-year duration as stated in his contract. The first year of earning is 183,000 pound a week and subsequently a 25% of wage increment of the following 5 years of his contract. This will total up to approximately 556,000 pound a week in the final year of the contract!

The start of the CR to RM saga will spark a new inflation market in the already inflated modern day football...just like how the price for art boomed in the early 70's. Today, the marketing concept of CR is comparable to value of art by Damien Hirst...one of the richest contemporary artists today and the icon of the Young British Artist movement. I admit both are from different games but were just another products by the elite...it’s a never ending cycle of products after products after products...with prices soaring by millions. People everywhere are trying to emulate their successful path as part of the gimmick.

CR ones quoted he's the world best, 2nd and third best... and we thought there's no one else as close to his caliber...after all he's the best as mentioned and words from him were the best, no? With his age, his charismatic demeanour, his envious yet sly grin, his goals in a season, skills, and the trophy he had... some might agree, perhaps he's the best after all.He cost a whooping 80mil pound today, by being the best. but as we look back then, we have at least 10 record breaking transfers in the history of modern day football!! What about them? Are they not the best? Why so many best coming out? To me Irishman George Best is the best coz he's the genuine with the Best surname and the icon for British football.

Just we thought this will be the highest transfer fees ever comes into reality (starting to emulate the football games we once played)...barely 100hrs, another so called "better player" of the "world best player" emerge with a speculated record price tag of 90mil pound by his own club! Franck Ribery. This player was backed by a previous "best player of the world", ZZidane, to be HIS "best player of the world". Everyone wants a piece of Ribery and ironically those teams that wants him were rich clubs ruled by the elite for either marketing or political reason. Football is always third behind this...and the media and football business around the world manipulated us and create a smokescreen making us to believe it's actually for the goodness of football.

If it's really for football, does price even matter? Why must elite clubs enticing players with their big transfer fees and wages? Why can't players be bound by the terms of the contract signed and only leave when finished serving the club? why can't Portugal hoist the world cup since they have the best in their team? why Bayern was not even in the quarters of CL but have to compete in UEFA Cup since they have the better best in their team? What about Milan with with the once priceless player named Kaka? wht's the bloody point to sign contracts and then to be broken by transfer fees by saying I am homesick, sad and leaving for the better? No other better excuses already? Who can be the defender of the beautiful game now and for the future?? Kaka was quoted once as "priceless"...now? he's onli half of the money paid of RM to Manchester. From "priceless" to "46mil" within a few seasons only is absurd.

To me, no one is better and no one is indispensable in modern football. Their value were categorized either by commercial, age and marketing only.

Sepp Blatter can even defend the ronaldo saga saying that football is still an attractive BUSINESS despite the global financial turndown. He said, "If we have a good MARKET in football, it means we have a good PRODUCT to sell or to buy. it gives people what they want, and it's emotion and entertainment." He also said "I heard also yesterday that you can buy millions of pieces of bread to give to the people for that amount, but entertainment is also food for the people." This is what the president of the "most beautiful game of the world" said.

For the dignity of mankind and the love for sports, football ain't something we sell or buy...football is sports. It supposed to be a healthy thing to do, not the other way around.  Some of us here need to work at least a month to get to watch 90min of football at the stadium! In our lifetime, we cannot even earn a day of Ronaldo's new speculated wage! See the ridiculously massive social gap caused by these elite? And he has the cheek to say entertainment is our food? Do we rather throw our support for more bigger transfer market in the future to the clubs we support, worsen the social gap and stop eating? There are people who fight and get humiliated for a piece of bread...and some were in dire hunger even if there's food given to them, they can't even open their mouth to eat, chew and swallow because they have no strength caused by severe malnutrition.

What da fark is happening?

btw..! happy birthday!
I have this thinking running on my mind right now!
What if Ronaldo turn out to be a "REAL FLOP" 
what will Perez do..!!

I Cannot See A Place For Me At Arsenal - Philippe Senderos
The Swiss stopper does not appear to be relishing his return to north London...

flop in football or flop in the market? i think it has distinctive difference...

i think we can't answer that coz with so much money banked on a single player, they gotta have certain counter-plan ready.

And i can assure you with only 1 season his appearances and all marketing value will rake in more in return.

More in flop in football, performance, skill!
it's bad to wish something like that to other ppl,
but certainly not a crime! 

I don't think he will be a flop at Real. He's too good a player to be a flop, BUT, i think he won't shine as brightly as he did in Man Utd. Lets face it, he's played his best football in Man Utd and he's had 3 super seasons in which he won titles in every one of them. This season, he's had a slight blip in form, not scoring that many goals, tho still 20+ goals.

