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Thursday, 11 June 09, 07:16 AM · Comments(13)
So... after a couple of days' contemplation, I've decided that, as far Abou Diaby goes, there is no case for the defence.
No, no. I'm kidding, but talking about him like the new Patrick Vieira has been proven time and time again to be a fallacy, it's rather like comparing Terminator 3 to the first two Terminator films (I haven't seen Salvation yet), they may appear outwardly to be cut from similar cloths. But actually, it's just a superficial resemblance. There's nothing inside that can be compared.
Moving on from the crowbarred in film reference, I guess you could say that Diaby has shown flashes of brilliance and you wouldn't be far from the truth. That game against Fenerbahce a shining example of Diaby at his best. But there haven't been too many of those this season. The manager thinks Diaby is best deployed as a number ten. But we have Arshavin, van Persie, Rosicky, Nasri and Bendtner that can all play that position and do it better. I'm not doubting Diaby's ball control, his ability to dribble or the fact that, when he catches it right, he can really hit a football. I'm just doubting his ability to put it all together on a consistent basis. I certainly think he's behind Denilson and Song in central midfield.
Which brings me to Aaron Ramsey.
I didn't see enough of Aaron last season for me to make a truly informed judgement. We did see, when Arsenal went to Ninian Park in the FA Cup, that- at a young age- he was still capable of letting an occasion get to him. Not that should be held against him, after all an entire team managed it in Roma a few weeks back, having been the beneficiaries of such a happening in north London a couple of weeks before that. In the chase for 4th place, he was nonetheless all but banished from first team duty afterwards.
Before that though, we saw that young Ramsey has a very good eye for a pass, evidenced by a lovely pass for Adebayor to complete his hat trick against Blackburn, he also produced a couple of assists in the Carling Cup. On international duty, he hit an absolute screamer against the English kids and whilst these are the same kind of flashes produced by Abou Diaby, Ramsey is a significantly younger prospect. I've said it before on this blog, I was struck by Wenger's description of him having a great engine and it leads me to believe that whilst he could be seen to be yet another "number 10", he may end of playing the same kind of role that Matty Flamini did for us. I don't have any real evidence for this, but what the hell, it's my blog, and I can make a leap if I want to.
Theo Walcott apparently set a goal up in England's 6-0 romp last night, that result has been somewhat overshadowed by news that Manchester United have accepted an £80m bid from Real Madrid for the Portuguese Winker. That leaves only one question in my mind, where do Real Madrid get their money from?
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I'm not sure exactly what it is, but its something to do with in Spain they own and sell their own TV Rights (its definately something to do with TV rights anyway).. unlike in the premiership where i'm not sure how it works... So they get to sell to the highest bidder, and get double what our clubs do for Champs league TV money, hence Barca and Reals spending power. They reckon sooner or later though, premier league clubs will be at it too, and making a lot more (being the most viewed league in the world)
Is it just not that Perez is a mad billionnaire with nothing better to do with his cash? Or is that what you meant, where does he get his money from? If it's Madrid you meant as a team, it's the same place as Man City and Chelsea is it not? Sugar Daddy Inc.
some helpful answers, some not so LINK i, as usual, have no clue LMAO
tho this article from the times explains it far better LINK i'll stop putting links on your blog now lol
(IAWWT I'll never doubt you again lol)
Reply to IAWWT:
When Madrid's debts were mounting a few years ago the Madrid city council bought their training ground from them for about 150 million and then gave it back to them to train on. How do you compete with that?
Reply to LadyArse:
I'm sure you will LA...
Reply to JamrockRover:
Can't beleive that the Athletico Madrid Tax payers didn't go nuts.. Imagine if North Londin council did that for us... the spuds would piss there pants with rage, as for every tax paying non football fan...
Reply to LadyArse:
Good Link, and the only thing different from our big 4 are the TV rights
. I think that in the UK, the Premier league as a governing body sell the TV rights. Then share it out between all of the premier league clubs (and probably take a cut too!)
While this means the big 4, dont get as rich as Barca and Real, it does mean the wealth is spread out more equally to all the teams, making the premier league what it is. La Liga, will be just like the scottish league soon...It almsot is now..
Reply to IAWWT:
I think it's the best thing to do with the TV money to give the smaller clubs just a little chance.
IAWWT, La Liga has a long way to fall before it reaches the level of the Scottish league. Quite a long way
I've said it before, I think it's best for both parties if Diaby moves on. He'll get regular game time elsewhere without a doubt, he's good enough, but just not quite good enough for here. The other options in his favoured positions are some way ahead of him. I just don't see how he can make any real impact on this team.
Reply to Tam:
haha.. i know, its not as dull, but you know what I mean... won by only 2 clubs for about a 1000 years..
Reply to IAWWT:
Did Deportivo & Valencia not get in there in the last 10 years at some stage.
Reply to JamrockRover:
Yep.. hence sayng will be like..