As for his price, i don't see any reason why there's complain. If Real thinks he's that good, they have every right to spend that kinda money but trust me, Real will milk every single penny out of his marketing ability.

aih... this is arsenal thread!! dowan talk RM ler... ehehehe... for whatever reason, Perez already got his men... and still lurking for some others. i just wish if he did put in a bid for clichy, it'll be in the 15M++. ehehehe..

what i want is to see our team grow and gel together next season. I believe we have a good core and most of the youngsters should learn from their experiences and disappointment this season. We've got some experience players coming back from injury, Rosicky, Gallas and Eduardo. Heck i think we'll be fine. I don't really think we need to buy someone established but a good backup is a must. Silvestre isn't exactly a good back up. Vermaelen is a very interesting addition if he indeed comes to Arsenal. If we do sign him, i'd say close the check book and start thinking about this coming season.

Yes, i do think we need just 1 signing. Vermaelen can play all across the defence and can be upgraded to DM. I think Denilson and Song will continue to grow and will be competing for a spot on the 1st team. Rosicky should be back, that'll be interesting. Diaby will find his way on the bench again and i do hope the lad saw the error of his ways. Heck, we'll have one of the best midfield in EPL, technically. we got Cesc, Arshavin, Nasri, Rosicky, Denilson, Song, Eboue, Walcott, Ramsey.

Traore, Senderos and Clichy will return to the team. I believe AW will keep Traore in the team this year and loan out Gibbs. He'll also promote Wilshere to the bench, along with Randall. I hope he'll bring Simpson and Watts into the bench too.

What i can't wait about next season? Carling CUP! ahahaha.. i wanna see the kids again... and this time they better be good! it's been 2 years already they played the tourney and got quite far. I wanna see we go all the way to the finals.

Next season? Our 1st team must win something. Be it FA Cup or EPL or ECL. Either one of these will do. If not, we might see an exodus.

u not gunner la... you're a gooner. ehehe

ok...eh me also a gooner ler...

but wht i am trying to say is that football is a business... the soul is gone.
it used to be 10 million to purchase good players...then 30 million...then 40 million...the average have been going up ever since... now if Man U wants Ribery, it's 90 million.

Small clubs r really dying man...no pride no loyalty no nothing with these lads already.

such a big gap now between the top four in england and spain and italy with the other teams in the same league already.

Tht's why i am sad... The footballing world wont be producing anymore bergkamp, keane, batistuta, gerrard, raul, maldini...

i hope u guys think about this and dun go against me now...observe what is going on first and how the rich play their games and how we the poor r indirectly earning for them and working for them...

i read this quote and i think it's a good one

"The problem with us is we rather be an ignorant of the impending danger and live the life that's design for us than getting to know the truth and do something bout it".

that is why AW keep stressing that Football is a business, not a playtoy. Some of these people are using clubs for personal enjoyment and personal gain. That's what sad about it.

in this case, the fans are the one to blame too. We always shouts for new blood... new players... established players... yet we fail to see what's been going on behind the scene. The youth.. the academy... the scouting. Admit it, Perez did what he promised the fans he would do... that is to bring back the galacticos. We can't blame him for paying over the odds for players. RM has been known for doing so. Yet, this time it's a little bit more complicated because of the economic crisis. People are saying CR not worth 80M. How can u know? Beckham signed a deal with Galaxy to the tune of USD250M, yet no one question him. This is because Beckham is a well known public figure and you'll know he'll attracts more income to the club, and possibly ignite a soccer revolution across the US.

Same can be said about Ronaldo. Sure he's thinking about his own pocket for the time being but he's 24... he got at least 6 years to prove his worth 80M. when u think about it, that's about what 13.3M per season. Hah.. peanuts la if you ask Real Madrid.

Superstars come and go... maybe we won't see anymore bergy, keano, batistuta and the rest... but there are some good and upcoming stars. Torres, Cesc, Casillas, Pato, Eduardo, Macheda, Tevez.. just to name a few. There are always newcomers and will rise to stardom.

Big gap between the top teams and the rest of the league? well..  as i see it, the gap is closing in more and more each year. As like players, teams also come and go. Who would've thought Boro and Newcastle will be relegated? Who'd bet Hull and Stoke will survive? Who in the whole germany would say that Wolfzburg will win Bundesliga and will be doing it in style? it takes a bit of luck, and a whole lot of hard work to get to where they are. That's why $$ is not the only answer to success. Looking all across Europe, i'd say the competition is healthy. More domestic leagues producing better and challenging teams. Teams like Shaktar, Zenit, Fenerbache are inching closer and closer to EPL standards. Teams from Italy, Spain and Portugal have high standards and high ambitions.

anyway, these big time spending must be put to a stop. We gotta have some sort of cap to reduce the effect. Actually, UK gov tried that.. they increase the tax..but this backfire because other countries took advantage and didn't increase their tax. So, back to square one. huhuhu i wonder how much MU will be taxed for the sale of CR?

From what i see, it'll be one interesting season we'll have for 09/10. Here hoping Arsenal will come out on top by May 2010.